[FIXED] Song/Book/Paint/Nectar progress bar fills up action never finishes

by crzykillerr1
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Re: [OPEN] Writing Song progress bar fills up action never finishes

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@crzykillerr1 This started happening to me in May. I was able to write songs with my sims many times up to that point but after one of the updates my sims have never been able to complete a song on any instrument since then. I've tried multiple sims across multiple saves and no sim can complete a song. It's definitely an EA issue.
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Re: [NEEDS SAVES] Writing Song progress bar fills up action never finishes

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@TheSimsDirect please note that the same problem also exists on PS4.
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Sims can’t finish nectar making or other crafts

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Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Occasionally (10% - 49%)
What is your current game version number? PC: 1.99.264.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All except Get to Work, Journey to Batu, and a few stuff packs
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have Sim begin a new project such as writing book, painting, nectar making
What happens when the bug occurs? Sim will “work” on the project so that the skill bar increases but no “progress” ever finishes on the crafted item. Sims will “make nectar” or “paint” or “write book” for literally an entire sim day or more but the crafted item is never “done” nor will it appear in the inventory. My first Sim to ever use the nectar making skill got to skill level 4 over 3 days on the first nectar batch with the batch never being done. The green circle around the task in the task bar is full but the task continues and no nectar is ever made.
What do you expect to see? I expect sims to finish 1 painting in a few Sim hours and for the painting to be in the inventory.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. Game update before Horse Ranch expansion

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Re: Sims can’t finish nectar making or other crafts

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@Whatever8128 Me too! Poor guy has been stomping strawberries for HOURS, to no avail.
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Re: [NEEDS SAVES] Writing Song progress bar fills up action never finishes

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Just wanted to note that this is happening to me since the Ranch update, and I’m not sure if it’s every creative endeavor or just nectar making. Last night I was making it fine, today the sim has been marching on strawberries for over 12 hours. His skills go up, but the nectar finishes. I tried resetting the object. Resetting him. Replacing the nectar making thing. Throwing out the batch. Nothing is working. 

This sim does NOT have the Creative trait type. He does have the nectar making trait and the rancher trait. 

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Re: Sims can’t finish nectar making or other crafts

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I think I found a factor in the problem, and a possible work around. On PS5, anyway. 

I had lined up nectar making tasks for my sim - he was doing energy nectar, and I scheduled grape too. He would not progress with the energy nectar. After several hours, I stopped him. Had him discard the batch.

 

Saved the game.

 

Shut down the whole system (so the game closed too) and restarted it. Sure enough, he was able to start and complete a batch. 

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Songwriting won't succeed

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Hi.

 

My simmer is fully skilled in all instruments, but every time I try writing a song, the bar says that she is 100% finished writing the song, but she won't complete the song.

Some of my other household members is able to finish the songs.

I've tried to replace the instruments, and I've tried to use public instruments. 

I've also tried to repair the game.

 

What is the solution of this? 

 

- Caroline

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BUG: Sims aren't able to finish writing a song

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Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.99.305.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? 1. Level sim up on violin until they can write songs. 2. Try to write song on public violin (I was using the one in the Arts Centre in San Myshuno) 3. Wait as progress bar fills.
What happens when the bug occurs? The sim keeps writing the song indefinitely. Tip logic still works. When exiting and re-entering the game (with saving), the Sim's song progress is reset.
What do you expect to see? The Sim finishes writing the song.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. Patched from version 1.99.264.1030.

I haven't yet tried songwriting on piano or guitar in the new update yet, but suspect similar. I haven't tried in this patch on owned instruments either.

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Re: BUG: Sims aren't able to finish writing a song

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Additional info: Tried in another save; bug failed to manifest. May be because the sim I played with originally is a teen as opposed to the YA I tested with.

Edit: Nope, works with a teen on another save too. probably either tied to Infant age-up traits, Toddler ageup traits (I did need to cheat to fix a bug with the trait not assigning), or Child aspiration reward traits. I can't think of what else it may be.

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Re: BUG: Sims aren't able to finish writing a song

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This bug has been a thing for so long, and it's kinda annoying. It made the Music Aspiration pretty unachievable through legitimate means. Honestly this wasn't a bug when I played the game and got City Living for the first time 5 years ago.

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