I bought the paranormal pack for Sims 4 because it went on sale, I was so excited because apparently you get to make your sim become a medium. However I've tried everything to try to get her to become a medium after purchasing this pack. I tried setting up the seance table, moving my house to a different lot to try to change the residential to haunted house. I even created a new character and put her on an empty lot to change it to haunted. But nothing worked and I am completely disappointed. If I would've known I wouldn't have wasted my time trying all of these and purchased a different pack. Is there anything you can do?
Hi @Lilpunkkkkk For the Paranormal Investigator Career, keep in mind it is also a 'Freelancer Career', you can interact with Guidry, (by impressing with the Medium Skill_) the other with 3000 points in the rewards store you can purchase the Paranormal Investigator License.
If you mean an 'actual Medium' and not the above, there is none that I know of, as it is just a 'skill', unless you were to work around this with a stall or try a mod, that would at least give you some tweaks with a 'work from home angle 😉
@Lilpunkkkkk Hi! I too was disappointed with the pack overall for various reasons. I do like a lot of the BB items that came with it, though. Still, I agree with @Sashas0nic that there is no Medium career but any sim can develop the Medium skill. To gain the skill you just click on the séance table and choose one of the options like "Sense Spiritual Volatility" or "Commune With The Departed". So make sure you have the right table. The séance table is in the Activities and Skills-Miscellaneous section of BB. There is a dining table (Table of Rage) that comes with the pack but that doesn't work for building Medium skill. The lot doesn't even have to have the Haunted trait, you just need the séance table to begin developing the skill. As the skill grows you get more options. By the way, I recommend adding a crystal ball to the table for some cool effects. 🙂
So I tried clicking on the table, but all it will allow me to do is set the table. There's the Séance table, and there's also a taller table that starts with an "A", the description, of the table says that it was a sim trying to cast a spell and turned herself into a table by accident. Also there I've tried searching for a crystal ball and the only thing that shows up is the crystal fish bowl. I also looked in the job section to see if I could gain the skill. I'm not having any luck. I've even had my sim read every book on magic. She can sit at the table but, that's it. I don't understand why I don't get the option.
I already tried using that guide before creating this post. I created a whole new sim, went to a lot with a house and without to try and change the lot type to haunted house but nothing has worked. I even tried it with my old sim as well, no progress.
Hi @Lilpunkkkkk I forgot to ask you if you use mods, or cc? If so you need to remove them from your game, and try in a test game. (see below, if you use them)
I'd recommend the 50/50 or cull method to find any broken mods
Remove the mods from your folder to the desktop
Delete your localthumbcache file found in your TS4 folder [Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4]
Repair game, by right-clicking the cog near 'play'
Run the game, to see if it runs ok, now without any mods/cc
note: use a vanilla / new game for this process, don't run your old one
Now, if all went well, try transferring one cc folder at a time.This helps narrow down which is broken.
Trying the game each time, you do the process.. to see if it loads & plays as expected, without issues
Before starting your game each time, also delete the localthumbcache file from the sims 4 folder
With each new patch, many mods are updated and will require checking up on them all.. More tips at my post here, here on maintaining your game, including more instructions on the 50/50 method.
Apart from culling your folders one by one, or the 50/50 method, to narrow down the broken cc or mod, that is all you can do, (restarting and checking your game each time) you'll simply need to find the broken mod/cc it and remove it
Mods & cc are well known to cause various in-game issues please check for updates to them / where you found them; do this also > after any sims update or adding a game pack,
Simsonic Weebly Mod Trackerhas a list for people who use mods/cc; and updates on which ones are broken or now updated
I also use Sims 4 Studio for batch fixes, as it solves a lot of problems in bulk (but not all.) It's also available for Mac. And is updated frequently, with pack relevant bug fixes.
If you don't use mods or cc:
The seance table can look like a different table, as you can see in this thread, that had confused some people once, by using the wrong table as it is a normal table
You could try 'buying' the pre-made seance room in the game or buy the 'full seance set' by sorting build/buy by pack, to find it easier.& ensures it's the correct one, and no option to 'set it'
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The 'Lot type being a haunted residence' is an option, though not a necessity. The Crystal ball is a tad tricky, so try searching "Lady" instead, it's named "Lady Ravendancer's Crystal Ball" and is decorative only, however, it does 'animate' throughout a seance or communing with the dead and so on. Again, searching via pack is often handy as makes it far easier to discover your new items.