Freelance Gigs

I have tried the programming branch, but did you call the client? On the Sim or a computer, under freelance, what are your options?

I'm doing the writer and painter branches and haven't had any problems yet.

Hover over each task, what does it tell you to do? With one of my writers gigs, she had to write a motivational book. So I had to get her confident, write a motivational book. There was no option to do it under freelance, it was a normal write book option.

I found my issue, if you have CC or mods check those.

"surlybadger;d-958418" wrote:
Maybe I'm missing something but how in the heck am I supposed to complete my freelance gigs? My sim is a freelance programmer and no matter what I do I can't an option to do the gig and when I think I did nothing says it's completed.

Am I dense or is something broken at the moment?

You call the client then do the file encrypting. After the first file is done, call another client and then encrypt. Repeat until you get the tasks complete. My sim is a freelancer and has made websites! He's now almost a level-2 celebrity because of this.

I put my first Sim in the freelance career as a writer. I had him contact the client, got the check mark. Done. But, I foolishly had him write the book, which ended up in his inventory and by the way it's excellent, but I didn't choose the correct option on the computer. So, this excellent book sits in his inventory and he's having to write the fantasy all over again. :open_mouth: Live and learn, I guess. Oi!

do you have the ui cheat extension mod? that's what broke it for me

Yeah, im gonna hold off playing for a minute, as my sim days are so full and hectic, im gonna need that ui extension just to be able to play comfortably, and stress free LOL!!!. Thank you Anmirla for info.

"magooo63;c-17038176" wrote:
yep, the ui extension was the problem, does anybody know if the ui extension has been updated to go with the new patch?

The guru's said they will be putting out an emergency update to fix this tomorrow, and that modders won't have to update mods.

I don't think it will help many mods. I was under the impression that the emergency update had more to do with "strings" and was affecting more CC than most of the mods.
Was this in a tweet?

*I found a tweet from Graham.
Quick FYI for mod/cc creators - for content that's displaying blank text following the 4/16 update, we're targeting an update on Friday that will address this issue without requiring a change on your end.

I don't think all the mods are having this issue, but it's reassuring to know that some of it can be resolved in one big swoop! *fingers crossed*

"Chazzzy;c-17038511" wrote:

"Anmirla;c-17038468" wrote:
I don't think it will help many mods. I was under the impression that the emergency update had more to do with "strings" and was affecting more CC than most of the mods.
Was this in a tweet?

*I found a tweet from Graham.
Quick FYI for mod/cc creators - for content that's displaying blank text following the 4/16 update, we're targeting an update on Friday that will address this issue without requiring a change on your end.

I don't think all the mods are having this issue, but it's reassuring to know that some of it can be resolved in one big swoop! *fingers crossed*

I was under the impression the Friday patch will fix the issue "for now" meaning any text that's blank will be back working again. BUT, that they expect modders to go in and change the strings for their mods ANYWAY to prevent this from happening in the future when they release more patches and content. So it feels like this will be a one-time deal and that after this, mods are on their own in that regard and should just go ahead and "fix" their mods now so it won't happen again.

I was reading through a long list of mods and the update on them. There were quite a few that quoted missing text, but otherwise worked fine. Many have had no status as of yet. Several (of which I'm waiting for) will need to be updated anyway to include the new content. I had read someplace else that CC was affected by this missing text (or that was my understanding).

I wish there was a way they could update without actually breaking some of the mods (and in-game content - we all know how that goes), but I don't need to be tech savvy to know that will never happen! :D

I use a bunch of CC clothes, eyes, eyelashes, et cetera, plus a few mods (mostly extra careers and things like that). My Sim has completed a bunch of freelance programming jobs with no problem. It's a lot more fun than I thought it would be.