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ShioriHaru's avatar
ShioriHaru
8 years ago

Re: Sims energy bar stuck at full, and/or non-stop filling up

Renaming my folder? Please elaborate.
It does happen to a new save as well.
I always close my game before loading up a save, i've noticed issues on sims3 if i didn't, so i just got used to closing the game altogether.
If i turn off automatic updates it still wont let me play until i update, i've tried that before.

I've tried playing and saving with this issue being active, to see if it would fix itself magically, but it eventually leads to a complete lockup, sims petrified, ing-game time stopped, i can exit the game and do actions normally, but my sims are frozen in place.

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  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
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    8 years ago

    You'll need to put Origin in offline mode for it to work (before the game knows about the patch).

    Here's instructions for user files reset described in this post: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/FAQ-Troubleshooting-Steps-amp-Known-Issues/m-p/3621199

    You won't loose anything. Just make sure to not delete any files  and make a backup.

    After renaming, repair your game by right clicking on the game in Origin.

    Try on a new game with nothing added back first (start new game). If it works, put back your save game and try again. If it still works, you can start putting stuff back.

    • Options.ini (or just re-set all your settings manually)
    • Tray Folder
    • Screenshots/Videos/Custom music
    • Rest of the save games (leave out slot_00000001.save which is the autosave)
    • Custom content like clothing, hair, skins, make up ....
    • Mods (one by one, making sure they all still work)

    The rest does not need putting back, cause they are mostly cache files that recreate or log files that are not needed for the game.

  • ShioriHaru's avatar
    ShioriHaru
    8 years ago

    Hey, thanks for the effort, but before i do what you described, i noticed my sims have a trait "Never Weary" description says sims who have this dont ever sleep. I dont remember picking this for my sims, nor if this is how it should even work, any insight on this?
    EDIT: all sims have this trait except the kid.
    If i really did pick this trait, then im sure as hell it didn't work like this before, since i always save my game when all my sims are sleeping (avoiding problems of saving while in interactions)
    and i would have noticed a 100% full energy bar, so whatever is up with this trait theres a high chance its caused by the most recent update.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
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    8 years ago

    Yes, the changed the trait to never, before it was just making it slower.(it was actually never when the game came out, then they changed it to rarely and with a recent patch, they introduced another that is now slower while the never is back to never.

    You can remove the trait with the cheat: traits.remove_trait neverweary (hopefully that's how the trait is called)

    Also moved this to general issue @ShioriHaru

  • ShioriHaru's avatar
    ShioriHaru
    8 years ago
    Hey, thanks a lot! I think the never-sleep is just silly, but if they introduced an alternative then im going to use that instead - i'm still pretty sure the change in this trait caused the complete lockup on my game so im just gonna eradicate it from all my sims.
    Thanks again!
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
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    8 years ago
    When they first nerved it to not be never anymore, people were upset.

    So I think having both (as they do now) is the best option (even if it means you need to cheat remove and add the other instead)

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