Various City Living Bugs

DoctorEvilface · November 2016

Just a small list of bugs I've experienced in-game so far. (City Living Specifically.)

Time slowing down and skipping around periodically when in hyper speed.
Sims continuing to sing after cancelling Practice Singing action. (Sims stop, but sound effect persists.)
Unable to stop Sims from spray painting because action randomly disappeared from queue. (Choosing a different action does not help.)
Young Sims coming home from school a few minutes after leaving.
Apartment neighbors complaining about noise when nothing is happening.
Sims defaulting to T-Pose when attempting to complain about noise to neighbors.
Frequency of neighbor visits for food and entertainment too high. (Almost every time one of my sims pulls out food from the fridge...)
Losing the ability to Go Here in own apartment. (This one really cheesed me off.)
Neighbors randomly barging into Sims apartments uninvited.
Festival apparel removes all accessories. (Not sure if this one is a bug or proper function. Had to reapply accessories in CAS.)

* Mods were not in use during gameplay.

rosemow · November 2016

Hello
With your second issue, this thread on the AHQ EA site refers to the issue.
http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/OPEN-CL-Singing-Music-Overlay-and-never-stops/m-p/5669692#U5669692

With the fourth issue, it may occur if you go to buy/bulld mode during school hours.
http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/TO-ADD-CL-Sims-return-early-from-school-work-while-in-Buy-Mode/m-p/5670239#U5670239

kittygirl14162 · November 2016

I'm having a problem where it won't let me select the option to work from home. My game is modded, but how do I know which types of mods to try removing to fix this? Or is there another fix I could try first? Could custom content be causing this, or is it more likely a gameplay or script mod?

rosemow · November 2016

kittygirl14162 wrote: »

I'm having a problem where it won't let me select the option to work from home. My game is modded, but how do I know which types of mods to try removing to fix this? Or is there another fix I could try first? Could custom content be causing this, or is it more likely a gameplay or script mod?

Hello @kittygirl14162
Move your mods folder to the desktop. Then start the game and test to see if that helps the issues. If it does help, then put your mods/CC back into the newly generated mods folder in the sims 4 folder one by one or in batches and testing the game after each one to see which is the cause of the problem. Put one item or batch in , test the game , take it out. Then test another one, to find the cause of the issue.

This is link to a thread that contains a list of some of the broken /updated mods since the last patch/release of City Living
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/903114/broken-updated-mods-oct-27-16-cl
The issue could be caused by both mods and cc.

morg1291 · November 2016

I'm having issues as well where the sims come home from work/school right away.

rosemow · November 2016

morg1291 wrote: »

I'm having issues as well where the sims come home from work/school right away.

Hello @morg1291
Try avoiding going into buy/build mode after your sims go to work or school and test to see if the issues remain.

If the issue remains, and if you have cc/mods in your game, move your mods folder to the desktop. Then start the game and test to see if the issue is still there.

rmychal21 · November 2016

Just had GeekCon spawn for the first time, and it happened right on top of the Romance Festival that never ended, as in, the festival ended but the festival "stuff" never went away. All of the items in the festival are on top of each other and it's one big mess! Using Sims 4 on MacBook Pro.

rosemow · November 2016

rmychal21 wrote: »

Just had GeekCon spawn for the first time, and it happened right on top of the Romance Festival that never ended, as in, the festival ended but the festival "stuff" never went away. All of the items in the festival are on top of each other and it's one big mess! Using Sims 4 on MacBook Pro.

Hello
Other simmers are having this issue also.
Wait until the next festival spawns in that area. Then have your sim attend it, and have them stay at the festival when it is ending until all the items disappear.

Angel9Lives82 · November 2016

I'm having a problem where a sim will call mine, and talk about going to a party or an opera at a certain time...and then nothing happens. The time comes and goes, and nothing happens at all. I mean, it doesn't tell me if I'm supposed to take my sim to a certain place (cause really? where would the opera take place?!, and the party was at an abandoned warehouse in the fashion district, so again...🐸🐸🐸🐸?!) or if they're supposed to go on their own...anyone else know what's going on?

rosemow · November 2016

Angel9Lives82 wrote: »

I'm having a problem where a sim will call mine, and talk about going to a party or an opera at a certain time...and then nothing happens. The time comes and goes, and nothing happens at all. I mean, it doesn't tell me if I'm supposed to take my sim to a certain place (cause really? where would the opera take place?!, and the party was at an abandoned warehouse in the fashion district, so again...plum?!) or if they're supposed to go on their own...anyone else know what's going on?

Hello
It would be good post feedback on this AHQ EA site that refers to the issue
http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/OPEN-CL-Phone-events-Opera-Circus-Concert-etc-not-working/m-p/5672609#U5672609

Kryris · November 2016

My sim lives in the apartment building shared with Salim Benali, and since I only used one sim, I turned one of the bedrooms into pretty much a skill room. I had him painting one night, probably around two in the morning, and Salim comes out and complains about the noise I'm making, even though the room I was painting in was on the other side of the apartment, furthest from his apartment. Then he proceeded to walk in and sleep on my bed for a few seconds before leaving.

Also, I'm not sure if there's a connection. But when my sim goes to work, time will speed up as usual, then it will slow down while hearts are coming out of the Benali's apartment.

rosemow · November 2016

Kryris wrote: »

My sim lives in the apartment building shared with Salim Benali, and since I only used one sim, I turned one of the bedrooms into pretty much a skill room. I had him painting one night, probably around two in the morning, and Salim comes out and complains about the noise I'm making, even though the room I was painting in was on the other side of the apartment, furthest from his apartment. Then he proceeded to walk in and sleep on my bed for a few seconds before leaving.

Also, I'm not sure if there's a connection. But when my sim goes to work, time will speed up as usual, then it will slow down while hearts are coming out of the Benali's apartment.

Hello
Neighbours can still complain about noise even though the area of the room is not near their apartment. Perhaps you may need to paint at a later time in the day. Try seeing if the same thing occurs on a different day.

PhDSimmer · November 2016

Sorry if posted elsewhere ... I'm having a glitch where I have sims sitting at a table or on a bench. If they start talking to each other everyone sat down suddenly jump outs and ends up standing position with the actions cancelled.

rosemow · November 2016

PhDSimmer wrote: »

Sorry if posted elsewhere ... I'm having a glitch where I have sims sitting at a table or on a bench. If they start talking to each other everyone sat down suddenly jump outs and ends up standing position with the actions cancelled.

Hello
If you have cc/mods in your game, move your mods folder to the desktop. Then start the game and test to see if the issue is still there. If it has helped with the issue, put your mods/ CC back into the newly generated mods folder that is in the sims 4 folder one by one or in batches and testing after each one to see which is the causes of the problem.

If the issues still remain, repairing the game may help. To do that, right click on the sims 4 picture in Origin and click repair.

Try resetting your sims 4 folder and see if that helps. To do that, move your sims 4 folder ( that is in Documents -Electronic Arts - then the sims 4 folder is there ) to the desktop. Then start the game, and a new sims 4 folder will be generated. Exit the game and then copy back the "options.ini" file and the "saves" , "screenshots" "tray" "custom music " and "mods" folders from the desktop sims 4 folder to the new sims 4 folder, replacing the new generated file/ folders with the old file/folders from the desktop sims 4 folder

laladottyspotlala · November 2016

My hyper speed randomly stops working. So time goes really slow when sim is sleeping or at work

rosemow · November 2016

laladottyspotlala wrote: »

My hyper speed randomly stops working. So time goes really slow when sim is sleeping or at work

Hello
When this happens, try pressing pause, then waiting a few seconds, then press pause again, then try going back to speed level three and see if that helps.

WannaM · November 2016

I'm having an issue where my sims are unable to drink from the fountain during festivals. My game is modded but I removed the mod folder and I'm still having the same issue.

rosemow · November 2016

WannaM wrote: »

I'm having an issue where my sims are unable to drink from the fountain during festivals. My game is modded but I removed the mod folder and I'm still having the same issue.

Hello

Try checking to see if there is anything that has been spawned near the fountain that could be causing issues or routing problems .

Repairing the game may help. To do that, right click on the sims 4 picture in Origin and click repair .

Try resetting your sims 4 folder and see if that helps. To do that, move your sims 4 folder ( that is in Documents -Electronic Arts - then the sims 4 folder is there ) to the desktop. Then start the game, and a new sims 4 folder will be generated. Exit the game and then copy back the "options.ini" file and the "saves" , "screenshots" "tray" "custom music " and "mods" folders from the desktop sims 4 folder to the new sims 4 folder, replacing the new generated file/ folders with the old file/folders from the desktop sims 4 folder

WannaM · November 2016

Thanks Rose. I tried these steps and it's still not working.

rosemow · November 2016

WannaM wrote: »

Thanks Rose. I tried these steps and it's still not working.

Hello
There was another simmer who had the same issue. Could you try testing in a fresh new save game and see if the issue occurs in that new save game also.

rosemow · November 2016

WannaM wrote: »

Thanks Rose. I tried these steps and it's still not working.

Hello
Another simmer has started a thread for the issue. It would be good to post feedback on the issue there
http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/Can-t-Drink-Sakura-Tea-at-Festival/m-p/5674266#U5674266

Kayleeners · November 2016

First, can someone send me a message and let me know how to post on these forums? I'd like to make a separate topic and there's not a link or button anywhere to click on to start one. I tried to google it but only came to how-tos on how to post an image.

Second, my sims' friendly relationship drops by a third, at random points. This has happened three times so far. They are dating, so I'll mention that their romantic relationship stays the same. This started happening after installing City Living. Relationships with other friends stay the same and are not affected.

I've taken a screenshot: (they live together)
apparently I haven't been around long enough to post links… 4 years isn't enough? Remove spaces from the link.

puu.sh /s5RMm/a2273f6e2a .png

rosemow · November 2016

Kayleeners wrote: »

First, can someone send me a message and let me know how to post on these forums? I'd like to make a separate topic and there's not a link or button anywhere to click on to start one. I tried to google it but only came to how-tos on how to post an image.

Second, my sims' friendly relationship drops by a third, at random points. This has happened three times so far. They are dating, so I'll mention that their romantic relationship stays the same. This started happening after installing City Living. Relationships with other friends stay the same and are not affected.

I've taken a screenshot: (they live together)
apparently I haven't been around long enough to post links… 4 years isn't enough? Remove spaces from the link.

puu.sh/s5RMm/a2273f6e2a.png

rosemow · November 2016

Hello @Kayleeners

There is usually a blue new discussion button at the top right hand side of the screen in the forum sections. But new discussion threads though may have been restricted for new members. You may not be able to start a new thread until you become a full member. This occurs sometimes, especially at weekends, even when previously you were able to start a new thread.
You need to have 50 points and 30 posts before you can become a full member and can then post pictures, have a signature, edit posts , post links and change your profile picture.This thread explains about it.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/770609/member-or-new-member-everything-you-need-to-know

It would be good to post feedback on this AHQ EA link thread that refers to the relationship issue
http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/OPEN-CL-Fast-friendship-decay-when-living-in-apartment/m-p/5669915#U5669915

Kayleeners · November 2016

@rosemow Thanks for the links and the info about posting. This may take me a while as my account is four years old and I am just now getting into the forums.

I gave feedback to that thread. I'm glad I'm not the only one with this issue.

rosemow · November 2016

Kayleeners wrote: »

@rosemow Thanks for the links and the info about posting. This may take me a while as my account is four years old and I am just now getting into the forums.

I gave feedback to that thread. I'm glad I'm not the only one with this issue.

Hello
You're welcome

It is good that you posted feedback on the thread.

The Sims Forums

Various City Living Bugs

Comments