Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Seasons, City Living, Get to Work
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Go into a household, have a sim go to work/school, engage in any interaction that elicits loading screen within gameplay (travel/plan outfit). When the game loads back into gameplay (outside of CAS), all sims have returned from work/school and only reap the benefits of working/being at school for the short duration.
What happens when the bug occurs? Any sims that were either at work or school return before their work shift/school day is complete with no notice of sim having left work or school early. However, the sims do not collect the benefits of a full work/school day. They are only paid for the amount of time they were present at work (prorated at the hourly rate). Performance bar only increases during the time that sims have been at work/school. Sometimes, my sims come back in less than an hour if another sim travels.
What do you expect to see? Sims to remain at their designated roles (work or school) for the entirety of the designated time, unless I, as a player, purposefully control to have sims leave their duties early.
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? Neutral/Not Sure
As described above, my sims who go to work and/or school return from their designated duties if another sim within the same household engage in an interaction that requires the loading screen (such as travelling or CAS). I can't exactly recall the timeline, but this issue started to occur after I had purchased Seasons; whether it was immediately following the expansion or a specific patch.
