[FIXED] [S] Holiday box not appearing

by cwalv
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[FIXED] [S] Holiday box not appearing

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★★★ Newbie

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Mac
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? Seasons Patch
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All Expansion packs, parenthood, spa day, backyard stuff, kids room stuff, luxury party
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play my game
What happens when the bug occurs? I get an announcement that a holiday is about to occur the day before, then the day of the holiday the sims just treat it like a normal day
What do you expect to see? To get an announcement that a holiday has started as well as goals for the day
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. Have had no problems until the recent patch and seasons

So far this has happened for the preexisting fall and winter holidays, however, when a non reoccurring holiday "Night on the Town" happened it worked fine and I was alerted it was happening and got the pop up on the screen with the goals and everything. I turned off all mods and cc and I still didn't get any alert there was a holiday, I also tried repairing my game.

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Re: [NEEDS INPUT/GAME CORRUPTION] [S] Holiday box not appearing

Hero
Marking this as fixed. If anyone still has issues on a vanilla game, please create a new thread.

Good Luck
Crin

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Re: Holidays not Occuring

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My situation is similar, but not exactly the same. About half my households are not getting time off from work on holidays have a day off in their description (like New Years Eve or Winterfest). No CC/mods enabled.
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Hero

Hi @cwalv

 

Try resetting your user files as described in the factory reset described in this post: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/FAQ-Troubleshooting-Steps-amp-Known-Issues/m-p/3621199

 

You won't loose anything. Just make sure to not delete any files  and make a backup.

 

After renaming, repair your game by right clicking on the game in Origin.

 

Try on a new game with nothing added back first (start new game). If it works, put back your save game and try again. If it still works, you can start putting stuff back.

 

  • Options.ini (or just re-set all your settings manually)
  • Tray Folder
  • Screenshots/Videos/Custom music
  • Rest of the save games (leave out slot_00000001.save which is the autosave and no longer needed - if you still have it)
  • Custom content like clothing, hair, skins, make up ....
  • Mods (one by one, making sure they all still work)

The rest does not need putting back, cause they are mostly cache files that recreate or log files that are not needed for the game.

Good Luck
Crin

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Hero

@sleekoduck87 wrote:
My situation is similar, but not exactly the same. About half my households are not getting time off from work on holidays have a day off in their description (like New Years Eve or Winterfest). No CC/mods enabled.

Could you make a separate thread for that. Sounds different.

Good Luck
Crin

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Hero

@cwalv did you have any luck solving this ?

Good Luck
Crin

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★★★ Apprentice

I am also having this problem... They would happen for maybe one or two Holidays and then suddenly... Didn’t happen anymore.

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Hero
@Joyius On that same save you send me ? Did you add back any mods/cc ?

Good Luck
Crin

Trennlinie

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★★★ Newbie

I just played a new game and it worked fine, must be a glitch with my save

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Hero
Did you try the old save without any mods/cc ?

Good Luck
Crin

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★★★ Apprentice

Yes it even happened with that save. I only added back in mccc and little ms sams mods, but even without those mods it wouldn’t work.

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