[ARCHIVED] [DU] Scheduled Organization Events on lots: No one shows up
Product: The Sims 4
Platform: PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Constant
What is your current game version number? 1.112.481.1030 DXp
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Tiny Living, 4 Seasons, Romantic Garden Stuff, Outdoor Retreat, My First Pet Stuff, Holiday Celebration Pack, Growing Together, Greenhouse Haven Kit, Get Together, Get To Work, Dream Home Decoration Game Pack, Discover University, Dine Out, Cottage Living, City Living, Cats & Dogs, Bowling Night Stuff, Book Nook Kit, Blooming Rooms Kit, Backyard Stuff
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Let the game play for 10-14 game days then travel to any Britechester non-residential lot that hosts a university organization event.
What happens when the bug occurs? NPC players that arrive to the lot are usually university organization members. Random townies, professors, and vendors fail to arrive at the lot. University events, be they tied to an organization (like Debate Club practice) or not (like Cram For The Exam) do not occur as scheduled.
What do you expect to see? The game to play normally.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? I used to and the game functioned normally with mods. This bug occurs if mods are installed or not.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Issue started after the Lovestruck Patch.
Ever since the Lovestruck patches the Discover University pack is broken. University events that occur on non-residential lots are affected. This includes both Commons, Laurel Library, and Pepper's Pub. Events that are off-lot, like the Saturday Debate Showdown, occur normally. The bug occurs independent of a playable Sim enrolled in either university. At first a trip to an affected lot shows minor problems, such as most spawning NPCs being members of a specific university organization. Example: you go to Darby's Den at 7am and most of the NPC Sims that spawn on the lot are members of the Debate Team. You will get a series of notifications for every university event scheduled to occur on lot from when the game started up until the present as if they are happening simultaneously as soon as you arrive on the lot, even though no event is actually occurring. Example: if you travel to Darby's Den at 7am 14 days into the game you will get notifications that Cram For The Exam, Poetry And Tea Reading, and the University Mixer are all happening right now. As the game clock moves forward the effects are cumulative and the bug gets worse. Example: travel to Darby's Den and the professors no longer show up to practice stand-up or play chess, the cafeteria vendor no longer shows up, events no longer occur at scheduled times, and the lot essentially is no longer functional. The bug can be partially reset by going into build mode, switching the lot type to Residential, returning to play mode, then going back into build mode and reverting to the lot's original type. This partial reset does not correct the bug of university events happening at scheduled times. Events may or may not occur if you are on the lot when they are supposed to occur, usually not. After another 14-21 game days the lot is completely broken once again.
Rabbit hole events, such as sporting events, tutoring, attending guest lectures, and graduation events, function normally.
If I had to venture a guess I would say the bug has to do with university events, specifically university organization events, not syncing up to the game clock. The game seems to lose track of when events start/stop (specifically when the stop) and reaches a state where it thinks multiple events are happening simultaneously. The code can't handle the situation and everything fails.
I used to play with mods and before the Lovestruck patch the Discover University pack worked normally. Post-Lovestruck Patch I have created loads with mods turned off and mods turn on. The bug happens in either game state. I did a repair/reinstall of the game and played new saves with no mods installed and the mods folder cleared, in case a mod or CC made a change to the game registry. The bug still happened. I think we can rule out a mod/CC conflict.
@crinricthere are the edits. It's been a long time since I logged on to try and play. I checked and the bug is still present.
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