Author Topic: Sims skill points aren't rising when reading books?  (Read 4960 times)

Offline Kbox

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Sims skill points aren't rising when reading books?
« on: December 17, 2013, 03:27:45 AM »
Hi! Nice to meet everyone!  This is my first post in the Forum, but I use this site for everything!

My issue:

My sims skill points won't rise while reading any skill specific book (Logic, Cooking, etc)

Example:

I have my sim read the Logic 1 book, and there is absolutely no movement in the blue skill bar even after 5 hours of simtime.  However, as soon as I have her play chess, the bar begins to move again and she gains the point. Those 5 hours did nothing for the skill level.


My game is fully updated, and I've never had this issue in the past (300+ hrs gameplay).  I did however just recently install the Generations/World Adventures and University Life EPs, so I'm not sure if this is a known problem, or something specific to me.  This is also the first new sim I've made since those three EPs were installed.  I didn't see anything on the first few pages of this or the EA forum. 

Thanks in advance for any advice you have.  ;D


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Re: Sims skill points aren't rising when reading books?
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2013, 03:44:38 AM »
Welcome to our Forum.

This isn't a known problem as far as I know.  Have you tried it with other Sims and in other game files?  It could be just that one Sim is glitched. 
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Re: Sims skill points aren't rising when reading books?
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2013, 02:05:20 PM »
I had that problem in one game of mine, about six months ago. My logic-learning sim had to keep switching between the chess table and the telescope, or else his skill bar would get stuck, and sometimes that wouldn't help either. Sometimes it fixed itself upon me restarting the game, only for it to pop up again later. Other times, I had him travel to China and France, because it would get unstuck in a foreign land and he could raise his skills again.

I've seen it happen less often since patch 1.57 (I started getting the problem after patch 1.55), but when it hits, I usually take that as a sign to save, exit, and restart.
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Re: Sims skill points aren't rising when reading books?
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2013, 04:26:05 PM »
I believe it's just the one Sim, but I haven't checked my older games yet. I've tried restarting but to no avail. :(

I'm currently clearing caches and if all else fails, I'll try the mini factory reset I found on this site.

I'll let you know as soon as I find a solution,