September 2020 - last edited July 2021 by crinrict
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? 1.66.139.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All of them
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Be a celebrity live streaming a video game in the social media career
What happens when the bug occurs? The sims earns non stop influence points 4 at a time every couple seconds while live streaming a video game on the PC rather then earning little bits of money.
What do you expect to see? The sim should not be earning eco lifestyle voting points but money
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? Neutral/Not Sure
My sims is in the social media career in the internet personality branch. I've gotten well over 4000 influence points just live streaming a video game for a few hours and 0 simoleans.
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July 2021
This was an intended design change, to give influence instead of money. However, the amount of influence you were receiving was way too much, which has been fixed in today's new patch
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June 2020 - last edited June 2020 by crinrict
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? 1.63.136.1010
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Expansions: All Game Packs: Outdoor Retreat, Dine Out, Spa Day, Strangerville Stuff Packs: My First Pet, Perfect Patio, Moschino, Tiny House
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have a Sim in the social media career do a Let's Play.
What happens when the bug occurs? The Sim will gain 4 influence points every few Sim minutes.
What do you expect to see? The number of influence points gained to be toned down.
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? No
See the video below:
December 2020
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? Latest - Nov 17th patch
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All except Vampires, Magic and Star Wars.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have a sim in the social media career livestream a game on PC or console.
What happens when the bug occurs? The sim gains influence instead of money in regular intervals while doing the action (influence has replaced money)
What do you expect to see? The sim earns money while livestreaming (and possibly influence too if the team intended so after Eco Living was released)
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? Neutral/Not Sure
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January 2021
@crinrict Please merge: Live streaming games gives Influence
February 2021 - last edited February 2021
I see this on PS5 as well. My live streaming sim has thousands of influence from a few live streams.
March 2021
Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? Svenska
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? Latest (as of 2021-03-08)
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Everyone
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Just start a livestream on your sims computer
What happens when the bug occurs? You get 4 Neighborhood Influence every 2 seconds.
What do you expect to see? Well I got 1900 neighborhood influence in 2 sims hours.
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? Neutral/Not Sure
You never get to worry about neighborhood influence if you can live stream, they just spam all over your screen
March 2021
March 2021
Just saw this in my game last night. My goodness, 4 influence points every couple of seconds was a wild ride. I cancelled that livestream pretty darn quickly after noticing how fast and furious those points were coming. I have NPC voting turned off and absolutely no NAPs active in any world so I don't have a need for a gazillion influence points, lol. Even if I did need points, the rate at which they are awarded for livestreaming sure seems excessive.
My sim is at the top of the eSports branch of the Tech Guru career. Play on PC; English; all content released to date installed; game version 1.71.86.1020 and have never used mods/cc. Neglected to take pic but appears there are several in the thread already.
July 2021
This was an intended design change, to give influence instead of money. However, the amount of influence you were receiving was way too much, which has been fixed in today's new patch
This account is no longer accepting Direct Messages. If you need to send a Direct Message, please send it to TheSimsDirect. Thank you.
July 2021
Thanks
Adding the notes for completion sake
Sims enrolled in the Social Media career will now gain influence at the end of their
stream instead of every few Sim-minutes.
Good Luck
Crin
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