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Sarriaka's avatar
10 years ago

Cannot Join Gatherings

Hey! So, like a lot of people, I downloaded the new EP on launch. I opened the game, made my Regina George knock-off, and set off to make her the leader of the Paragons. At first, things went great. She befriended the leader and integrated well with the rest of the group at her first official gathering. The problem, though, is that it's been her only gathering.

She has been invited to and initiated gatherings with her club however, when they arrive at the venue, it doesn't register that she's actually a part of it (she's still considered a member, however). I see an option to 'join gathering' although clicking it doesn't do anything, not even an attempted interaction like I thought it would. Eventually, the entire gathering just stops altogether, the game not acknowledging that they're even on the same lot. Again, trying to start a new gathering doesn't work - I have to go home and start a new one, sitting through loading screens, and the problem repeats itself. I'm quite disappointed, as the EP showed promise early on, and now it just seems to be broken.

Has anyone had this problem and, if so, is there a way to fix it? I haven't played to see if this happens in other clubs, because I ended up rage quitting in the end. I also have Get To Work and Spa Day installed, and I don't have any mods or custom content.

28 Replies

  • Hello @PoufersJ and @egureh . Are the gatherings taking place when they would normally be at work/school? If they are, it has been causing issues. It also causes an issue if they are having a vacation day and the gathering is taking place when it would usually be their work hours. Try holding gatherings outside of work/school hours.
  • I have always had this on and off, and even with a club leader. It tends to happen to me after the sim in question has been interrupted by a call to go to work (which I say no to) or a party invitation or something. After cancelling out the go to work or whatever it is, she is no longer in the gathering and cannot rejoin. It's ok again at the next gathering, so it's just a case of trying to end the gathering and call a new one.
  • Thanks for reply. :D
    No it wasn't work time nor vacation, my sim quitted job and stayed at home.
    This issue happened after his son borned, so I think maybe it's a bug caused by splitting/merging household.
    But well, it's just a guess. :)

    ETA: Problem solved. :)
    I tried to end gathering, save and load game, this time my sim could start gathering properly. Don't know why.
  • Hello @hiimcanada . There is an issue that kids can't join gatherings that are taking place when they would normally be at school, even though it is a vacation day. If they are starting a club gathering when it would normally be school hours , it has been causing issues. On vacation days, try holding gatherings outside what would normally be school hours.
  • I'm still experiencing problems, and it's not working outside of my career hours... Should I give someone my current save?
  • Is it alright if I posted my comment two years after the latest post?
  • "Cosmolito;c-16754718" wrote:
    I'm still experiencing problems, and it's not working outside of my career hours... Should I give someone my current save?


    Hello @Cosmolito
    If you have cc/mods in your game, move your whole mods folder to the desktop. Then start the game and see if the issues are still there. If it has helped with the issues, put your mods/ CC back into the newly generated mods folder that is in the sims 4 folder one by one or in batches and testing after each one to see which is the causes of the problem.

    If the issues still remain, repairing the game may help. To do that, go to games library in Origin, right click on the sims 4 picture and click repair

    Try deleting the cache files and see if that helps
    https://sims4.crinrict.com/en/2014/09/delete-cache-files/

  • I found out what happened... I had the scarecrow trait for some reason.

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