I refuse to do the workaround, a game is supposed to be fun, not make me work. Also, there's a possibility that the workaround might mess up the save games, and then more problems! I'll wait for a hot fix, if not, just miss out on this event
I mean… yeah it’s stupid just moving on with adding new things into a broken game, they need to fix it (if it’s able to fix) But also I’m not sure if it would be a good idea working on a completely new generation if the old generation is broken and the issues are not really figured out/fixed. It’s giving me…okay we broke it…don’t found any solutions…just make a new one and hope we don’t repeat our mistakes 😅
@@nameless953 how many more years need to go by before players finally realize no matter how many updates they do the game will never truly be fixed. It’s been 10 years it’s time to move on.
How on Earth that game suppose to last another decade of new content if it falls apart so easily? It is just too much EA, please, let it go gracefully while you still can.
I just dont understand why people are begging EA to let it go when you could just let it go quietly and gracefully, and let EA continue to make content for the rest of us that are still interested and willing to buy. 🤔
@loiskingsbury8048 because y'all are enabling of the problem. EA will not change if you continue to reward them with profits for a broken game. Money speaks.
I was doing this with a household in a rental and it wouldn't register when the mail came. I switch to a Willow Creek household in a "normal" house and it suddenly checked off without problem when the mail came.
@@Ariancia.Thystarian same i started the quest with a rental family it wouldn't complete...switch to regular household that wasn't a rental it completed
I was trying to start from an earlier save in my current game, and it made all the goals disappear for me too. I wasn't having any issues until then. I was almost finished too . I'm going to try a new game and see if that helps, if to just complete the rest of my goals and and claim this week's rewards.
I instructed my Sim to read the Ambrosia Newsletter. The newsletter just disappeared from her inventory and now I can't progress. I'm stuck 10 points away from the first lot trait. No mods installed and a new save for this "event". 13K hours played. About $1.5K Canadian spent... I don't need this sh*t. Christ, EA can't do anything right. Two out of two "Battle Passes" borked. Good luck over the next decade+ EA - you are going to need it. Or you could just hire ONE PERSON that has a clue.
With all due respect, I feel you're not being respectful of the employees. There's plenty of evidence out there that the people who actually make the packs and such DO know what they're doing and want to give us good stuff. Unfortunately, EA refuses to give them the time and resources necessary to do so.
@@SuperSimmerGal With all due respect, the developers have neither the skill nor the experience to work on a game at this level. Sure, EA hired underqualified employees. Sure, EA outsources Q&A. But the suits don't program the game. If you are not capable of doing your job - and it is obvious that the devs ARE NOT CAPABLE - find a new job. Not one thing they make actually works. Sorry. That's a fact.
@@mooonsi323 No mods. New save for the event. Oh well I shouldn't have expected anything else given EA's track record, though. I spent over 1,500 Canadian on this game. Be nice if it actually worked for once.
@@garcemac You also need the proper time and resources in order to properly program something- and EA does not give their devs either of those. Also, from my understanding, it's different teams that work on different packs and updates, and they aren't really given the chance to communicate to each other. I guess what I am saying is I think there's a big difference between being incapable of doing your job and not being ALLOWED to do your job properly (and quitting is likely not an option for many of them). I also don't think it's fair to say they haven't done ANYTHING right. The fact is, they have. For example, with the latest major patch, a lot of people are saying their game really does run a lot smoother in terms of lag (that's been my experience as well, btw). And there are features and even packs that have been pretty well implemented (Cottage living received high praise). Tldr: There's a big difference between not being capable of doing your job and not being ALLOWED to do your job properly, it's not true they don't do anything right, as they did recently update the game to be less laggy, etc.
I’m having the same issue. It was fine at first but I think I left the game for something and when I went back into my game it was just the icon. I’m going to try the work around and see if that fixes it. I got to the part with the flowers when I started having the issue. I also do have mods and cc but I don’t want to get rid of them. Update: I did both solutions (verifying the files didn’t do anything) and after I did the second solution it didn’t seem like it worked so I just gave up but then after a couple minutes of playing it started working again. I had to start the task things from the beginning again but I didn’t lose the rewards I had earned when I played last time so that was good. I hustled and finished the quests so I didn’t have to worry about it. Now I’m just waiting for next week’s quests. Once I get those, I’m planning on pausing any other game play stuff and just focusing on the Reaper’s Rewards stuff for the week since it seems like it works best when I focus specifically on that. Either way I’m just glad I got it to work again.
This was my first time trying to get the rewards, because usually I don’t want to be bribed to play a game. And my whole game glitched out and wouldn’t let me even load in!
My task completed even though the Lilies were out of season. They won't grow, but you know, that is what it is. I'll probably stick a roof over them. Put them in pots on the porch or something as I'm sure I'll need them later.
Nope, the issue is bigger than that as even if you plant under a roof etc, in the dirt or anything it doesn't work and won't count the change. The current AHQ topic for it needs saves to check the issue but last I checked there were 300+ me too.
Why isn't this just a Scenario? I liked the idea of Scenarios, I don't like this mobile game style of event. If I want limited time events, I'll play Cookie Run This could have been a limited time Scenario that ran for the entirety of October and each time a player completed, say, three tasks or whatever, they'd get one reward
@@madcow8114 it was working for me so far, but bugged on the second goal of week 5, and can't progress any further. It's just not showing the tasks. So anoying.
😂😂😂 I mean this is silly. Loads of games do this, and you don't have to "play for weeks" you just have to play a little once a week to earn them if you want them. It's optional.
@Regina316 and I'm saying that's silly, lots of things are released this way. Until like 5 yrs ago tv was still released this way primarily. It's not like she has to devote alot of time time to it is my point. I hate when shows release one episode at a time and I can't binge it. But I fully understand why they do it and if the content is compelling I play their game. Or don't. That's also my point. The rewards are optional and for people who want to do it. Just like buying a pack early and getting bonus items isn't "unfair". The grand scheme of this game is optional content and they are doing this to help increase engagement numbers before their end of year numbers are due. Forcing people to log in helps them show investors and chairpersons that people are playing. If everyone could complete the whole reward system today it would defeat the purpose of the system, numbers would be too low. Content would continue to be back burnered and canceled due to lack of demand. I could go on and on. I will say when I first responded I thought she said play for weeks, and I acknowledge that she did not. But my points are still valid
I started a new game, was able to get three of the rewards then went into build mode. Upon leaving build mode, it wouldn't let me even see the tasks anymore. So frustrating.
@@MathGund No clue. I reported it on the EA bug site, and someone told me to remove all my mods and CC. That kinda helps, but it sucks because I can't play my legacy family too.
It's so broken. I had the flower issue, so i started new saves, removed mods. I've tried multiple things but nothing worked, so i repaired my game and it broke even more! Now i have no UI at all for the rewards.
Well, I had the same experience as you! It worked perfectly for me, no glitches, no problems. I finished it really quickly, too! Like, within a half hour. So I don’t know what it is.
I was just thinking that. I literally only wanted the grimophone to summon him but wneded up doing more because it was so easy and working flawlessly. I have a question the new swatches etc, do they show as new with a star or are they just there now.
@@charitymerritt8036 i think... the ones that had the issue were the ones that updated in middle of event... and lost their rewards. not that things are tied tonour accounts... like digitial preorders are...there shouldnt be more issues. Unless they update again...
How sad is it that we consider us lucky, if something they tease actually works and isn’t bugged:/ for me unfortunately the UI is empty so I’m trying to figure that one out🙄
Have you done any console/cheat shenanigans, or mods that turn on testing cheats? I messed around with the workaround from the video and it immediately happened again as soon as I went into CAS full edit with the new game as my sim was the wrong age. Pulling out mods and making sure not to use any kind of console commands/cheats I was able to complete it without the UI vanishing
@@aref_naa i do have a ton of mods and the first time i followed the suggestions on answers HQ it worked (with removing the mods). then i closed and put the mods back in and it worked too. unfortunately i had to close the game to delete a cas background and since then, it does not work at all. so frustrating.
1:25 i came to this video because i started googling around to see if anyone was having the same problem. What happened to me was that i did get discovery quests but afterward the quest tasks tab completely disappeared
I had the opposite case while doing the task with planting flowers. I wanted to buy planter boxes, so I went to build/buy mode and when I came back to live mode the task was done lol
I had a lot of fun with these little Grim Reaper quests, and everything went smoothly except for one thing, the letter from the ambrosia association. When the mailman arrived, he started greeting the mailbox on a loop, without putting the letter in it. In my case, all I had to do was move the mailbox just a bit, and a new mailman appeared at that point and correctly placed the letter in the mailbox. My sim was able to read it and complete the mission. I then sent away the mailman who had gotten stuck in my lot and have had no problems since. However on the AHQ site, many users have had them. From my experience I can say: 1) The save is without any mod (it's the one I use to test the game after every patch update). 2) I never left the lot before finishing all the quests for the week. 3) I never entered the CAS during the event. 4) I planted the lily and snapdragon in separate pots and placed them inside the house. I hope these tips can help someone.
The fact that entering CAS or loading screens can break event UI is both hilarious and tragic at the same time. I had that happen when I took a sim to CAS but the goals returned a moment later. No idea what I did to get them back.
1:21 What? Discovery quests are outright what _destroyed_ my progress. Got most of the way through Week 3’s quests, then suddenly the last thing (fish an Angelfish in a certain location’s pond) got replaced with _constant_ Discovery Quests. It literally overwrote the questline, and replaces with new Discovery Quests as soon as I dismiss them. On Xbox. _Allegedly_ there was a fix for it on PC, but, with no cross saves, that doesn’t do anything for me. Didn’t think until just now to see if there were vids on this.
It bugged in my game. First I couldn’t get in the game at all when grim popped up and I had to work around that to even get my save open. Second, I was ignoring it at first to continue my build project. Then I was like, ‘whatever’ and decided to play along, it wouldn’t task complete so I stopped bothering. I wish the quest were in Scenerios and not in the main game. Like something you could pick up and play of your own decision when you wanted.
@@twobeetlesinaboat3268 I literally just removed my old save and started up the game fresh and new without mods and it worked. Honestly I'm probably just going to play the new save until I get all the items and then put my old save back in 😂
I play on Xbox, and ever since the new reward events started, I had lost ALL my happy home event rewards. And it looks like I'm the only one with this issue💀
And this is why I play offline. Done with these stupid patches.. I don’t care about no janky ea rewards as mods and cc are better quality AND have gameplay functionality
@@citizencoy4393 You need to login on the EA app, after that you can choose to Go offline from the menu on the upper left corner of the app and then you can open The Sims 4 offline.
I play on Xbox and I was also able to finish the reaper’s rewards event with no problem. Saved my game after I had finished it and played for a little while longer, but later on when I went to save again I got the error code 0 again😑
I have the same issue,i plant a cherry tree and a apple tree and nothing happens,and i tried again to plant them is like i don't plant anything,i'm stuck there.:((
it seems I was lucky for once, i didn't have any issue. My game crashed while building a greenhouse but i can't tell if it was because of the event, and when i came back in the game i hadn't lost the event progression, only gameplay progression which wasn't too bad. And to be honest i love the new objects and the ability to summon Grim at will with the new gramophone. Also i don't have bikes in the game so the fact that one of the future reward is a bike is so sweet
I managed to get through week 1 fine but week 2 I can't get any of my rewards from doing the quests....Which is really frustrating and it's not letting me on to the next week so I'm assuming I've got some more issues to go with and I've understood and restored but still not happening, I finished all of week 2 but I haven't gotten the rewards
If these rewards disappear too, I'm uninstalling TS4 and never touching it again! I actually had to put on effort for these so I won't continue playing if they disappear
I completed the first week claimed my rewards no problem. I don't really have other issues either. I feel lucky with all the problems other players are having.
It was working fine for me UNTIL I *activated a cheat* to edit my household in CAS and it just *bugged out.* All the Ripper related text is just gone from the UI. (So I have no idea what to do) Also I was playing a scenario with discovery quests on also which was fine until the cheat was on.
I started it but then it disappeared the second one "A call away" is not working... never got the letter. Started a new save with no mods installed and still not coming up even after repairing the game... So frustrating. I don't want to risk my stuff just for this but I really want the lot trait. They need to make sure these things work well before posting because now so many people are frustrated again
Exactly. I’m on PS5. If they don’t fix it by the end of the week I’m expecting compensation or additional time. Im going to be livid if we miss out on stuff just because of their issues.
For the planting flowers event you have to put the planters inside so the flowers can grow in any season, think greenhouse or covered area. Worked for me and the info it gives alludes to that. I didn't have any problems collecting items or completing events.
With mine, if I did one task with a certain sim, I had to finish the other tasks in the set with that same sim. The other sims did have the options that specific sim had.
When the reaper rewards went live it kicked me out of an active scenario as soon as I completed a reaper task while in the scenario. So if you really want to do a scenario you might not be able to.
I breezed through the first week but then the patch came out and the event doesn't show the tasks for week 2 or 3. Still have the grim icon but when clicking it, I just get a summary of the rewards for each week. I cleared the cache. I repaired the game. I removed my saves and tge tray files..... nothing works. I don't have mods or cc in my game. I'm so bummed. I wanted those eyes and the plain coffin😢
for me, i had the glitch where it said i collected the letter but it wasnt in any inventories. eventually got it fixed last night. today i logged on and my reaper quests are completely replaced by all discovery quests? i didnt even finish the event quests. everytime i close out of the discovery quests they reappear. discovery quests are turned off for the event, and the even weirder thing is that i had discovery quests completely disabled beforehand...but now they won't get off my screen (but they're still disabled??). it's so frustrating
@@JessiJ07 for me, i just had to wait until the next day for the mail to come again. it's like the game will check off the "receive letter" anytime you collect the mail, but the letter won't actually come in until the next day that you're able to get mail. but if you're talking about the discovery quest part... still have no clue how to fix that
It broke my game. Especially since the new "Patch" it will barely run. The lag is ridiculous and has gotten worse since the start of the reaper stuff. No mods either. I've also had to reset my sim multiple times because she kept breaking and forgetting tasks or just gets stuck in one spot, not moving even for needs.
My tasks weren’t completing and the net said to repair the game. I did and now the tasks are GONE and I LOST my happy log in event rewards. Brilliant. 10/10
For me, the tasks stopped showing up. I was able to complete the first few with no issues, the planting worked, the talking to others, etc. Then I went to another household briefly (I just wanted to check something and didn't play with them) but from then on the UI was glitched and no tasks showed up anymore. Sooo, so far I wasn't able to complete it 🥲
I was missing interactions. I had the instruction to ask the spirits on the seance table, look it up on the computer, and talk to sims about it, but those interactions were just not available. I got the first two after I closed and relaunched the game, but I couldn't talk to sims about ambrosia until I opened up a new save file.
same for me! no issues until the newsletter (I got it 3x now). I clicked read and it takes me to the tutorial page for either gardening or cooking but then nothing happens when I close it, it doesn't register. Is there anything I'm missing? Edit: I tried moving my sim to another house after reading someone mention that here and it worked! the problem was it didn't register the mail arriving (even though it did 3x) so the task to read it didn't show up and it didn't register as done.
I was having problems with both the UI not showing up and goals not completing even with no mods but removing my mods, deleting my cache, and repairing the game fixed it thankfully.
I had problems with the flowers, but after doing a back up of the files on Steam and then restarting the game, it downloaded some files and suddenly it worked. But, I could not claim the reaper bunny thingy. It didn't show up in my Sims' inventory and not in BB. Where are you supposed to claim it?
On Dead by Daylight what happens with their time events is you play the event to get cosmetics during the event for some things free and then some time later the event items are often made available in the store for purchase so you can still get them even if you don’t finish the event. I could see this working for the sims 4 events.
Thank you for captioning this as I am deaf. I did not have a problem with planting the lily and the snapdragon. It was spring and they were planted next to a wall with the roof extended a square so they would be sheltered. I do not use mods in my game anymore. My bug was the grimmphone. I received it but it did not show up in my inventory. or in my build inventory.
I like how you complete quests this time, but it's kinda frustrating that it's on a time limit. I will be traveling next week, so I sadly will probably miss items I really wanted for week 2. This is the part I hate about the rewards is it's not at our convenience to log in and get these rewards.
@@ravenfalcon9316 Exactly. The last two weeks have no actual rewards, they're for you to play catch-up if you haven't completed quests in the previous weeks (it says so right in the introductory video for it).
Shouldn't have to ignore it. Shouldbe able to opt out of it and remove the reaper tab in the corner. I can opt out of fame, weather, eco, aging, etc, but I can't turn this off?
I was wondering the same thing. My game crashed 6 times yesterday, everything was fine until this reaper reward event. I have a new computer too so it's not my PC.
I decided to sit down and try to finish the event before it goes away in 4 days. I have been procrastinating because it has caused nothing but issues. A hot fix managed to make the event even show up in the first place, but the tasks have disappeared for me after finishing week 2 rewards. I've tried repairing the game, delete the cache, removing mods, etc. I'm updating the game on my bf's PC to see if it will work on there if not, this will be the first limited-time content I'll be missing in my collection. Good job EA, good job...
I also haven't got into any issues! But yeah, I did made a brand new testing save to play it and... Since I'm soon to enter exam week on college, I just rushed through the first week's goals like crazy trying to complete it the quickest possible... I'm afraid of missing out, but I didn't have the time to spend just playing, but everything worked just fine, I got the mail, I planted the two flowers and it counted properly, and I was worried because I'm playing in an apartament lot, but one from City Living, not For Rent, that could be what made the difference, idk... The only issue is how I'm afraid of missing out on the event and how I feel forced into playing so I don't miss out
I was having no issues until the UI randomly went blank, even knowing I wasn't finished all the tasks for "Assistant to the Grim Reaper" (I finished the "A Call Away" portion). I purposefully turned off mods and CC before starting this new save file for this event, repaired my games, did all the little workarounds, and it's still broken :(
I have a super old save, like years old, that I play Super Sim. I never used any mods on that save. It worked fine for me, but did glitch out at the end after I finished all of the quests. The reaper button said something about an error and gnomes were fixing it. It fixed after I rebooted the game.
I'm not being given any tasks. The event just just says "A call away" and has an empty white box underneath. I was confused on what I'm supposed to do so I tried finding a walkthrough. No luck.
I almost always repair before playing my game. I had no issues with the event, however I also haven't reenabled mods yet. I was done in about 20 minutes. The mailperson delivered the mail around 6pm in game. I was talking to my friend and laughed at how weird it was because I refused to pay for it to be delivered early and was expecting it the next morning in game. I created a new file that was focused on the event and even with me focusing on building skills and relationships this was easy. I also agree it would be better to not have a time limit on it. I want to say about 10 minutes after I finished the first part I logged out and chances are I might not log in again until the next section starts depending on my week lol.
I haven't been able to proceed past the third task. My boxes in the top corner have been empty. Repairs don't work. It's totally mind blowing how many bugs I run into after deciding to give this game another shot about a week ago.
If you have a issue with it not showing your quests for the reaper event, i did too. If i tried reseting my discovery quest under tutorials & tips in the game options while i was in the game, and it did nothing. But if you go to the main menu and do it there and log back in the world it works!
The first week went well with no issues. However, I got to the "Fertilize 3 Plants" or something before all of my tasks disappeared. This was my favorite event so far, but of course it had to break before I got the tattoo which was my main goal after looking at the rewards. I hope they get it fixed before the end of the event because it would really be upsetting if they don't.
i decided to do this event with a brand new save, without turning mods back on. i had no issues with the completion of tasks, however when i would try to claim my rewards, a message would pop up that there was an issue and i couldnt claim the reward, and then i wasnt able to open the event again until i closed and reopened my game. luckily, despite the game saying i couldnt claim the rewards, i do seem to have the rewards
I'm stuck with the planting flowers NOT completing. Plant the flowers in open ground ? Action NOT completed. Plant in a planter ? Action NOT completed. Same for planting in unsheltered and sheltered areas. Still have to try a planter INSIDE the house... Done pretty much all of the workaround and still no luck. At least, using a new save, I was able to access the event's screen and reclaim some stuff. In my regular save, I got some mail delivered THREE times : Letters from a fan of my 5 stars celebrity, but NO newsletter from the Ambrosia Society. Maybe having some other mail delivered interfere with the delivery of the newsletter... Still waiting for it in my new save.
Me too! I actually got the Grimophone the first time & put it on a table & when I came back after saving, they took it away 😭 It keeps telling me to redo the planting and stuff again and again 🤦🏾♀️
I completed everything and had no problems with completion, but there was a strange issue at the end where the mail lady was just standing in the middle of the street waving mail around. I tried to reset her, but it kept happening. I did play in a house, but instead of the house having a regular mailbox, my house had a small apartment style mailbox that attached to the front wall of the house. I’m playing on PS4, so no mods of any kind. I’m happy that all the rewards worked so far, but hopefully this mail thing doesn’t cause issues in the future.
I'm praying my game isn't bugged because no way in hell I'm having that shit pop up every singe goddamn save. I'm definitely speedrunning through week 1 just to get it to go away. EDIT: I had the good bugs where it completes immediately after exiting b/b mode! Getting the UI to go away won't be nearly as hard if I keep having this good luck!
I've been lucky to have no issues with mine surprisingly and i like the idea of little quests about things that probably some ppl didnt know they could do. I've heard of ambrosia on sims but was never entirely sure how to get/make it so its cool to see little side missions helping u through the process. I even made an angel themed sim for this event bc I'm finally gonna interact with grim more
So far it's been working for me. Didn't have much time to play but the flowers ticked off and I got the letter. Got first 3 rewards but had to stop playing. Hopefully it still works today🤞
I would love if this event became a scenario in a few months. Because that would allow more people to get it, but I also would like the ability to decide exactly which family was on this quest, rather than it applying to them all.
I wish there was some way to close the event thing. I started a new save to do this, but no way I'm messing up the timing on my normal game by interrupting it with this. But that means the dang quest thing is taking up real estate in the upper right corner. And it's pretty big. They need to offer an opt in or opt out. Per save. Otherwise, I haven't had issues. Tho I haven't got my mail yet. Will see how that goes. Otherwise, it's cute.
My ui is completely bugged, i cant see the task to complete. Yes i dont have mods, yes i was playing on a new game, i even tried to move my save folder and play in a new one… still bugged
I wasn't having any problems until I decided to quit my game without saving ( I was trying to also do 7 perfect dates in a row and I messed up so I wanted to start from an earlier save), then when I loaded up my previous save, all the goals from the second quest are gone. The UI is still there, but there are no goals in the box, so nothing to complete. If I start a brand new game it might help, that's my next step for now. Edit: Tried a new save (I had some mods) but didn't work. I tried the workaround, but it didn't work. My last idea is to repair my game and see if that fixes it. If not, I'll wait until the next week comes with the new quests. The website said this event is six weeks, plus an extra two weeks, so I think I can maybe catch up and claim all the rewards by the end of these 8 weeks. Hopefully they work out these kinks in the next 8 weeks
I had absolutely smooth sailing myself. There was a bit of an issue with the mail but the first mail delivery seemed to be pre-set. The second one was when I got the right stuff. I just focused on the other quest things til it fixed itself.
I had issues with the menu not opening, I had no idea how to do the event until I saw someone’s pop up on TH-cam. So removed my mods, repaired the game, the menu in the corner came up, but blank. Found that last one online, gave that a try, that fixed the event menu, now I have to try to see if the game play will actually work this time.
I also played in an apartment and the mail delivery guy tried ten times to deliver the mail until it randomly worked. I recommend creating a random save specifically for the event!
The only issue that I had was a minor one and it was that the mail couldn't be delivered, but in the end, it was and my Sim was able to read the Ambrosia Society newsletter. I also had trouble finding the grimophone at first, but after that it was a piece of cake because all you have to do is grow the plants first and then it lets you go to electronics section of the buy mode before it becomes accessible. Everything has to be done in a certain order, but it is up to us to figure out what the sequence is. I think there are quests for every week or two, so maybe the next quest will be in October? Is the Day of the dead challenge going to come back too? I am dying to buy the skull collection cabinet to put up on the wall and collecting skulls from those who celebrate Day of the Dead. In the past, the challenge only lasted a week, but I think that the Celebrations game should include more decorations like Marigolds, day of the dead foods, etc. Monarch butterflies are also seen around this time in Mexico, so maybe in another game there could be a Mexican village or town. Perhaps this could be a future challenge where Simmers can take their Sims on a virtual game quest to buy Mexican decorations, souvenirs, food and drinks, clothing, etc. I look forward to seeing something like this in the future. Happy Simming!
Mine won't even bring up the UI after leaving build/buy mode or managing worlds. I have to restart if I want to play. Even then I don't see an event at the top left hand corner. I did try repairing my game & not much has changed.
I did the first week yesterday and had no issues. Was kind of fun! I can understand though how issues can come up in goals and quests and not understanding what counts towards goals and what doesn't. I've had issues like that with aspirations so I totally empathize with people having issues. Enjoy!
I only played with it for 1 day so far, but I had no problems. Of course, I did start a brand new save file & the only mod I used was MCCC ( I can't seem to do without that one). I removed everything else. I don't know if planting flowers in the ground vs a planter has any effect on accomplishing the task, but that's what I did. I haven't tried the mail yet. I don't use money cheats, so I can't afford to expedite the mail. I'm waiting for the normal delivery day to arrive. If the mail doesn't come by Wednesday, I'll cheat the simoleons to expedite the mail & see how that goes.
Imagine EA in charge of Microsoft Windows. Windows ME could still be the most current operating system with gigantic heaps of code added to try to make it work with all the modern hardware. Win XP would be better, but I doubt even that one would be perfect for now.
I had the mail bug with apartments, but going to manage worlds and coming back fixed it. The mail carrier was glitched and just standing outside the apartment until I reloaded the lot
Unfortunately my Sims 4 is now completely broken due to the Reaper's Rewards Event. After the UI issue started after I went to another lot with my sims, the game became worse. I can now no longer go to another lot because then my game completely freezes on the loading screen. I even removed my mods, repaired the game and did what they say online to fix the event ui but nothing. So I'll have to wait until the game gets an update so I can play again, unfortunately
Yeah I had the flowers glitch too. I verified the files through Steam and deleted the localthumbcache. Planting the flowers again after that worked. In truth, verifying the game files and deleting the localthumbcache should be standard procedure after every patch, but I forgot :V but the very fact that patching alone isn't enough, we have to essentially do it twice for the game to run without extra issues is tiresome.
I noticed you need the seance table for the quest, have they included the seance table to base game or do you need the paranormal pack to complete the quest?
I finished the first task, saved, quit, and now the second straight up refuses to show up. How am I supposed to make progress if the damn thing won't even start?
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man, who could have possibly predicted that the company known for screw ups would screw up something so important
Totally 😅😅
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It's such a mystery.
Is it important? I don’t think so.
Rewards are not the main thing. Fixing broken saves is the main thing
If I had a nickel for every time EA launches something broken for the Sims, I’d have more money than the owner.
I refuse to do the workaround, a game is supposed to be fun, not make me work.
Also, there's a possibility that the workaround might mess up the save games, and then more problems! I'll wait for a hot fix, if not, just miss out on this event
Same
I agree but the work arounds don't always work either. They haven't for me anyway.
I'm not jumping through hoops, either. EA can't get one single thing right and I am tired of it.
yeah i don’t have the rewards from the previous event anymore bc i had to start a new save
I wish I would have waited.. I lost my rewards from the last event trying to fix this one 😢
and this is the game they want to expand on… 🙄
Yeah they really are delusional in thinking the sims 4 is the best think yet in the sims franchise 😅
@@astrologym1939and so are the players that think this is a great idea, they are just as delusional lol
I mean… yeah it’s stupid just moving on with adding new things into a broken game, they need to fix it (if it’s able to fix)
But also I’m not sure if it would be a good idea working on a completely new generation if the old generation is broken and the issues are not really figured out/fixed. It’s giving me…okay we broke it…don’t found any solutions…just make a new one and hope we don’t repeat our mistakes 😅
@@nameless953 how many more years need to go by before players finally realize no matter how many updates they do the game will never truly be fixed. It’s been 10 years it’s time to move on.
@@jLachelle3 Piss off with that.
How on Earth that game suppose to last another decade of new content if it falls apart so easily? It is just too much EA, please, let it go gracefully while you still can.
I just dont understand why people are begging EA to let it go when you could just let it go quietly and gracefully, and let EA continue to make content for the rest of us that are still interested and willing to buy. 🤔
Then let go. I'm still going to play.
@loiskingsbury8048 because y'all are enabling of the problem. EA will not change if you continue to reward them with profits for a broken game. Money speaks.
@loiskingsbury8048 When someone stated that EA would keep TS4 going on forever, you said "I hope not". Hypocrite much?
I cannot find the radio phone thing. Nor can I open the even rewards to claim things.
My mail is being delivered but the issue is I read the letter and it doesn’t mark as complete. It’s so annoying. They can’t do anything right.
Same here. I receive a new letter every time the mailman comes, I read it, and nothing happens.
I was doing this with a household in a rental and it wouldn't register when the mail came. I switch to a Willow Creek household in a "normal" house and it suddenly checked off without problem when the mail came.
@@Ariancia.Thystarian Good to know ! I'm actually playing on a rental lot... I'll move to a residential lot then. Thank you!
@@Ariancia.Thystarian same i started the quest with a rental family it wouldn't complete...switch to regular household that wasn't a rental it completed
@@Ariancia.Thystarian This is an important info to report on AHQ.
My tasks are all gone 😂 and I was on the cooking at level 3 or above task too. I’m going to try these solutions today after work and see what happens!
Same my sim died and I lost all tasks and had restarted the game
Same, all mine are gone too!
I was trying to start from an earlier save in my current game, and it made all the goals disappear for me too. I wasn't having any issues until then. I was almost finished too . I'm going to try a new game and see if that helps, if to just complete the rest of my goals and and claim this week's rewards.
Same the tasks have disappeared
Can you let me know if something works? My tasks disappeared after I claimed my first 3 rewards
I instructed my Sim to read the Ambrosia Newsletter. The newsletter just disappeared from her inventory and now I can't progress. I'm stuck 10 points away from the first lot trait. No mods installed and a new save for this "event". 13K hours played. About $1.5K Canadian spent... I don't need this sh*t.
Christ, EA can't do anything right. Two out of two "Battle Passes" borked. Good luck over the next decade+ EA - you are going to need it. Or you could just hire ONE PERSON that has a clue.
With all due respect, I feel you're not being respectful of the employees. There's plenty of evidence out there that the people who actually make the packs and such DO know what they're doing and want to give us good stuff. Unfortunately, EA refuses to give them the time and resources necessary to do so.
Did you try remove mods (if you have) and repair game?
@@SuperSimmerGal With all due respect, the developers have neither the skill nor the experience to work on a game at this level. Sure, EA hired underqualified employees. Sure, EA outsources Q&A.
But the suits don't program the game. If you are not capable of doing your job - and it is obvious that the devs ARE NOT CAPABLE - find a new job. Not one thing they make actually works. Sorry. That's a fact.
@@mooonsi323 No mods. New save for the event. Oh well I shouldn't have expected anything else given EA's track record, though. I spent over 1,500 Canadian on this game. Be nice if it actually worked for once.
@@garcemac You also need the proper time and resources in order to properly program something- and EA does not give their devs either of those. Also, from my understanding, it's different teams that work on different packs and updates, and they aren't really given the chance to communicate to each other.
I guess what I am saying is I think there's a big difference between being incapable of doing your job and not being ALLOWED to do your job properly (and quitting is likely not an option for many of them).
I also don't think it's fair to say they haven't done ANYTHING right. The fact is, they have. For example, with the latest major patch, a lot of people are saying their game really does run a lot smoother in terms of lag (that's been my experience as well, btw). And there are features and even packs that have been pretty well implemented (Cottage living received high praise).
Tldr: There's a big difference between not being capable of doing your job and not being ALLOWED to do your job properly, it's not true they don't do anything right, as they did recently update the game to be less laggy, etc.
The tasks up in the left corner show the grim reaper icon but there is no text for me. Also after this big update restaurants and weddings are broken.
Same for me. I think it’s because I run a CAS cheat (or the testing cheats true)..
Same.
Same no text just the icon
I’m having the same issue. It was fine at first but I think I left the game for something and when I went back into my game it was just the icon. I’m going to try the work around and see if that fixes it. I got to the part with the flowers when I started having the issue. I also do have mods and cc but I don’t want to get rid of them.
Update: I did both solutions (verifying the files didn’t do anything) and after I did the second solution it didn’t seem like it worked so I just gave up but then after a couple minutes of playing it started working again. I had to start the task things from the beginning again but I didn’t lose the rewards I had earned when I played last time so that was good. I hustled and finished the quests so I didn’t have to worry about it. Now I’m just waiting for next week’s quests. Once I get those, I’m planning on pausing any other game play stuff and just focusing on the Reaper’s Rewards stuff for the week since it seems like it works best when I focus specifically on that.
Either way I’m just glad I got it to work again.
Same.
This was my first time trying to get the rewards, because usually I don’t want to be bribed to play a game. And my whole game glitched out and wouldn’t let me even load in!
same issue here. It was with a legacy family too so I lost all that game play.
Omg so this is why I crashed after completing it?
Same here
The issue with the plants is that they have to be in season. They recommend that you plant under a roof so that it can be any season.
Yeah, I played with an elder sim that had level 10 cooking and level 10 gardening, and planted in her greenhouse because it was winter in game. 😅
My task completed even though the Lilies were out of season. They won't grow, but you know, that is what it is. I'll probably stick a roof over them. Put them in pots on the porch or something as I'm sure I'll need them later.
Nope, the issue is bigger than that as even if you plant under a roof etc, in the dirt or anything it doesn't work and won't count the change. The current AHQ topic for it needs saves to check the issue but last I checked there were 300+ me too.
Only if you have the Seasons expansion though
It worked fine for me. @@MirificentJoy
Why isn't this just a Scenario? I liked the idea of Scenarios, I don't like this mobile game style of event. If I want limited time events, I'll play Cookie Run
This could have been a limited time Scenario that ran for the entirety of October and each time a player completed, say, three tasks or whatever, they'd get one reward
That's what I initially thought it would be when first hearing about it. I would love more scenarios, even timed or limited ones.
Limited time event but it's broken so many of us can't get through week 1! 😂
@@madcow8114 it was working for me so far, but bugged on the second goal of week 5, and can't progress any further. It's just not showing the tasks.
So anoying.
10 more years of this sounds more like a punishment than reward
i don’t want to wait for weeks, i wanna finish it in my time
😂😂😂 I mean this is silly. Loads of games do this, and you don't have to "play for weeks" you just have to play a little once a week to earn them if you want them. It's optional.
@@darkandstormymamayou're silly!!
@@darkandstormymama They didn't say "play for weeks" but "wait for weeks." As in, they want to be able to continue the quests *now.*
@Regina316 and I'm saying that's silly, lots of things are released this way. Until like 5 yrs ago tv was still released this way primarily. It's not like she has to devote alot of time time to it is my point. I hate when shows release one episode at a time and I can't binge it. But I fully understand why they do it and if the content is compelling I play their game. Or don't. That's also my point. The rewards are optional and for people who want to do it. Just like buying a pack early and getting bonus items isn't "unfair". The grand scheme of this game is optional content and they are doing this to help increase engagement numbers before their end of year numbers are due. Forcing people to log in helps them show investors and chairpersons that people are playing. If everyone could complete the whole reward system today it would defeat the purpose of the system, numbers would be too low. Content would continue to be back burnered and canceled due to lack of demand. I could go on and on. I will say when I first responded I thought she said play for weeks, and I acknowledge that she did not. But my points are still valid
I started a new game, was able to get three of the rewards then went into build mode. Upon leaving build mode, it wouldn't let me even see the tasks anymore. So frustrating.
Same here. I took out my mods too. Man, I actually like this event too
Do you know why this happens? I have the same problem too
@@justhowlthankyou same. It sucks that it appears that they do not are to fix this issue either. :'(
@@MathGund No clue. I reported it on the EA bug site, and someone told me to remove all my mods and CC. That kinda helps, but it sucks because I can't play my legacy family too.
It's so broken. I had the flower issue, so i started new saves, removed mods. I've tried multiple things but nothing worked, so i repaired my game and it broke even more! Now i have no UI at all for the rewards.
Me too! I’ve been trying to fix it for hours now and all I can do is cry.
Me too…
Well, I had the same experience as you! It worked perfectly for me, no glitches, no problems. I finished it really quickly, too! Like, within a half hour. So I don’t know what it is.
I was just thinking that. I literally only wanted the grimophone to summon him but wneded up doing more because it was so easy and working flawlessly. I have a question the new swatches etc, do they show as new with a star or are they just there now.
@@andlemmejustsayJusthey are just there now.
same but... i repair everytime there is an update and if I buy anything new dlc...😊
I'm part of the way through. I haven't had any issues so far either 🤷♀️
@@charitymerritt8036 i think... the ones that had the issue were the ones that updated in middle of event... and lost their rewards. not that things are tied tonour accounts... like digitial preorders are...there shouldnt be more issues. Unless they update again...
How sad is it that we consider us lucky, if something they tease actually works and isn’t bugged:/ for me unfortunately the UI is empty so I’m trying to figure that one out🙄
Have you done any console/cheat shenanigans, or mods that turn on testing cheats? I messed around with the workaround from the video and it immediately happened again as soon as I went into CAS full edit with the new game as my sim was the wrong age. Pulling out mods and making sure not to use any kind of console commands/cheats I was able to complete it without the UI vanishing
@@aref_naa i do have a ton of mods and the first time i followed the suggestions on answers HQ it worked (with removing the mods). then i closed and put the mods back in and it worked too. unfortunately i had to close the game to delete a cas background and since then, it does not work at all. so frustrating.
I ran into the flower planting issue. Not solved yet. Trying out the workarounds now.
Thanks for always keeping us up to date
1:25 i came to this video because i started googling around to see if anyone was having the same problem. What happened to me was that i did get discovery quests but afterward the quest tasks tab completely disappeared
I can’t even play the challenge… I already tried with different households but I don’t get the message to start it 💀
I had the opposite case while doing the task with planting flowers. I wanted to buy planter boxes, so I went to build/buy mode and when I came back to live mode the task was done lol
I had a lot of fun with these little Grim Reaper quests, and everything went smoothly except for one thing, the letter from the ambrosia association. When the mailman arrived, he started greeting the mailbox on a loop, without putting the letter in it. In my case, all I had to do was move the mailbox just a bit, and a new mailman appeared at that point and correctly placed the letter in the mailbox. My sim was able to read it and complete the mission. I then sent away the mailman who had gotten stuck in my lot and have had no problems since. However on the AHQ site, many users have had them.
From my experience I can say:
1) The save is without any mod (it's the one I use to test the game after every patch update).
2) I never left the lot before finishing all the quests for the week.
3) I never entered the CAS during the event.
4) I planted the lily and snapdragon in separate pots and placed them inside the house.
I hope these tips can help someone.
The fact that entering CAS or loading screens can break event UI is both hilarious and tragic at the same time.
I had that happen when I took a sim to CAS but the goals returned a moment later. No idea what I did to get them back.
1:21 What? Discovery quests are outright what _destroyed_ my progress. Got most of the way through Week 3’s quests, then suddenly the last thing (fish an Angelfish in a certain location’s pond) got replaced with _constant_ Discovery Quests. It literally overwrote the questline, and replaces with new Discovery Quests as soon as I dismiss them.
On Xbox.
_Allegedly_ there was a fix for it on PC, but, with no cross saves, that doesn’t do anything for me.
Didn’t think until just now to see if there were vids on this.
It bugged in my game. First I couldn’t get in the game at all when grim popped up and I had to work around that to even get my save open. Second, I was ignoring it at first to continue my build project. Then I was like, ‘whatever’ and decided to play along, it wouldn’t task complete so I stopped bothering.
I wish the quest were in Scenerios and not in the main game. Like something you could pick up and play of your own decision when you wanted.
It definitely might be because of my mods but for me the event stopped showing tasks. The task bar is still there but it's just empty 😅
I don't have mods and still it does't show me the tasks 😒
Same. (no mods)
Same here! Anyone find a solution or are we just screwed?
@@twobeetlesinaboat3268 I literally just removed my old save and started up the game fresh and new without mods and it worked. Honestly I'm probably just going to play the new save until I get all the items and then put my old save back in 😂
I play on Xbox, and ever since the new reward events started, I had lost ALL my happy home event rewards. And it looks like I'm the only one with this issue💀
I lost them to on ps 4 and I’m sad bc I loved the pillow and have no idea how to report that it’s gone.
You can probably report it on answers HQ - I think they have a category for reporting console bugs.
@@3DPlagueDR thank you
Same yoo
My reapers rewards event isn't even working. 😭
Mine too 😭, the thing is it WAS working…now the tasks are blank, the last thing I remember was I to do was “research flowers”
And this is why I play offline. Done with these stupid patches.. I don’t care about no janky ea rewards as mods and cc are better quality AND have gameplay functionality
How do you play offline? My game always makes me login to play.
@@citizencoy4393 You need to login on the EA app, after that you can choose to Go offline from the menu on the upper left corner of the app and then you can open The Sims 4 offline.
Same! I play offline all the time too. I'm not going to use those rewards anyway
I play on Xbox and I was also able to finish the reaper’s rewards event with no problem. Saved my game after I had finished it and played for a little while longer, but later on when I went to save again I got the error code 0 again😑
Sims bigs are like those steady paced monsters that just don't stop. You can run and hide but they'll always get you in the end.
I have the same issue,i plant a cherry tree and a apple tree and nothing happens,and i tried again to plant them is like i don't plant anything,i'm stuck there.:((
it seems I was lucky for once, i didn't have any issue. My game crashed while building a greenhouse but i can't tell if it was because of the event, and when i came back in the game i hadn't lost the event progression, only gameplay progression which wasn't too bad. And to be honest i love the new objects and the ability to summon Grim at will with the new gramophone. Also i don't have bikes in the game so the fact that one of the future reward is a bike is so sweet
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory once more! Iconic!
I managed to get through week 1 fine but week 2 I can't get any of my rewards from doing the quests....Which is really frustrating and it's not letting me on to the next week so I'm assuming I've got some more issues to go with and I've understood and restored but still not happening, I finished all of week 2 but I haven't gotten the rewards
Same issue with the flowers for me. Trying the Steam verification now. Thanks for your posts, absolutely my go to YT Sims info. You ARE APPRECIATED!
If these rewards disappear too, I'm uninstalling TS4 and never touching it again!
I actually had to put on effort for these so I won't continue playing if they disappear
They shouldn't- they're tied to your EA account this time around.
I completed the first week claimed my rewards no problem. I don't really have other issues either. I feel lucky with all the problems other players are having.
It was working fine for me UNTIL I *activated a cheat* to edit my household in CAS and it just *bugged out.* All the Ripper related text is just gone from the UI. (So I have no idea what to do)
Also I was playing a scenario with discovery quests on also which was fine until the cheat was on.
I started it but then it disappeared the second one "A call away" is not working... never got the letter.
Started a new save with no mods installed and still not coming up even after repairing the game... So frustrating. I don't want to risk my stuff just for this but I really want the lot trait. They need to make sure these things work well before posting because now so many people are frustrated again
It's been next to impossible to find a fix for console specifically and it's SO ANNOYING!
Exactly. I’m on PS5. If they don’t fix it by the end of the week I’m expecting compensation or additional time. Im going to be livid if we miss out on stuff just because of their issues.
For the planting flowers event you have to put the planters inside so the flowers can grow in any season, think greenhouse or covered area. Worked for me and the info it gives alludes to that. I didn't have any problems collecting items or completing events.
I can't complete the seance table task even as a max medium. The option just doesn't pop up 🤷🏼♀️
That is what I am stuck on, too. 😢
I was able to do it, without problems. 🤔
With mine, if I did one task with a certain sim, I had to finish the other tasks in the set with that same sim. The other sims did have the options that specific sim had.
When the reaper rewards went live it kicked me out of an active scenario as soon as I completed a reaper task while in the scenario. So if you really want to do a scenario you might not be able to.
I breezed through the first week but then the patch came out and the event doesn't show the tasks for week 2 or 3. Still have the grim icon but when clicking it, I just get a summary of the rewards for each week. I cleared the cache. I repaired the game. I removed my saves and tge tray files..... nothing works. I don't have mods or cc in my game. I'm so bummed. I wanted those eyes and the plain coffin😢
My UI disappeared after I changed my sims outfit in cas, no cc used.
Same here. I got the new earrings, went to CAS to put them on, and came back to just the little Grim icon with no tasks. No mods/CC.
for me, i had the glitch where it said i collected the letter but it wasnt in any inventories. eventually got it fixed last night. today i logged on and my reaper quests are completely replaced by all discovery quests? i didnt even finish the event quests. everytime i close out of the discovery quests they reappear. discovery quests are turned off for the event, and the even weirder thing is that i had discovery quests completely disabled beforehand...but now they won't get off my screen (but they're still disabled??). it's so frustrating
How you get it fix
@@JessiJ07 for me, i just had to wait until the next day for the mail to come again. it's like the game will check off the "receive letter" anytime you collect the mail, but the letter won't actually come in until the next day that you're able to get mail. but if you're talking about the discovery quest part... still have no clue how to fix that
It broke my game. Especially since the new "Patch" it will barely run. The lag is ridiculous and has gotten worse since the start of the reaper stuff. No mods either. I've also had to reset my sim multiple times because she kept breaking and forgetting tasks or just gets stuck in one spot, not moving even for needs.
My tasks weren’t completing and the net said to repair the game. I did and now the tasks are GONE and I LOST my happy log in event rewards.
Brilliant. 10/10
For me, the tasks stopped showing up. I was able to complete the first few with no issues, the planting worked, the talking to others, etc. Then I went to another household briefly (I just wanted to check something and didn't play with them) but from then on the UI was glitched and no tasks showed up anymore. Sooo, so far I wasn't able to complete it 🥲
Same thing happened to me. So now I get to sit and wait for a fix or download a mod after this is all done in order to get any of the items. Ugh.
Exactly the same as me! It's week 2 now and I'm still stuck on week 1 with no way of progressing. Totally done with this event shit
My Reaper Rewards aren't working at all! -sighs-
I was missing interactions. I had the instruction to ask the spirits on the seance table, look it up on the computer, and talk to sims about it, but those interactions were just not available. I got the first two after I closed and relaunched the game, but I couldn't talk to sims about ambrosia until I opened up a new save file.
I am stuck it says I need the newsletter. but I already gotten it. 😭😭
Did you read it
@@thegreenpufferfish yes and its gone. I paid to get a new mail delivery three time but didnt get a new one,
same for me! no issues until the newsletter (I got it 3x now). I clicked read and it takes me to the tutorial page for either gardening or cooking but then nothing happens when I close it, it doesn't register. Is there anything I'm missing?
Edit: I tried moving my sim to another house after reading someone mention that here and it worked! the problem was it didn't register the mail arriving (even though it did 3x) so the task to read it didn't show up and it didn't register as done.
@@ninab8048 Thank, moving worked.
I was having problems with both the UI not showing up and goals not completing even with no mods but removing my mods, deleting my cache, and repairing the game fixed it thankfully.
I had problems with the flowers, but after doing a back up of the files on Steam and then restarting the game, it downloaded some files and suddenly it worked. But, I could not claim the reaper bunny thingy. It didn't show up in my Sims' inventory and not in BB. Where are you supposed to claim it?
the tasks wont even load for me… literally redid my whole mod folder thinking tht was the issue
Sims 4 is really starting to work my nerves. I'm having nothing but issues with the UI...mods in- mods out and it's still busted 😒
On Dead by Daylight what happens with their time events is you play the event to get cosmetics during the event for some things free and then some time later the event items are often made available in the store for purchase so you can still get them even if you don’t finish the event. I could see this working for the sims 4 events.
Thank you for captioning this as I am deaf. I did not have a problem with planting the lily and the snapdragon. It was spring and they were planted next to a wall with the roof extended a square so they would be sheltered. I do not use mods in my game anymore. My bug was the grimmphone. I received it but it did not show up in my inventory. or in my build inventory.
I like how you complete quests this time, but it's kinda frustrating that it's on a time limit. I will be traveling next week, so I sadly will probably miss items I really wanted for week 2. This is the part I hate about the rewards is it's not at our convenience to log in and get these rewards.
I'm pretty sure you'll still be able to get week 2's rewards without being present for it. You can just play the missed quest when you get back.
@@ravenfalcon9316 Exactly. The last two weeks have no actual rewards, they're for you to play catch-up if you haven't completed quests in the previous weeks (it says so right in the introductory video for it).
if you dont whant to do this, is there a way to remove it?
This!! It won't let me load my game
I don't think so, but you can just ignore it.
Shouldn't have to ignore it. Shouldbe able to opt out of it and remove the reaper tab in the corner. I can opt out of fame, weather, eco, aging, etc, but I can't turn this off?
@FeezyM the update broke off the grid lots, they wont load anymore. Idk if its that, but theres a mod on curse forge that fixes it
I was wondering the same thing. My game crashed 6 times yesterday, everything was fine until this reaper reward event. I have a new computer too so it's not my PC.
I decided to sit down and try to finish the event before it goes away in 4 days. I have been procrastinating because it has caused nothing but issues. A hot fix managed to make the event even show up in the first place, but the tasks have disappeared for me after finishing week 2 rewards. I've tried repairing the game, delete the cache, removing mods, etc. I'm updating the game on my bf's PC to see if it will work on there if not, this will be the first limited-time content I'll be missing in my collection. Good job EA, good job...
Yup...I've planted so many flowers and read the ambrosia newsletter at least five times and none of those will tick off.
I also haven't got into any issues! But yeah, I did made a brand new testing save to play it and... Since I'm soon to enter exam week on college, I just rushed through the first week's goals like crazy trying to complete it the quickest possible... I'm afraid of missing out, but I didn't have the time to spend just playing, but everything worked just fine, I got the mail, I planted the two flowers and it counted properly, and I was worried because I'm playing in an apartament lot, but one from City Living, not For Rent, that could be what made the difference, idk... The only issue is how I'm afraid of missing out on the event and how I feel forced into playing so I don't miss out
I was having no issues until the UI randomly went blank, even knowing I wasn't finished all the tasks for "Assistant to the Grim Reaper" (I finished the "A Call Away" portion). I purposefully turned off mods and CC before starting this new save file for this event, repaired my games, did all the little workarounds, and it's still broken :(
I have a super old save, like years old, that I play Super Sim. I never used any mods on that save. It worked fine for me, but did glitch out at the end after I finished all of the quests. The reaper button said something about an error and gnomes were fixing it. It fixed after I rebooted the game.
I'm not being given any tasks. The event just just says "A call away" and has an empty white box underneath. I was confused on what I'm supposed to do so I tried finding a walkthrough. No luck.
I almost always repair before playing my game. I had no issues with the event, however I also haven't reenabled mods yet. I was done in about 20 minutes. The mailperson delivered the mail around 6pm in game. I was talking to my friend and laughed at how weird it was because I refused to pay for it to be delivered early and was expecting it the next morning in game. I created a new file that was focused on the event and even with me focusing on building skills and relationships this was easy. I also agree it would be better to not have a time limit on it. I want to say about 10 minutes after I finished the first part I logged out and chances are I might not log in again until the next section starts depending on my week lol.
I haven't been able to proceed past the third task. My boxes in the top corner have been empty. Repairs don't work. It's totally mind blowing how many bugs I run into after deciding to give this game another shot about a week ago.
If you have a issue with it not showing your quests for the reaper event, i did too. If i tried reseting my discovery quest under tutorials & tips in the game options while i was in the game, and it did nothing. But if you go to the main menu and do it there and log back in the world it works!
Will this work for console??
Lucky you for finishing the first week. I got about halfway through before it broke.
The first week went well with no issues. However, I got to the "Fertilize 3 Plants" or something before all of my tasks disappeared. This was my favorite event so far, but of course it had to break before I got the tattoo which was my main goal after looking at the rewards.
I hope they get it fixed before the end of the event because it would really be upsetting if they don't.
i decided to do this event with a brand new save, without turning mods back on. i had no issues with the completion of tasks, however when i would try to claim my rewards, a message would pop up that there was an issue and i couldnt claim the reward, and then i wasnt able to open the event again until i closed and reopened my game. luckily, despite the game saying i couldnt claim the rewards, i do seem to have the rewards
I'm stuck with the planting flowers NOT completing. Plant the flowers in open ground ? Action NOT completed. Plant in a planter ? Action NOT completed. Same for planting in unsheltered and sheltered areas. Still have to try a planter INSIDE the house...
Done pretty much all of the workaround and still no luck. At least, using a new save, I was able to access the event's screen and reclaim some stuff.
In my regular save, I got some mail delivered THREE times : Letters from a fan of my 5 stars celebrity, but NO newsletter from the Ambrosia Society. Maybe having some other mail delivered interfere with the delivery of the newsletter... Still waiting for it in my new save.
I’ve had to do the beginning 3 times so far … it just keeps starting over and I can’t get my grimophone
I’m on PS4😢
Me too!
I actually got the Grimophone the first time & put it on a table & when I came back after saving, they took it away 😭
It keeps telling me to redo the planting and stuff again and again 🤦🏾♀️
@@TheLionTheWitchAndSomeTarot I restated for like the 5th time … it’s working now 🙏🏾❤️💫
I completed everything and had no problems with completion, but there was a strange issue at the end where the mail lady was just standing in the middle of the street waving mail around. I tried to reset her, but it kept happening.
I did play in a house, but instead of the house having a regular mailbox, my house had a small apartment style mailbox that attached to the front wall of the house.
I’m playing on PS4, so no mods of any kind.
I’m happy that all the rewards worked so far, but hopefully this mail thing doesn’t cause issues in the future.
I'm praying my game isn't bugged because no way in hell I'm having that shit pop up every singe goddamn save. I'm definitely speedrunning through week 1 just to get it to go away.
EDIT: I had the good bugs where it completes immediately after exiting b/b mode! Getting the UI to go away won't be nearly as hard if I keep having this good luck!
I've been lucky to have no issues with mine surprisingly and i like the idea of little quests about things that probably some ppl didnt know they could do. I've heard of ambrosia on sims but was never entirely sure how to get/make it so its cool to see little side missions helping u through the process. I even made an angel themed sim for this event bc I'm finally gonna interact with grim more
So far it's been working for me. Didn't have much time to play but the flowers ticked off and I got the letter. Got first 3 rewards but had to stop playing. Hopefully it still works today🤞
I would love if this event became a scenario in a few months. Because that would allow more people to get it, but I also would like the ability to decide exactly which family was on this quest, rather than it applying to them all.
I wish there was some way to close the event thing. I started a new save to do this, but no way I'm messing up the timing on my normal game by interrupting it with this. But that means the dang quest thing is taking up real estate in the upper right corner. And it's pretty big. They need to offer an opt in or opt out. Per save.
Otherwise, I haven't had issues. Tho I haven't got my mail yet. Will see how that goes. Otherwise, it's cute.
I repaired my game in the EA app and it fixed the planting flowers bug.
My ui is completely bugged, i cant see the task to complete. Yes i dont have mods, yes i was playing on a new game, i even tried to move my save folder and play in a new one… still bugged
Weird thing is that it was working fine until i either opened cas or build and buy and then it became bugged …
I wasn't having any problems until I decided to quit my game without saving ( I was trying to also do 7 perfect dates in a row and I messed up so I wanted to start from an earlier save), then when I loaded up my previous save, all the goals from the second quest are gone. The UI is still there, but there are no goals in the box, so nothing to complete. If I start a brand new game it might help, that's my next step for now.
Edit: Tried a new save (I had some mods) but didn't work. I tried the workaround, but it didn't work. My last idea is to repair my game and see if that fixes it. If not, I'll wait until the next week comes with the new quests. The website said this event is six weeks, plus an extra two weeks, so I think I can maybe catch up and claim all the rewards by the end of these 8 weeks. Hopefully they work out these kinks in the next 8 weeks
I had absolutely smooth sailing myself. There was a bit of an issue with the mail but the first mail delivery seemed to be pre-set. The second one was when I got the right stuff. I just focused on the other quest things til it fixed itself.
I had issues with the menu not opening, I had no idea how to do the event until I saw someone’s pop up on TH-cam. So removed my mods, repaired the game, the menu in the corner came up, but blank. Found that last one online, gave that a try, that fixed the event menu, now I have to try to see if the game play will actually work this time.
I also played in an apartment and the mail delivery guy tried ten times to deliver the mail until it randomly worked. I recommend creating a random save specifically for the event!
The only issue that I had was a minor one and it was that the mail couldn't be delivered, but in the end, it was and my Sim was able to read the Ambrosia Society newsletter. I also had trouble finding the grimophone at first, but after that it was a piece of cake because all you have to do is grow the plants first and then it lets you go to electronics section of the buy mode before it becomes accessible. Everything has to be done in a certain order, but it is up to us to figure out what the sequence is. I think there are quests for every week or two, so maybe the next quest will be in October? Is the Day of the dead challenge going to come back too? I am dying to buy the skull collection cabinet to put up on the wall and collecting skulls from those who celebrate Day of the Dead. In the past, the challenge only lasted a week, but I think that the Celebrations game should include more decorations like Marigolds, day of the dead foods, etc. Monarch butterflies are also seen around this time in Mexico, so maybe in another game there could be a Mexican village or town. Perhaps this could be a future challenge where Simmers can take their Sims on a virtual game quest to buy Mexican decorations, souvenirs, food and drinks, clothing, etc. I look forward to seeing something like this in the future. Happy Simming!
Mine won't even bring up the UI after leaving build/buy mode or managing worlds. I have to restart if I want to play. Even then I don't see an event at the top left hand corner. I did try repairing my game & not much has changed.
I did the first week yesterday and had no issues. Was kind of fun! I can understand though how issues can come up in goals and quests and not understanding what counts towards goals and what doesn't. I've had issues like that with aspirations so I totally empathize with people having issues. Enjoy!
My reapers quest box is empty after 4 rewards 😢
I didn't have any issues either. But I also didn't have any discovery quests (tbh I'm not 100% sure what a discovery quest is lol)
I only played with it for 1 day so far, but I had no problems. Of course, I did start a brand new save file & the only mod I used was MCCC ( I can't seem to do without that one). I removed everything else. I don't know if planting flowers in the ground vs a planter has any effect on accomplishing the task, but that's what I did. I haven't tried the mail yet. I don't use money cheats, so I can't afford to expedite the mail. I'm waiting for the normal delivery day to arrive. If the mail doesn't come by Wednesday, I'll cheat the simoleons to expedite the mail & see how that goes.
Imagine EA in charge of Microsoft Windows. Windows ME could still be the most current operating system with gigantic heaps of code added to try to make it work with all the modern hardware. Win XP would be better, but I doubt even that one would be perfect for now.
I had the mail bug with apartments, but going to manage worlds and coming back fixed it. The mail carrier was glitched and just standing outside the apartment until I reloaded the lot
Unfortunately my Sims 4 is now completely broken due to the Reaper's Rewards Event. After the UI issue started after I went to another lot with my sims, the game became worse. I can now no longer go to another lot because then my game completely freezes on the loading screen. I even removed my mods, repaired the game and did what they say online to fix the event ui but nothing. So I'll have to wait until the game gets an update so I can play again, unfortunately
Yeah I had the flowers glitch too. I verified the files through Steam and deleted the localthumbcache. Planting the flowers again after that worked. In truth, verifying the game files and deleting the localthumbcache should be standard procedure after every patch, but I forgot :V but the very fact that patching alone isn't enough, we have to essentially do it twice for the game to run without extra issues is tiresome.
I noticed you need the seance table for the quest, have they included the seance table to base game or do you need the paranormal pack to complete the quest?
I brought this up in the last video too, but I haven't seen anyone else talk about it! Luckily I had paranormal stuff already
If you don’t have the paranormal stuff pack, the goal will be replaced with “talk to sims about ambrosia” instead!
@@feqrlesskai oh interesting, cuz I got both!
@@ChickenNuggieEnthusiast Luckily, so did I
@@feqrlesskai I also had that, but maybe they just leave it out
I finished the first task, saved, quit, and now the second straight up refuses to show up. How am I supposed to make progress if the damn thing won't even start?
Don't forget that some player didn't received the letter to begin with, even though it's active.