Happy At Home is already a mess that EAxis refuses to resolve responsibly. Telling folks to "backup their UserSetting.INI file" is NOT a solution NOR is it a sufficient response. https://answers.ea.com/t5/Game-Issues/ARCHIVED-Happy-Home-Login-Event-Claimed-items-disappear/m-p/13784099Now we're getting Reaper's Rewards Event? Is this going to be another INI fiasco like HAH? https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/reapers-rewards-faqPlease, just do SDX releases for free content.

Update 10/1/2024 unlocked Happy At Home rewards!And it only took three months and hundreds of complaints and pleas to get it done.Unfortunately, EAxis unlocked the items improperly - or something is missing. The result is that the "New Content" gold badge glitches out and keeps reappearing on the Happy At Home CAS items. Instead of adding entitlement data, EAxis could have simply removed some code from the game to avoid this.THIS IS WRONG:THIS IS CORRECT:Please, just do SDX releases for free content.On another note, did anyone read the Update 10/1/2024 patch notes? Anyone else confused by the slightly conflicting statements that made it seem like they weren't aware this was an ongoing issue for almost three months, but also they were and just... y'know.Now that this is resolved, can we get our bodies fixed? It's approaching three months!https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Spine-distortion-on-male-Sims-with-female-frame/td-p/13895791

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Sejian
Seasoned Veteran
7 months ago
As it turns out, Reaper's Rewards is ACCOUNT-BOUND! EAxis finally learned how to FOMO event but the Happy At Home fiasco continues.

Comment overhauled! - 10/1/2024

Let's talk accountDataDB.package as I understand it:

For Happy At Home, accountDataDB.package is the new home of your reward entitlements. However, the entitlements aren't automatically generated or permanently added. No, that would be too easy. Instead, accountDataDB.package detects the HAH entitlement code in your UserSetting.INI file and adds it to itself.

IF AND ONLY IF your UserSetting.INI file contains the string of entitlement code that unlocks the Happy At Home rewards, THEN AND ONLY THEN will it be added to accountDataDB.package the next time the game is launched, removing the need to backup the UserSetting.INI file, but creating the need to backup the accountDataDB.package.
If you already lost your HAH rewards because you lost your UserSetting.INI file any time during the three months this nonsense has been ongoing and no one pointed you in the direction of the INI modification, accountDataDB.package will not magically give you back your rewards.

All they did was remove the dependency from the DEVICE-BOUND UserSetting.INI and toss it onto the DEVICE-BOUND accountDataDB.package.

⚡ 10/1/2024 - BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! accountDataDB.package not only pulls entitlement data from UserSetting.INI, but it also immediately removes that entitlement data from the INI, so if you lose your accountDataDB after your entitlement data is moved but manage to retain your INI, you're absolutely, positively, screwed! Thank you EAxis!

Unless consoles protect this file automatically, which I assume they don't, console simmers will still lose their HAH rewards if their consoles go wonky.

Here's how I tested this:

I lost my HAH rewards. I created FOMO Unlock mods partially because I couldn't be bothered to modify the INI every time I deleted it for troubleshooting. So, I...
Removed my unlock and added the code that unlocks the HAH rewards to the INI.
Launched the game and verified the HAH rewards were available.
Exited the game and deleted my INI file, then launched the game and verified that yes, the HAH rewards were still there because the entitlement data was now in accountDataDB.package.
Exited the game again, removed accountDataDB.package, launched, and as expected, the HAH rewards were gone again.
Repeated these steps a few more times to verify.
Why this round about nonsense with accountDataDB.package and HAH if it doesn't actually solve the problem?

Are they intending to do more impermanent FOMO events?

Is it really so hard for EAxis to just unlock the HAH rewards for everyone instead of playing this game with us?

This is why I'm confused about the new EAxis statement that they're finally aware of the situation and doing something about it. They know this problem exists, they knew this problems exists. So why did they invest time into this nonsense with accountDataDB.package and Happy At Home when they could have just unlocked it in Update 9/18/2024?

You caused this problem. You can easily fix it, but you refuse to. Why?
Iceman_HSV
7 months ago
The problem doesn't end there. In addition to needing to log in during the event, now you also have to do stuff in-game. And these aren't simple tasks, it's a long quest chain that requires time. But that's not all—the quest is riddled with bugs at every stage. Currently, I'm stuck (like many others) unable to continue because the game stopped showing objectives.

The current "solution" is ludicrous; it requires backing up, regenerating, and replacing certain files—something totally unfriendly for casual players and not an option for console players. This only fixes the issue temporarily, but it doesn't prevent it from happening again. Pausing the game or moving to another area are only some of the possible triggers.

Unfortunately, these events have been a shameful failure. Good idea, terrible execution.
Sejian
Seasoned Veteran
7 months ago
@Iceman_HSV
I really thought most of these Reaper issues were Mods folder related but there are too many reports to just write them off.

Maybe the reason I was able to complete my Week 1 without hiccup is because I was mod-testing at the time and I NUKED my USER FOLDER (that's what I call deleting/renaming my The Sims 4 USER FOLDER), multiple times during the event quest. Every time I launched the game after NUKING, I created a new sim in a new save and the quest continued without hiccup (I lost the mini "loot" rewards but those are irrelevant - these are the skill books and the potions, etc), but I understand that this isn't something regular simmers are comfortable doing or that console simmers can even do!
Happy was a mess, Reaper's is a mess, are all of these events going to go the same way?!
Sejian
Seasoned Veteran
7 months ago
Update 10/1/2024 unlocked Happy At Home rewards!
And it only took three months and hundreds of complaints and pleas to get it done.
Unfortunately, EAxis unlocked the items improperly - or something is missing. The result is that the "New Content" gold badge glitches out and keeps reappearing on the Happy At Home CAS items. Instead of adding entitlement data, EAxis could have simply removed some code from the game to avoid this.
THIS IS WRONG:
THIS IS CORRECT:
Please, just do SDX releases for free content.
On another note, did anyone read the Update 10/1/2024 patch notes? Anyone else confused by the slightly conflicting statements that made it seem like they weren't aware this was an ongoing issue for almost three months, but also they were and just... y'know.
Now that this is resolved, can we get our bodies fixed? It's approaching three months!
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Spine-distortion-on-male-Sims-with-female-frame/td-p/13895791
Sottiwotti
Rising Scout
7 months ago
@Iceman_HSV wrote:
Good idea, terrible execution.
A perfect description of almost every pack and idea in the Sims 4

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