Bug HELP! - Jumping to Ultra Speed

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"PinkiePie618;d-970189" wrote:
So I'm not sure why I couldn't post in the bug section...but here I am.
I downloaded the recent patch and my game was working find for about 45 minutes. Then all of a sudden it started jumping to "ultra speed". I would slow it down and it would work for about 30 seconds before going to ultra speed. I would pause and it would pause for 30 seconds before going to ultra speed. I went back to the town center and then back in, but that didn't help.

Any other work arounds? Is this happening to anyone else?

HELP! It's ruining game play!

UPDATE: Okay so I realize it's a maid issue after finding other posts about this. So new question: how do you keep your house clean without your maid?

Personally, I don't find it hard at all for my Sims to keep their houses clean on their own (not to say that some of them don't have maids), so they tend to just clean up after themselves. They get through chores pretty fast.
But if you're looking for a quick workaround to not using your Sims for it, maybe you can add your own "maid" to the household, as a playable Sim, and direct them to clean up messes instead, while your other Sims go about their day-to-day lives.

"PinkiePie618;d-970189" wrote:


UPDATE: Okay so I realize it's a maid issue after finding other posts about this. So new question: how do you keep your house clean without your maid?

I only had maid service with my one sims family because they lived in a modified Hound's Head and there were all sorts of weird places where plates and glasses would end up - some of which I couldn't see with walls down. That and my first generation of cats were scared by the laser litter box.

But since the bug (which completely messed up that save - can't even fire the maid to get it fixed - so I transplanted the family to a new save) I just let them take care of their own mess, and they generally do a good job. That and I don't mind dragging the occasional pile of dishes into the sink for them. :smile:

You know, this didn't occur in my game until after I read this thread. I'm beginning to think I'm the one who is jinxed and not just my poor Sim. This has happened a few times to me in the past. I won't be having a problem, but then I read about one others are having, and suddenly it hits my game. Is there some sort of link? :open_mouth: Not only that, but I was able to play for an hour or two this morning and everything was fine. It was only after my decorating team left and I came back upstairs to play my game, that I noticed the sporadic, random, jumping into hyperspeed, then back to normal, wash, rinse, repeat. Oi! It's impossible to play that way.

"DevilNDisguise;c-17342548" wrote:

"PinkiePie618;d-970189" wrote:
So I'm not sure why I couldn't post in the bug section...but here I am.
I downloaded the recent patch and my game was working find for about 45 minutes. Then all of a sudden it started jumping to "ultra speed". I would slow it down and it would work for about 30 seconds before going to ultra speed. I would pause and it would pause for 30 seconds before going to ultra speed. I went back to the town center and then back in, but that didn't help.

Any other work arounds? Is this happening to anyone else?

HELP! It's ruining game play!

UPDATE: Okay so I realize it's a maid issue after finding other posts about this. So new question: how do you keep your house clean without your maid?

Personally, I don't find it hard at all for my Sims to keep their houses clean on their own (not to say that some of them don't have maids), so they tend to just clean up after themselves. They get through chores pretty fast.
But if you're looking for a quick workaround to not using your Sims for it, maybe you can add your own "maid" to the household, as a playable Sim, and direct them to clean up messes instead, while your other Sims go about their day-to-day lives.

Wait, what? That certainly would explain it. I only had my Sims hire a maid this afternoon! That's when the game went bonkers. Tell me, if I fire him, will the game go back to normal? Or do I need to roll back a game save, yet again? :open_mouth:

So is it when the maid is there or what? I thought maybe it was when all my kids and hubby was at work that sped time but the wife was home with the toddler so I didn't understand. This is a bad bug. I have a big house with lots of kids and working parents that I need my maid. Plus I am too lazy to go around and make sure everything is clean.

"GalacticGal;c-17342771" wrote:

"DevilNDisguise;c-17342548" wrote:

"PinkiePie618;d-970189" wrote:
So I'm not sure why I couldn't post in the bug section...but here I am.
I downloaded the recent patch and my game was working find for about 45 minutes. Then all of a sudden it started jumping to "ultra speed". I would slow it down and it would work for about 30 seconds before going to ultra speed. I would pause and it would pause for 30 seconds before going to ultra speed. I went back to the town center and then back in, but that didn't help.

Any other work arounds? Is this happening to anyone else?

HELP! It's ruining game play!

UPDATE: Okay so I realize it's a maid issue after finding other posts about this. So new question: how do you keep your house clean without your maid?

Personally, I don't find it hard at all for my Sims to keep their houses clean on their own (not to say that some of them don't have maids), so they tend to just clean up after themselves. They get through chores pretty fast.
But if you're looking for a quick workaround to not using your Sims for it, maybe you can add your own "maid" to the household, as a playable Sim, and direct them to clean up messes instead, while your other Sims go about their day-to-day lives.

Wait, what? That certainly would explain it. I only had my Sims hire a maid this afternoon! That's when the game went bonkers. Tell me, if I fire him, will the game go back to normal? Or do I need to roll back a game save, yet again? :open_mouth:

Yep, fire the maid and peace shall be restored.

I wonder if it's similar to what is "supposed" to happen when all your household sims are either gone to work, school, etc and/or the remaining Sim(s) in the household go to bed and it automatically goes to ultra speed until someone wakes up or gets back home?

> @Linzz said:
> So is it when the maid is there or what? I thought maybe it was when all my kids and hubby was at work that sped time but the wife was home with the toddler so I didn't understand. This is a bad bug. I have a big house with lots of kids and working parents that I need my maid. Plus I am too lazy to go around and make sure everything is clean.

What I've found odd, and a bit irritating, is when I go and play a different one of my households for awhile, several in-game days, then come back to my other one, pretty well everything that can break is broken. Sinks, toilets, showers, TV, computers, stove, stereos, etc... I even made sure to get a handiness skill on a couple characters nearly maxed out. Plus they have a couple million simoleons. They could just pay to replace it if they're too lazy to fix it all, lol!

This happens in my game too now. I have never used any mods or hacks or anything. I have tried to go out of the game and back in, restart the computer etc. Even if I just pause the game it jumps back to full speed. It totally ruins my game (I am playing a legacy, last generation).?

Has anyone of you been able to fix it?