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dmcguinness37
Seasoned Newcomer
6 months ago

Sims 1 Legacy BUG - Gardener not showing up, plants dying

I've encountered a bug where I've hired a gardener but the gardener just randomly stops showing up. I've attached a screenshot showing that I cannot call the Gardener (or maid) because I've already hired them. My flowers and plants are dying because they are not being watered. I cannot fire and rehire the gardener as I cannot call them and they do not show up to be spoken to in person. I also noticed this happened once with the Maid but she showed up after a few days.

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  • wiwarez's avatar
    wiwarez
    Rising Novice
    6 months ago

    The gardener, in my case, bugged out as soon as I planted new crops in my garden. The first day of work after I had placed the crops in the garden, he showed up and kept watering the crops over and over again all day long, until I dismissed him personally at night. From that day he never showed up again and, just like the others, no option to call another one on the phone so the service apparently is still recognized as "active" by the game.

  • AstroLizard907's avatar
    AstroLizard907
    Rising Rookie
    6 months ago

    This happened to me, too.  After many many many sim days one finally showed back up randomly.  I had the same issue as you, I couldn't call a new one on the phone and the old one never showed up so I could fire.  It still seems to be kind of buggy, I haven't been counting the days super religiously but it's definitely not every 3 days like it's supposed to be for me

  • NoctisLXV's avatar
    NoctisLXV
    Seasoned Rookie
    6 months ago

    This also happened to me. The gardener only show up like 9 days later for some reason.

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