Scared to update...

I believe the first one was caused by outdated mods or custom content. CC beds were broken but can be fixed with Sims4Studio.

Almost all mods needed an update. Most of them have gotten that done already.

The other three seem to happen to some, but not all players. And, of course, are limited to players with the new pack. The last one is a routing problem. The work around is to add the Sim you want to ride with to your household temporarily. There are threads here about prom and graduation you can read to see how others are handling them.

Thanks for the response!

"manicobsessive;d-1002659" wrote:
Hi all! I was wondering if I could get your insight. I haven't updated my game since Werewolves, and I'm still happily playing.

I want to update my game and possibly get HSY, but I'm scared as to what bugs there still are. I know the main patch for HSY created so many bugs, and I was wondering if you could give me some advice on any lingering bugs. Are the following still happening, and if they are, are there workarounds or fixes?

1. Needs bars don't change colour and sims die of starvation
2. Sims coming home from work early
3. Prom/Graduation not happening
4. Only one sim at a time can use the HSY fair rides

I know I'll have to update my mods etc (I use very few anyway). Any advice on the above or in general that you can give me would be very much appreciated! :)

I have just responded to a similar query in this thread:
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/1002537/origin-just-automatically-began-repairing-my-game

I'll repeat the post here:

I was one of those that got forced into patching. As it happens I have got the game pretty stable again, but it took me just shy of two days!

I started in the same position as you, but decided to do a computer reboot and when I launched Origin, it said it needed to update. In the past i have always let Origin do that and then go offline and play my game. That is when the problems started. I simply had to 'repair' and update the game at that stage.

I suspect if I hadn't updated Origin or rebooted my computer, meaning I had to relaunch Origin, I would have been OK and been where you are now. So don't restart Origin!

FWIW, there is some nice features in the patch. The gender preference options are pretty good. There is also some mods available to kill most of the annoying stuff like constant phone use, etc.

Not encountered fears yet (I might even to enable them - not looked), but the wants aren't too dissimilar from whims and can be pretty good with follow up wants after achieving one - nice touch. The main issue is being stuck with them and not being able to refresh them like you could with whims. Again there is mod that can do that with the wants as well.

"telemwill;c-18169111" wrote:
I believe the first one was caused by outdated mods or custom content. CC beds were broken but can be fixed with Sims4Studio.

Almost all mods needed an update. Most of them have gotten that done already.

The other three seem to happen to some, but not all players. And, of course, are limited to players with the new pack. The last one is a routing problem. The work around is to add the Sim you want to ride with to your household temporarily. There are threads here about prom and graduation you can read to see how others are handling them.

My Sims have participated in three successful Proms already. None have starved, not even the Toddler. My only gripe, of which I posted about, may be moot. If he's allowed to graduate on the Sunday after he aged up, all is well. If not, I'll remove a suspect mod and do a game save recovery to roll back to before he aged up, and see what happens.

"manicobsessive;c-18169170" wrote:
Thankyou! I've also been hearing about a bug called Groundhog Day that seems to have come either with HSY or the patch. Is anybody having this issue too?

I assume that's the bug where the game is having trouble saving and time moves backwards (so for some people it's like Groundhog day where it is always Monday) because the game fails to save all progress.

It's a bit tricky to talk about this bug because it's unclear how to get it, it seems to be related to changes on how the game saves outfit data and it was discovered through a mod which we can't discuss here on the forums (and the mod creator added a workaround to bypass the issue) but people who are not using mods have claimed that they have gotten it too.

As long as you are using updated mods the chance to get this bug seems to be pretty low.

@manicobsessive Thought I would let you know that I have actually had my first fear appear - Fear of the dark. OK cool, thinks I...except the scared moodlet for it kicked in at 11.00am in the morning on a sunny day :grin:

SMH

2. Sims coming home from work early
I've had it happen once so far.
3. Prom/Graduation not happening
Prom still doesn't work in my game. I've tried two different test saves without mods and each time another event prevented Prom from happening.
4. Only one sim at a time can use the HSY fair rides
In one test save without mods I couldn't get it to work. In the other test save I managed to get it to work. Both times the second sim did not live with my sims.

Could be a while before these problems are patched. Like others have said, there's a chance you won't experience these bugs. If you really want to play with the pack now and don't mind missing out on a sale then go for it. Promo offer for bonus items ends September 8, 2022.
I have no desire to continue playing with the pack because I can't get Prom to work.. But I don't regret buying so soon because that was my choice, I knew the risk, and I have plenty of new build items to build with now.

Just make certain you back up your saves before you Patch.

So what exactly is going on with the aging thing?

"Lucy_Henley;c-18170718" wrote:
So what exactly is going on with the aging thing?

I don't know how it works for anyone else, but I had to completely uninstall & reinstall my game to get it to stop. Luckily I wasn't too far into the save I had.

My issue now is that I've got sims suddenly gaining celebrity status, even though I have it on opted out of fame.