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6 years ago

Term Paper & Study Interactions Cancelling Themselves

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? 1.58.69.1010
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Cats & Dogs, City Living, Dine Out, Discover University, Get Famous, Get to Work, Get Together, Kids Room Stuff, Movie Hangout Stuff, Parenthood, Romantic Garden Stuff, Seasons, Vampires
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Place a sim in a university dorm and attempt to use the interactions 'term paper' and 'study' with a computer or laptop.
What happens when the bug occurs? I try to write my term paper or study on the computer and the action is cancelled immediately (autonomy is turned off).
What do you expect to see? My sim starting and completing the action until I cancel it.
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? Neutral/Not Sure 

The issue is only present with these specific "Discover University' interactions, not with any other interaction in the pack or with other packs, it is also not affected by CC as I tried both with and without it installed. Since I can't perform either interaction I can't progress in the story and my sim is going to fail. I've tried moving the computer, switching it out for another, trying on a different lot, trying with a different sim, uninstalling and reinstalling the pack, repairing the game and starting over with a new save file. None of those fixed it so it's got to be an issue on your end.

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  • @ConArtist1299 Do other writing options work ? There is a bug with those but usually it helps to place the computer in the household inventory helps with that.

    I personally did not have any troubles with this.

    Did you also try renaming the user folder ?
  • Sid1701d9's avatar
    Sid1701d9
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    @ConArtist1299 The only problem with that is if you live in student housing you don't have a household inventory.
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    6 years ago

    Guess selling and rebuying a new computer it is .. but since it's happening in new saves and everything, I don't think that's the issue anyways.

  • mzbklyn87's avatar
    mzbklyn87
    Newcomer
    5 years ago

    I'm having this issue and can not seem to find a resolution. The actions to either write term paper and study on computers keeps cancelling. My sim is in her last term. Also, she can't write or practicing writing.

  • Had the same issue. Buying new computer didn't help. What did help, though, was moving the computer around. I bought a laptop, and moved it from the desk to the dining table, and suddenly he could write term papers without issue.

  • EA_Cath's avatar
    EA_Cath
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    10 months ago
    Hey @lillehauge , this thread is pretty old so I'm locking it to prevent necroposting. Feel free to create a new thread in the forums instead and we will take a look at your issue.