Forum Discussion

simvasion's avatar
9 years ago
Solved

[FIXED] [GT] Barista that initially spawns doesn't start work shift

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? n/a
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Cats and Dogs, Get To Work, Get Together, City Living, Outdoor Retreat, Jungle Adventure, Spa Day, Parenthood, Dine Out, Fitness Stuff, Movie Hangout Stuff, Perfect Patio Stuff, Luxury Party Stuff, Spooky Stuff, Toddler Stuff, Vintage Glamour Stuff, My First Pet Stuff
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Visit any cafe venue.
What happens when the bug occurs? Upon arriving on the lot, the game has spawned the barista, but they are standing idle in the middle of the venue and not behind the coffee bar. They don't have the "Barista" title above their heads, despite them wearing the barista uniform and having it set as their career because the game doesn't assign them the situation job role for actively working barista as part of their spawning on the lot.
What do you expect to see? I expect the game to correctly assign the barista it spawns with the active working situation job role for baristas when loading the cafe lots.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No

Every time I visit either of the two cafe venues in Windenburg, the game spawns a barista that is there when I arrive, and my sim will most likely have an autonomous action to go order a drink or food. But then about two seconds later the action goes away, because the barista isn't actually on the job.

When you hover over the barista that the game summoned to work, they don't have the job title of barista and they go off to do their own thing, acting as a regular customer for the rest of the time they're on the lot (they don't seem to ever want to leave no matter how long you stay on the lot).

A few seconds later after your arrival, a second barista arrives to take over the work shift and go about business as normal. So my sims are able to visit the cafe OK, but it's just weird that the first barista is often redundant.

Also, they all seem to have really weird work hours when you ask them about their career – every barista has 11pm to 7am listed as their working hours.

-------------------------------------

After confirming the bug exists with no mods active, I installed the Sim Info mod which let me inspect the barista that spawned with the lot spin up and they don't have the situation job role for barista active.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    7 years ago

    • Baristas will now leave the Cafe lot once their work shift is over.

    Not 100% sure if these notes refer to this issue

    @simvasion can you give me some feedback if you're still seeing this ?

17 Replies

Replies have been turned off for this discussion
  • simvasion's avatar
    simvasion
    Hero
    8 years ago
    Edited the first post with more current info and the new bug template because this is still an open issue.
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    8 years ago
    Guess I'll need to add this back.

    Thanks for updating.
  • @SimGuruNick

    For some reason since Seasons this had gotten worse at one of the cafes.

    At Hare and Hedgehog, for some reason the game now spawns four baristas when I arrive on the lot. Two of them are there already when the zone loads, and they don't have the barista title and will operate as regular coffee guests even though they are still wearing their barista uniform.

    Then two more baristas will arrive, but they both have the red Barista title at the same time. Only one of them can use the espresso bar, because there's only one on the lot and the other will stand outside at the spawn point idle.

    This doesn't happen over at the other coffee shop, South Square Coffee, but that has whole other issues of simulation lag where after a few seconds the entire lot stops working and every sim stands idle.

    Here is a link to a save where this is happening: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SaiK2TfuP1w6sgCtm2OwKhF4ebDuWoFJ

    When the lot loads, everyone present at spawn time will become a generic cafe customer - this includes the initial baristas the lot spawned and also the new seasonal stall vendor NPCs in the area - they leave their stalls and come to order coffees.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    7 years ago

    • Baristas will now leave the Cafe lot once their work shift is over.

    Not 100% sure if these notes refer to this issue

    @simvasion can you give me some feedback if you're still seeing this ?

  • simvasion's avatar
    simvasion
    Hero
    7 years ago
    I've only been able to visit the two cafes once since the patch, but it seems to be fixed.

    Everything looks like it is working the way it is supposed to - there's only one barista upon arriving at the lot and they are working their shift correctly, leave when it is over and take orders from customers.

About The Sims 4 Bug Reports - Archive

This is a read-only archive of bugs previously reported on Answers HQ. Click "The Sims 4 Bug Reports" in the right-rail to browse and create new bugs.14,625 PostsLatest Activity: 10 months ago