Work Performance Bug?
I've looked at all the other relevant threads and although there are similar aspects, it not quite the same for me:
- Sims 4 on Mac
- recent purchase, June 20th 2015
- no mods, no cheats.. brand new
My problem is with work performance progression. I have two sims, the first sim progressed to level 8 of the culinary career with no problem whatsoever, the second sim progressed to level 3 of Tech Guru Career with no problems, its at this point, trying to progress to level 4, that the performance problems started with that sim. The next "sim day" the problem began with other sim trying to reach level 9 of culinary.
Details of problem:
- daily tasks completed 100%
- requirements met
- ideal mood (focused, ect), sometimes achieved (always with culinary sim)
- all needs met (green)
- The sim begins work with everything right, but the small, white arrow, that moves up and down the bottom of the performance bar, remains at its point and does not move at all, up or down, and no signaling to good or bad performance (no red or green small arrows in the middle of the performance bar).
Initially i thought I must have missed something that was required (or that it was frozen) so I just allowed the sim to finish work, sporadically checking back to see if there was any change - none, the white arrow remained in the same place. However when the sim finished work there was a significant, immediate drop in performance - similar to another thread - http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/Sim-Work-Performance-Sudden-Drop-Bug-with-known-cause/td-p/4177532 . In this thread the person says its down to getting the "get a promotion" whim but I really am not sure I had seen that whim yet... again, not sure.
Tried again the next day and thought i might have been on the wrong "action" at work so switched to "work hard", (this is whats weird and frustrating) when I switched, the white arrow moved up one click and the green arrow moved up to the top, back to the middle and then froze, not moving again until i selected another "action" and they would then do the exact same thing and freeze. Some of the "actions" would have no reaction but "work hard" and "socialise with coworkers" would usually (but not always) make the arrows move and freeze.
I then thought it was the relationships with the the coworkers that were affecting it so became good friends and best friends with all - still same result.
It affects the other sim the exact same way (from the day after it began with the other).
I managed to get the tech guru career sim a promotion by staying on him at work for days clicking back and forward between the two "actions" until the arrow got to the top, the top tick never lit up but still got the promotion. AND the next day at work the sim progressed normally BUT ONLY FOR THAT DAY, back to the same again now.. so frustrating! Oh and i made sure to look out for the "get a promotion" whim, so I could cancel it and it didn't come up.
I did the same with the culinary career sim and got to the top and the top tick lit up but no promotion, the white arrow jumped back down when sim finished work.
I kept trying since but given up now really
Arrrgh
