Work from Home for Engineering
I had a work task to crash an engineering course several times, but since my sim got promoted, the option where I accessed the task changed to guest lecture instead of crash an engineering course, an...
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@8c7cd93d28862768 Hi! I wondered if you might be willing to use cheats to demote your sim and then rejoin the career at level 7, just to see if it changes anything? I do not know if this will change your options; it's just a guess. Of note, when demoted from level 7 your sim will be fired from the career and will get a moodlet (or two depending on their traits) from being demoted / fired. If you're willing to try the cheats as a workaround, click the spoiler and follow the steps.
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- Go to game options and choose Save As
-- Choose a new save game and name it something like "Engineer Cheat Test". This will help you differentiate between your current save and the test save.
- Once in the game, press Ctrl + Shift + C
- In the cheat bar, copy / paste this string ... careers.demote careers_Adult_Engineer
- Then press enter
-- Assuming your sim is level 7, they will be fired
-- Your sim will be able to re-join the career at level 7 after three in-game days; Ex. if demoted / fired on Monday, they can rejoin at level 7 on Thursday
-- If your sim is above level 7, you will need to use the demote cheat until they are fired / below level 7
-- Once your sim is back at level 7, check to see if you get the proper task to "guest speak"
For some background, I did some testing for this problem but I could not replicate it. When my sim got promoted to level 7 Mechanical Engineer - Master of Mechanisms, the next day, my sim's work-from-home tasks were Practice Programming and Guest Speak at Mechanical Engineering Class. I kept playing for a full week and never got the "crash" or "guest speak" tasks again. It could be that, in your game, there may have been other factors that were not present in my game. This kind of thing makes it difficult to test, as @luthienrising mentioned.
At any rate, if you decide to try the cheats, please come back and update if it worked or not.
UPDATE: The next time the task came around, it was guest lecture. And skipping that task that day didn't make a big difference because it was one of 2.
@8c7cd93d28862768 Apologies! It looks like you replied as I was crafting my reply. :-/
To clarify, do you mean that you got the task to "guest speak" at the current level 7?
Yes. I wonder if this bug only happens right after you get promoted if you HAPPEN to have that task come up. And only if you worked from home the previous day. Because then it's giving you tasks that are for the previous promotion level.
@8c7cd93d28862768 That is absolutely possible. This game can be so weird sometimes. Hopefully now your sim is able to complete the tasks and get promoted!
