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Re: [ARCHIVED] Teenager don't get third trait on aging/no Graduation

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? 1.108.335.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All expansion packs except for Lovestruck, all game packs. Stuff Pack: Paranormal, Nifty Knitting, Tiny Living, Moschino, Toddler, Vintage Glamour, Kids Room, Romantic Garden, Spooky, Luxury Party Kits: Courtyard Oasis Kit, Industrial Loft Kit, Blooming Rooms Kit, Decor To The Max Kit, Moonlight Chic Kit, Greenhouse Haven Kit, Castle Estate Kit
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have a teen sim trying to age up using the blowing birthday candles option.
What happens when the bug occurs? When the teen sim blows the birthday candles they age up to young adult but the popup that allows you to choose new trait and aspiration for the young adult sim does not pop up. The popup that shows if the teen has graduated with or without honor also does not appear.
What do you expect to see? I expect the popup that allows me to choose new trait and new aspiration for the young adult to pop up. A popup regarding if the sim has graduated with or without honor should also show up.
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 

I've tried several times with my teenage sim using blow out birthday candles to age up, I have restarted the game several times but every time I load the game and when the teen sims has blown the birthday candles not only the popup that allows you to choose new aspiration and trait does not show up, but also the popup that informs you if your sim has graduated with or without honor also does not appear.

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  • CGK90's avatar
    CGK90
    2 years ago
    @abcheung1105 This is happening to me too and it happened after the base game got an update on 7/23 because I didn't have this issue before. I made a post but someone merged it in a thread that started in 2022. However, I feel like the bug I'm experiencing is related to the new update so I'm not sure how likely they are going to fix the issue for everyone. I just hope the SimDirect team sees the post about the aging up issue.

    Here's the thread btw!
    https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-SAVES-Teenage-Sims-grow-up-to-young-adults-and-do-not-get/td-p/11749122/page/3
  • scottybeans's avatar
    scottybeans
    Rising Rookie
    2 years ago

    The same thing happened to me, but the character values in the parenthood pack don't show up either when they are definitely in range to get it when aged up.

  • I have this problem since the 7/26 update. I don't know how the updates affect the game, but I don't have that problem in all my saves prior to that update

  • CGK90's avatar
    CGK90
    2 years ago

    Ok so i tested it out on a new game I made on 7/25 and I'm not having the issue on that game file. Therefore, the issue is only happening on my older/main game file. However, a temporary fix would be doing the cas.fulleditmode cheat and adding a third trait on cas if you are mostly concerned about your sim not having a third trait. I also don't want to rely on doing that every time I want to age up a teen sim. Another thing is that I do not have any sims who maxed on character values from parenthood, so I don't know if those would also transfer over.

  • abcheung1105's avatar
    abcheung1105
    Rising Rookie
    2 years ago
    @CGK90 This happened to me after the latest update as well, I think it has to do with the newest update.
  • abcheung1105's avatar
    abcheung1105
    Rising Rookie
    2 years ago

    How do I attach the save files onto the message to send to the sims team?

  • Trinsion's avatar
    Trinsion
    2 years ago

    I was having the same issue with my teen aging up and was trying multiple things to resolve it after the most recent update. I exited out to the main menu without saving and then played back through and saved before selecting the option to blow out the candles.  While this may not work for everybody, my teen had the option to graduate early.  So , I selected the option to graduate early from a computer and was finally able to age them up properly.

    Things I tried that didn't work:

    1. Exiting out to the main menu without saving.
    2. Closing out of the game entirely without saving.
    3. Quit their side hustle as a Video Game Streamer.
    4. Traveled to another location and tried aging them up there.
    5. Tried a different cake.

    Other notes:

    • My teen had the Overachiever trait and the Teen Highflier aspiration trait. 
    • They were also the oldest teen in the household. 
    • Their younger sibling aged up to a teen after the update.
    • While not specific to the issue labeled in this thread, the oldest teen also had issues of seeing the event options when going to the high school with their younger sibling.
      • This made it where they were not showing as completing the day and would show still show their homework as completed.
      • If this was not addressed, it would make it where you couldn't follow them to high school and could cause issues with them going to their after school activity.
      • A workaround was to travel with my teen sim having this issue to another lot to refresh the high school option.  This allowed them to do their homework and go their after school activity (So, you may have to travel between 3:00-3:30) .  This also allowed me to follow them the next day to the high school.  However, this issue would come back the following school day and the workaround had to be used again.

    Hope this helps some of you at least.

  • What @Trinsion said totally worked for me. I couldn't get my teenage sim to age up properly until she graduated early. Then everything went totally perfect, as before. I suppose the main issue is with High School Years' graduation messing it up with the other age up mechanisms.

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