Showtime & Patch 1.31/1.32/1.33 - Bug Thread

List of reported bugs

Freezing/Lagging

Things you can try when your game is freezing: Lags & Intermittent Freezes.

There's a good chance Starlight Shores has routing issues as well.

- Switching from Neighborhood to main menu freezes the game (BionixWV)
- Time will stand still randomly for some tome even though the game is not paused. The shadows and trees move, but all sims are stuck (very common on all kinds of systems)
- Simport lags buy/build mode (simbilN99)

Genie

- Directing Sim to clean the lamp, Sim gets stuck (lmkrivcher)
--> Was solved, deleting cache files
- The "Free the Genie" opportunity is interchangeable between different Genies (bunbunnyny)
- Can't get final wish granted (celebwhiz, jobug1015)
--> Make sure you have the special opportunity slot open (Mondain38)
--> Was fine after restarting the Game.
- Genies can summon pet food which can't be used (Crizzy2468)
--> Don't summon Pet Food
- 3 Possible issues: catloverplayer
- ALL descendants of a genie are genies and Vampire/Genie mixtures are possible (crinrict)

Touring / Shows / SimFests

SimPort Issues, see post below.

- Sim doesn't get paid after touring (CMWarren)
- Giving a show makes the sim loose friends (shadowmel333, thatonegirl32, tinydancer114)
- Unable to cancel steady gigs (Outcry, Tommy92, Springfairy556)
- Problems with performance and map tag does not go away (solar_midnite, solar_midnite)
- Bed & Tour Assignments get lost with touring. (KarinL, altheaquin)
- Singer can't do any gigs after getting married/are flodded with gigs (julienrob2004, Zeekslider)
- Sim freezes/doesn't do anything on stage (nachoamedina, Jazzychik123, jdzane)
- Multiple SimFests confuse game (Sterlingaura)
- Katy Perry Guitar & LN Guitar go missing after touring (KarinL, Sarah3120)
- Needs stop declining when watching a SimFest (Springfairy556)
--> Actual bug ?
- Sim has birthday during performance which corrupts the game (manwitch)
- Sim goes to their gig and although she made her show, the message won't disappear and she can stay on stage as long she wants (Sarah3120, Shaggyswife)
- Sim does not get paid (shawty2102004)
- Non-steady gigs don't get removed (shawty2102004)
- Unable to perform successfully with any EA pre-built venue that I customly add to the world (shawty2102004)
- No option to perform steady gig on the stage (gav09,shawty2102004)
- Stage Props of the Big Park Venue disappear (Frnstntn)
- Big show venue is constantly blacked out and blocky (Shaggyswife)
- Gig Map Tags don't show up (Faith12368)
- Moving out looses the gig map tag if you're hosting a Sim at the time (crinrict)
- Object getting stuck on hand after performing (the3ofusjks116)
- Quitting a show of a local Sim, also quit the hosting (Sarah3120)

New Showtime Objects
- Custom Music doesn't play on Jukebox (veg_kathryn)
- Graphical bug with pool table (Sarah3120)
--> There are 4 pool tables on top of each other. Edit the lot and remove the extra ones
- Sims don't use DJBooth (Springfairy556)
- DJ Booth is multiplying (Springfairy556)
- Upgrading the karaoke machine stops sims from being able to sing on it (julienrob2004)
- DJBooth cannot be deleted right after building cause it says it's in use (Darkling)
- Pictures of photo booth don't go in inventory when taken with a townie (catloverplayer)

Acrobat

- The Fire Ring that Acrobats is backwards (ZeekSlider)
- Acrobat job not available on PC (maanio)
- Singer/Acrobat/Magician sims don't get their weekly wages, if they are on tour (simporting) at 12:00 pm on Sunday (Sarah3120)

Singer

- Can't hear singer sing (see sound issues below)
- Only one Singer in a household gets to do Sing-o-grams (bosslaydee)

Magician

- Magician can't die in the Box of Danger (bunbunnyny)
- Cement Imprint stays on Stage (bunbunnyny)
- Box of Danger disappears if Magician is spared (bunbunnyny)
- Death by illusion is a fire death and pic is missing on the tombstone (bunbunnyny)
- Auto-assignment of vanishing Sim trick to a sim that was not at venue messes up the gig (crinrict)

Food and Recipes

- The banana peanut butter sandwich recipe is in the patch, Bananas are not.
- That's a banana Tree ???
- Only certain foods can be cooked (s0xquisite)

Misc

- Random Dancing (Mahogany_Rose)
- Existing Bug Collections disappeared (petlady, nickibitsward, ivinian)
- Naked State get stuck after taking a shower (Sam7777777, Crizzy2468)
- Missing Map Tags (ivinian, skm36, tea_and_blues)
--> Make sure you don't have them filtered (skm36)
- Map tags don't go away (shawty2102004)
- Can't enter venues (cleoandcoco24, (Sarah3120))
- MP3 Player can't be turned off (julienrob2004)
- Multiple proprietors. There were like a dozen of them. Replacing the venue solved the issue (Tommy92, sam123)
- DJ Booth goes missing after using it (Msrednotdead)
- Massive Gnome Spawning, same bug as in Pets (ZeekSlider)
- Sims wake up at 8 am sharp everyday without a reason (Arty, missthestopsign)
--> Work hours for singer/acrobats/magicians start 9 o'clock while other professions don't have any.
- YA can't get pregnant one day before aging up (geminiagre)
--> Actual bug ?
- Relationship not advancing (Ladyhawk1979)
- Missing Interactions on cell phone (bosslaydee, Zeekslider, ZeekSlider, Aquatica)
- Sim looses Self-Interactions (Springfairy556, Aquatica, shawty2102004)
- When a Sim has found 100% of the different types of fireflies, the number of fireflies found at the description is not in bold in colour (siva20092403)
- Hot tubs seem to be inside out (Shaggyswife)
- Some car types cannot be placed on parking spaces anymore (geminiagre)
- Lighting in lots is flashing on and off (geminiagre)
- Animation issue with snuggle baby (geminiagre)
- Teens keep getting Showtime LTWs although they already have one locked (crinrict)
- Missing engaged moodlet (the3ofusjks116)
- Moving multiplies Showtime career items (CoffeeChick0)
- Household money lost on move via edit town (CoffeeChick0)
- Satelight speakers do not play any sound (geminiagre)
- The volume for Custom Music is way lower (geminiagre)
- Starter homes have pool walls and pool floors (carla70)
- Blank promotion Sim thumbnails (WinMacSims3)

Skills

- Acrobat Sim can read skill book over and over to gain skill and gets a new skill book with every SimPort (carla70)
- Tutoring challenge does not get fulfilled (InbalFeldman)
- Catching every type of fish makes you know 103% of all types (siva20092403)

Memories

- Memories not showing up in scrapbook, no picutres (Deshong04)
- Memories of imported pre-made sims can't be deleted (ZeekSlider)

Service NPCs

- Maid needs to be re-hired everyday (peoinee)
- ServiceNPC Spawning (Lokendra)
--> Might be connected to a mod

Opportunities

- Opportunities can't be completed - not recognized as such(SweetK411, TheMomminator)
--> Seems to be true for opportunities that were open before patching. Simply cancel them.
--> Very common issue, reported by many.

Relationships

- Sim can't use beds and can't woohoo with bf (betty_me13)

World Adventures

- Messed up game after traveling (minadoll26)
- Traveling looses Bug Collections Progress (siva20092403)
- Stage Kit multiplies after traveling (crinrict)

Generations

- Toddler can't be picked up to read to, they fade away (bunbunnyny)
- Newly weds don't get any gifts anymore. They can write thank you notes but the gifts are not there (MVWdeZT, bluegayle_, julienrob2004)
- Can't watch videos my sim recorded before on the gigantic TV in showtime (wzw1177)
- Watching Sims starts telling ghost story during performance which makes the lights get switched off and the show to get canceled (julienrob2004)

Late Night

- bars have no interaction / can't serve food (catloverplayer, bluegayle_, Mimine17)
- Even more vampires now (jacqpinks)
- Sim can't gain celebrity points (Simmygirl26)
- Paparazzis lost their tags on home lots (geminiagre)
--> They Came Back

Pets

- Unicorns can't be interacted with (TINA180, leep45508, ivinian)
--> Only pre-patch Unicorns
- Unicorns lost their magical powers (catloverplayer)
--> Only pre-patch Unicorns
- Can't catch birds. Only 'Watch' appears (Diamondkool, nickibitsward