I've been working on a new save for a few months now, where all the npc sims are created by me or EA by default, not randomized. With the help of Zero's Assign NPC Jobs mod, I was able to assign the sims I wanted to their role and everything was working flawlessly.
Sometime after the arrival of infants or for rent, sims that had npc jobs involving a location have now lost them and been replaced. Bartenders, gym trainers, librarians, retail workers, spa workers, restaurant workers, and veterinarians. Even EA sims like Supriya Delgato, who normally spawns as a vet in a new save, is not showing up.
I've tried taking all mods out, repairing my game, deleting cache files, and regenerating my documents folder. Using the in-game cheat codes to assign npc roles does not work any more for these jobs, nor do mods. The role will apply initially, but it's removed after re-opening the game. When you ask the sim about their career, they will say "I'm a gym trainer at ." and never show up at any gym. It seems like something has broken or changed and they now need to be assigned to specific locations. As far as I know, there isn't a way to do that currently.
Is anyone else having any similar issues with these npc roles? I've only found one recent answers HQ post that was vaguely similar, but not quite. The solution was to turn fame back on, which didn't fix it for me.
@little-moondust
Update your venue list with Basemental of Jan 3 2024
Move all mods files / tray / thumbcache / saves to desktop
Repair
start a clean new game with fame opt in trick.
Then put your mods etc back and your saves and it should work.
NOT an EA approved but having the venue list and doing that that way fixed all the major issues with NPC and For Rent I was having.
(But updating the venue alone did not )
