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LunarBritney
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago

[IL] Can't Resume Prepare Grant Application Interaction

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? All up to crystal creations
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have a sim do the Prepare Grant Application on the computer in the Conservationist career.
What happens when the bug occurs? The interaction takes a while to complete, however, due to the nature of TS4's autonomy, the interaction gets randomly canceled/sim gets distracted so you need to restart the interaction. BUT there's no interaction to resume the application and no draft is created in the inventory.
What do you expect to see? I expect a draft or some interaction allowing me to resume grant applications.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

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There were old reports on this on random forums but I haven't seen one that's up to date, so I decided to report it.

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  • gothnailcare's avatar
    gothnailcare
    4 years ago

    The conservationist work from home requirement "prepare grant application" seems to be only doable in one sitting... and sometimes takes my sims 6-8 in-game hours. I'm not sure if this is because he is a perfectionist, but it's often very difficult for me to complete this WFH assignment without mood cheats since my sim will often autonomously quit the task at 80 or 90% without a finished grant application appearing in his inventory, so I have started sending him to work every day.

    Additionally, if I save and quit my game while he is working on the grant application, the action does not resume when I load the game. Considering how long the action takes, this is really disappointing and locks me out of saving and quitting in a reasonable timeframe if he is working on a grant application.

    I did find this thread: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Conservationist-Career-Unable-to-Prepare-Grant-Application/td-p/7969701

    While this has happened a couple of times, and I would prefer that there is a popup (as with books or term papers in DU), I feel that the main problem is that the work cannot be resumed despite taking nearly an entire sim day.

    I'm not sure if this is a bug, but if this is how the feature was designed, I think it should be changed. I write grant applications for my job, and I certainly do not try to write them all in one sitting and throw them out if I don't finish 🙂

  • gothnailcare's avatar
    gothnailcare
    3 years ago

    This is still a really annoying issue in my game. I often revert to old saves to avoid wasting an entire day on this. I've discovered that I also often need to purchase a new computer before writing a grant application, because if the computer breaks 75% of the way through the application, there is no choice but to replace the computer and start over again.

  • rory_nutt's avatar
    rory_nutt
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago

    Yep, this issue is happening in my game. Easy to replicate :/ 

  • EA_Solaire's avatar
    EA_Solaire
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 years ago

    Hello all,

    If any of you are still encountering this on the latest game version (without mods), would you be willing to share your save file(s)?

    If so, please send me a private message with a link to the file. Instructions can be found here: http://x.ea.com/74420

    Thanks!

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