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4 years ago

[WORKAROUND] [SE] Extreme Sports won't complete if skills already maxed out

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? 1.73.57.1030 (Originally, the bug is still present on 1.74.59.1030)
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Snowy Escape, Eco Lifestyle, Discover University, Island Living, Get Famous, Seasons, Cats and Dogs, City Living, Get Together, Get to Work, Dine Out, Spa Day, Strangerville, Realm of Magic, Vampires, Parenthood, Outdoor Retreat, Jungle Adventure, Journey to Batuu, Nifty Knitting, Tiny Living, Moschino, Fitness, Bowling Night, Vintage Glamour, Backyard, Romantic Garden, Movie Hangout, Cool Kitchen, Perfect Patio, Luxury Party, Spooky (+Deluxe content)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Reach "Peak Pioneer" level of the Extreme Sports Enthusiast Aspiration with all three skills - skiing, snowboarding, rock climbing maxed out.
What happens when the bug occurs? The task "Achieve Level 8 Skiing, Snowboarding or Rock Climbing Skill" will not register, and thus the aspiration cannot be completed.
What do you expect to see? The aspiration tasks tracking fixed so that it actually checks the level of all those three skills when advancing to "Peak Pioneer" and registering it if any at level 8 or above as required.
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 

Workaround:

@MapleSimmer  provided a workaround which will help most simmers for the time being: getting any skill up to its next level while the aspiration is active will cause the game to "realize" that you have a Snowy Escape skill at the required level and will check off the task.

This will not help with sims that have all skills (not just those 3) maxed out.

Either way, a proper fix is in order!


Original post:

Because my game previously contained mods, I decided to try with a new one.

I re-installed the game entirely first.


I had to use (the built-in) cheats to complete my tests as it would take too long starting entirely from scratch.

I can confirm this bug can be reproduced this way.

The bug was originally reported in January 2021 by @rottenmeier. So it obviously existed before this year's updates.

Additional Notes:
1) The 2nd level of this aspiration "Thrill Seeker", where level 3 rock climbing is required, does NOT have this bug and works as intended. It checks off if the skill is already at 3 or above.

2) The task only registers when skills go up. Using cheats to take any of the three skills from levels 10/9 to 9/8 will not work. Only raising it to 8/9/10 will get the task checked. (It's not really important for normal game play, but might as well cover all bases)

3) According to @crinrict, other aspirations have the same issue, and I do vaguely recall encountering such issue elsewhere in the game. However, after testing all 48 aspirations (to my understanding there are no additional adult aspirations in the packs I don't have: Laundry Day, My First Pet, Kids Room, Toddler) on version 1.74.59.1030, I found that this bug only exist in the final level of the Extreme Sports Enthusiast aspiration. I did use cheats for testing to get it done quickly, but I've confirmed that the  aspirations.complete_current_milestone cheat does not affect the bug in Extreme Sports. If someone encounters this same bug in other aspirations playing normally, I'd like to know. [I guess it is possible that other tasks (such as career levels) don't register properly for other aspirations.]

Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title to fit. merged another thread that had originally 4 me toos

Update by MetaSuperficial: Added MapleSimmer's workaround, Update on other aspirations

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