Many of you are aware of the struggles I have had with my Main Save: Erik & Company. Every time I make a gain on his progress, something happens to stop him in his tracks. He's been killed more than a few times across the various iterations of this save. The latest was him freezing to death after he got safely inside. Clearly a glitch. Now, the EP I so looked forward to, has scuddled my gameplay big time. This is almost as bad as the Patch in 2020 that really did a job on my main save.I need some helpful input in order for me to decide the way forward, or if there's even a way forward.Should I . . .

My two pennies:Options 1 and 2 are what I would do. Both of them... purchase the rewards, all 3 of them have earned them already :) And then play the UNI, hopefully while you still play uni, the NPC issue is fixed. Option 3 ... naah, you have done that so many times, give yourself a break :p Option 4 ... one option, some fresh new save , challenge or something.. or you have that ancestral save too.Option 5 , Out of the question. Nope. No. Pretty clear these are the sims you enjoy playing the most with. So... no.Option 6 , I would do this one too, anyway :D

Play on like the bug never happened as best you can... Waiting for an actual fix = Waiting for Godot.

Thank you, Both, for the input. Gives me something to chew on. :)

"Lenny_Ogg;c-18335689" wrote:If things like this keep you from playing, maybe start to save in rotation so you have a few saves of the same game/save.I always have 3-5. So if something goes wrong, I reload the save and I only lose one session = a few hours.This happens so often to you and causes so much trouble and I know I already suggested it when you had this poll the last time, but maybe consider it to keep you from pain :3 If I understand you correctly, I think I already am doing that. Every gaming session is a Save As, and I name it accordingly. Cantrell-#, so I can rollback should I need to do so. Or just do a recover save. This is what I am working off of, currently. It's the last full back up copy I made just prior to the Patch dropping. So, it's a tad behind where I was when my laptop bit the Big One. What I can't adapt to, is the fact that Get Famous is broken, as well as other public venues, I suppose. No Accolades Show = No awards handed out. Face/palm. Erik has already capped out on his income; he's at 9.999.999 Simoleons. It matters not, if he does a concert or produces another album. I decided to have him just replace what's broken --- unless someone in his household needs to gain in handy skill.

If Erik has earned his accolade, no bug should keep him from receiving it. Go on and purchase the award the moment he gets nominated. (Too bad you won't get a screenshot of him accepting it, though :( ) Alternately, if you want to include some chance, you could roll a die, add +1 per famous sim Erik knows and if he gets a result of six or higher, he receives the award.

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Admiral8Q
New Spectator
11 months ago

Could be the pain meds I'm on after my last injury making me clueless, but uh, what is this "Accolades" thing you're talking about? :grey_question:
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
11 months ago
"Admiral8Q;c-18335978" wrote:

Could be the pain meds I'm on after my last injury making me clueless, but uh, what is this "Accolades" thing you're talking about? :grey_question:

If you have Get Famous, the Starlight Accolades Show is where a nominated Sim can receive an award.

https://i.imgur.com/pyFyi2h.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/8VPeFM5.jpg

And three of my Sims:
Kayleigh Cantrell, Erik's wife for Best Book.
https://i.imgur.com/fTydcK9.jpg

Erik and Kayleigh's firstborn, Jamison for Best Acting,
https://i.imgur.com/Bq0JQwH.jpg

And Rock Star, Erik Cantrell, receiving his 37th Best Song,
https://i.imgur.com/MOV22Bk.jpg

He's been on quite a roll, as you can surmise.

Hope you're healing nicely.
Admiral8Q
New Spectator
11 months ago

Oh right. I've never played that far yet with a famous Sim yet. :)
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AgnesXX92
New Spectator
11 months ago
I am not up to date with all bugs, what's wrong with the Accolades now?
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
11 months ago
"AngeliqueAdelaide;c-18336103" wrote:
I am not up to date with all bugs, what's wrong with the Accolades now?

The Host fails to show up. No Host, no Show. :: sniff, sniff ::
AgnesXX92
New Spectator
11 months ago
"GalacticGal;c-18336112" wrote:
"AngeliqueAdelaide;c-18336103" wrote:
I am not up to date with all bugs, what's wrong with the Accolades now?

The Host fails to show up. No Host, no Show. :: sniff, sniff ::

That's really bad indeed. Wonder if something about the game choosing certain types of npc's got messed up with the addition of new types of role npc's?
I haven't been at the Accolades of late, since my sims haven't done anything award-worthy, but the last time, game kept picking rampaging werewolves for bouncers, who then would scare both the celebrities and the fans. So the system can be a bit wonky at times, as it seems to be unable to calculate whether or not the picked npc is able to actually do their job.
LolaLuvsSims
Rising Rookie
11 months ago
I’ve actually just been to the starlight accolades for the first time in years. I’m so sorry this keeps happening to you and Erik.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
11 months ago
"AngeliqueAdelaide;c-18336126" wrote:
"GalacticGal;c-18336112" wrote:
"AngeliqueAdelaide;c-18336103" wrote:
I am not up to date with all bugs, what's wrong with the Accolades now?

The Host fails to show up. No Host, no Show. :: sniff, sniff ::

That's really bad indeed. Wonder if something about the game choosing certain types of npc's got messed up with the addition of new types of role npc's?
I haven't been at the Accolades of late, since my sims haven't done anything award-worthy, but the last time, game kept picking rampaging werewolves for bouncers, who then would scare both the celebrities and the fans. So the system can be a bit wonky at times, as it seems to be unable to calculate whether or not the picked npc is able to actually do their job.

I'm beginning to think that the cause for the lack of certain NPC types, because it's not just the Accolades that aren't working right, is a complicated one. EA shoved out those four fixes, likely because they were easier to solve. I just hope we get word that they're working on this other very distressful problem. My storyline is wrapped around this aspect of Get Famous. Erik is Unstoppable, yet he's been stopped in his tracks. :open_mouth:
pendragon1980
New Spectator
11 months ago
I don't know if this helps at all but I was curious so I went into my celebrity Sim she wasn't nominated for anything but went to the accolades and host did appear.

I played completely vanilla with no mods l
Ellupelluellu
Hero
11 months ago
Also try with game gala-lot. Not with any downloaded lot.
Lot itself can be bugged too, or some features (platforms, example) may cause it.