Private Investigator Play-Through

[MrsFlynn]

Yes, both Dee and I had problems with that case (CoDA - Case of Disappearing Auto). I tried it a couple of different times in AP and it got stuck in the stakeout loop. It allowed to progress in the career level and writing reports, but would not allow the stakeout to complete. I had to cancel the case both times.

Tried it twice in Sunset Valley - 1st time Errortrap reset Yasmine and had to cancel out because of it. 2nd time was with a test Sim and solved the case without any problems.

The other case I had to cancel after fully troubleshooting is Great Clap Trap of an Art Heist

Tried my art heist save two more times in a new Sims 3 folder no mods/cc or store stuff. It was a save earlier in the case and it still didn't allow me to confirm presence.

What I tried in confirming presence....

1. Just after Aggie getting to work

2. About 1:40pm (just before she leaves work).

3. Meeting her there and touring with her, canceling that to try to confirm.

4. Trying to catching her before work.

5. Waiting for her to leave work.

It just won't complete.

I did get back into my main save and canceled it. It came up a couple/few more times and canceled it again.

I am very happy to hear you were able to solve the CoDA case!! I don't think I've gotten it in my current save, or if I have I may have canceled it.

[Sonshine]

Correction; I've not quite completed it just yet. I still have to confirm the criminal's presence. I still have a day to wait b/c of it being on the weekend and he works at the business ctr.

[MrsFlynn]

Confirming presence is a pain in some cases. Hopefully that goes well for you!!

[Sonshine]

It did. The only annoyance was that I had to wait until Mon, lol. I had him go in there and "confirm the presence" and boom, it was done. He got paid $1k too!

[MrsFlynn]

Yay!! Congrats on solving the case!!

[Sonshine]

I have another problem right now. The new case (case of the rogue cop) requires a stakeout at the park,  but the stakeout icon is over the bistro. I'm not sure what to do.

[MrsFlynn]

I've only had that case come up once so far and have had to cancel at the last part of it due to... goes to look at notes....

I couldn't get the criminal to show up at City Hall even after inviting the criminal to city hall twice. -- However, this may be player error in that it was a Saturday in-game that I took this case. Didn't think that cases like this may not work on weekends. *Blush*

If you want to help this case along you may need to place the Big Park - Performance Park from the Community tab in the library. I don't think it will count if done at the bistro.

Though do give it a try. As if you don't have Showtime installed or enabled the game may do substitutions and it might count that as a substitution.

Share how it turns out?

[Sonshine]

HS already has a Performance Park. I did try at the park, but nothing ever happened. Nothing happened at the bistro either. The case just cancelled itself though and he got a call w/a new easy case. The Case of the naked ring finger."

[MrsFlynn]

Ah okay. I wasn't sure. I'm playing with a mod installed that doesn't install the community lots that gets installed past base game.

The Naked Ring Finger seemed to solve well for me in that it didn't give me any problems.

[Sonshine]

I don't mind the community bldgs except for when they are the combo ones. Even then sometimes they can be good depending on what you use them for. Definitely glitchy though for careers.