Please use this thread going forward: [VGSP] Butler changes after going to another lot | EA Forums - 12315633
Modded with MCCC, Better Butler, WW, Basemental, and Nisa's. I've fired one butler multiple times, but he keeps showing up in place of my preferred butler. I finally had enough and offed him with MCCC when I saw him at the gym. His ghost kept whacking at the punching bag like nothing happened. I've only seen two butlers show up at this household, so I'm worried this guy's ghost might arrive to butler.
Tried a fork of the save with all mods removed, and an entirely different butler showed up. I want my cinnamon roll butler back! 🙂
EA Staff (Retired)We're still looking for save files to help us reproduce this issue, thank you! https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/INFORMATION-How-to-Send-User-Files-to-The-Sims-4-Team/m-p/6065302
@SimGuruNick People have this problem since 2018, its almost the end of 2019 and its still not fixed. I play on PlayStation 4 and have this problem everytime I leave my house. It’s annoying, ruins the gameplay experience and needs to be fixed. Not to mention that the buttler is something that people actually pay extra money for since its an add on and not in the base game.
Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Playstation 4
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? 1.23
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Island Living, Seasons, Cool Kitchen Stuff, Dine Out, Get to Work, Parenthood, Cats & Dogs, Toddler Stuff, City Living, Laundry Day Stuff, Vampires, Vintage Glamour Stuff, Get Famous.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Butler is already working, just wait ten in-game minutes, go to work/leave the lot when the game asks you, and get back to the lot.
What happens when the bug occurs? The butler is replaced by a different one when returning back to the lot. Though the bed is still assigned to the previous butler.
What do you expect to see? The butler I originally hired still working on the lot.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? No, because I'm playing on console. No cheats have been used either.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No idea as I got Vintage Glamour Stuff fairly recently after the latest patch (as of this post) had already been installed.
Link to the save right before having to leave the lot (actor career) and with the original hired butler:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bwK0WstK9jnxtf1QuB9kKZV9qY-qqq3E
Though I have to point out this happens whenever you leave to any other lot, whether it's for work or not. Or at least that has happened to me so far.
The same thing is happening with me! I hired a butler to look after my kids, but every time I leave a lot and then come back I see a different butler returning back the same time as me, so leaving my baby abandoned! So annoying, seems like this bug has been around since 2018!
My sim returned from the Hijinks event and the game lagged a bit. So I saved and restarted the game. (Playing on PS4) when the game started I was surprised that my butler was replaced. The original butler is still my Sim’s BFF and the bed is still claimed by them. I even tried to restart the game again because when my Sim went to bed after the event, her butler was still Malcolm. Restarting the game from that save it is now the new butler, Addyson. I’m really bummed out that he is gone because they have such a developed friendship. Not sure if this affects anything else in the game? But I hope that my debacle can help EA figure this out.
**UPDATE**
I went along and continued playing and after returning my Sim from a date, Malcom is BACK! Yay! I don’t know how or why but I hope he stays. Maybe Malcom needed a vacation? I hope this doesn’t happen again.
