I had a tough time trying to reach the remote once and ended up starting a new family out of frustration.. the second time it happened, I was able to retrieve it using a child:



There might be two sides to this glitch, one that is reachable and the other that just makes the remote non-existant to the game. Either way, I keep backups of my save files just in case another glitch happens so I can just revert to the progress from the day earlier.

I don't know if that's an idea or not, but what if you get this mode that you can actually see (like that one Lyss is using above) and see if you can reach the remote with a child?

Thanks for the suggestion, *Moonlyght*, but I got the clear tray a couple of months ago and have spent many hours dropping both children and adults on the remote. It simply won't work even when I get a peep in what looks like perfect alignment.

After two months of frustrated trying, I'm about ready to give up. I think Lyssaria must be right in her suspicion that there is a glitch that makes the remote non-existant to the game.

Lyssaria, I envy your game backups. I wish I had done that. Of course I had no idea I might encounter a glitch like this one. At this point I'm on my 14th generation and have about $95 million. The thought of starting all over doesn't much appeal to me.

I really do wish the makers would issue a patch to fix this problem. I'd sincerely appreciate it if they'd let us know if one is in the works. I'll try to hold out a little longer but this frustration is really getting to me.

Thanks so much for your help.

I was hoping for a patch as well as I lost my first family although that got me to start my new one which is way more personal to me I named the founders after me and my fiancé.. it's great fun to visit my dad and show him his great great great great etc grand children! It's because of this that I started using the backups.

You can keep trying the clear console now and then as it wouldn't be worth starting all over. I know mine was stubborn no matter how I tried, but there's not much to do in this situation.

Best of luck with all of your families!

I'm very attached to this family I'm playing with for the same reason Lyssaria pointed: the founder are named after me and my husband (in fact named after our nicknames) - and the peeps kinda look like us.

I'm about to get my last trophy and my husband asked what am I going to do when this happens. I was thinking of starting a new game with the rainbow girls but it's so difficult to think of leaving this one!

I know exactly what you're feeling, coleslaw.

Maybe if you save a backup of this game and wait for a patch? You can start a new one, but save this game for later on?

Sorry coleslaw, that's weird. You could try a different item to rename remote.png, like say the barbeque.png and see if you can pick up that item. Be sure to close the game entirely while you are renaming these files as it is possible you can corrupt the game if you try to overwrite the files while they are in use.

If this doesn't work then something is definitely corrupted and the only other option is to back up your familysave files (Virtual Families1.ldw, etc) and re-install the game, then copy your familysave files back to the newly installed game so you keep your same family info.

Good luck.

I used Lewandas remote mod,and changed the color.I can always find the remote.

coleslaw, I had a game that I had to delete, because my remote completely disappeared from the game. I tried for about a week and finally gave it up. It's sad when you've gotten a game that far then have to scrap it. It really would be nice if they would make a patch, as you said, to fix that problem. I hope somehow you still may be able to retrieve yours.

For those of you who believe that changing the image will help, it will only help you find it visually. The problem is when it gets in that glitched area in the yard under your toolbar. Sometimes we are able to pick it up after a few tries, while other times it seems to just not be in the game anymore.

Think of it this way.. there are two pieces of the remote, the first being what we see (the .png image) and the second being the programming in the game. If you enlarge the remote and drop your person on it, they may not lift it because you missed the programming part. It's good for finding the remote in the first place, but it makes it even more difficult to pick it up in that one tough spot.

Hi there...

I hope this hasn´t been posted yet (was too lazy to read the whole thread). I have located the remote on the parents´ bedroom wall but can´t reach it. Any ideas how I can grab it?

Got it!
I just dropped a child on it like suggested in earlier postings.