Sims Gain Skills Too Fast
Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.63.136.1010
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? City Living, Parenthood, Seasons, Realm of Magic, Get to Work
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Occurs randomly during gameplay. Often happens once a Sim grows up to a Young Adult.
What happens when the bug occurs? Sims gain skills incredibly fast, i.e. going from beginning of level 4 cooking all the way to level 5 cooking after making one meal or leveling the logic skill several times in a matter of two real-world minutes.
What do you expect to see? Sims should gain skills at the normal speed.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure
I am able to play the game without any problems for some time but eventually the same thing always occurs: my Sims randomly start gaining skills at an accelerated rate, taking any challenge away. A Sim may have level 4 cooking skill and make a salad. As they make it, their cooking skill gains incredibly fast and, once the salad is finished and on the counter, the Sim gets a huge boost in cooking, leveling them to 5. They gain charisma, logic, etc. incredibly fast - going from level 8 to 9 within a real world minute.
This often happens when I have a Sim who ages up to a Young Adult. I have not had any success fixing it. When I try to recover a past save, it still happens as if it is stuck in the file.
I do not play with Vampires, so that is not the reason.
No more issues occurring. Turns out I just had so many different boosts on the Sim that he leveled like mad. But it was a feature, not a bug.
Thanks for your help!