Ideas

coyanade's avatar
coyanade
Seasoned Novice
27 days ago
Status:
Reviewed

[HSY] Graduation not working/No diploma/ No Picture

The High School Years EP has been heavily bugged in my game for quite some time now. I have repaired my game constantly, started new save files, removed my ea folder, and everything I could think of. I play on normal life span and have no mods/cc bc I don’t use them at all. My sims attend school daily in person and after aging to young adult, my graduation event auto-populates on my calender as a “normal” event, not a “rewarded” event like it should. It doesn’t at all function like a graduation should so my diploma never arrives. Pls help!

Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title

  • Status changed:
    New
    to
    Troubleshooting

    Could you post some pics of what you are seeing ?

    • coyanade's avatar
      coyanade
      Seasoned Novice

      The graduation events only show up as normal w no rewards, therefore no diploma or goals to complete so my sims never technically graduate. and after this normal event, it keeps automatically popping back up in the calender every Sunday.

    • coyanade's avatar
      coyanade
      Seasoned Novice

      Yes this save I did speed run and the principal eventually got the podium herself but my sim didn’t get a notification about the event so I had to manually click the calendar and open the event to attend. He did his valedictorian speech, him and a few random other graduates walked across the stage then if I remember correctly the lot auto switched back to the normal non event type on its own, so I made my sim leave. But he never got a diploma after or even a pic of his graduation. And when I sped run another week into it, the exact same scenario of the event being marked as normal and he still doesn’t have his diploma, pic, or anything he should get from graduating.

      • jpkarlsen's avatar
        jpkarlsen
        Retired Hero

        You should get a popup to ask if you want to attend. At the event you don't have goals as such if you are a YA. You get a notification to take a seat and wait for the speech and to get your diploma when your name is called. If you did not get a diploma at the event you can order it through mail. To get a photo click on the backdrop and choose it there.
        If you are still a teenager on graduation I think you have goals there. 

  • I checked some old videos and check my old save from right before the graduation. For me, it's still works the same as in the video I watched

    • It's a normal event and doesn't have any goals
    • The event is mainly staged and happens on it's own
    • You get messages to do stuff like congratulate your fellow students
    • You hold your speech (or another Sim does it)
    • Then principles gives out diplomas and you get yours when you're called (or just use the interaction to get it any time)
    • The pic should be in your inventory, the diploma comes in the mail (I think, didn't play that far)

    There shouldn't be multiple graduations so that should be a bug as linked above.

     

    • coyanade's avatar
      coyanade
      Seasoned Novice

      thank you; i clicked me too on the multiple graduation link. i don’t get a diploma or picture, not even a milestone w growing together. my sims never technically graduate bc the ceremony gets interrupted when the other grads keep looping “show diploma”. it used to work fine when the pack first came out though.

    • coyanade's avatar
      coyanade
      Seasoned Novice

      And no diplomas come in the mail anymore. im a generational/storytelling player so i will usually buy one from buy mode or sometimes the buy mode version automatically pops up in family inventory but it doesn’t have the same actions to “reflect” or read or anything. That’s why I think ceremonies in my game are just broken bc it doesn’t really treat my sims like they even graduated after all of that time. the only positive thing that happened in this recent save tho was getting the valedictorian trait this time but if they grad w honors, no trait or anything and no career or pay boost. i play w no mods or cc so idk why it’s broken 

  • Do you also have issues getting the third trait when growing up ?

    maybe it's related to this: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Teenage-Sims-grow-up-to-young-adults-and-do-not-get-a-third/td-p/11749122 

    There's also a thread for no diploma here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/HSY-No-Diploma-at-Graduation-Principal-Missing/td-p/11733446 although that sounds more like the whole ceremony doesn't work and might be related to the bug they fixed about the principle.

    Last but not least, here's a thread for no milestone: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/HSY-GRO-No-Milestone-for-graduating-from-high-school/m-p/13704887 

    • coyanade's avatar
      coyanade
      Seasoned Novice

      thanks yeah i saw the last two and have xp/me too them. i acrually commented on that milestone bug post a few months ago bc i thought it was just my game bugged to miss that milestone. the principal doesn’t usually get a chance to die in my saves so im not sure if its related to the bug about her dying and not being present. she’s actually there but not dressed or functioning properly at the a actual ceremony on some saves. i hope they fix these issues soon tho bc now all my sims will probably do early graduation then age up so they can actually get their diploma since it early grads don’t get ceremonies. i think early grad has worked for me getting the honors trait and career boost before

  • Status changed:
    Troubleshooting
    to
    Reviewed

    It does sounds like something is not working right but that it's a normal event with no goals is normal. It's a staged event and it seems for you, the staging isn't working well.

     

About The Sims 4 Bug Reports

Report bugs for The Sims 4 on PC, Mac, Playstation, and Xbox.

Latest Activity: 30 minutes ago