An in-game week ago, there was the geek con, and I guess my sims left before it was over, well now I visited the neighborhood again and the geek con is still there..atleast half:https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/35065643/27.03.18_05-06-35.pngAs you can see, some posters on the left side are floating in the air like the festival was halfway through disappearing, but most of the objects just stayed. Things like food stalls and benches are placed above the festival objects, etc. I guess it's a bit bugged :D Is there any work-around for this or will the geek-con stay there forever? :open_mouth: Or do I just have to wait until another festival takes place?

How old is the save you're playing in? If it was created before the overlapping festivals bug was fixed, then the bug will remain in that particular save. But if you're playing a save that was created after it got fixed, this shouldn't happen.

"MDianaSanders;c-16402934" wrote:How old is the save you're playing in? If it was created before the overlapping festivals bug was fixed, then the bug will remain in that particular save. But if you're playing a save that was created after it got fixed, this shouldn't happen.I don't know when exactly it was fixed @MDianaSanders , but the save is not that old. But as I said, the geek con was 1 in-game week ago, so it's very likely that it happened after it was fixed. I'm just going to wait until the next geek con arrives. Btw, many bugs or glitches are "supposed" to be fixed, @Vulori, it's the same with the vampire break-ins on community lots, I remember I read in the patch notes not long ago that it was fixed, but it just happened again today.

*shameless plug for my own AHQ thread about this very issue*https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-CL-Festival-objects-spawning-into-each-other-and-being/td-p/6433737Who said this was ever fixed since Cats & Dogs?

"Chazzzy;c-16402976" wrote:"MDianaSanders;c-16402934" wrote:How old is the save you're playing in? If it was created before the overlapping festivals bug was fixed, then the bug will remain in that particular save. But if you're playing a save that was created after it got fixed, this shouldn't happen.Now that’s just unreasonable. So every time they patch the game we’re expected to start a whole new save to see the changes?I have to agree with you on this issue. I play my saves for a long time. I do the Save As, to help keep them from getting corrupted, however, it's bad enough when I get the bug to simply start the save over again, without me having to do so just to see the 'fixes' implemented. If something is fixed, then it should be fixed across the board, old saves and all. But, that's just me.

"MDianaSanders;c-16402934" wrote:How old is the save you're playing in? If it was created before the overlapping festivals bug was fixed, then the bug will remain in that particular save. But if you're playing a save that was created after it got fixed, this shouldn't happen.Tf they can't do that. They need to fix it entirely.

Uhm...this shouldn't happen, right?

15 Replies

Vulori
8 years ago
I thought they fixed it. :/

I think if you stay until the festival ends, it all goes away. It'll still be there when the romance festival pops up though, since you have to wait for geek con to come back. Staying until the end of the romance festival will only remove stuff that was put up for the romance festival. Other than that, I'm not really sure.
theyellowshoe
8 years ago

That happened to my game the other day. I was like what the, it was the Spice festival. I wanted my sim to just "harvest" the plants there.
MDianaSims
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
How old is the save you're playing in? If it was created before the overlapping festivals bug was fixed, then the bug will remain in that particular save. But if you're playing a save that was created after it got fixed, this shouldn't happen.
Huiiie_17
8 years ago
"MDianaSanders;c-16402934" wrote:
How old is the save you're playing in? If it was created before the overlapping festivals bug was fixed, then the bug will remain in that particular save. But if you're playing a save that was created after it got fixed, this shouldn't happen.

I don't know when exactly it was fixed @MDianaSanders , but the save is not that old. But as I said, the geek con was 1 in-game week ago, so it's very likely that it happened after it was fixed. I'm just going to wait until the next geek con arrives.

Btw, many bugs or glitches are "supposed" to be fixed, @Vulori, it's the same with the vampire break-ins on community lots, I remember I read in the patch notes not long ago that it was fixed, but it just happened again today.
paradiseplanet27
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
*shameless plug for my own AHQ thread about this very issue*

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-CL-Festival-objects-spawning-into-each-other-and-being/td-p/6433737

Who said this was ever fixed since Cats & Dogs?
ldm2
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
I had that problem too, the Romance festival actually overlapped it. Someone suggested to me to have my sim stay in the neighborhood until the festival was all over & for a couple of sim hours afterwards. It worked, everything got taken down & the neighborhood was back to normal. It's a simple, albeit sometimes inconvenient workaround until they get it fixed.
GalacticGal
Legend
8 years ago
"Chazzzy;c-16402976" wrote:
"MDianaSanders;c-16402934" wrote:
How old is the save you're playing in? If it was created before the overlapping festivals bug was fixed, then the bug will remain in that particular save. But if you're playing a save that was created after it got fixed, this shouldn't happen.

Now that’s just unreasonable. So every time they patch the game we’re expected to start a whole new save to see the changes?

I have to agree with you on this issue. I play my saves for a long time. I do the Save As, to help keep them from getting corrupted, however, it's bad enough when I get the bug to simply start the save over again, without me having to do so just to see the 'fixes' implemented. If something is fixed, then it should be fixed across the board, old saves and all. But, that's just me.
LoveMcQueen
8 years ago
"MDianaSanders;c-16402934" wrote:
How old is the save you're playing in? If it was created before the overlapping festivals bug was fixed, then the bug will remain in that particular save. But if you're playing a save that was created after it got fixed, this shouldn't happen.

Tf they can't do that. They need to fix it entirely.
MDianaSims
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
Well, if it ever was in the patch notes (and I thought it was) they removed it. Which means it's probably broken again, wouldn't be the first time they fix something only to break it again with the next patch.
I can't tell if this was ever fixed, as my template saves were made before they supposedly fixed it. And I don't really attend festivals in newer saves/test saves.

As for the new save thing, as far as I know, only a few bug fixes so far have required you to start a new save.
Huiiie_17
8 years ago
"Chazzzy;c-16403721" wrote:
What in the dog and pony show is going on here?

They claim to have fixed this in the November patch. Not sure if it applies to what the OP is about.

”We addressed an issue that could cause festivals to overlap one another due to the previous festival not properly cleaning itself up.”

So it was actually fixed. I knew I remembered reading exactly this in the patch notes. Well, the bug just happened one week ago in my game, so it's seems like it's broken again after it was fixed.

It was my mistake actually because I left the festival before it was over, even though I knew it could stay there and wouldn't go away, but I just didn't mind in this moment :neutral: