Sims with the Best Selling Author Aspiration can now complete their task of writing 3 Best Sellers.
Fixed in Patch 1.69.57/ 1.35
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I am having the same issue. My Sim, Harley, has a lot going for her in terms of traits: Creative, Perfectionist, Creatively Gifted (from childhood), Creative Visionary (from rewards store), and Muser (from aspiration). I will have her read a book in between writing. She is always very inspired when she writes. She has written perhaps ten excellent books, but no bestsellers, which means that she has been stuck at that stage of her aspiration for her entire adult life.
I saw the suggestion to read a book from reference. Unfortunately, the only related trait Harley doesn't have is Bookworm. I could change her traits in the reward store, but it seems odd that this would be a requirement for completing the aspiration. I'm pretty sure it's a bug.
Thanks so much!
PS. I have the Seasons and Get To Work expansion packs. I am on a fairly old Mac with OS 10.11.6
PPS. I have a perhaps related bug which is that if a Sim signs up for a gig and then travels before completing, the completed work is accepted by the client, but the boxes uncheck themselves so the project doesn't count. I wonder if it is related, because Harley kept having this problem as a freelance writer.
EA Staff (Retired)Is this still a problem for anyone? I tried in my own game just now and was able to successfully create a bestseller. My Sim doesn't have the Bookworm trait either, just Creative, Neat and Loner. Starting at Writing skill level 1 it took me around 15 books before I got the bestseller (Writing skill is at 8 now). I didn't do anything seemingly special, just tried to keep my Sim's Needs full. I suspect anyone having this issue is just having bad luck and if you write some more books you'll get it eventually.
If you think this is a legit problem though, I'd love if you could share your save file with me so that we could investigate further. Thanks so much!
Hi, this platform is very new to me. I am having this problem today. I have no idea how to share a saved file. I also have another problem where I can't open the family at the moment which is how I ended up here. So I am probably not helpful.
Jocelyn
hi @crinrict , I just enrolled a single sim family in university (hadn't done before, new purchase) and picked student housing and she moved out and when you hover on the housing the name is there but not her picture and you click the play button (from the world) in the bottom right corner and it makes the click noise but does nothing. and she's definitely gone from the other house. and not in saved families anywhere. nobody else has had this exact issue as I can see but had similar ones?
and the game crashes if I try to visit the lot with another household. saying error code: 111:5924646b:c5d286c3.
I don't have any mods, I don't know what ccs are. I've never figured out how to download mods.
In my case, my sims write bestseller while they are working for ‘write 5 good books’ and ‘write 10 excellent books’ milestonws. The problem is that they write over 20 books when they are working for ‘write 5 bestsellers’ milestone but no luck. It was easier to make bestseller before the 5 bestseller milestone and the previously written bestsellers are not recognized as the bestsellers when they get 5 bestsellers milestone. They have to make 5 bestsellers newly but very rarely get it. Really weird thing is, without pencil lot trait, they mostly write normal quality books with creative visionary and writing skill 10 which haven’t happened to my old sims who had already completed author aspiration. They used to write excellent quality books without pencil lot trait with creative visionary and 10 writing skill points.
Edit: I thoguth 5 bestsellers but actually 3 bestsellers milestone. I just opened the game and realize it.
Sims with the Best Selling Author Aspiration can now complete their task of writing 3 Best Sellers.
Fixed in Patch 1.69.57/ 1.35
If you're still experiencing this issue, please create a new thread.
