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? 1.106.148.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Every single one; all 75 of them.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Join the Freelancer career with any subspecialty, I chose the Computer Experts subspec. Choose a gig that requires you to make a video game. Make the video game.
What happens when the bug occurs? You get to about 75% complete and the Sims just stops, disengages from the computer. If you restart it, it will do one cycle of the animation before once again disengaging. The end result is you're unable to complete the game, thus unable to complete the task. If you get UI Cheats Extension (or do with the slash commands), you can finish the video game that way. You get paid for it that way and that way only. If you then go to "Program > Continue Making Video Game" you are then able to complete the video game, but its not longer (of course) a part of your task.
What do you expect to see? You should be able to complete the tasks for ANY freelancer career objective. This happens with more than just the video game task.
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
This bug has been present for years now... it is STILL broken. I normally do play with mods like MCCC and UI Cheats Extension, but I removed them entirely, cleared my cache files (several of them), and was able to completely reproduce this issue with just the vanilla game.
Please make this a priority fix! Eco Lifestyle came out in June of 2020.... its literally been 4 years!
The Freelance Programmer career works fine for me. I started with a level 5 gig that required writing 3 webpages, did two level 7 gigs that involved Make Mobile App (including Saucy Dating App), and then did a level 9 gig to Make Video Game. All gigs were completed without any problem. I was able to take breaks and even travel during the gigs, without any noticeable effect on my progress.
It's likely the reason this hasn't been fixed is that it's a very rare problem that can't easily be duplicated.
Perhaps, I completely reinstalled a FRESH version of the game (copied my sims folder, renamed it to another location).... tried to do this VERY thing, still failed to complete the video game (mostly the video game, but happens with candles too as a maker). Was unable to complete it.... with vanilla, NO MODS/CC, brand new save.
