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wildirishbanshee
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago

[OPEN] Overachiever Sim Gains Skills Extra Fast

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? 1.96.365.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All minus a couple of kits
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have an overachiever skill.
What happens when the bug occurs? The sim skips levels, or rapidly gains levels.
What do you expect to see? Gaining levels at a more normal pace without boosts.
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? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. Installed Growing Together and Infant Patch

Since Growing Together and the Infant Patch, my Overachiever sims will randomly start super speeding through skills - often maxing them in less than a sim hour. Or they will skip levels, going from 1 to 4 to 7 with one salad for instance. Not sure if it's a bug, not sure what is causing it because it's hard to test. These are fresh from CAS sims, and I haven't even added Parenthood traits to them yet, so no extra boosts and no lot boosts either.

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  • This is happening in my game too! My sim gained the overachiever trait as an extra throughout gameplay, and since then he's been flying through every skill. Maxed out videogaming in five seconds, parenting in two interactions.

  • Same, both my overachiever sim and her husband gaining skills way faster and and skipping skills. Happens more often to the overachiever sim, but still happens occasionally to her husband who is not an overachiever. Both newly created sims after Growing Together patch. 

  • wildirishbanshee's avatar
    wildirishbanshee
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    Right now in my games it appears to mostly affect the womenfolk, their husbands who also have the trait don't seem to have the same problem. As of yet, anyway.

  • Yep happening in my game too. She is a YA overachiever genius. Plays one video game on her phone and she is like level 5 skill. Analyses one sample as a doctor and she is like level 7 logic. Have to start my game all over again. 

  • Ninner05's avatar
    Ninner05
    Seasoned Traveler
    2 years ago

    I recently noticed this as well in two separate saves. Both sims have the overacheiver trait and they gain skills way too fast. For example, fitness level 6 and they go out for one jog and instantly get fitness level 10. Or they had I think Charisma 5 or 6 and when they did some social networking interactions, they skipped to level 10 charisma. All my other sims that do not have the overacheiver trait gain skills normally. 

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