[GTW] Detective: Suspect missing after issuing APB

i have this issue too, ive noticed that the career almost always starts good and the first couple of cases i can find a suspect that match the clues perfectly, it's after those first maybe 3 cases that it just falls apart and stops working. the usual 4-5 sims that includes the suspect that spawn when an APB is issued don't appear, i have to keep issuing APB's until eventually they spawn.

Everytime I would go out to find my suspect, I would never see them. I'm given hair, clothes and age details to find this person and no one matches. I would stay on the lot that I was sent to for awhile and even looked all around the area just to see if the suspect was over in a different lot.

Hello all,

If any of you are still encountering this on the latest game version (without mods), would you be willing to share your save file(s)?

If so, please send me a private message with a link to the file. Instructions can be found here: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/information-how-to-send-user-files-to-the-sims-4-team/5048472

Thanks!

Hello 

I have the same issue. Restarted to play the detective career and cannot find the suspect during the AFB. No mods no CC 

Back in a household with a sim in this career again.

Here are the clues I had in the notebook:

When I issued the APB here is the only sim that initially loaded on the lot(which in my experience is the sim im looking for):

Trying to arrest them caused me a ding for false arrest.

Issuing the APB a second time brought me to this sim:

When I arrested them it did take me back to the station like they were the one I was looking for but they do not remotely resemble ANYTHING from the note book. Traits dont match, age doesnt match, hair color doesnt match, and clothing only kind of matches because its hot weather wear(their everyday is a one piece).

UPDATE: interrogating the sim I arrested, they did confess and it closed the case. So I guess they were the right sim...

This already has been an issue in the old forum, I remember as I had copied the link into my notes for that, but now we don't have access to that forum anymore and can't read the hints that were in that thread on how to work around this issue. Maybe crinrict​ still has access, and can mention here how many votes it had previously already: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-SAVES-GTW-No-Sims-After-Issuing-APB-Detective-Career/td-p/11458281/page/2

The clothing isnt the issue. I have a mod that I can check their everyday.

The issue is that the sim doesnt show up at all regardless of the clues I have. 

You can ask them to change their clothing so you can see the everyday wear.