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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? 1.61.15.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All available expansion packs, game packs, and stuff packs as of January 21th (Tiny Living release date).
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Start a new game, bulldoze the lot at San Myshuno, Arts Quarter, Casbah Gallery, to allow for a business to be purchased there. Load any family (or create a new one) and purchase a business (retail, restaurant or vet) at the mentioned lot and prepare the business for opening. Wait till Monday 5PM for the Humor & Hijinks festival to begin. Open the business.
What happens when the bug occurs? With the business opened at a festival lot, the festival never starts. Opening the business while the festival is currently running will end it.
What do you expect to see? Festivals should run independently from the business opening status.
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
I'm including a save file that has this issue set up, all you need to do is load the away family member at New Crest and wait a few hours at the business lot for the festival to begin.
Download: https://ln2.sync.com/dl/3d3108850/qh653sfh-an62964a-8kqfm6g7-vbme8i39
My suspicion is that the 'refresh_open_street_director_status' method in the business zone director that runs when opening a business removes the active open streets festival drama node which prevents anything from occurring.
This is a related report that explains the same issue: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-CL-DO-Restaurant-lots-keep-festivals-from-appearing/td-p/6396299
It's the same issue no matter what business it is ?
If so, I don't think a new thread was necessary and I'll merge them but I want to make sure you didn't have any other reasons to make a new thread.
- MR_TURBODRIVER6 years agoSeasoned Veteran
A proper bug report requires to state that this issue includes all business types, not just restaurants, yes.
And it's a good refresher for a bug introduced in 2016.
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