Re: Holiday on Repeat

@NiaraTiara  I haven't read anywhere of this particular problem but I have heard of other issues with holidays when using any mod to change the game speed. @anneke33 is correct, after temporarily removing all mods or CC in your game, you should also clear old cached content in case anything from the Mods or CC is still hanging around in your game (thanks @SheriGR for this information). You can do this by deleting the localthumbcache.package file in your Sims 4 folder. It's perfectly safe to delete this file as the game will auto-generate a new one the next time you launch Sims 4. I always delete the localthumbcache.package file any time I make a change to my Mods folder.

Please let us know if this fixes your problem. If so, you might be able to re-install your mods, as long as you keep the game speed at the default setting. Make sure you are using the most current versions available first. If this does not fix your problem, let us know that as well as there are other things you can try.

I hope this helps!

Oh plum! I knew it would be either @RandomBuzziness or @PugLove888 that would help and I guessed the wrong one, haha. Glad to see I wasn’t completely wrong in my answer 😉

@anneke33  Yeah I agree with your thinking on this one. @PugLove888 is awesome & has helped me many times! 

@RandomBuzziness you're both awesome, it was just a guessing game as to who would see and reply to the post first 😉 I guessed wrong, haha 😃

@anneke33, yes I would have been able to help had I been on the computer at the time you posted, but I was doing other things at the time! 😃  Thankfully @RandomBuzziness  was able to help 🙌 so you didn't have to wait for me! 😳  And @RandomBuzziness  is correct in that @SheriGR is also very helpful !😇

@NiaraTiara, The best procedure is to move the Mods folder to your desktop, then delete the localthumbcache.package file like @RandomBuzziness mentioned. Also for extra safe measure is to Repair your game through Origin.  
Then you can add your Mods and CC back one by one, starting your game after adding each one to test each Mod or CC item.  But if you have a lot of CC, then you might want to do the 50/50 Method and test a larger batch of them at a time.  Once you find which Mod or CC is the culprit, you can then go back to whoever created it and see if they have an updated version (if they do, you can download that one).  If they don't have a new one, then you should just forget that Mod or CC as if they are never updated, they will continue to mess up your game! 😢

You should do this after each time your game acts up, especially after a patch is released by EA, as that is when a lot of Mods/CC become outdated!  We are getting a new Stuff Pack next week, so we will probably be getting a another patch from EA later this week!  You might want to wait until after that to complete your testing! 🤔

Please update us on if this fixes your problem or not! 😇

And @anneke33 , I was thinking before I saw your post that it was a shame that the broken holiday wasn't Groundhog Day! 😃  Love that movie! ❤️

@PugLove888 you're absolutely right! Nobody expects you to be online 24/7 😉 And I'm also happy @RandomBuzziness was able to help out 🙂 I haven't been here for very long and have seen/read far from everything so I'm sorry if I overlooked @SheriGR! With all the helpful people here, it's hard to keep track of who's doing/saying what 🙂 Especialy if you're new, like me 😉 I'm sure I'll learn in time 🙂
(Sorry if I'm not making much sense right now, my brain is refusing to cooperate atm 😳 )

Hahaha I love that movie too! It was the first thing I thought about when I read the post 😃

Hi guys! I'm sorry I haven't seen your replies until recently. I'm still having this issue with my game unfortunately. I've tried removing my localthumbcache file, removing the Mods folder, AND repairing the game once again. Still didn't do anything. I've tried reverting to a save that was before I made the custom holiday, and oddly enough, the same problem occurred. It didn't happen when I made an entirely new save, however.

I saw one person post that there were holiday glitches reported when people have changed the game speed. That actually rings a bell for me, since before creating the new holiday, I do remember using MC Command Center to make the days longer. I shortly changed the game speed back to the default though, since the days were going way too slow for me. I ended up making "New Years Day" way later, after I've already overwritten all my older saves. 

I hope my save files aren't permanently corrupted, although that seems be the case right now. 😢

@NiaraTiara, I'm very sorry to hear that! 😢  It seems like the movies and TV shows that warned us about meddling with time, were correct. 😞 

So, your new save games seem unaffected, and it is only the old ones that are messed up? 🤔  Are any of your old saves working? 

created an account just to let you know this exact thing happened to me too with winterfest!! it corrupted all of my saves so i'll have to start over ): hopefully this is something MCCC can fix in the future!!

@cryinggcats   If you haven't already it would be a good idea to bring your issue to the creator of the mentioned mod for confirmation of the bug, and if so, a potential fix.

Edit: This is the only bug report I can find that fits the theme: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-S-Calendar-Doesn-t-Change-with-Current-Season/m-p/6914575

If no mods are installed the issue is with the game, so a Me Too and some attention to that thread might make the Sims Team react to it. 

There are of course other bug reports, here is the full list of tagged bug reports to look through for anyone with an interest and some time on their hands:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/READ-FIRST-Compiled-list-of-reported-Issues/m-p/3445209#M130065

Untagged yet to be determined 'open' bugs, are not on the list. Those will be found looking through the first pages of the bug report section. I can't find where notifications are posted about when the list is updated. But it is allowed to just send a bug report directly to the SimGurus on twitter for example.
https://twitter.com/SimGuruNick/status/1296233271567585280

This issue is happening with me now, anyone have any new ideas on how to fix the issue? 

for me, the holiday is Bunny Day, I did not create this holiday it is a holiday already made and I also get the blue square after clicking the “x”