Re: [ARCHIVED] Sims Icons staying grey after coming back from work
It DOES seem that this issue is back (although I never experienced it the first time around). I thought it was perhaps an issue with one specific household, but it's not. It seems to happen mainly to my teens coming home from either work or school. They physically arrive home, but their icon is still grayed out as if they're still at school/work. And they don't seem to follow direction in this state (I know what they say about being physically present but being mentally elsewhere, but that's not so fun in the Sims!).
It is possible to have them leave work or school early to "fix" the problem (although it doesn't work for me until after I've either reloaded the game, or re-entered the lot from manage world), but not without consequences. If you wait too long to do it, their needs drop drastically. AND you also wind up with a performance loss as the game thinks the sim is quitting early when really they've put in overtime. My one teen is now an F student because of this repeated problem, and he's not doing so hot in his job, either!
Hope this gets fixed in a patch ASAP!!!