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ShadowLiberal
7 years ago
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[FIXED] Can't finish Video Games/Not earning any money

Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) What is your current game version number? 1.46.18.1020 What...
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    6 years ago
    Fixed an issue where Sims in the eSport Gamer branch of the Tech Guru career were not earning money when programming video games.

    Fixed in Patch 1.51.75

    I hope that's what this note refers too.

    Feedback would be great

    Is everything fixed for this ?

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crinrict
Hero+
7 years ago

Hi @ShadowLiberal

tested this in my own game and have no issues getting paid. Cheat mine up as well. The money was added to my account but there was no message about it.

Could you try on a fresh save game that never saw any mods/cc ?

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ShadowLiberal
7 years ago

Crinrict, I tried again today after the new patch, it still doesn't work for me, only it's even worse.

Instead of not getting paid I get prompted to name the Video Game when it's finished. I enter a name, and then nothing really happens. When I go back to the programming menu there's still an option to continue work on my video game, which immediately prompts me again to name the game, with the same results. No matter what I enter (or don't enter) it doesn't let me finish the game.

I tried completely removing everything from my Sims 4/Mods folder as you suggested, and creating a 100% randomized sim to test this out with. It still had the same results, unable to name and finish a video game.

Everything else in my Sims 4 games seems to work just fine, it's only making Video Games that I'm having this trouble.

That said, I can't say I'm too surprised you didn't have this issue Crinrict. I couldn't find anyone else talking about it when I googled the problem. I'm wondering if something is somehow corrupted with my installation. I've occasionally run into weird bugs over the years in other games that can only be fixed by a reinstall.

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    crinrict
    Hero+
    7 years ago

    @ShadowLiberal

    Did you also try on a fresh save or just on one specific one ? If not, could you try that to find out if it's save game related ?

    @Sentient_Pest

    I merged your post with a similar report.

    Did you have issues with getting paid as OP before the patch as well ?

    @Phantomlover1717 for awareness.

    • Sentient_Pest's avatar
      Sentient_Pest
      7 years ago

      @crinrict

      Fresh save insofar that I started a new game with the same character? Yes. That's the "export, import" I'm referring to in my last post.

      For the sake of troubleshooting the problem, I made a completely brand new character in a completely new world. Same issue nonetheless.

      As far as getting paid, I've gotten paid for mobile games, but not for video. This has been my only attempt to publish video games before - I've never tried it before this glitch started happening. The other post sounds like it has the same exact issue I am having.

      • crinrict's avatar
        crinrict
        Hero+
        7 years ago
        OK. Thanks. Will do some more testing myself after patch.
  • Millie0702's avatar
    Millie0702
    7 years ago

    I also have an issue with this. 

    It seems my game is stuck at 99% finished video game so every time I try to do it, it says "Continue making video game" and is finished in 3 secs, then it asks me to name and I get royalties but no initial pay. I have made 20 video games like this now. 

  • Koztasa's avatar
    Koztasa
    7 years ago

    Hi there! (new to this) 

    I too have the "Continue Creating a Game" issue, where i get the pop up window asking me to name the finished game (My sism's lvl is 10 in programming) I tested it and gave it consecutive names like Sims1, Sims 2, and so on (not that name but you get it) every day i get the notification for royalties and i see every game listed........so im banking. 

    Thats all, just wanted to brag. no, not really. Im quite bothered since i want my sim to earn his cash! Please Help!

    • coffeenebula's avatar
      coffeenebula
      Seasoned Novice
      7 years ago
      I'll add a "me too" for strength in numbers. My sim actually got "credit" for making 5 games because I kept trying that interaction. I even tried using a skill cheat to lower her programming skill to level 8 before you can make a game, then resetting it back to 10, and the interaction is still stuck on "continue making video game."
      • cs3k's avatar
        cs3k
        7 years ago

        I mean as far as bugs go I guess it's not the worst thing in the world, I've been just performing the "continue working on game" action every few (sim) days to emulate as though he was actually working on the game... but still would like it fixed. 

        @crinrict I have more information as well. I created a completely new Sim in a different save. Got him up to programming lvl 10, created 1 video game as intended and had to actually work on it. Did not get paid when the game was completed, but royalties began the next day. The next game I tried to create, the bug presented itself again. The issue continues to only affect Video Game creation, and does not affect Mobile App creation, Game Modding, Plugin creation, or Hacking. For both of the sims on which I've experienced this issue, the bug does not appear until after one or two successful video game creation efforts. 

  • kuhnesyd's avatar
    kuhnesyd
    7 years ago

    Hey.

    yeah I’ve been having the exact same problem.  My sim just won’t finish the video game.  I select continue making video game and it prompts me to name it but after I select ok the sim just stays sitting at the computer and the task I assigned immediately disappers.  When I go back to program... it still shows continue making video game and the same thing happens when I try again.  I’ve also tried getting rid of all of my mods and cc and no difference occurred.  How do we fix this???

    • gardenlobster's avatar
      gardenlobster
      7 years ago
      Just started having this issue today. Sim has maxed programming. I go to continue the video game and it prompts for a name. I enter a name, and nothing happens. The option to continue making the game persists. I did notice that before her skill was maxed out, she'd never finish a game. I'd have to cancel the action, it would prompt for a game name, and THEN I'd get paid. But now I can't finish one at all. I cheated the skill level down to 9 and the issue persists.
      • tshippe's avatar
        tshippe
        7 years ago

        Just adding myself to the list of affected players.  Had Travis Scott level up programming.  Couple mobile apps earn him royalties, then had him make a video game.  Can't complete, just gives me the option to name the game over and over.  No CC ever.  I wish there was a compilation somewhere of the top twenty unresolved glitches of Sims 4, so that I could learn to avoid them lol!  ....course, lmk if there is one in existence 😉

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