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Fanphoria's avatar
Fanphoria
New Spectator
5 years ago

So...about those NPC bartenders and baristas...

I really, really, REALLY wish there was some way to choose who's in the pool to be selected for those jobs (vendor stalls and waiters/hosts too), or at least to DEselect certain sims. I don't want Vlad the vampire to be a random bartender, or Geoffry Landgraab--who already has a job is moonlighting as a barista. I get some people might not mind this, but there should be a way to set it so, I dunno, at least sims that already have regular careers, or have houses of a certain value, aren't selected for those kinds of thing?
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  • logionX's avatar
    logionX
    Seasoned Hotshot
    5 years ago
    You can also control it somewhat by adding households as favorites. The game should not pick them for NPC jobs.
  • Poemetra's avatar
    Poemetra
    5 years ago
    Do you have npc control? Npc bartenders should be new randomized townies, not existing ones unless you have a mod.
  • Fanphoria's avatar
    Fanphoria
    New Spectator
    5 years ago
    I mean, I play with mods now, but it was doing this even when I wasn't playing with any, so I don't think it's because of the mods lol. What's npc control?
  • UnknownGamer85's avatar
    UnknownGamer85
    5 years ago
    NPC control is a mod. I mainly use it to limit the generation of townies. But you can pick and choose who you want to be the mailman, bartender etc...
  • EnkiSchmidt's avatar
    EnkiSchmidt
    Hero
    5 years ago
    Favoriting is a gamble, for some players it seems to work, for me it doesn't. The only way to stop this for me was to mark the household played and register every unemployed sim in it with the ministry of labour.

    I've seen unplayed sims join, quit or change careers autonomously, so maybe that's how Geoffrey became a bartender? By first leaving the secret agent career autonomously and thus becoming available for the bartender role?
  • Sharooonia's avatar
    Sharooonia
    New Spectator
    5 years ago
    I use the NPC Control mod to make sure my premade sims aren't given random jobs.
  • Fanphoria's avatar
    Fanphoria
    New Spectator
    5 years ago
    "UnknownGamer;c-17409291" wrote:
    NPC control is a mod. I mainly use it to limit the generation of townies. But you can pick and choose who you want to be the mailman, bartender etc...


    Do you have a link? Is it up to date?
  • GroovyLady1968's avatar
    GroovyLady1968
    New Spectator
    5 years ago
    I read that NPCC does not recognize some MCCC flags which I use a lot. IMO I would only add a mod like this on a new save. I am very interested in the retail version though. I might have to try it out in a new save. This could actually make running a store fun without all the hassles and long waiting times. No kids as customers sold me.

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