With the following solution, you should be able to close the case and move on. The faulty suspect can’t be saved (only a library copy).
You also need to know who the suspect is and be able to meet him. It’s very likely he’s now a policemen himself, most of the time the chief of police.
Now you need to find out if the suspect is a random Sim or one that is living somewhere or that you even like a lot. If you do like him, I suggest, you save him to the library.
- Save your game under a new name so you have a backup
- Find out if the suspect is already living in a household or not. Change to the household manager and check all families. If the suspect is part of a household, you can skip steps 3-6.
- Play at work until your shift is over. Just fulfill the other stuff. Also make sure you befriend the chief of police
- Once back home, invite the Sim over to your house
- Open the cheat console and type: testingcheats on
- Shift-click on the Sim and choose Add to family
- Go to manage world and start the household manager.
- Split the faulty Sim from the household into a new one and then delete that new household
- Go back to your home lot and play until you need to go to work again
- Join your Sim at work
- The option to issue an APB should now be back but you’re not done as you would just go look for the same Sim again that no longer exists in your game
- Make sure testing cheats is still active and if not, reactivate it then shift-click on your Sim.
- Choose: Detective Day Event – DEBUG: Get New Case Event (this will give you a new case)
- Shift-Click on your Sim again and choose: Detective Day Event – DEBUG: Apprehend Suspect Event (this will give you two new clues to the new suspect)
- Add new clues to the board and do whatever you normally do to get new clues. If necessary, travel to the crime scene again. The old ones will stay in your notebook. Ignore them. Only the new ones count. Keep continuing to get clues until you have at least 3 or 4 new clues
- Issue another APB and go find your new suspect
- Arrest him and hope he doesn’t become a Sim with a role again.
- After closing the case, your notebook should be blank again.
Arrested suspect can’t be found at police station
Problem
After arresting a Sims and returning to the police station, the suspect is
I can’t issue another APB or cancel the case
Cause
Solution
You also need to know who the suspect is and be able to meet him. It’s very likely he’s now a policemen himself, most of the time the chief of police.
Now you need to find out if the suspect is a random Sim or one that is living somewhere or that you even like a lot. If you do like him, I suggest, you save him to the library.
AHQ Thread
Please click me too on this thread if you’re affected by the issue
By crin • Open Bugs • Tags: Detective Career, Get To Work, Suspect