Fix the Butler!!!

I don't get why they exist, they don't do anything unless I tell them to. I may as well just hire a maid.

Hmm I just recently bought that pack and started using a butler and have not had many issues with him. the only things I have noticed is he stands around a lot and for some reason he won't eat sometimes when he's hungry and stands there pointing to his mouth begging for food but won't get any but other times he does eat, it does annoy me when he won't go to bed and everyone else is so it won't go super fast, he needs an option to make him go to bed and eat. Mine has never changed when I left the lot. All in all my butler actually does a good job, would like it if he would put the laundry away though instead of leaving it sit on the dryer when it's done.

"Stormkeep;c-16892489" wrote:
Just FYI if you haven't tried since the patch.

Hmm, good question, it was a few days ago, so... hard to say. Thanks for pointing this out, I will try them as soon as I have time to play my gardening saves.

Hear hear! I loved my one butler, but with the same issues that many here have that have gone untouched for years, I never wanted anymore butlers after the one. Same goes with terrible pizza delivery service, gardeners who can't recognize when you have a garden or not, and maids that fail to clean up everything that's cleanable.

Maid is working great for me, My active household has used one for 4 generations and counting with no issues. Couldn't live without one, to be honest, so I'm glad she's working. For anyone who does have maid issues, I know there's mods that allegedly fix them; I just haven't needed to use them.

Butlers I've never liked in any sims game...they always end up being more annoyance then help. Sad that we're all the way up to 4 in the series and they still haven't managed to get it right. For those willing to use mods, there are a few that have various butler fixes. https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175405054223/better-butler-and-hire-more-butler-adds-more is one example. Don't think I've seen any that address the butler-changeling issue though.

@TopNotchToddler The last patch indicated they fixed the issue with gardeners. What was happening was that, unless you had plants that actually needed weeding at the time of the call, the game would say you had no garden and not let you hire one. Patch notes said they fixed it, and for me at least, it's working again. Just FYI if you haven't tried since the patch.

"stilljustme2;c-16891576" wrote:
I've had no issues with the maid in my current save (with three kids, my stylist and painter couple needed a maid!); I was thinking of hiring a butler (even added a bedroom in the basement) but sorry to hear they're still broken. What are the main issues? If it's traits, wonder if I can use UI Cheats to change them.

I have to admit that I cannot judge the maid in it's current incarnation, as I said, I stopped using her. As for the gardeners, they ignore my plants if I have them at two or more different places (e.g. behind and in front of the house, indoors and outdoors). Or sometimes I cannot even hire a gardener because I allegedly do not own a garden (I do). And with pizza it's a lottery. Sometimes It get's delivered, but don't count on it.

@stilljustme2 - the issues are you hire a butler - you work on relationships with your family and the butler - you can include the butler in clubs - everything is going great until a Sim in your family travels somewhere and comes home to find a different butler. Not good. I think the butler switch may also occur without travel...I stopped using the butler a while back because of this problem...now with Fame a butler seems like a great idea but I was disappointed to find the butler had not been fixed.

"TopNotchToddler;c-16889398" wrote:

"simstr0ng;d-953362" wrote:
I quit using the butler a while ago

#metoo. And the maid. And the gardener. And I've given up on ordering pizza. NPC's definitely need improvement.

And while we are at it, why only a single butler? Since Get Famous my sims are filthy rich, they want to show it by number of employees.

And for me the most important thing would be some hidden trait cheat to make one or more household members functioning butlers. I've spent so much time creating my Alfred Pennyworth, why is cleaning my Batmobile?

I've had no issues with the maid in my current save (with three kids, my stylist and painter couple needed a maid!); I was thinking of hiring a butler (even added a bedroom in the basement) but sorry to hear they're still broken. What are the main issues? If it's traits, wonder if I can use UI Cheats to change them.

I reported this to answers.ea - also did so 1+ year ago - thanks for keeping this topic alive - maybe we will get a fix.

Players with this issue should add feedback of their experience here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-VGSP-Butler-changes-after-going-to-another-lot/m-p/6734312#M77373

I've had the same Butler ever since VG came out and he hasn't ever changed so I don't really have anything to say about that.