Product: The Sims 4
Platform: Windows PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Seldom (once so far, but I was watching for it)
What is your current game version number? 1.56.52.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? - Parenthood, Perfect Patio, Realm of Magic, Spa Day
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Travel to a different lot, with a Freelance Artist gig in progress, but not completed.
What happens when the bug occurs? Paintings on the Tablet of the required type finish and appear in my Sim's inventory but are not credited toward the number of pieces required. Submitted paintings are accepted or rejected, but accepted work is not credited toward project completion. Also, the deadline for the project shifted from Wednesday (before I travelled) to Saturday (after I had returned home).
What do you expect to see? Completed paintings credited toward the total required for completion, accepted submissions credited toward project completion, deadlines to remain consistent.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes - tuning mods to discourage autonomous Make A Drink at home bar, mods to replace English-language text on Sims clothing with Simlish.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? I have only encountered it since the most recent Oct. 3 Sims 4 PC patch.
My Sim ceased to register progress on an active Freelance Artist gig, when I had him travel to another lot while the gig was in progress. His spouse received an invitation to visit parents (which I accepted in the mistaken impression that they were asking to visit my active household). When instead the spouse appeared at their home, I used the "manage inactive sim" icon to bring my Freelancer along for the visit.
After returning home, my Freelancer attempted to complete the gig, but no matter how many Environmental Concept paintings I produced on his tablet, his total completed showed as 2/3, and no many how I successfully submitted, his total showed as 1/3.
I had sold, rather than attempt to edit, one rejected Concept. It is faster to produce an entirely new painting than to edit rejected content. I mention this just in case it somehow plays into how the gig becomes broken.
I abandoned the gig after determining no progress was being made. A gig taken subsequently, and completed without leaving the lot, progressed and credited successfully.
