[OPEN] Write Song / Book / Lyrics Loses Progress
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? 1.90.358.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All packs and kits except High School Years and Bust the Dust.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have a musician sim begin writing a song. Then, travel to another lot or exit the game and reopen. Click the sheet music in inventory to resume writing.
What happens when the bug occurs? After traveling to a new lot, progress for writing the song has been lost / reset to zero.
What do you expect to see? Progress for writing a song should be saved until the song is completed, regardless of travel or any other circumstance.
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? Neutral/Not Sure
I first noticed this issue after the latest update. However, it's been a while since I had a sim write any songs. So I don't know if it was happening before the update. Since it was a modded game, I removed mods and deleted the localthumbcache.package file. The issue persisted in the clean game, as well as a New Save without mods. I tested writing songs on the guitar, piano and violin in the New Save and also two books (Children's and Short Story). I tested writing lyrics only on the guitar.
The below video was taken from the first unmodded save; note the "items removed" message upon arrival to the new lot. The video shows "write song" progress at one location that is lost after traveling. I can share either save if needed. I do not have a video for the books and lyrics writing but both behave in the same manner. I did test them along with the song writing in the New Save.
Thank you!
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