So...I just failed three Paranormal Investigator's gigs in a row.The first time, overgrowths and hands were in places that my Sim couldn't reach.The second time, my Sim couldn't do anything because she was too scared to go near creepy dolls and strange markings. She had sacred candles and Dahlia, who she wasted time speaking to for nothing, because she was still "too scared".I thought the third time would be the charm, but no.The location is Penny Pizzazz's apartment and she has NO DOOR to knock on. All of her neighbors have doors. She doesn't. It's just a hole in the wall that I can't click on.Is anyone else having these kinds of problems or am I just super unlucky?

I've had the missing door issue at apartment hauntings too, but the doors appeared again when I put the walls down, then raised them to fully up again.

I have finished around 20 gigs so far with my two Paranormal Investigators and most of them went as expected and were a lot of fun. I had issues twice. The first one was when I was asked to exorcise a penthouse in San Myshuno. I could not get in, which sounds like the issue described in the original post. I teleported onto the terrace and could do some stuff there but it was not enough to finish the gig. And the second one was just now when I was called to Mt. Komorebi the first time. It was an 'Expert' gig, so the place should have been swarming with red specters and Temperance should have paid a visit, but that didn't happen. Not one specter and Temperance didn't show either. Just had a few dolls, creepy growths and a couple of slime puddles. If I hadn't performed the ceremony 4 times (and my PI hadn't had the Potion of Plentiful Needs with him his girlfriend made), I would have not been able to fill the bar and would have failed. I made it just in time.

"RavenSpit;c-17794597" wrote:"GrumpyGlowfish;c-17794260" wrote:At least you guys have stuff happening when you go to your gigs. No ghosts show up at mine, just random scary sounds and a hand or a puddle every few hours, and sometimes the progress bar just doesn't move no matter what I do.I have the same problem...not enough things spawn to finish a gig higher than easy without me having to perform a ritual like 2-3 times....also specters dont show up at all anymore (they did on my very first and 2. gig).I do not have any mods, so it cant be that.Good to know it's not my mods. I watched a lot of let's plays and none of them had trouble. I did find this bug report so make sure to hit me toohttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-PSP-P-Investigator-Lots-Don-t-Spawn-with-Specters-or-Cursed/td-p/10016032

I tried the career again with a different sim, same result, no spectres, almost impossible to finish a gig unless I perform the ceremony three times.Good to know someone is working on a mod to fix that: https://td1sims.tumblr.com/post/641865251052257280/1-or-2-more-paranormal-sp-coming-soon

It seems that the mod for the bugged paranormal investigator career is out already: https://td1sims.tumblr.com/post/642184535598104576/sp18-paranormal-sp-mods-set-2Make sure to read the notes, you may get more spectres than you wished for. It does not work for me, unfortunately, but maybe some of you will have more luck.

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Echo17121
4 years ago
"GrumpyGlowfish;c-17794260" wrote:
At least you guys have stuff happening when you go to your gigs. No ghosts show up at mine, just random scary sounds and a hand or a puddle every few hours, and sometimes the progress bar just doesn't move no matter what I do.

I do use mods, but can't imagine which of them could possibly be causing this, as the ghosts do appear in haunted houses. Too bad... A rabbit hole career it is then.

I finally got around to playing today and had no specters or Temperance show up on lots that were expert. I thought the first one was a fluke because it was an apartment but the next two were the same. I just kept doing séance circles and waiting for things to spawn. Kinda a real bummer because the medium level of the career isn't very hard. My first one or two gigs had stuff.
ra7orrat
4 years ago
"GrumpyGlowfish;c-17794260" wrote:
At least you guys have stuff happening when you go to your gigs. No ghosts show up at mine, just random scary sounds and a hand or a puddle every few hours, and sometimes the progress bar just doesn't move no matter what I do.

I have the same problem...not enough things spawn to finish a gig higher than easy without me having to perform a ritual like 2-3 times....also specters dont show up at all anymore (they did on my very first and 2. gig).
I do not have any mods, so it cant be that.
Echo17121
4 years ago
"GrumpyGlowfish;c-17796157" wrote:
I tried the career again with a different sim, same result, no spectres, almost impossible to finish a gig unless I perform the ceremony three times.

Good to know someone is working on a mod to fix that: https://td1sims.tumblr.com/post/641865251052257280/1-or-2-more-paranormal-sp-coming-soon

Awesome! Thanks for linking that. I will for sure be checking that site often. I made a new sim to try again but he just maxed the medium skill in my last play so he hasn't become a PI yet. Hopefully EA includes something in the Feb patch to fix it because that is a huge gameplay issue.
dianed485
New Scout
4 years ago
My sims often fails medium gigs because she gets too scared to do anything, it’s really annoying!!
SEREFRAS
Seasoned Veteran
4 years ago
I wish there was a Bonehilda trait so I can turn any sim into a Bonehilda.
Echo17121
4 years ago
"GrumpyGlowfish;c-17797226" wrote:
It seems that the mod for the bugged paranormal investigator career is out already: https://td1sims.tumblr.com/post/642184535598104576/sp18-paranormal-sp-mods-set-2

Make sure to read the notes, you may get more spectres than you wished for. It does not work for me, unfortunately, but maybe some of you will have more luck.

Has anyone else tried it? I downloaded it but if it doesn't work I might wait to add it in.
Echo17121
4 years ago
"CelSims;c-17799022" wrote:
Just an update @Echo17121 My sim is on her 4th gig after downloading the mod, both specters and objects were present when she zoned in.

Oh great! Ok so then maybe I will install it!
Echo17121
4 years ago
Just as a heads up to the people using the mod, it seems to have an update. I am hoping it helps because while I had plenty of specters at my easy and medium gigs I still have none at my expert. So my poor sim usually fails and has a poor job rating.
Echo17121
4 years ago
"GrumpyGlowfish;c-17813908" wrote:
I didn't try the mod again, but today, for the first time, I played with a paranormal investigator living in a normal house, and... lo and behold, the spectres finally appeared at gigs, and many more creepy dolls, hands, symbols etc. than before! So in my case at least, this bug might actually be connected to sims both living and working in haunted houses, maybe the game gets confused when it's supposed to make spectres appear everywhere, and the only way (for me at least) to avoid that is to have the investigator live somewhere ghost-free.

I haven't gone back to my previous investigators to see if the bug disappears when I change their lot type to a normal home, and I'm not going to experiment any further, especially with a patch around the corner that might (hopefully) address this. But until then, maybe this information can help others who are struggling with the same problem.

I will have to check my PI living in a haunted house and going to work. I have been having great luck with the mod update with my legacy sim going but their house isn't haunted. The grim reaper still acts like it is and freaks out before taking the dead sim. It makes the process so much longer so maybe you are right that there is some kind of crossover that is glitching the game with PIs.

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