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 expansio...
Fixed an issue where the UI would occasionally indicate that a Sim was at work, when they were actually at home, which would block access to the Sim’s inventory.
Note: If a save file created prior to this update contains a Sim that’s already in this bad state, simply traveling to another lot with that Sim will permanently fix this issue.
Fixed in Patch 1.51.75
I hope this is fixed for good now .. although it might not be.
I'm going to lock this thread cause it's best to have a fresh me too count if it still occurs.
Please open a new thread if you still have this issue.
Be aware that you need to fix already affected Sims manually by leaving work early or traveling.
If your sim is at home, but their face is greyed out and the game thinks they are at work, I've found that just saving the game and exiting to the main menu, then reloading into the house was enough to workaround it.
When you load back in, your sim will still be greyed out and show as if they are at work, but now the Leave Work Early button should actually work after the reload. You should be able to force them back to normal that way.
Something similar happened to me recently, but the sim in question can be directed to do tasks and take care of needs. The icon shows the 'at work' and 'social' buttons, and the inventory is inaccessible. The sim in question is in the Writer career, Author branch, level 7 (Novelist); her aspiration is Bestselling Author and she is on the final step trying to write 3 more bestsellers. I am not completely certain what caused this sim to become stuck "at work"; she did not travel anywhere, nor did any of the other sims in the household. I believe I had directed her to write another book, and when it came time for work, I cancelled the action to write. The game said she was on her way to work, and I didn't even notice she was still home until much later in the sim-day. I *think* she continued writing instead, and the game marked her as being at work when she was still home. Two other sims in the household went to work autonomously during the time, one before and one after the affected sim was supposed to go to work. The only other thing that I can think of that happened in this time is that an infant was born into the family right around the same time, but I don't think this is related to the problem.
I let her run through two full workdays, hoping it would reset on the next day, but she didn't go to work at the correct time the second day. After I found the issue and she was supposed to be home (the first night), I saved and exited the game, deleted the cache files, repaired the game and re-entered. She was still stuck listed as "at work", and when the time for her to go to work rolled around again, she changed into her work clothes but didn't go to work. I was able to tell her to leave work early (I waited until her shift on the second day would have ended) and it immediately got rid of the 'at work' status. Her progress for work also reset, saying she had not done any of the work-related tasks for the day (she had completed it).
Relevant game info:
Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in?English How often does the bug occur? Just this one time so far What is your current game version number?Version 1.48.94.1020 What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed?Romantic Garden, Grim's Ghoulish Guitar, Holiday Celebration Pack Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used. Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system?Yes Please describe the patch or change you made. Dec 20, 2018 hotfix patch to version 1.48.94.1020
I have saved game files that I originally uploaded for a different issue (digitalistic sketchpad "broke" and only offers me the choices to paint from reference or place the sketchpad). I will go back through my saves and add one from before she got stuck, if it will help.
I was trying to find someone to whom I can PM the links, but not having any luck so the link is in the spoiler tag:
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