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4 years ago

The Last Time This Happened I Did a Game Repair! Now, What Do I Do?

Up until just moments ago, after I did a game repair and a Game Folder Refresh a few days back, my Sim was not only able to have me join him at his acting career, but he could complete all of the scenes. Now, today he once again doesn't get the popup for me to either join or send alone. I checked the calendar and there isn't anything going that should prevent it. Not that I can see, anyway. I'm vexed to say the least. I haven't yet Patched, wanting to play my game with the mods I need. What on Earth am I to do now?

I'm leaning toward, removing my Mods folder, Patching the game, doing a Game Repair and Refresh — Then set up a TEST save, (once again, heavy sigh) just to see if the mods/cc I use are affected by the Patch. I made a copy of my Game Folder before I began to play, so my saves files are intact.
It's disheartening, though. I've been going through this since March. Erik just now has four of his six children. I'm not terribly satisfied, strangely. I'm not playing it quite like before, I guess. Rotation play is all well and good, but I had to roll back a few saves to find Erik with his albums and written songs intact. Today, it dawned on me that since I pulled him right after he'd graduated, that even though aging on is on for All, he's no longer the second oldest child in his family. And Kayleigh is younger than her triplet sisters. I took the time to fix that with MCCC. Then realized (as I often do, I went the wrong direction with the mathematics, so that the brothers were all younger than before. :open_mouth: )! So, I recalculated and made the rounds again. Saved, thought all would be well, but no. I can't join him on the set. This after all of my hard work to complete the tasks. He's on Excellent, too. I even exited without saving to try it again. Suddenly, it was 12:12PM, he was due on set at NOON. Oi! Again no notice, no popup, no opportunity to join. :'( Why did they choose Spa Day when obviously, Get Famous has some serious glitches?

Oh, please, if you have some advice to help me bail out this game save, don't be shy!

Please, and thank you, in advance!

4 Replies

  • So you have not patched today?
    I have not yet either, but still same as that previous thread of yours, my actress lets me go in every gig and can complete tasks.

    (NOTE: she either could not do it first, but that was my own fault, as I had a mod in what prevented the co-actors to spawn. after taking that out all went well. )

    Please, I know you have mods, and most of those, fame related , and others with same creator, I do not have..

    So please test it without mods first. Remove your mods folder to desktop (or disable mods) , make a test save and try with a sim in vanilla game. if still you do not get the popup, then it is GF bug.
  • I suppose since I do have a back up saves file, that if I remove the mods needed for Erik to be a Rock Star as he is, it won't hurt anything. I can always retrieve the saves file, I guess. I'm just leery, as you may well imagine. I went through a lot to recover his albums and written songs just a week or so ago. I'll give it a try. Worst that can happen is I'll have to Repair Game, but likely will have to Patch, first. Oi! If it isn't one thing, it's another! And to think I play this game to relax. HA! Wish the spa was real, I could use a massage about now. LOL Thank you for responding!
  • "Ellupelluellu;c-17973228" wrote:
    I would try in new save with some test sim, without mods :)


    I tried with the save I've currently got, since he's already in the acting career. No mods. Still no chance to follow him to the set. This is what was happening before. At that time I did a Repair Game, then ended up doing a Game Folder Refresh when that didn't work. Then I moved my Mods, saves and Tray back into the game and voila all has been going well until today. Just yesterday (Real Time) I was able to join him and he was able to complete all of the scenes. That's where the trouble first started. He could never finish that final scene. Some suggested the co-star had left the set. Since then I've made it a point to either rehearse with the co-star or to chat with them. I may start a new game save and see if that does the trick, but how many times can I start a new game save, if I expect to get anywhere with the Sims of choice? I suppose if it's a matter of too many saves in a file, I could go back to the beginning and delete the earliest ones, but still. I shouldn't have to go through this all of the time.

    ETA: The 'new' Sim arrived without any skills, and there was no way I could cheat him up. I took too much time trying this out, then it dawned on me to place my original Sim and his family into My Library. Normally, without MCCC installed any cheated Skills would be gone. But, since I had played both him and his wife for awhile, now, adding to their skills through normal gameplay, I was very happy to see they had them, still. Plus their born-ingame children have what progress they have made, none cheated either. Plus, he still had his job as an Actor, the gig right there waiting for the day to arrive. Phew!

    Unfortunately, I ran out of time in yesterday's game play. I got to Monday, but not noon on Monday, when the gig is set to start. I shall have to see if the new save fixes the situation a bit later on today. Thanks for the hint!

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