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Re: [ARCHIVED] [HSY] No vendor for thrift tea counter appears

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Sony Playstation 4
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? 1.97
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Seasons, City Living, Snowy Escape, Get Together, Island Living, Discover University, High School Years, Jungle Adventure, Outdoor Retreat, Spa Day, Crystal Creations, Home Chef Hustle, Nifty Knitting, Paranormal, Moschino, Fitness, Bowling Night, Backyard, Romantic Garden, Movie Hangout, Perfect Patio, Luxury Party, Cool Kitchen, Cozy Bistro, Rivera Retreat, Party, Essentials, Urban Homage, Goth Galore, Grunge Revival, Carnarval Streetwear, Fashion Street, Incheon Arrivals
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Travel to ThrifTea in Copperdale of any Player built Thift and Boba tea Shop in a world
What happens when the bug occurs? The only event that is activeat the lot is Amateur Comedy Night no matter the time I arrive at the lot. Also, there is no one manning the counter so I can't buy the Boba tea and food there.
What do you expect to see? When I go on certain days, I expect to see events that is suppose to play out like Poetry reading and the fashion show. I also expect to see a Sim at the counter so I can buy drinks not just at ThifTea in Copperdale but for my assigned lots in my other worlds.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? On console - 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. The patch From July that predated LoveStruck and the Patch that was sent afterwards last month to address stuff broken from that patch.

I'm already irritated that the patches screwed up my game where I can't invite sims to go with me to festivals, can't fish in Sulani nor participate in the fishing competitions, can't resume a knitting project if I stop for whatever reason and let's not forget the lovely error that doesn't let me save over an existing file...but now I can't even get my Boba tea?! Even worse, the counter doesn't even act like the other food counters I have from other packs that would let my sim interact with it. At least if it was like the other counters and no sims was auto-manning it, I could just pay 100 bucks to get a sim to show up or I can get my own food and drink like the bistro bar counter.

Please fix this. It is bad enough that your patches screwed up players' game files but at least the guys on PC can fall back on their modding community to try and fix what you broke. Console players have no such luck so having my game screw up because you guys can't be bothered to pay for a quality QA team to go over your DLCs before you push it out to the market is ridiculous.

Don't think you announcing the Mysims games being put on the Switch is going to distract people of how you messed up with Lovestruck though I was already not planning to get it since you couldn't be bothered to fix My Wedding Stories and hoped people forgot about it. 

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  • 37a589a1ae802857's avatar
    37a589a1ae802857
    New Scout
    7 months ago

    The original Lot in Copperdale is busted and that thread is not only a year old but it doesn't mention the fact that events are also broken. Three events are suppose to happen at that shop: Fashion Show, Poetry Reading and Amateur Comedy. The last event is the only event happening on all days rather than Mondays and Fridays. I'll try to get a picture of the lot but the only reason OP had no problem was because Lovestruck (Bugstruck more like) didn't exist so their save wasn't as messed up.

  • 37a589a1ae802857's avatar
    37a589a1ae802857
    New Scout
    7 months ago

    OK, so I went into the game again and apparently the vendor decided to show up now? Also, there is a Fashion Show going on but it's Saturday...I thought it only happens on Fridays? Regardless it's still being buggy so it needs to be looked at.

    Also, one other thing EA...why can't I make my own Boba tea and I have to rely on using the counter( that's unusuable unless a vender is there)? You guys do know instant Boba exists, right? You could have let us use the Magic Tea Brewer to make it, just add it with the regular teas and put it in a separate wheel. Normally I don't use it since it makes my sim a tea crackhead that won't leave it alone but I have an addiction to Boba tea so this would be the one time I'd allow her to go full addict since I can relate lol 

  • 37a589a1ae802857's avatar
    37a589a1ae802857
    New Scout
    7 months ago

    UPDATE: Now the vendor is making a bunch of drinks that no one has picked up. Pretty sure I saw a bug report about this but now it just happened to me. Man, Lovestruck really jacked things up. 

    On the bright side...free Boba Tea for Me!

  • 37a589a1ae802857's avatar
    37a589a1ae802857
    New Scout
    7 months ago

    Last Update: it is now Tuesday in my game and the Poetry readers are here but no vendor or Thrift Shop Owner like last time. Do they show up on a schedule or are they suppose to be there daily like other service workers on Community lots? Gonna ignore this for now and hopefully there will be a fix in the future.

  • iamthecool1's avatar
    iamthecool1
    Rising Novice
    7 months ago

    I'm having this issue too on PC across multiple saves. I've tried putting a new bubble tea shop, but no dice. It's always amateur comedy night :/ even at noon on a Sunday

  • JMoon_gamer's avatar
    JMoon_gamer
    Seasoned Hotshot
    6 months ago

    Updating this thread, I also see in my current game the problem with the bubble tea barista and the thrift store owner not appearing. Every time my teenage sim goes to bubble tea, there are only 4 sims who are participating in a poetry reading event. I spent hours with Sim at the scene to see if this event would end and the barista and the store owner would show up, but unfortunately neither of them showed up. Detail: apart from the participants in the poetry recitation, no other visiting NPCs or teenagers appear at the site. I don't know exactly when it started, but as I don't play frequently in all worlds and lots and play with rotating families, I hadn't noticed this happening until then. I only noticed it when I decided to go for bubble tea after a looong time. I have almost all the expansions, except the last Passion in sight. Pc game version.

  • JMoon_gamer's avatar
    JMoon_gamer
    Seasoned Hotshot
    6 months ago

    Possible solution: I managed to normalize the appearance of the store owner and the barista. As the poetry event starts on Monday at 3pm, I decided with my sim to show up on that day so that the correct event could begin. So, when Monday arrived at 3pm, the event that was stuck in poetry recitation changed to the fashion show, with customers returning normally, the owner of the thrift store and the barista appearing. I hope this helps anyone who has an event stuck during the week. I believe we just have to wait for another scheduled event to start and it will return to normal.

  • 37a589a1ae802857's avatar
    37a589a1ae802857
    New Scout
    6 months ago
    @JMoon_gamer Interesting, I'll check it out when I go back in the game. I need to look up the schedule for when each event happens but honestly, EA needs to fix this since it should be automatic when events happen like the Bar nights and Karaoke bar where all I have to do is show up to the place...
  • Please help me i got the same exact problem where there’s no vendor at the counter i just got the pack and idk how to fix it

  • Product: The Sims 4
    Platform:Steam-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? 1.110.265.1030
    What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Seasons, cats and dog, city living, cottage living, growing together, discover university, Highschool years, parenthood
    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Go to the thriftea and theres no boba vendor at the counter
    What happens when the bug occurs? Nobody sells boba/drinks
    What do you expect to see? I expected to see the vendor and they would sell boba tea
    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 just got the highschool year expansion pack just now and when i went to try the thriftea shop the vendor wasnt there but when i went at the fair or where the rides at theres was a vendor at the boba stand but not in the thriftea?i did try to remove my ccs and mods and try a new save and still nothing the vendor wont show up And what are the “events” at the thriftea cuz i heard there are some and what day and time do they start

  • 37a589a1ae802857's avatar
    37a589a1ae802857
    New Scout
    5 months ago
    @itsjilliann The whole lot is just broken to be honest. There are three events that are suppose to take place at the lot:
    Sunday: Poetry Reading
    Monday and Friday: Fashion Show
    Wednesday: Comedy Night
    These events are suppose to start at 3pm but it's broken since if you show up at any time, you'll be stuck with an event but the shop owner and the Boba Counter worker won't be there though, there is a chance the event will appear properly if you show up on a designated day at the time it is suppose to start but it is a coinflip.
    I'm really disappointed since I wanted to put this lot in San Myshuno's Fashion District to replace Honey Pop( I repurposed Torenti Towers to a Karaoke Bar/ Nightclub) since it would fit perfectly but the lot's broken and now San Myshuno and other worlds with festivals/ events are busted...

  • itsjilliann's avatar
    itsjilliann
    5 months ago

    Wait really? The other festivals are broken as well? I haven’t been going at san myshuno to attend the festivals but i really hope there’s a way to fix this or they should fix this “bug” cuz its really annoying and frustrating😭😭

  • mourningdove163's avatar
    mourningdove163
    Seasoned Rookie
    5 months ago

    I'm having the same issue and I feel like it may be related to the events being bugged in discover university too. I get notifications for all of them at the same time (up until the 200 notification limit.)

  • mummum601's avatar
    mummum601
    Rising Scout
    5 months ago

    Make sure you all press the “me too” button on the original post.

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