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RzyPrks's avatar
5 years ago
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Everything randomly unlocked

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Sony Playstation 4
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? 1.32
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Cats and Dogs
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Playing the game in build mode.
What happens when the bug occurs? Items for career and skill branches are all unlocked, even if I haven't met the goals.
What do you expect to see? The items I haven't met the goals for yet are locked and unable to use.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? On console - never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

I was playing the sims today, in build mode, I was minding my own business, building a house for my legacy family, when all of a sudden I see a stolen atm... Unlocked! I haven't even tried anything in the criminal career, so I went through, and there was a bunch of other things unlocked from career branches and skills I've never really gotten that far in. I mean, cool, free stuff, but I don't feel like I'm accomplished anything, and I'm wondering how this happened. It's really strange, kinda makes goals pointless. Please help, is there a way to fix it??? I even have the easter bunny stuffed animal and I've never done the easter egg hunt.

  • Actually its by design, if u build a house or click on an empty house to work on and no sim lives on those lots then the items are automatically unlocked. When i start a new game and play the premades, i evict them and refix their house with some of the items, then move them back in. I don't place every unlocked item in every house but it does come in handy when i want certain sims to have the items. I've been playing that way for 6 yrs, it saves me from having every household to b in science career to unlock level 10 pc, or the other career items. 

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  • @RzyPrks 

    You probably have inadvertently used the cheat that unlocks those things when you were building.  Not a real problem though.  The way to make them locked again is to save and exit and restart the game.  The next time you start the game, they should reset to being locked again.  

    Hope this helps.

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    RzyPrks
    5 years ago

    I'm not sure how I could have used a cheat. I'm on playstation and I don't even know how to use cheats, anyway, thank you for the advice. I'll try that.

  • Actually its by design, if u build a house or click on an empty house to work on and no sim lives on those lots then the items are automatically unlocked. When i start a new game and play the premades, i evict them and refix their house with some of the items, then move them back in. I don't place every unlocked item in every house but it does come in handy when i want certain sims to have the items. I've been playing that way for 6 yrs, it saves me from having every household to b in science career to unlock level 10 pc, or the other career items. 

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    RzyPrks
    5 years ago

    Ok thank you, that explains a lot. I went back to one of my played households and you're right. I can't believe I didn't know that.