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5 years ago

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Acting Pro Sim has yet to recive an award from Staright Accolades

I've been trying to complete the acting aspiration for two of my current sims and one of them wasn't even nominated for an award and did one gold gig vs my other sim's 4 gold gigs in that week. It ma...

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TactfulTay179
5 years ago
So this worked for me!! In real life I have nine scripts and I just pumped each one out in Sims and submitted them all at once! I had two bestsellers and the rest were excellent and I finally won an award!!! Thank you so much everyone!!

ChapelParalysis

5 years ago

@MrX220 I was having trouble accomplishing the “receive an award” achievement for the actor goal, too. Yesterday my Sim went to the Starlight Accolades and won an award for one of the books she published, and it counted for the “award” goal for her acting aspiration!

It doesn’t take that long to max out the writing skill and pump out a few bestsellers. It might be faster for you to try to have your Sim win an award for something other than acting, since it seems to count towards the aspiration anyway!

TactfulTay179

5 years ago

Thank you so much!! My sim was actually a writer before he was an actor so I think I may have better luck!! I’m going to try to force my other acting sim to do a gig or two to see if it helps, then I’ll try the book route!! ☺️

ChapelParalysis
5 years ago
@TactfulTay179 Your problem got me curious about how the awards work! I found this breakdown of the awards by category that might be helpful: https://thesimscircus.home.blog/2020/03/11/how-to-win-an-award-at-the-starlight-accolades-guide/

I still think books might be your best bet, but this guide suggests which genres are likelier to win. It might be a little out of date, tho!
- TactfulTay179
  5 years ago
  Yeah I’ve been getting nonstop gold for movies so idk what it is!! Thank you so much for this guide tho! It’s nice to have percentages!
  - TactfulTay179
    5 years ago
    So this worked for me!! In real life I have nine scripts and I just pumped each one out in Sims and submitted them all at once! I had two bestsellers and the rest were excellent and I finally won an award!!! Thank you so much everyone!!
- Psychotps
  Seasoned Ace
  5 years ago
  @ChapelParalysis
  
  That article is mostly correct but not completely. Getting nominated and winning are two different things. You won't win without attending the awards show, but you don't have to actually be "watching" it. Just have to be on the lot.
  
  Getting nominated is all about percentages. And you can get an award without being nominated too.
  
  Winning an award is a completely different thing. It's all about timing. Even if you are nominated, winning is strictly a matter of if the host can get through all the other awards from 7-11 before getting to you. The more famous sims in the world, the more they have to get through in that short 7-11 timeframe, and less likely you'll win.
  
  If you have a world with a lot of famous sims, 4 hours simply isn't enough time and you tend to practically never get awards. This is why I made a mod that extends the awards show and doubles the time. Instead of 7-11, I changed it to 4-12. More time available means more likely you'll win in a world overpopulated by famous sims.
  - ChapelParalysis
    5 years ago
    @PsychotpsThat’s cool, that would be very useful for folks on PC!
    
    I’m more interested in gameplay-related suggestions, since I’m on console.
    I think diversifying your options is a good bet for those who aren’t interested in mods/simply want to achieve this without them. It seems you can be nominated for multiple categories.