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Is the Science Career Broken?
MeaganJo
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3 days ago I started an adult Sim in the Science career of GTW and she was getting promotions all the way to LEVEL 3 (JUNIOR TINKERER) and 4 breakthroughs but then she got stuck there. She doesn't get a light bulb above her head when doing all the activities marked with light bulbs but she does get focused and really focused or whatever it is and yet still no 5 or 6th breakthrough and no promotions. This morning I finally had her quit her job and get re-hired and she started at LEVEL 2 (APPRENTICE INVENTOR) and yet again hasn't moved forward in her career and still does not get the light bulb or breakthroughs. What the heck am I doing wrong or is the science career borked?
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Does this career require higher logic? I know in the doctor career it hurts your Sim if you don't have high logic. Even logic skills at seven still leave the Sim confused as to what the machines diagnosis was. The game never says, hey you need logic. It's just a given, I think. That's why some of the machines they can practice on gives logic skills.
Thank you for the response @Cinebar. My Sims logic is at level 10. She was finally able to get to Level 3 yet again but still doesn't get the light bulb above her head when very focused and supposedly working on a breakthrough and still only has the first 4 breakthrough's, she can take thoughtful shower's, tinker on this and that, ponder moves on the chess board, stargaze, analyze, use the microscope, weed and water, read and yet no 5th and 6th breakthroughs and still can't get past Junior tinkerer just like yesterday and the day before.
When my sim was in the shower he got them most. He would have to be in there awhile (make your sim go in while really dirty) and they'd just pop up.
Do you play with CC? Did you yank it out and test?
@Xoxk9 my game is completely mod and cc free so nothing there to cause any issues and have finally gotten to the point where I am using the testingcheats true and making needs static to try and keep the very focused up. I'll send her jogging and fishing and digging to try and get her real dirty then try to get her focused again and try the thoughtful shower that way.
Sometimes when my game glitches (it wouldn't let my sim use the fridge for no good reason <___<) I used the repair function in origin and that surprisingly fixed it.
Good luck!
Where do I find this repair game in Origin? I've never seen it before.
Ope never mind I figured it out and trying it now. I hope this works if not well then it will sadden me.
Sadly it didn't work, I am at a complete loss and don't know what else there is that I could possibly do to get this working correctly besides start completely over and well that is just not happening unless I find a mod to up all my sims skills again because the endless hours of learning was quite enough for me. Erg arg.
Yeah I just bought this EP a few days ago and had the issue the first day and have been trying to get it to work since. I wasn't having issues with the Dr career besides my Dr Sim getting old and dying however his wife is just stuck and I've stopped the aging process now in hopes of her finishing it but don't see it happening. I have looked and looked to see if anyone else has had this issue but so far all I've seen is trouble getting to the final promotion or final breakthrough.
I wish I was at the point sunman unfortunately getting 6 breakthroughs is a requirement with LEVEL 3 (JUNIOR TINKERER) to get to LEVEL 4 (SERUM SEQUENCER).
Hey, thanks for the answer. So, it's more intune with moods that help with a break through then than a skill. I will try to remember that when I play that one, but yes, all the careers are bugged in some way as others stated. I get around them (so far) by not going to work with them, skip day and then go back and things have changed, etc.
some data corruption is fixed by restarting the game. this worked for me with doctors
also try repair GTW so at origin/my games under sims 4 i right click on GTW icon select option
and lastly if you cant make the pro work correctly quit and start up again.
Edit:::use this cheat :: careers.promote Scientist
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@ceejay402 I did use that nifty little fix from Origin but sadly it didn't fix this but did make fixes elsewhere. My Sim quit her job yesterday, I saved the game quit the game then went back in and started her up in the Science career again and that didn't work so then I saved a copy of the household and started over with a new game just a copy of the Sims and still nothing.
@Cinebar ugh what a bummer, I don't like knowing that each of the careers are bugged in one way or another, I sure hope they make some fixes soon. I bought TS4 and ended up not playing it at all and then this EP came out and I decided to give it another go and bam I am already being bombarded with buggies.
My best scientist was both a Genius and Creative. This worked for me.
My Sim is at level 7 (I think -- could be at 8 by now) in the Science career. He gets breakthroughs working at the chemistry table, plus from fishing and gardening (his family has a pretty extensive garden).
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