[FIXED] Game Speed changes on its own

To everyone reading this, SimGuruNick is looking for more information on the issue.  In addition to any other details, it would help to know whether there is a maid on the lot at the time, and whether there are any children or teens at school.  Here's the relevant tweet:

https://twitter.com/SimGuruNick/status/1205310868994396162

@puzzlezaddictI tried your suggestion (moving my old Sims 4 folder to the desktop and starting a new game), and I didn't have any trouble pausing or going 3x speed in the new game.

I tried scheduling a holiday for the next day to see if that notification had anything to do with it, but the new game didn't notify me of the holiday as I expected it to.

In my original game where I first noticed the issue, I had ordered a one-time maid to come to the lot, and while the time had passed for them to come (10:05 am), I don't know if the maid had arrived yet. I was too focused on trying to feed my toddlers that were about to be taken away because I couldn't pause the game long enough to get them to pick up some food. I don't want to go back into that save until the issue is fixed because I don't want my toddlers taken away.

It's good to see SimGuruNick is working on this. Is there a way for me to send game logs or anything else that could be helpful?

[Edited to add: @puzzlezaddict  are you going to merge this thread with https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-Game-only-runs-in-3x-speed/td-p/8533657 ?]

@puzzlezaddictI also did what you recommended. The new game worked fine. I scheduled a holiday and the notification came in without any problems. I also scheduled a recurring maid and there was no problem with the speed.

In my previous save I had 2 teenagers at school as well as a recurring maid that was probably on the lot at the time.

In my save I had no teenagers or children, all adults, and no holiday notification. However, I did have a maid come.

Hi folks

please use this thread: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-Game-randomly-speeds-up/td-p/8533657/ to post.

Going to leave this in tech so more people can see where to go.

Thanks for all your reports.

I'm having the exact same problem, also since I did an update. any news?

Same thing here. This happened after the winter fest holiday popped up. 

At the time

1. I had just had a holiday notification

2. I had a maid on the lot.

3. I had two children at school. 

there was also a sim asleep at the time. (There were also other sims on the lot with him and they were awake)

Edit: So I woke up the sim and the speed issue fixed itself. Set him asleep and it went superspeed again.

So It appears that a holiday notification instigates this issue. Then the maid, children at school or a sim asleep even when other sims from the households are on the lot with them and awake will then make the time glitch. Weird. 

Locking this thread. Please use the post that Crinrict mentioned above for further reports regarding this issue: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-Game-randomly-speeds-up/td-p/8533657/

/Kent

For some reason when I started up my game anytime I try to set the speed to normal it keeps switching back to top speed on its own. Pause works but the other speeds just go to top speed.