During the GeekCon festival, it's impossible to participate in the programming competition (hackathon), while the video game competition remains available. Tested on a clean save without mods. When the tournament announcement appears, the computers are highlighted, but the required interaction is missing
Edit by crinrict
Mod fix for PC/Mac Users:
https://kuttoe.itch.io/mini-mods-bug-fixes (Hackathon Fix)
Participate in hackathon option is unavailable, this has been since the update on 2/10/25
Same for me and I play on PS5. I have the option for the Ultimate Gaming Test, but not the Hackathon.
Gaming challenge is working but the computers are glowing but will not show option for hack a thon challenge at geek con.
I am commenting to add my own experience. No mods. I tried with an adult sim and a teen. Nothing works. Also all Sims score a 30 on the gaming challenge. Nothing but a 30 regardless of skills
The option just isn't there. It's not mod-related, I tried removing all mods but it didn't help. I play on PC with all packs, this issue hasn't been for long.
I am also having this issue. The orange line shows around the computers but there is no option to join the hackathon. The ultimate game challenge seems to be working for me. This has never been a problem for me until one of the recent updates. I have no CC or Mods. I have deleted localthumbpackage and the contents of cachestr and onlinethumbnailcache and run repair, but the problem is still occurring.
same problem here
Same problem on Xbox no option for Hackathon on the computer.
