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fkhr23
Seasoned Spectator
7 hours ago
Status:
Troubleshooting

[HSY] Teen Sim Fails to Become Valedictorian Despite Meeting Requirements

Okay, bridging first..

I discovered that a Teen Sim must have a Grade A in high school, a maxed performance bar, ace the exam, and age up within a week (by Saturday) to become Valedictorian. I successfully applied this to three Sims in my main save file (it's not vanilla, mods/CC installed). These three Sims always gave Valedictorian speeches at graduation.

The somehow, I recently encountered a bug with two of my teen Sims:

• Case 1: Sim "X" became Valedictorian upon aging up, but at the graduation ceremony, another Sim had the "Valedictorian" tag, and my Sim didn’t give the speech. This persists in the same patch as a previous success. I don't have pict for this case, cuz I just "okay let it go, he still got a Valedictorian trait tho"

• Case 2: Sim "Y" met all requirements (Grade A, maxed performance, "aced it" moodlet), aging up the same day with the buff active, but received a pop-up stating she graduated with honors instead. This disappointed me so much :( cuz she is the last teen Sim, so I played with her until she maxed out the age bar. Pict attached below

 

Steps to Reproduce: Ensure Teen Sim has Grade A, maxed performance bar, and "aced it" moodlet -> Age up Sim within a week of the exam (by Saturday) -> Observe the pop-up window -> attend the graduation, check every Sim tag, wait until valedictorian speech sessions.

Expected Result: Sim becomes Valedictorian and gives a speech at graduation.

Actual Result:

• Case 1: Another Sim takes Valedictorian tag/speech.
• Case 2: Sim graduates with honors despite meeting criteria.

Platform: PC

Game Version: 1.116.240.1020 DX11

Mods/CC: Yes, this is my main save file. I can give you my save, but some Sim will lose their CAS CC (Hair & make-up). 

Aditional Notes: This issue is confusing as conditions (patch, mods/CC) remain unchanged from successful cases, so I think using Mods/CC not much impacted the bug. Any insight or fix would be appreciated

Thank you!

 

 

 

 

4 Comments

  • Please follow these steps to test  your game on vanilla game with no mods/cc

    • Create a backup of your save game
    • Move your mods folder to the desktop
    • Delete the following files from your user folder.
      • localthumbcache
      • Any lastException Files
      • Any LastCrash files.
    • Test on the backup of your save as you will loose all cc on the save and see if the same error occurs, then report back. You will probably need to go back to from before it all happened but it sounds like you ahve a backup from that ?
  • fkhr23's avatar
    fkhr23
    Seasoned Spectator
    3 hours ago

    Hi, thank you for your instructions. Luckily, yea I still have a save file before that Sim plan a social event. Okay I'll test it w/o Mods/CC. I'll be right back soon!

  • fkhr23's avatar
    fkhr23
    Seasoned Spectator
    42 minutes ago

    Hi crinrict,

    I’m reporting back after testing this save file in a vanilla game (all Mods/CC disabled). Below are four screen capture videos attached:

    1. Proof of Mods/CC disabled.

    2. Requirements check before planning a social event: "Aced it on Exam" buff active, school performance maxed.

    3. At a social event, checking her age and calendar before blowing out candles. I adjusted the schedule to avoid the buff expiring the next day.


    4. Blowing out candles moment, result: she graduated with honors, but surprisingly, no graduation event is marked on her calendar.

    In conclusion, this bug persists with or without mods, as I noted earlier. It seems mods didn’t significantly impact it, cuz there are THREE Sims that SUCCESSFULLY became Valedictorian before when Mods/CC installed. I also noticed a new bug: she isn’t scheduled for the graduation ceremony on Sunday of the following week.

    What’s your next step? Would you like I send my save file? I’ve redressed all Sims who lost CAS CC in this backup save, btw.