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Seasoned Traveler

20 days ago

Status:

Under Investigation

[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 succe...

Seasoned Traveler

19 days ago

Hi crinrict,

I wanted to give an update to you: I’m currently testing a theory I suspected. I loaded an older save from Thursday of that week, replayed everything that day, including studying for the exam until the interaction grayed out, marking my Sim fully prepared by Friday.

Long story short, she aced the exam again (see pict "Screenshot (579)". However, I noticed something odd: she can still select "Study for Exam" after taking it, see Screenshot (580).

This never occurred with my three successful Valedictorians, where the "Study for Exam" option remained grayed out from until Monday (which makes sense, as it’s for the following week, right?).

I suspect this bug causes the game to mark her as not having taken the exam that week (I’m unsure why).

To test further, I took her to Ravenwood to "Wish for Long Life" at the well, successfully extending her age (Screenshot 581). She now has 10 days until aging up, so I can test her next week (Screenshot 582). I’ll follow up with the results then.

Additional note: Ignore my Sim who lost her mermaid ring on her plumbob. It because of my Expanded Mermaid Mods. Yea, i'm played with Mods/CC enabled again. I just can't stand playing all day without mods because the annoying paparazzi, my mermaid have no power to kill them :(

But, I promise will test her in vanilla game for next week in back up save.

fkhr23

Seasoned Traveler

18 days ago

Here’s the update from the next week (after I extended her age):

She studied for the exam until the interaction grayed out at 9:25 AM on Monday (see "Screenshot (584)").
On Tuesday, I noticed the "Study for Exam" interaction reappeared (see "Screenshot (585)"); I’m unsure why. Then, I had her study again until it grayed out at 6:37 AM (see "Screenshot (586)"), after that, it remained grayed out until Friday
On Friday, I sent her to school alone because joining her caused the progress bar to never reach gold, and of course it makes I won't get the "Aced It" buff, despite completing all tasks (I have a screenshots and can make a separate report if needed).
After 3:00 PM, she returned with the "Aced It" buff, but the "Study for Exam" option reappeared (see "After School Day on Friday" video). This is frustrating, what am I missing? Why does this keep happening?

I stopped testing, as I expect the same outcome.

Additional Notes: Before Friday, I played with Mods/CC enabled (se her plumbob shows; she lost her mermaid ring due to my Expanded Mermaid mod).
On Friday, I saved the game, created a backup, and played in vanilla mode. The "Before School on Friday" video shows I disabled all Mods/CC, removed the Mods folder, and confirmed "Study for Exam" remained grayed out.

I'm stepping away from this bug issue. I’m exhausted. It seems the HSY pack does have numerous bugs, as others have noted.

Thank you to everyone who upvoted this report!

After School Day on Friday.mp419 MB

Before School on Friday.mp430.5 MB