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reboot2019
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4 years ago

[OPEN] [VGSP] [BDK] Butler/Maid trying to vacuum puddles

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? 1.86.166.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? everything
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? have the a sim take a bath
What happens when the bug occurs? butler whips out his vacuum and spends all day failing to suck up the puddle
What do you expect to see? just user a mop!
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

I've tried this with & without mods,

I have bust the dust turned off in the settings. But in one household with a butler every time the sims take a bath and leave a puddle on the floor the butler pulls a big pink vacuum cleaner out of his pocket and fails to clean up the flood.

It's really irritating as everything to do with the pack should be disabled.

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  • Product: The Sims 4

    Platform: PC

    Which language are you playing the game in? English

    How often does the bug occur? Only when the maid tries to clean up a puddle

    What is your current game version number? The most current? I'm not sure

    What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All except For Rent

    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Hire a maid and have your sim leave a puddle of water on the floor. The maid will eventually try to use a vacuum to clean it up instead of a mop.

    What happens when the bug occurs? The maid will use a vacuum instead of a mop. I'll reset the maid several times before they'll finally use a mop. The most recent occurrence I had to reset the maid 7 times.

    What do you expect to see? The maid using a mop instead of a vacuum.

    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? Not sure. I haven't changed my system.

    Please describe the patch or change you made. only updates from EA

  • Yeah so Butler always tries to vacuum every time all trash piles before realising that they can't and only after lot of time will finely pick it up. This takes a lot of time and you can't have several Butlers so I would like to this bug to be fixed.

    I have every pack, no mods, happens 100% of times and started after the vacuum kit.

  • JoBing1689's avatar
    JoBing1689
    Rising Scout
    2 years ago

    Butler keeps vacuuming trash piles without anything happening and after a long time, they have to finally just pick it up. It takes so long my sim have to do it. Same thing with puddles. And Horse poo.

    I have every pack and kit, started with vacuum kit download, 100% of time and don't use mods.

  • This issue is very annoying because the vacuuming animation takes too much time, and it doesn't actually clean the puddles. Maids sometimes will spend too much time trying (and failing) to vacuum puddles, that by the time their shift is over, the house still is still dirty.

    I want to mention that if you have Horse Ranch and you are living on a ranch with horses, having a maid is a nightmare. They literally spend all day trying to vacuum the horse manure. And just like puddles, it doesn't actually clean anything! They will waste their entire shift outside and ignore almost everything else.

  • DramaQ1's avatar
    DramaQ1
    Rising Adventurer
    10 months ago

    I'm going to have to decide this is not a bug, just bad design. It's universal in my game, not just maids and butlers. Everyone thinks vacuuming puddles and manure etc. is the only way to go. Bust the dust indeed.

  • Literally happened to me too. At least the puddle went away after the maid was done vaccuming. 

  • mummum601's avatar
    mummum601
    New Adventurer
    8 months ago
    @crinrict Could you please provide a link to the existing bug report so i can "me too" it.
    Thanks
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    8 months ago
    @mummum601 This one is the correct thread to me too. I merged another thread into this one. That's all.

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