Bit of a letdown for me, honestly. Some of the skills for the Good Deed badge are a bit odd (take out the trash? maybe it should be in civil badge instead?), yet volunteering doesn't count. Quite the oversight there. Can't seem to get 'make Sims laugh' to count either, so I'm a bit stuck right now (no kids to help with homework, I have a garbage incinerator so no trash to take out, and doing laundry doesn't count either).Am I missing something?

The volunteering is a huge oversight. Hopefully the gurus will rectify that in a patch because it makes more sense as an activity to help gain a badge more than anything there is. As for making a sim laugh--I literally just had a funny conversation once with my sim's dad and earned that badge. The scholastic aptitude badge was super ridiculously simple too because my kid did homework ONE TIME and earned it. The scouting definitely needs some tweaking. Not sure why your interactions aren't counting towards the badges though! Do you have any mods?

It does seem buggy, I was able to complete all of the badges except the one that requires an athletic action. My Sim earned half of it and then randomly the actions stopped counting, he had earned some of it on the swings and jungle gym, then it just stopped. I was curious if you could only use an item a few times or something, but adding a basketball hoop didn’t add anything either (kids are rather limited for athletics as it is).

I finally got it by replacing their fancy trash compactor with a trash pan... Emptying that one did it (just picking up trash and putting it outside wasn't cutting it).

Crazy so much time has passed and this badge still doesn't work. I finally got it by getting one of the smaller trashcans and then I would have my teen's mom go kick the outside trashcan. Then I would move the trash pile inside the house so my teen could then throw it away. Then I would have her pick up the can and then go inside to empty the small can and she finally got the points for her badge.

Scouting good deed badge feedback

11 Replies

alan650
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
The volunteering is a huge oversight. Hopefully the gurus will rectify that in a patch because it makes more sense as an activity to help gain a badge more than anything there is. As for making a sim laugh--I literally just had a funny conversation once with my sim's dad and earned that badge. The scholastic aptitude badge was super ridiculously simple too because my kid did homework ONE TIME and earned it. The scouting definitely needs some tweaking. Not sure why your interactions aren't counting towards the badges though! Do you have any mods?
Francl27
8 years ago
No mods or CC.
LolaLuvsSims
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
"alan650111;c-16578852" wrote:
The volunteering is a huge oversight. Hopefully the gurus will rectify that in a patch because it makes more sense as an activity to help gain a badge more than anything there is. As for making a sim laugh--I literally just had a funny conversation once with my sim's dad and earned that badge. The scholastic aptitude badge was super ridiculously simple too because my kid did homework ONE TIME and earned it. The scouting definitely needs some tweaking. Not sure why your interactions aren't counting towards the badges though! Do you have any mods?

That's weird because my kid keeps doing his homework and he hasn't gotten it yet
Francl27
8 years ago
Jokes are still not working. Ugh.
Illandrya
Rising Veteran
8 years ago
I was able to unlock the super scout uniform but she still wears the normal uniform to scouts and I can’t figure out how to get her to wear the new one.
Francl27
8 years ago
Even after reinstalling the game... doesn't work. Nor does taking trash out (had to try it). So frustrating.
Kita5399
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
It does seem buggy, I was able to complete all of the badges except the one that requires an athletic action. My Sim earned half of it and then randomly the actions stopped counting, he had earned some of it on the swings and jungle gym, then it just stopped. I was curious if you could only use an item a few times or something, but adding a basketball hoop didn’t add anything either (kids are rather limited for athletics as it is).
Gnoviere
8 years ago
My sim was able to get the athletic one by using the monkey bars, and also by dancing. It seemed time-based though... Like they would only get credit for it after doing it for a while(unlike fishing, which counts as soon as you choose to fish).
Kita5399
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
"Derella;c-16582348" wrote:
My sim was able to get the athletic one by using the monkey bars, and also by dancing. It seemed time-based though... Like they would only get credit for it after doing it for a while(unlike fishing, which counts as soon as you choose to fish).

Maybe that was my issue then, I’ll have to try again.
Francl27
8 years ago
I finally got it by replacing their fancy trash compactor with a trash pan... Emptying that one did it (just picking up trash and putting it outside wasn't cutting it).