Secret agent Sim retired early, need help
Heya guys, I'm playing Sims 4 with a few expansions, including Get Famous. My adult (not elder) Sim who was a double diamond agent got one of the little pop ups where you have to make a choice for t...
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@Guiboulou Unfortunately that is probably the case. I have had similar yet different popup-offer things that came in after Get Famous for my sims in various top-level careers, and sometimes it offers a 'fame' benefit, but not always, if memory serves. I would only choose the option if you're ready for a new career, don't need the job any more (if you're really rich and want to buy a business or something instead, or have a career they can do from home just fine (painter, writer, computer programmer, etc.). Definitely not worth the 'buyout'.
I had forgotten about that, but didn't you get the option to retire and take a pension at top level careers in Sims 2? I can't remember. That would be a great option if you want to try a new career.
Also, as @kreatora mentioned, if you re-join the career you seem to go up the promotion levels faster, though personally how fast this goes seems to vary per career, in my experience.
It's really frustrating, especially since my save seems all messed up now regarding that Sim's career. Before I repaired, she got random alerts to go to work despite being "retired" (unemployed). And then last night, when I loaded my game back up after dinner, she had the stupid icon that allows you to choose how you want your sim to work, except it's stuck on Taking Risks and I can't click it at all. It's just permanently there in the corner of her portrait. The dialogue box just straight up broke everything related to that Sim's career. :-(
Let this be a warning to anyone who finds this thread: pick the option that allows your Sim to continue working.
I would run the game repair again, @Guiboulou. Maybe then choose to re-enter the career or a different job and see if the issue remains? Let me know what happens. You could actually try the acting career or astronaut/scientist. After my sim stopped being a spy and became an astronaut he seemed happier anyway. Now he's an actor, and with the high charisma and all it synced very well.
- I kind of wanted her to be a writer now instead (she could write totally fictional stories about a secret agent who entirely coincidentally looks like her). Would there be any downside to making her work a day or two in another career and then making her quit her job? I've never quit a job before, I don't really know what it does. I only started playing TS4 a bit before NYE, and it's my first Sims game. Sorry if some of my questions are a little ignorant. :P
I was fooled into taking one of those options with a criminal sim. Then I found out how flakey the celebrity system is and the criminal went back to a nobody in 1 day. When she re entered the criminal career it was several steps lower. But... lesson learned! You retire as an elder. Is your Sim an elder yet?
