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4 years ago
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Sims 4 (CL) Romance Festival ground is black or missing

Product: The Sims 4

Platform: Xbox series S

Which language are you playing the game in? English

How often does the bug occur? Not sure

What is your current game version number? 1.58.4.2300

What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? 

Courtyard Oasis, Island Living, Luxury Party, Laundry Day, Snowy Escape, Vintage Glamour, Nifty Knitting, Jungle Adventure, Realm of Magic, Bowling Night, Cats and Dogs, My First Pet, Outdoor Retreat, Country Kitchen, Throwback Fit, Toddler, Dream Home Decorator, Fitness, Romantic Garden, Dine Out, Movie Hangout, Discover University, Gnome on the Go, Perfect Patio, Spa Day, Kids Room, Industrial Loft, Parenthood, Backyard, Strangerville, Moschino, Animal Hats, Tiny Living, City Living, Get Famous, Life of the Party, Get to Work, Up all Night, Cottage Living, Get Together, Seasons, Cool Kitchen, Grims Guitar, Incheon Arrivals, Fashion Street, Blooming Rooms, Paranormal, Eco Living, Decor to the Max, Carnaval Streetwear

Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Travel to the romance festival.

What happens when the bug occurs? The ground at the festival is jet black. It only affects the area covered by the festival, so from the food stalls to the paintings and from the plants and love guru over to the entrance to the festival. The mosaic decoration is still on the ground and everything else is exactly as it usually is, it's just the ground that's wrong. It's jet black, as if someone has covered it with a black tarpaulin and stood everything else on it. The rest of the city location looks as it should, concrete everywhere else except for the festival area.

What do you expect to see? Concrete city streets as usual.

Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? On console, never used.

Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes. Patches/updates since the end of February and adding Carnaval Streetwear and decor to the max kits.

So I think this may be a bug. I'm on Xbox series S and it's a while since I've been able to travel to the romance festival without crashing, finally managed it and it looks all wrong.

Now the ground specifically where the festival takes place appears to be jet black. It looks a little like the bug with Evergreen Harbour ground being blue.

The mosaic effects are still there as usual but the concrete is gone or is now black. The surrounding area leading up to the apartments and bar are all as they should be, regular concrete paving.

I had a Sim that lived there a few weeks ago and the ground was normal. It seems to be related to the festival, the whole staging area is the only area affected. I've got the issue with plants looking messed up at the romance festival too so it all looks quite a sight.

I'm checking if it's intentional or if it is a bug.

Edit By Crinrict: Copied template answers to first post from post below

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  • Could you please edit your post and fill out the bug form ? Seems you weren't prompted for it.

    Editing should help with that. (it doesn't work well atm)

    If you still aren't prompted, please include this form + answers in your post

    Product: The Sims 4
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    Which language are you playing the game in? 
    How often does the bug occur? 
    What is your current game version number? 
    What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? 
    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? 
    What happens when the bug occurs? 
    What do you expect to see? 
    Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods?
    Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? 

    Please also include a picture of what you're seeing Thank you

  • simsplayer818's avatar
    simsplayer818
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    4 years ago
    @crinrict hey there, thanks, I tried a few times but the template for a bug report didn't pop up. I reported it in the feedback survey. I've tried a few times to add an image but it keeps saying the file is too large no matter how I do it. I'm on an android device. I'll be as detailed as possible to make up for the lack of an image and see if anyone else has this happen too that can post an image. Thanks again.
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    simsplayer818
    Hero
    4 years ago

    Product: The Sims 4

    Platform: Xbox series S

    Which language are you playing the game in? English

    How often does the bug occur? Not sure

    What is your current game version number? 1.58.4.2300

    What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? 

    Courtyard Oasis, Island Living, Luxury Party, Laundry Day, Snowy Escape, Vintage Glamour, Nifty Knitting, Jungle Adventure, Realm of Magic, Bowling Night, Cats and Dogs, My First Pet, Outdoor Retreat, Country Kitchen, Throwback Fit, Toddler, Dream Home Decorator, Fitness, Romantic Garden, Dine Out, Movie Hangout, Discover University, Gnome on the Go, Perfect Patio, Spa Day, Kids Room, Industrial Loft, Parenthood, Backyard, Strangerville, Moschino, Animal Hats, Tiny Living, City Living, Get Famous, Life of the Party, Get to Work, Up all Night, Cottage Living, Get Together, Seasons, Cool Kitchen, Grims Guitar, Incheon Arrivals, Fashion Street, Blooming Rooms, Paranormal, Eco Living, Decor to the Max, Carnaval Streetwear

    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Travel to the romance festival.

    What happens when the bug occurs? The ground at the festival is jet black. It only affects the area covered by the festival, so from the food stalls to the paintings and from the plants and love guru over to the entrance to the festival. The mosaic decoration is still on the ground and everything else is exactly as it usually is, it's just the ground that's wrong. It's jet black, as if someone has covered it with a black tarpaulin and stood everything else on it. The rest of the city location looks as it should, concrete everywhere else except for the festival area.

    What do you expect to see? Concrete city streets as usual.

    Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? On console, never used.

    Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes. Patches/updates since the end of February and adding Carnaval Streetwear and decor to the max kits.

    I haven't attended the festival itself for a few weeks because of crashing upon travel to that specific area. I can't travel to Uptown either. I gave up trying. I only tried again as my Sim is collecting all of the plants in the game and I finally managed to get there after several attempts. I wondered at first if it was deliberate but it looks really off. I now can't get back there for crashing again so I can't see if it's still like that. It's reminding me of the Evergreen Harbour ground bug but this is black instead of blue.

  • @simsplayer818 Have you uninstalled and reinstalled the game and all it's packs? There may be some game corruption causing the issue.
  • simsplayer818's avatar
    simsplayer818
    Hero
    4 years ago
    @PoptartJuniper Thanks very much, I've uninstalled city living and then reinstalled it. I've gone to Planet Honey Pop in build mode while the festival is on and the ground is back to normal again. Cheers!

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