Players Report First Issues and The Sims 4 Adventure Awaits Bugs

With any huge expansion pack or base game update, everyone is aware that bugs tend to happen and are to be expected. It often takes some time for all the kinks in a release to be worked out, if all of them do get worked out. With the newest expansion pack release just a few days ago, the EA forums are full of players reporting a wide variety of the Sims 4 Adventure Awaits Bugs. From something as simple as mismatched swatches or forgotten items, up to completely broken features of the pack that are integral to the gameplay, these are the most common bugs currently under investigation by EA developers for The Sims 4 Adventure Awaits.

1. Missing Modular Curtain Rods

Modular curtain rods meant to allow players to adjust them to any windows or other areas they desire have become somewhat prevalent in recent additions to The Sims 4’s DLC roster, but what’s the point of a modular curtain without a curtain rod to connect the pieces?

Forum user @Kalliker reported this issue on release day.

“I have looked through all of Adventure Awaits buy mode and cannot find the curtain rod for the modular curtains included in the pack, like previous modular curtains have had in For Rent and Desert Deluxe. Please see the included image to better understand. The beam-like rod is missing? Maybe due to a tagging issue?

The curtain rods in For Rent and Desert Luxe are called The Hardly Suspicious Curtain Rod and Decidedly Neutral Curtain Mount.”

EA Forum User @Kalliker

2. Duplicate Swatches

The variety of hair swatches allows your game to have more diversity and style variety, but is there a point if swatches duplicate or even look almost identical? Multiple users since release day have reported that the hairs yfHair_EP20DoubleDutchBraid_LightBrown (The teen through elder version) and cfHair_EP20DoubleDutchBraid_LightBrown (the child version) are duplicates of the same hairs in the light blond swatch.

“[AA] yfHair_EP20DoubleDutchBraid_LightBrown is blond
Light brown hair on one of the new Hairstyles shows as Blonde”

EA Forum User @DassaDesign

I also found this bug within my own game while creating a family to test features. It seems this is an accidental duplicate that wasn’t caught prior to release, and is not influenced by Mods & CC. It also, as previously stated, appears with both the teen through elder, as well as the child version of the hair.

3. Strange Texture Issues

“The new adorable athletic skirt, cfBottom_EP20FlutterSkirt (specifically the child version, not the teen through elder version) has an… interesting visual effect when worn. A strange wrinkled shadow or texture appears, with a visible square outline underneath. This happens without CC and mods.”

When I give my child sim the new skirt from Adventure Awaits, it adds a strange texture to my sim’s legs.

EA Forum User @MrsTomato1018

Other users followed up with their own reports and proof, with one user including an in-game close up shot.

“Hi! This skirt has some silly mapping issues and the issue appears on all swatches. Really cute though regardless, love the CAS in this pack.

It’s sort of hard to see, but it’s like she’s been wearing socks for hours lol”

EA Forum User @nempne

4. Only Kids Camp Getaway Not Working

Specifically mentioning that Fitness Retreats, the other primary advertised feature for the Sims 4 Adventure Awaits, one user has come across an issue that completely stops them from using Kids Camp getaways, stopping the events before they even begin.

“Hello! New here but I have been playing sims for years.

I downloaded Adventure Awaits yesterday and I have an issue with kids camps specifically.

Fitness retreats work fine, but as soon as my sim arrives at kids camp it comes up with the ‘your getaway is ending do you want to extend or go home’ pop up. If I press extend it just comes straight back up again. I have tried different set ups, locations, sims etc. I have repaired and restarted my game but it’s not working.

does anyone else have this issue? I play on a windows laptop and have no mods or cc.”

EA Forum User @laurenlhenley

One user also believed to have found a pattern, since the bug is not consistently happening in every game. It seems that creating an entirely custom venue and adjusting its schedule to the Kids Camp preset custom getaway may not be sticking, but Camp Gibi Gibi, the camp included in the initial release of The Sims 4 Adventure Awaits, works as intended.

“I figured out a pattern, it seems to only happen when I create a getaway at a custom lot that already has a set schedule. If I plan a getaway at a lot without a premade schedule, the getaway works fine. So Camp Gibi Gibi works for example, but my custom lot that I downloaded off the gallery with a premade schedule does not work.”

EA Forum User @allygator9393

5. The Forest Ranger Tower Disappearing in the Distance

While the Sims 4 is known for items fading when you get too close of them, leading to some interesting free camera shots, it isn’t typically intended for objects to fade improperly or while… very far away.

“The forest ranger tower has a rendering issue. At medium distance, the tower disappears completely, leaving parts of its structure and attached objects floating in midair. However, when viewed from farther away, the tower reappears and displays normally. This seems to be related to the tower’s LOD settings.

I first encountered this in my regular save (with mods), but to confirm, I tested again with a freshly generated The Sims 4 folder and a brand-new save without any mods or CC. The issue persisted.”

EA Forum User @SimsTime

6. Baristas Not Doing Their Job on Custom Venues

Frustration with NPCs doing everything but the job you hired them for is nothing new, but they typically still make attempts at doing their job, even if its done poorly., like a caterer for a wedding who only repetitively makes cakes. Some users have noticed that specifically when hiring Baristas for Custom Venues, and using the “Tend Coffee/Tea Bars and Counters” activity option, the baristas just… won’t do it. They will chat with those around them, sit down, etc., but not make a single drink.

“Create Custom Venue

Create a Barista Role – Only Activity: Tend Coffee / Tea Bars and Counters selected.

Add role to the schedule – Starting at 9 am (free time)

Create Visitor Role – Only Activities: Drink coffee and Drink tea selected.

Add Visitor Role to the schedule – Starting at 9 am (free time)

Barista only shows up if the main activity selected is: Tend Coffee / Tea Bars and Counters, but even then, they don’t tend the counter.

If the main activity is not selected, the barista role doesn’t show up.”

EA Forum User @laperalt

Baristas hired by clicking on the tea or coffee bar for §100 will act as normal, but not if they’re hired through the custom venues system, although the same user did comment that sims with the visitors role will interfere, causing interruptions and an inability to order food and drinks.

“Also, if you hire a Barista, visitors keep getting in the way, interfering with the barista’s work, which makes it impossible to order a drink or food.”

EA Forum User @laperalt

7. Attraction Preferences Causing Errors and Last Exceptions

Last Exception errors are the cornerstone of broken game features, from broken script mods to just simple issues in the games code causing it to throw these errors. One user noticed that when choosing Attraction Preferences while customizing the role menu, the game throws multiple Last Exception errors, causes UI glitches, and even resets the presets and roles for the Custom Venue.

The Custom Venues and Getaways systems seem to work well for the most part, however, whenever I choose the Attraction criteria for any of my roles, there seem to be some issues. 

1. Sometimes after doing that, the UI on that section goes blank and I cannot choose more items for the criteria of the role. 
2. Whenever I visit the lot, I get and LE that I attached to this post. 
3. This also causes the presets and roles not to be saved. 

This happens in completely new never never-modded saves, and I suspect is the cause for all the reports of presets not being saved. 

EA Forum User @Marquillotuca89

8. Waterlogged Kayaks

The new Kayaking feature is a big part of Gibbi Point, with your sims being able to scamper off from most waterside areas and jump into any available Kayak and work on their skill, paddling around to their hearts content. A recently reported visual glitch seems to show the Kayaks filled to the brim with water.

A visual glitch, where when the kayak is placed in water, the inside of the kayak fills with water. It’s still functional, but decidedly looks weird…

Checked both with and without mods, and in an old and a new safe file, and problem persists throughout.

EA Forum User @pennamepercy

9. Sims Cannot Host Lectures on Getaways

The lectures feature introduced with Businesses & Hobbies is a favorite of many people who play the pack, allowing highly skilled sims to pass their knowledge onto others and even make a buck off of it. However, when trying to create a getaway with lectures (Such as a fitness class lecture), sims cannot be assigned to hold them, but only to attend them. They also lack the ability to attend debates or speeches, meaning that sims performing those actions will be without an audience of any kind.

“How can Sims attend a lecture if no one is holding one? I would like a Sim I don’t control to hold lectures like they can in Business and Hobbies . . .

Something else I found was that there’s no “Watch Debate” or “Watch Speech” options. So Sims who’s role it is to debate or give a speech will be doing so to an empty room. “

EA Forum User @RoxxySims

10. The Papercraft Item is Not Compatible with Snowy Escape Kotatsu Tables

Papercrafting, including papier-mâché and origami, is a large part of the activities included in The Sims 4 Adventure Awaits. A console player, EA Forum User @MyOnlySUNSHINE, found that the papercrafting item requires a chair, not just a surface that a sim can sit at to use it, meaning that Kotatsu tables cannot currently be used despite them having seats.

Papercrafting can be placed on the Kotatsu Table in Live Mode and BB Mode, but it’s unusable.

• Click on Papercrafting >
  • Select “Craft Origami…” >
    • All Origami Papercraft options are greyed out and unavailable. Error Message, “Can’t sit, can’t craft. Get this poor Sim a chair!”
• Click on Papercrafting >
  • Unable to Select “Craft Paper Mache…” Error Message, “Can’t sit, can’t craft. Get this poor Sim a chair!”

EA Forum User @MyOnlySUNSHINE

Have you found any bugs not yet reported on the EA bug report forums? Make sure to follow Sims Community as we update you on the status of The Sims 4 Adventure Awaits Bugs, and other bugs found in the game.

Also, make sure to report any bugs to the EA Forum! This allows devs to review these issues, find the source, and fix them for everyone.