Please fix the butler. I quit using the butler a while ago because each time I left the lot the butler would change. So - I would lose the relationships built with the butler - the clubs - everything. And I would keep getting the klepto butler. With Fame I thought I would try the butler again. How is this still not fixed? Please fix the butler.

"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 agree - they are so worthless. I have not had one in a long time but tried again recently and fired the butler in one day - all she did was stand around outside in the freezing cold weather (how she did not die is beyond me - I was actually hoping she would!) and even if my sim gave her a command, I would get some kind of notice that she could not do that right now - what???? Tell her to cook a meal and it acted like my sims did not have the items needed to do so - um, yes they did.

Thanks. Glad to hear I'm not the only one losing patience with the butler and other NPCs. I would even be more glad if improving the NPCs was on somebody's to-do list.

I wish they would fix them! They are even a main SP feature. I have this bug as well.

I hadn't messed with the butlers before I found there was a mod to make butlers have proper needs (since they, y'know, live in the house). Apparently butlers don't need a LOT of things a regular sim does, which is a little scary and unnerving. So I tested things out, and set a butler to live in a tiny portion of the lot and locked them in, and there was nothing that killed that poor man besides fire or drowning. Scary. I installed the mod ages ago, but never got anther butler because I found that when I let that robot man out, he just stood around, or got a LOT of water from the sinks and let it sit in weird places like behind the tv or ontop the fireplace or in a bookshelf...and he wouldn't actually bother to... do any of his tasks, ever.

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Phaewalker
Rising Rookie
10 months ago
I don't even have access anymore to a gardener. I am guessing EA finally realized that that trait is part of every one of the hires. Although I did think one would harvest it is not the butler, maid, or nanny so maybe it was the gardener. Been so long since I have had one or been able to hire one I have no clue. I am not sure why the maid and nanny do gardening anyway. The butler lives in the home and that makes sense but he/she doesn't respond to door commands and I thought that was one of the main task for a butler.. ? Some of them help with children and if you have twin, triplets or quadruplets it is a big help even with nanny. Lately I am seeing that not even the nanny is doing their job. All they want to do is watch TV and soak in hot tubs or take bubble baths. The butlers go around white gloving everything no cleaning, helping with kids or cooking. The hire NPC are broken and need some serious work.
simstr0ng
5 years ago
@SerenityVIII - have fun with your robots. Learn as you go.
SerenityVIII
New Scout
5 years ago
"simstr0ng;c-17584853" wrote:
@serenity2133 you asked: I just started using the Robot in one of my games however I have not yet experienced all that the Robot can do. How do you find the Robot with household tasks and or childcare?

I think you have to keep directing the robot to do chores. The Servo needs to be "enhanced" to be able to open "modules" which takes a lot of time and parts (to buy or make). Even when fully enhanced I have found I have to direct Servo to do things. So - a Servo is not a perfect helper but better than the butler because you can direct their actions. Servos have a lot of down town "recharging" or "repairing" but I think they are fun. Servos can also have careers - but I haven't tried that.

Ok thank you @simstr0ng for responding. I will have to level up my current Robot and check out how she compares to the Butler. What ever bugs you guys are having, I hope they fix them soon. :)
allykatz77
5 years ago
"Flap;c-17584868" wrote:
Hi guys, let me ask you something: do you press "M" or use "Travel..." option on cellphone?

I found out that if I use Travel option my Sims losts their assignments with beds. Could be the butler bugs (spawning a new one every change of scenery, etc.) somehow related to that?

I use "M" to travel after I have paused the game
texxx78
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"Flap;c-17584868" wrote:
Hi guys, let me ask you something: do you press "M" or use "Travel..." option on cellphone?

I found out that if I use Travel option my Sims losts their assignments with beds. Could be the butler bugs (spawning a new one every change of scenery, etc.) somehow related to that?

I don't have a butler but since the last patch (afer eco lifestyle, not the one today) beds have been loosing their assignements all the time.
janyses
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"Flap;c-17584868" wrote:
Hi guys, let me ask you something: do you press "M" or use "Travel..." option on cellphone?

I found out that if I use Travel option my Sims losts their assignments with beds. Could be the butler bugs (spawning a new one every change of scenery, etc.) somehow related to that?

I use travel 99% of the time, or click the go home icon. I don't recall losing bed assignments, though.
pv-rodriguesds
5 years ago
Hi guys, let me ask you something: do you press "M" or use "Travel..." option on cellphone?

I found out that if I use Travel option my Sims losts their assignments with beds. Could be the butler bugs (spawning a new one every change of scenery, etc.) somehow related to that?
simstr0ng
5 years ago
@serenity2133 you asked: I just started using the Robot in one of my games however I have not yet experienced all that the Robot can do. How do you find the Robot with household tasks and or childcare?

I think you have to keep directing the robot to do chores. The Servo needs to be "enhanced" to be able to open "modules" which takes a lot of time and parts (to buy or make). Even when fully enhanced I have found I have to direct Servo to do things. So - a Servo is not a perfect helper but better than the butler because you can direct their actions. Servos have a lot of down town "recharging" or "repairing" but I think they are fun. Servos can also have careers - but I haven't tried that.
allykatz77
5 years ago
"IceyJ;c-17259798" wrote:
What bothers me is that every time I leave the lot or switch families, my butlers lose the options I've chosen for them. For example, I have to tell them again to bring all visitors in, or to leave my plants alone or stop repairing objects. It's really annoying.

Agreed, that part is annoying. You have to also wait for them to show back up upon getting back to your lot then retell them how to react to visitors, it should keep any commands they have been given.
allykatz77
5 years ago
I would love to have even a cheat to make a household member a butler, then I could fully play my Addams Family (especially now that Morticia and Granmama can become witches) and make the others Vampires maybe, but I could finally have Lurch added to the family as the butler. I know alot of NPCs have not been functioning, if they at least gave us a cheat to use, I would totally appreciate that.