Forum Discussion

nxncygee's avatar
5 years ago

[OPEN] [SE] Workaholic Sim keeps trying to leave lot to 'Go To Work'

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 is your current game version number? 1.70.84.1220
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? EPs: All GPs: Realm of Magic, Vampires, Dine Out, Spa Day SPs: Tiny Living, Laundry Day, Movie Hangout
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? When a Sim has a workaholic lifestyle.
What happens when the bug occurs? Sim has workaholic lifestyle and I made them quit their job for a new one. While unemployed, Sim gets extremely Tense about missing work and will perform Go To Work autonomously. Because they have no job, they come back immediately. In another instance, I made another Workaholic Sim enter the active Actor career and they got the Tense moodlet about "missing work" even though they were at the set doing active career. I let it play out and the Sim autonomously performs "Go To Work" and left the movie set lot and loaded back at the Home lot, not making any money for the day.
What do you expect to see? A Workaholic Sim should know that they do not have a job they can go to. They also shouldn't be leaving Active Careers because they want to work.
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

This bug is really frustrating because I'm doing a Super SIm kind of thing and every time I quit a job to enter a new one the Sim just freaks out because of the Workaholic lifestyle. I've had the Sims constantly bugging and going to work on off hours which I know is an in-game feature but they often return immediately with no money or randomly are taking days off (not on Holidays that are on the calendar). The incessant autonomous desire to Go To Work when they're unemployed is annoying because I have to constantly delete the action. This event where the Sim ran off set in order to "Go To Work" after being extremely Tense about missing work was the last straw and I had to report it. The Sim even arrived back home still in costume and makeup.

Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title

20 Replies

Replies have been turned off for this discussion
  • I have a workaholic sim and now basically all that their autonomy ever pushes is to go to work. I can't leave him for one minute unattended or he will go to work.

  • 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 is your current game version number? 1.89.214.1030
    What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All except Werewolves, My Wedding Stories, Journey to Bantu, and the only kits I DO have are Country Kitchen, Bust the Dust, Courtyard Oasis, and Blooming Rooms
    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have a sim sit and tell them to sit them troll teh forums.
    What happens when the bug occurs? Go to Work queues while he trolls the forums, he CAN finish trolling but when he finishes he leaves to work
    What do you expect to see? They just sit down and Troll teh Forums without going to work or some other unprompted action
    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? Neutral/Not Sure 

    I have to tell him to sit, cause my sims struggle using the laptop anyway but I don't mind, and then tell him to troll teh forums. Then a couple actions pop up (not sure if those are cursing since hes tense or going to work) and then are cancelled (not by me, by game) and then eventually "Go to Work" sticks. This only happened within the last few hours and seem to only happen after I tried to make him go to work on off hours once, I also cancelled that like halfway through if it matters. It happened after installing CC and MCCC, I removed those bit by bit and then eventually my whole mods folder and removed anything that wasn't a File Folder from my Sims 4 folder and repaired filed and the issue is still occurring

  • PipMenace's avatar
    PipMenace
    Hero
    3 years ago

    @SimGuruRitzy  Are you still looking for saves? Because my game is still doing this. Stressed from being "jobless" even as she completes daily tasks, constantly trying to leave to "Go to Work" - even while working from home, she'll abandon work tasks because she's too tense from work withdrawal and try to go to work. It's ridiculous. Especially since every Sim always gets workaholic eventually, unless you actually make them skip work on a regular basis.

    I normally have a mod in that fixes the workaholic lifestyle, but since the last update I've been using my mod-free save and I'd forgotten just how bad this bug was.

  • SimGuruRitzy's avatar
    SimGuruRitzy
    Icon for EA Staff rankEA Staff
    3 years ago
    @PipMenace

    Hello,

    Thanks for all of the information about this issue. We no longer need saves for this issue.

    The team is looking into it. However, it will take some time.
  • Cabrilla_11's avatar
    Cabrilla_11
    3 years ago

    Yeah. I'm having the same issue with my 2 of my Sims one is a gardener, and the other is in the military.. They're both workaholics and always tense and miss work to be at work. Its confusing. They're at work? Then they end up leaving early and only making some money, which tarnishes their performance. Its hard to progress with it... I liek to play a household of multiple family sims and so it does it more especially when other things going on. 

  • Asherbean13's avatar
    Asherbean13
    3 years ago

    Do you still need save files for this?  My sim just left a date to go to work before I could cancel it

  • Product: The Sims 4
    Platform:Steam-PC
    Which language are you playing the game in? English
    How often does the bug occur? Rarely (0% - 9%)
    What is your current game version number? 1.108.349.1020 DX9
    What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Snowy escape, Eco lifestyle, Seasons, Get to work, Realm of magic, Jungle adventure, Vampire, Tiny living, My first pet, Backyard, Romantic garden
    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Happens automatically
    What happens when the bug occurs? Sim waking up in the middle of the night and going to work despite not having work
    What do you expect to see? Sim should have slept through the night
    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 

    Sim is a workaholic but has a fear of the dark

  • PipMenace's avatar
    PipMenace
    Hero
    10 months ago

    @MoonCaliope Workaholics are constantly trying to leave the lot to “go to work on off hours” - I would try to get rid of that lifestyle (or use a mod to tone it down)

  • Workaholic sims going in to work at off hours, even though they don't get paid, is part of the way the lifestyle is designed and is not a bug.

    This thread is about the bug where going to work at off hours conflicts with actually going to work at the scheduled time, interrupts sims who are already at work at an active career, or queues up so much that it crashes the game.

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: 3 years ago