Product: The Sims 4Platform:PCWhich language are you playing the game in? EnglishHow often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)What is your current game version number? 1.59.73.1020What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? University, seasons pets, get to work Magicians, Parents, Spa, Outdoor Luxury Party Stuff Holiday Celebration StuffSteps: How can we find the bug ourselves? I think it occurs when you ALT + TAB without first pressing ESC to get the menu up.What happens when the bug occurs? Sometimes the skill gain indicator over a sims head gets stuck and shows full all the time, and I think this also makes the "Acquired new lvl skill" notice window to NOT appear either. What do you expect to see? That the skill gain indicator/gauge appears as normal.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 Skill gain indicator/gauge getting stuck/bugged over a sim. Probably if you ALT +TAB while in direct game. Seems to work ok if you first press ESC to get the game menu before ALT + TAB

I've seen this in my game since the last update much more than it used to show up but it's been around in my game for quite some time off and on. The progress bar over the sim's head seems to get stuck when full on some of the skills and seems to remain there even if you switch skills you're working on. The bar in the skill panel does seem to show the correct actual progress in the skill you're working on though. It does go away sometimes during play if you reach the next level or gain a level in another skill but mostly you have to at least go to manage worlds to get rid of it and/or switch to another household. Sometimes it takes a full game restart to make it go away. Also, it only seems to afflict only one sim in the active household most of the time but I have seen it on two every once in a while.

This is a VERY OLD bug. It's been happening since the first days of Sims 4. On some occasions the skill bar just gets "stuck" and will permanently remain above their head, even after they stop working on the skill. Even starting working on a new skill doesn't show the "new" bar, just the stuck one.Sometimes traveling or resetting the sim will make it go away. It's more an annoyance than anything as it doesn't hinder skill building.

Ugh, is there any way to subtract a 'Me, Too'? Lol. I thought this was a different problem, the one where the progress circle is stuck and does not fill until the very end.

Product: The Sims 4Platform:PCWhich language are you playing the game in? EnglishHow often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)What is your current game version number? 1.62.67.1020What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All of them.Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Load a game and start learning any skills. I've had this issue basically from the start, but now that I have triplets (toddlers) and they're all learning different skills it really bothers me. What happens when the bug occurs? The sim learns a skill, the bar fills up and they get the skill level, but the bar doesn't empty. Biggest issue is however that even when they stop learning, the skill bar stays over their heads. Now I have 4 sims and they all have them over their heads. Reset Sim doesn't work. They go to sleep with the bar still there and wake up with it. It does occasionally change the progress when you change the skill they're working on, but only in the morning when they start again.What do you expect to see? The skill bar should disappear right after the sim is done learning! Again, this has been an issue for many years now, but hasn't been as prevalent.Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? YesDid this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? NoIn the picture, the toddler who is the selected sim isn't currently learning anything, but the skill bar is there. The other toddler who is sitting next to the mother is learning communication, but is only at 18% yet the bar is full.(EDIT: The game's own screenshot doesn't show this. Adding another).(EDIT 2: Adding another picture: toddlers potty training-the bar is full, but skill is only at 41%).

@antediluvian1980 There have been two issues with this since the game came out- The skill bar going beyond 100% and later dropping again (although the dropping doesn't always happen). The skill bar over the head will show full and the bar in the info continues to rise.- The skill bar over the Sims head being stuck above the Sims head but the skilling itself stops.To be sure, which one are you seeing ? Both have older threads but maybe it's best to just have a fresh one.

[OPEN] Skill gain indicator getting stuck over a sim

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briibeatdown
6 years ago
Also happens to me often on PlayStation 4. I could spend hours in sim time practicing a skill to get NO gain from it. Completely freezes and wastes so much time.
247Mitzy
New Vanguard
5 years ago
I find this happens a lot with children and toddlers, especially. Knitting seems to do it for children, and for toddlers it’s after using the tablet.
SimmerFrustrate
4 years ago
My game has bugged to hell since the last update, I've now got this going on too. Seriously every time a bug is fixed 3 more are created. I've exited the save file, nothing. I've exited to main menu, nothing. I've exited game and turned off my console, still nothing. It happened suddenly in the middle of playing, my sims were doing random tasks and when they finished the bar was still floating, so i don't know what caused it, specifically.
siirysiir
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@SimmerFrustrated Have you tried travelling to another lot with that sim? It seems to sometimes work for me.
SimmerFrustrate
4 years ago
@siirysiir I have not tried that yet, I've had my sims grinding skills at home for a few in game days now. I'll give it a try. 😃
siirysiir
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@SimmerFrustrated Good, let us know if that helped! Another thing I forgot to mention, going to CAS has worked too if I recall correctly. I've thought that because resetting the sim doesn't work, then the sim has to be reloaded in another way so I've tried travelling or going to CAS and I've always had the issue resolved somehow. I wish I got a skill bar stuck right now so I could easily tell which was the trick that worked definitely. :D
SimmerFrustrate
4 years ago
@siirysiir I can't help you with the CAS option, unfortunately, you're suggestion of travelling with the sim worked out for me, so thanks for that! 😃 I really wish these little bugs would quit, though. I recently deleted all my saves and the game got the new update, now every time I start it up there's a problem of some sort and it's so frustrating having to deal with something new every day ☹️
siirysiir
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@SimmerFrustrated I'm glad it helped! But yeah I feel you, I'm so done with the bugs too that I haven't really been feeling like playing lately. Maybe if they'll do a few huge bug fixing patches back to back I might be persuaded to see if it's worth my time to play again.. 🙂

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