Does anyone know if there is a mod that fixes the current bug in the acting career? The career is currently completely useless and unplayable. I've been playing every other career in the game and really want to get back into acting.
I think fixing this is beyond my skills as a modder.
I posted a bug report in AHQ about 2 months ago and it's got about 500 "me too"s. Doesn't look like it's gonna be fixed any time soon. I want a mod to fix it so I can play it again without cheating constantly like I have to in the detective career.
BTW... if anyone has the same problem head over there and "Me Too" it. Maybe if they get another thousand hits they might actually think about fixing it.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-GF-Actor-Prep-Tasks-reset-on-traveling/m-p/8533570#M115107
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very interesting, indeed
I'm not so sure. In the past, as long as my sim matched the base skill for the gig and did all the prep tasks and work-day tasks, I could always select the "Risky" options and they would NEVER fail. The "Risky" tasks fail more than half the time now.
There's still a bug there somewhere, whether it's cosmetic or not I'm not sure. However I suppose it's more realistic and less OP to have them fail at least some of the time. I just started a new playthrough so we'll see how it works on the higher acting career levels.
Edit: Yeah, it's definitely not working. In dozens of playthroughs this is the first time I haven't gotten gold, and I've done EVERY task.
What seems to be happening is the prep tasks are likely "adjusters" to the performance tasks. The more of them you do, the more likely they'll work properly without failing. Without those "adjusters", the end result is totally random.
I'm working on a mod for it. I haven't found a fix for the problem, but I figured out how to kinda... bypass it.
https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175412067973/random-bug-fixes-a-collection-of-random-small-bug
Wow. Her fix is better than mine. I'm not surprised. I was just considering giving a little extra job performance during the pre-performance tasks. Enough to cover one risky failure. Her fix actually restores it to almost normal. Hers is more of a cheat though. With hers you can ignore the prep tasks completely and they'll show as "completed" once you go to the gig.
It's not a big deal for me since I plan to always do the prep tasks anyway. Awesome!
Edit: Actually, I just tried her mod out. Turns out, it auto-completes all the prep tasks any time your sim leaves the lot. Even when they rabbit-hole. Problem with that is, I get a gig, go to the audition (which is a rabbit-hole) and all the prep tasks auto-complete before I can get a chance to do them. I think I prefer my solution better. At least I can do the prep tasks.