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6 years ago

Servo takes too long to download enhancements

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
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? latest patch for discovery university
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? every stuff pack game pack and expansion pack
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? you can't its more a complaint or questionable problem
What happens when the bug occurs? bot taking too long to download enhancement data
What do you expect to see? I expected it not to take more then a day sim time to do update enhancements... more then a day sim time is ridiculous and if this was an intended thing then the one who had that bright idea is not the brightest crayon in the box... I got this new expansion pack because of the servo but now I am going to ditch them due to the time it takes to enhance them so you can do the module updates, then it won't let me get more then two modules even though I have the servo at level 4... it has only allowed me to do two and according to what I read I should be able to get one more by this level....
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. I uninstalled game.... moved mods to a different hard drive and started a complete vanilla game with no mods or cc at all and a fresh install of all game files so no corrupt files would be in the folders and still it takes more then a week sim time to download enhancements and won't allow me the 3rd module for level 4..

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Ok if it more or is everyone having issues with the servo's taking far too long to download enhancements so you can do the module updates... I figured no more then a sim day to download the enhancements but a week or more sim times is flat out unacceptable... I hope this is a glitch that they plan to fix because the main reason I got this expansion was for the servo's and if this is how they are going to be I wasted my money.... who wants to play with bots who take so long to do the required updates so you can install new modules... anyone else having this issue

gameplay issue

14 Replies

kps4sims
6 years ago
This also happened in my game. My servo kept running out of charge and hardly anything downloaded. I did figure out though if you build servo's skills they can upgrade a lot faster without needing to download enhancements.
kreatora
Hero (Retired)
6 years ago
Servo is just a sim but looking different. It works on the same principle as any other sim in the game. Therefore, servo upgrades take the same amount of time as teaching a particular skill to your sim. This should be accelerated by devs but nobody thought about it.
mattcarroll931
6 years ago
Problem somewhat solved! While it is true that Servo takes forever to upgrade, all one needs to to to bypass the work while maintaining Servo is to first turn on the cheat counsel (Ctrl+Shift+c) and enter the cheat "testingcheats true." Once the counsel is on, hold Shift and click on Servo. If you shut off Motive decay, Servo can devote all its time to Enhancement without needing to maintain Servo. This cheat is also optimal if you want Servo to run around in water, but I have yet to test that theory. Enjoy!
Promarker
6 years ago
I might be incorrect, but this is how I believe this works:
Servo gains enhancement progress while gaining skills. Once you hit 100% enhancement, you can upgrade. If however Servo has all skills maxed or you just don't want to worry about skilling up, you can choose to increase their enhancement percentage by 'downloading enhancements.' This is why the times vary for each player (because each player is at a different enhancement level) and why it takes so long (it would take as long if you were building skills). It's meant to supplement the skill building, not replace it, but if you choose to use it to replace then it's going to take a long time. It's not broken.