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juliabam123
6 years ago
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[FIXED] Game randomly speeds up

Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? Nederlands How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%) What is your current game version number? 1.59.73.1020 W...
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    6 years ago
    Fixed an issue in which the game would jump to Ultra Speed randomly when some Service NPC, specifically Maids, were on the Lot. Talk about speed cleaning!

    Fixed in Patch 1.60.54

    If you still have issues with random game speed-ups, please create a new thread.

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SimGuruNick
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6 years ago

Marked as Solution for Visibility. This is still an open issue.

Firing the maid should work as a temporary workaround for this issue. The bug happens when a maid situation is going on your home lot and some of your household Sims are off-lot (like for work/school). I guess you could also make all your Sims skip work/school, that should work too. 🙂

Note that if you cancel the maid service via phone while the maid is on the lot they'll potentially finish their shift, and the bug will keep occurring as long as they're still on the lot, as long as they're acting in the maid role. If you fire them via the pie menu (if they're actively on your lot) it should cancel the maid situation immediately. 

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preciouskittenn
Seasoned Novice
6 years ago

As I mentioned before I don’t have a maid, but I did have a nanny when this happened. I tried firing him and that worked. So it isn’t just a maid issue, but perhaps a working npc issue? 

  • SimGuruNick's avatar
    SimGuruNick
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    6 years ago

    @preciouskittenn Hmm I can't reproduce with a nanny, only with the maid. Did you maybe have both a nanny and a maid? Or maybe some mod that could be affecting this? We've tried testing this with all the other services like butler and gardener as well, and yeah we've only been able to get it with maids. There was a bug fix in the December Patch that touched a "maid_Situation" tuning file, which is why I was assuming it's very specific to the maid situation.

    If you can consistently get it without a maid involved, and it's not mod-related, could you possibly share a save file where you're having the issue?

    http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/INFORMATION-How-to-Send-User-Files-to-The-Sims-4-Team/m-p/6065302


    Thanks for the help!

    • Jan_831's avatar
      Jan_831
      6 years ago

      I too am having this problem since the last update, but in my case it seems to be triggered by either my sim gardening, the gardener or my sims going to work or school.  At first I thought it was the gardening because it seemed to happen once my sim started to sell her harvestables, but it could be school or work. It seems to stop once everyone is home from work/school.

    • Martinerawr's avatar
      Martinerawr
      6 years ago

      Tried firing the maid, didnt help ☹️ It's been like this since the last update, and wont stop no matter what. I've seen some people getting it after playing for a few minutes, or an hour, but with me it starts immidiatly... I have mods, but none activated other than furniture.

      • crinrict's avatar
        crinrict
        Hero+
        6 years ago
        @Martinerawr Could you test on a vanilla game ? Does it also happen on other lots ?
    • budlen's avatar
      budlen
      6 years ago

      To me it seems to be the university update where you have uncontrolled roommates. the game selects one household member and when they leave it acts as if no one else is there. i have 2 games that it does this.

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