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7 years ago

Butler issues (Sleeping Sims 3)

I was throwing a party at my house when all of a sudden, a thought baloon appeared on my butler's head indicating something was blocking his way. Weirdly enough, what he did next was go to my neighbor's house. I visited that house and found him cleaning that house instead lol. I dismissed him and rehired another butler (which turned out to be the same guy).

He arrived and started cleaning the house then when he was sleepy, he just went for the coffee machine and sat in the dining room for 12 sim hours until he passed out. I've set a bed for him beforehand but he wouldn't use it. So I dismissed him again and rehired a butler — same thing happened. This never happened before. How do I fix this?

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  • @JasonVEVO  Butlers don't always behave the way you'd like.  Drinking coffee instead of sleeping, drinking juice instead of working, not attending to personal hygiene....  (If you're curious, type "sims 3 butler" into a google search field and check out the autofill suggestions.)  I think most players have a sense of humor about this, as butlers are sims too, and can be just as unreasonable as the ones we control.

    But if this bothers you, you can always make the butler part of your active household.  That way, you can redirect his attention when he wanders off or decides to drink twelve cups of coffee instead of going to bed.  If you really want an NPC butler but perhaps one that's better at his job, you can move this one into your home and then kick him out.  I believe when he moves in, he'll lose his job, and if so he won't get it back when he leaves again.  That way, you'll get a different butler the next time you hire one.

  • Make sure that you click the bed and set it to the butlers. I had the same problem where he wouldn’t sleep in his bed but I clicked on his bed and it had an option to set as butlers bed. So I would try that if you are still having issues. 

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