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I'm making a note of this here so I can find it again later, sourced from user Zerioth on the EA Sims 4 forum who found a workaround for virtuoso spellcaster sims who end up in a bugged xp-bar loop and can't earn further perk points. I've substituted my preferred commands for turning cheats on and off.

1. Open console with CTRL+SHIFT+C and enable cheats: testingcheats on

2. Then type: stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_WitchOccult_WitchXP 50

3. Then type: stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_WitchOccult_WitchXP 2350

4. Then turn cheats back off with: testingcheats off

Copy/paste works using the longer lines of cheat code. What this does at steps 2 and 3 is reset the sim's spellcaster rank to neophyte and then sets it back to virtuoso. No perk points are lost in this process, and the sim is again able to earn spellcaster xp properly.

Edit: I'm also including the cheat to add a perk point, because the spellcaster xp bar likes to bug out right at the very end of the bar.

stats.set_stat rankedStatistic_WitchOccult_WitchXP 2850

Source:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-ROM-Spellcaster-XP-bar-loops-after-max-level-no-more/m-p/9528361#M157640

This has probably been done better elsewhere but after putting some notes together for myself and a friend... here ya go. This guide only uses Kingsmouth quests and assumes the ability to use free anima leaps, although it would still be relatively quick with having to run everywhere. It takes about 20 minutes to do the entire circuit on a level 30 character, so a level 50 can probably do it in 15 minutes without interruption and with the best results on spawn proximity. This guide can also be followed just fine at low level as soon as all the quests used in it are unlocked.

Easy peasy version:

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Challenge Journal Part 1:

Get hippy camp red quest
Go into tunnel and get complaint form sidequest
Finish complaint form sidequest (done: side mission 1)
Finish red quest (done: main mission 1)
Get and finish nearby van sidequest (done: side mission 2)

Get very first red quest from Jack Boone
Get Bullets for Andy sidequest while doing red quest
Finish red quest (done: main mission 2)
Finish Andy's bullets sidequest (done: side mission 3)
Get Andy's first red quest

STOP and do 4 Item Empowerments, one combination at a time (done: item empowerments)
Finish red quest, this should net 50 kills before completion (done: main mission 3, 50 kills)
CHECK to be sure first set of objectives is complete


Challenge Journal Part 2:

Get Andy's second red quest
KILL mobs that are in easy range of the path you are already taking, don't bother forcing more than 70 kills by the next few steps
Finish Andy's second red quest (done: main mission 1)
Get and work on Moose's first red quest
When picking up diesel, do pods/incubator area bounty (done: side mission 1)
When at firehouse, do firemen area bounty (done: side mission 2)
When leaving firehouse, get and do the Cleaner's corpse sidequest (done: side mission 3)
When at cafe getting orange juice, pick up both mail package sidequests
Finish red quest (done: main mission 2)

Go to Raven's Knock and deliver package (done: side mission 4)
Go downstairs, get and do Madame Roget's red quest (done: main mission 3)
-Note: DO NOT USE STUNS OR INTERRUPTS ON THE PRE-FINAL-BOSS REVENANT STAGES
-Note: DO NOT ONE-SHOT FINAL BOSS IMMEDIATELY, wait until he is fully visible and casting

Go to the church and deliver package (done: side mission 5)
CHECK number of kills left, kill extra mobs in back of graveyard and during mass graves quest if you are more than 17 kills away from 100

Get and do church first red quest (done: main mission 4)
- Note: DO NOT ONE-SHOT THE SPECTER BEFORE IT KNOCKS YOU OVER
Get and do church second red quest (done: main mission 5, 100 kills)
Do 6 Item Empowerements, one combination at a time

Done!


And if you need a vendor, there is one at the small house a short run south-east of where this guide ends.


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Much more in-depth version (same thing as above but with way more details and proper mission/NPC names):

Challenge Journal Part 1:

Use the Camping Grounds anima leap.
Get Che Garcia Hansson's red mission "Rolls Downhill".
Get the side mission "Trespassers" from the Complaint form in the nearby tunnel.
Finish "Trespassers".
Finish "Rolls Downhill".
There will be an Abandoned orochi van nearby, get the side mission "Badge of Honour".
Finish "Badge of Honour".
Use the Agartha Entrance anima leap.
Get Jack Boone's red mission "For a Fistful of Zombies".
While that is in progress, get the side mission "Bullets for Andy" from the Policeman's corpse.
Finish "For a Fistful of Zombies".
Finish "Bullets for Andy.

Get Deputy Andy's red mission "Elm Street Blues".
STOP and do 4 Item Empowerments, one combination at a time.
Finish "Elm Street Blues" which should also finish the 50 kills objective.
CHECK to be sure the first set of Challenge Journal objectives has completed.


Challenge Journal Part 2:

Use the Sheriff's Department anima leap.
Get Deputy Andy's red mission "Draugnet".
Kill mobs that are in easy range of the path you are already taking. Don't bother forcing more than 70 kills by the next few steps, because required kills for the rest of the guide will net the rest of the 100 kills. As you repeat this route over time you will get a good feel for roughly how many packs of zombies puts you in the safe zone for kills. Note that you can also fill in kills later on in the guide if absolutely necessary.
Finish "Draugnet".
-Note: West-most docks in harbor has several Impalers on and near it; if too many spawns of anything required for this mission are dead, try the northwest, north, and south areas of the harbor.

Use the Sheriff's Department anima leap.
Get and work on Sandy "Moose" Jansen's first red mission "Death, and the Instruments Thereof".
When picking up diesel, do "Defeat Brood Pots or Incubators" area bounty.
When at the firehouse, do "Defeat Zombie Firefighters" area bounty.
- Note: If too many firemen are dead and you don't want to wait on respawn, substitute a side mission from the nearby park (Box of squid or Lost cell phone).
When leaving the firehouse and heading for the cafe, get the side mission "Dirty Laundry" from the Cleaner's corpse.
Finish "Dirty Laundry".
When at the cafe getting orange juice, pick up the side missions "To the Raven's Knock" and "To Kingsmouth Congregational Church", both of which will be called "Neither Snow nor Rain nor Zombies".
Finish "Death, and the Instruments Thereof".

Run to the Raven's Knock and finish that version of "Neither Snow nor Rain nor Zombies".
Go downstairs and get Madame Roget's red mission "The Raven".
Finish "The Raven".
- Note: DO NOT ONE-SHOT THE FINAL BOSS IMMEDIATELY, wait until he is fully-visible and preferably casting. One-shotting him too fast will bug the battle and require logging out and back in, then redoing the summoning. You can freely stun or interrupt the final boss as much as you like. However, stunning or interrupting the previous stages of the revenant can bug him and make him invincible if he was trying to drop his feather when interrupted (run away a decent distance and then go back to his spot to fix him).

Run to the church and finish that version of "Neither Snow nor Rain nor Zombies".
CHECK the number of kills left on the Challenge Journal.
Kill extra stuff in the church back graveyard and during the mass graves mission if you are really far off from the 100 kills requirement. Note that at least 17 kills are guaranteed from the rest of this guide.

Go into the church and get Henry Hawthorne's first red mission "A Sacred Place".
- Note: DO NOT ONE-SHOT THE SPECTER BEFORE IT KNOCKS YOU OVER. This can bug the quest and require logging out and back in to fix.
Finish "A Sacred Place".
Get Henry Hawthorne's second red mission "Dust to Dust".
Finish "Dust to Dust".
Do 6 Item Empowerments, one combination at a time.

Done!

Just archiving some scripts in case I have to reformat again anytime soon. I found these via Google and they work on Firefox 18 (Windows XP). Update April 2016: added more and some of this no longer works, sadly. I've also updated the post date for this post so I can find it easier. Firefox is now at version 46... eesh.


hide "unsorted bookmarks" (bookmarks menu)

/* Hide "Unsorted Bookmarks" in bookmarks toolbar menu */
#BMB_unsortedBookmarks { display: none !important }


hide "subscribe to this page" (bookmarks menu)

#BMB_subscribeToPageMenuitem,

#BMB_subscribeToPageMenupopup,

#BMB_subscribeToPageMenupopup

{display: none}

#subscribeToPageMenuitem, #subscribeToPageMenupopup {display: none !important; }


hide favorites star in url bar

#urlbar-icons > #star-button
{
display: none !important;
}


put bookmark control menu items at top of bookmark menu:

@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* only needed once */

/* move "Show All Bookmarks" to the top of the Bookmarks drop-down list */
#BMB_bookmarksPopup #BMB_bookmarksShowAll {-moz-box-ordinal-group:0}

/* move "Show All History" to the top of the History drop-down list */
#PanelUI-history > * {-moz-box-ordinal-group:3!important}
#PanelUI-history > label.panel-subview-header {-moz-box-ordinal-group:1!important}
#PanelUI-history > #PanelUI-historyMore {-moz-box-ordinal-group:2!important}


didn't end up useful but here it is anyways (hiding the star next to the bookmark list button):

#bookmarks-menu-button toolbarbutton { visibility:collapse !important; }

[ Shadows of Chernobyl ] [ Call of Pripyat ] [ Clear Sky ] Thoughts


Shadows of Chernobyl

I really like this game, much more than I thought I would. I watched some of Helloween4545's Let's Play of the game and in the process snagged SoC and CoP during a Steam sale ($10 grand total, whoo!). I'm no longer watching the LP until I finish the game because the plot has become interesting enough. It should be noted that this is the first game I've played in the series, and (currently) do not own Clear Skies. The timeline for the series goes CS > SoC > CoP while the retail release order was SoC > CS > CoP.

The Oblivion Lost really is a must-have mod, love those blowouts (SoC Steam version took them out for some reason)... and the fact that I can now stand completely in the open now and survive them. Very handy, considering their propensity to show up at terribly-inconvenient times. Also, it kills the godsawful head-bob, which only activates now when health is dangerously low and the character is staggering.

This game took a while to get into properly simply because you start with a pistol while there seem to be a lot of nasty enemies who aim very well even on Noob mode (or worse, have assault rifles), and your starting armor is pretty darn crap. Also, I realized just how long it had been since I've played a PC shooter and how bad I suck at them.

I spent a lot of time killing dudes for loots, and the practice really helped plus I love not having to worry about repair costs later on in the game thanks to the cash I made. It meant delaying the main mission plotline, but I didn't really realize that at the time... and I enjoyed my shoot-loot-sell days anyways. Also, I abuse the hell out of quicksave because... quicksave! xD

Anyways, once you get an assault rifle yourself, things get easier. Once you finally find a scope, things get way better. An AK-74 Rapid assault rifle to which I attached a scope and silencer went through a lot of the game with me, eventually swapped out with a HK G36K assault rifle (which comes with its own scope and I added a silencer to it too), and then the FN 52000 assault rifle plus silencer which I swap out at random with the kickass super-zooming VSS Vintorez sniper rifle that has its own silencer already. The latter has excellent magnification, accuracy, damage, and noise reduction. Yum.

And then there's the scary factor. Helly said something to the effect of this being the scariest game he's ever played, and while I noted some tension during the more standard shooter parts (and no, I did not enjoy my first meeting with a Controller), I was thinking "This ain't no Amnesia / Silent Hill." Then I hit my first lab mission... and spent most of my time either running like mad, or with my ass against the wall in a corner going "nopenopenopenopenopenopenope!"



Call of Pripyat

I've played only about an hour and a half of the game at the time of writing this, but I can already tell the feel of the game is a bit different. Kinda sad, as I really like the feel of SoC, but the AtmosFear and Absolute Nature/Structures graphics mods definitely help make the game prettier... in that grungy post-apocalyptic way.

Shadows of Chernobyl [ Call of Pripyat ] [ Clear Sky ] [ Thoughts ]
Mods installed: Oblivion Lost

Noob mode game "Shane"
Hours played: 66

Rank: Expert
Group: Loner
Reputation: Excellent
Starting weight: 25kg
Money: 363,506 RU

Status: Game completed, freeplay mode enabled
Wish: "I want to be rich."

Armor: SSP-99M Suit
First slot gun: none
Second slot gun: VSS Vintorez sniper rifle (integrated scope and silencer)

Equipped Artifacts: Electro Porcupine x2, Porcupine x3, Old Glassbeads, Fiery Soul x2, Fire Tears x2

Armor cumulative stats:
Burn: 90%
Electric Shock: 55%
Impact: 50%
Rupture: 50%
Radiation: 90%
Telepathy: 70%
Chemical Burn: 90%
Explosion: 60%
Bulletproof Cap: 45%

Artifact stats:
Radiation: -421 +5 = -416
Endurance: +409 -86 = +323
Bleeding: = -0%
Health: +1200%

Stalkers killed: 1,413
Top 20 Stalkers ranking: #1 (4,730 ranking points)
Difficulty points from Killed Stalkers: 408,176
Difficulty points from Killed Mutants: 74,730
Difficulty points from Completed Quests: 1,142
Difficulty points total: 484,048

100 Rads bar stash: FN 52000 assault rifle + silencer, PSZ-9Md Universal Protection suit, ammo for the guns I use/stashed, medkits, food, bandages, anti-rads, a couple of artifacts, weapon attachments (scopes, grenade launchers, silencers)

Pripyat Kindergarten stash: VSS Vintorez sniper rifle plus ammo for it, medkits, bandages, food, antirads


Hell mode game "Riddick"
Hours played: 2

(will update this if/when there's anything worth posting... pretty much starting gear plus the first basic assault rifle and mister shotty)

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This is my character infos and whatnot for the XBox 360 version of Saints Row 2.

Name: Ashe
Gender: Male
Race: Asian (half Chinese, half Japanese)
Appearance: wiry build, black eyes and short black hair
Orientation: gay
Personal Style: Crossdressing, fedoras
Tattoos: Chinese dragon on his back
Gang Style: ninjas and fast cars
Cribs Owned: all, completely ugraded
Gangs Defeated: Ronin
Game Completion Progress: 46%
Neighborhoods Owned: 35/45
Missions Completed: 40
Hours Played: 44
Cash: $236,066

Etc: Due to the game only having three male voice choices, I went with the bad Spanish accent as it was the least totally unlike him (and he's one of my longest-running original characters). So, basically I have a guy running around in a dress, heels, and a fedora, beatin' down on punks and talking smack in a voice that sounds like Antonio Banderas on crack. I love this game.

Should ye be curious, the following entries and/or outside links contain my shenanigans in recent non-MMO games; games without links don't have anything online and/or are listed for amusement's sake:

American McGee's Alice * and Alice: The Madness Returns * Dragon Age Origins °* Fallout 3 * Fallout 4 * Minecraft * Oblivion GOTY Edition °* Pokémon Black * Pokémon SoulSilver * Saints Row 2 °* Sims 3 °* Skyrim °* S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series * Vampire The Masquerade: Redemption * Wheelman °*

* Active
* Played Occasionally
* Stalled / On Hold
* Not Currently Playing / Still Installed (PC)
° XBox 360


Waiting for when my real gamer PC is built:
Fallout 3, Oblivion, Hellgate London, American McGee's Alice: Madness Returns

Everything before this was imported from LiveJournal.

Just so ya know. XD