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sparky619's avatar
3 years ago

[HR] All competitions unlock on participation/no eligible horse

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? 1.99.264.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Everything except the rubbish star wars one
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Single sim household, one horse. Travelled to town to the park to enter the horse competition. Enter horse in beginner competition (I entered Western Pleasure) and win. Let sim and horse exit the rabbit hole. Try to enter competition again.
What happens when the bug occurs? I entered a competition and won. Now when I click on “enter competition”, all the competitions are open to me (not greyed out) despite me only winning ONE beginner comp. So I should only be allowed to click on the beginner competitions and one intermediate comp. My horse doesn’t appear in the menu, even though his needs are all full and he is standing right there. He can move, he isn’t stuck. But the menu just says I have no eligible horses. He isn’t a foal and he is not pregnant.
What do you expect to see? I expect to be able to enter competitions and for the game to recognise my horse’s existence when he is literally standing next to my sim.
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? No

Sorry for dusty photos of screen but unable to do screenshots as am on phone. My horse isn’t allowed to enter any other competitions? And the game seems my sim eligible to enter everything despite the fact that she only won one competition so far?

Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title

23 Replies

  • ReneHollyDesign1's avatar
    ReneHollyDesign1
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    My game says you can enter a contest once a day. It has allowed just that. I don't generally enter once per day because of training but it's working right in my game.

  • KatieFey15's avatar
    KatieFey15
    Seasoned Newcomer
    2 months ago

    My sim and horse are able to take part in competitions and once they complete it suddenly shows that all competitions are available, rather than just the next category up. When leaving the lot and returning to the venue later only the “right” competitions are open. This has resulted in my having too leave and come back to the venues repeatedly.

    Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    2 months ago

    Hi KatieFey15​ 

    I merged your post with the existing thread on this.  I did some extensive testing on this at the time and found the reason was that the game unlocks all competitions if you have no horse that can compete. Since you just participated, your current horse can't and hence it unlocks.

    I don't know if it's a bug but I think it's just the way it's design. Running this by a CM tough (although I think I did at the time) to make sure.