[FIXED] No Skill Books available to read at library

Does this just happen in your current save or also if you start a new one for testing purposes ? Have you tried replacing the bookshelves itself ?

I did some testing myself and in as  @helenthehunter  there's no issues in Willow Creek but even replacing bookshelves in the one in Windenburg doesn't help. It's really weird. Doing some more testing.

I think if you clone the Windenburg library, then you're missing the skill books. Should be fine if you build your own from scratch, no matter the world.

It's also not new though. There should be another thread somewhere. 

Have you tried the default library in Willow Creek?  It's the only one that has ever had skill books for me.  I think EA forgot to make it happen for the other libraries.

Isn't this related to the book shelves themselves? If you look at the book shelves in the Willow Creek library they are not the same ones you can buy in build mode. What I did was I put a few of the shelves from the Willow Creek library and saved them in a room. I use the book shelves from this room in all libraries that do not have them. 

As @danacnbrett said, a work-around is to save a bookcase from Willow Creek Archives as a separate room in your gallery then add that room to every library lot in the game.  Just adding the bookcase room to the library lot seems to update all shelves to contain skill books, in the same way that adding a toddler bookcase to a lot adds the toddler books to every bookcase.  You don't even need to keep the Willow Creek bookcase on the lot. Once the shelves have updated, you can take it away and the skill books will remain.

I've tested this work-around in modded and unmodded files, and several different library lots, and it's worked every time.

I apologize for not being able to come back until now. Anyway, I ended up replacing the libraries with originals from a new fresh save. I just saved them to my library and then placed them in the other save and now everything works. I need to add though that I also got rid of all lots and Sims I'd downloaded from the Gallery. You're right that the bookshelves in the Willow Creek Library were different in the Lil Simsie lot I'd downloaded, they weren't the original ones.

All I can surmise is either that's why the shelves in all libraries didn't have skill books or perhaps the Librarian Sim I had downloaded or one of the other lots. None of them were supposed to have CC in them, CC doesn't transfer from the Gallery from what I've heard, so I doubt it was a CC conflict. I don't have CC/Mods in my game and I never have. Though the problem is fixed for me now, it's still a mystery though because I had tried to replace those bookshelves with in-game ones that looked exactly like the ones in the original Willow Creek. Plus, the Windenberg Library was the original one, it hadn't been replaced and wasn't working.

I suspect the Librarian I downloaded. But I'm not sure... *shrugs*

As commented above, the only bookshelves that generate book 1 of the skill books are on the base game library lot in Willow Creek. The bookshelf you need is not in build mode, even if you use the bb.showhiddenobjects cheat. I, like others, have saved a room to the gallery with the bookshelves in it. You can add it as a basement room with no access, it still turns all bookcases on the lot into ‘library’ bookshelves. Here’s a link to one of a few threads on the forums about it. https://forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/797586/help-no-skill-books-in-library

I have tried the spawn cheat but it’s a little dangerous as you need to make sure your sim is on the lot or the bookshelf will spawn in the surrounding neighbourhood. I also have an edited version of the Windenburg library on the gallery that already incorporates the required bookshelves and also makes it toddler/kid friendly. 

It would be nice if the required bookshelves were added to build mode, even if if they were hidden and required the bb.showhiddenobjects cheat. 🙂

Thank and regards,

Jennifer

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? 1.56.52.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? EPs: All GPs: Strangerville, Jungle Adventure, Parenthood, Dine Out, Spa Day, Outdoor Living SPs: Laundry, Toddler, Fitness, Bowling, Vintage, Kids, Kitchen, Patio, Luxury Party
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Build a library on any lot or download a library from the gallery
What happens when the bug occurs? Bookshelves in libraries only have a few books in them (the same ones as when you buy a bookshelf in a residential lot)
What do you expect to see? Bookshelves in libraries have all in game books in automatically (or at least all the skill books). Or at least have the option to purchase books (for 0 simoleons) on library bookshelves.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No

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I know that this issue has been around forever but I thought I'd make another bug report because it is so frustrating and I really hope it will get fixed. 

Libraries could be an excellent place for skill building if we could actually access all the skill books, but library bookshelves only have an incredibly small number of books in them when logically they should have all of the in-game books.

I know that there is a workaround by downloading one of the original willow creek library bookshelves from the gallery, but this is a) frustrating, and b) skill only contains the level one skill books from the original base-game skills. There seems to be no way to get the books for newer skills to be in libraries.

Please EA can you fix that!