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Riaisntcool
Seasoned Newcomer
2 months ago

My current sim will not go to work (and there's no option to 'go to work')

My current sim will not go to work but however there is no button to 'go to work' or it doesn't say my sim is missing work. In the career tab it will show 'work in 1 hour' but once it hits 8:00am and it's the start of her shift it doesn't give the option to send her to work in the career tab it only says 'happening now' and there is no option to send my sim to work in the pie menu. I've played with this sim from their birth and they have been able to go to school, after school activities and had no problems with university classes either. 

Things I've done to try fix this but haven't fixed the issue:

  • remove all mods and play game without them
  • quit and start a new career (however I still get the same issue where my sim wont go to work even with a completely new career) 
  • quit and start the career again 
  • restart the game 
  • delete the cache 
  • debug reset my sim
  • I've also tried playing as different sim and they will go to their job but it's my specific sim that is only having this issue
  • moved lots 

 

only shows 'happening now' and no 'go to work' buttonafter it's 8:00am this happens and says that work is now again in 24 hours immediately after and there is nothing to say my sim is missing work.no option in the pie menu to send her to work even after going through all of the choices.

 

8 Replies

  • Riaisntcool's avatar
    Riaisntcool
    Seasoned Newcomer
    2 months ago

    someone please help literally loosing my marbles over this issue. 😭 

  • NerdyBacchus's avatar
    NerdyBacchus
    Seasoned Newcomer
    2 months ago

    I have the same problem with my teens being unable to go to high school. My current family has 3 teens and only 1 will go and the other two shows as "Day off!" they can't go to after school activities either. 

  • Riaisntcool  In your screenshot, it’s showing a work from home task which would normally mean you chose to work from home for this shift, which would be why you can’t go to work. Are you not getting the phone call an hour before that gives you the options to go to work, work from home, or take time off?

  • Riaisntcool's avatar
    Riaisntcool
    Seasoned Newcomer
    2 months ago

    PipMenaceunfortunately not, there are no pop ups or calls and I'll play her through to see if it was only just that day but it repeats for the my sim the next day with the same issue. 🤧

  • PipMenace's avatar
    PipMenace
    Hero
    2 months ago

    RiaisntcoolIt does sound like they’re stuck somehow and not registering the start of the new work day. Have you traveled off lot with your Sim at all since  you first had an issue? You’re still testing with mods out, correct?

  • Riaisntcool's avatar
    Riaisntcool
    Seasoned Newcomer
    2 months ago

    PipMenaceyes I've run the game without mods and I've both travelled off lot and also moved the sim into a new lot and also a new household

  • I’m also having the exact same issue! Any solutions! Sims didn’t come home from work, I have to keep selecting leave early! 

  • Hey there!

    I just had this issue on my PC and spent more than 4 hours troubleshooting. In the end it was the save file that I had downloaded that was "too advanced" (had packs I don't own) and thus blocked any Sim with a new job (not the ones who already had jobs on the save file) from going to work. Had to revert to an old version for the bug to disappear.

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