It looks like when I place a food stall on a public lot, it is not automatically populated by a NPC. Instead I am required to hire the person for $100. I was in the middle of building a nice shopping center when I got the suspicion that it would not work. I was right. It doesn't make sense for my sim to hire a person for $100 when it is a public lot.Food stalls seem to populate when they are placed in common areas in the neighborhood. Do I need to assign the lot as lounge or something? Right now it is generic lot. Bars seem to auto-populate when I place it in a lounge or restaurant.

I gave up trying to use food stalls on my Lots. Very sad. I hope someone can come in and tell us how to make them work without needing the hire.

Exactly. Having to hire venders seems weird and they should come automatically with the stall.

I think that littlemssam has mod that calls vendors to the food stands and you don't have to pay for them. https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175407521658/free-staff-and-no-phone-call-animation-forI do hope that the devs are working on it -- it's not an actual bug just functionality they overlooked.

I'm also hoping for an update like that. Food stands and also bars should be tended on all public lots. I understand having different community lot types but these objects should function on all of them.

I think littlemssams has a mod to assign npc automatically for cafe, instrument and vendor etc, just downloaded mine few days ago but i have yet to play regularly these past few days so i cannot check if it really works

Stalls need vendors on public lots

elliebreton
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I gave up trying to use food stalls on my Lots. Very sad.

I hope someone can come in and tell us how to make them work without needing the hire.
Writin_Reg
6 years ago
Exactly. Having to hire venders seems weird and they should come automatically with the stall.
justme22
6 years ago
I think that littlemssam has mod that calls vendors to the food stands and you don't have to pay for them. https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/175407521658/free-staff-and-no-phone-call-animation-for
I do hope that the devs are working on it -- it's not an actual bug just functionality they overlooked.
atreya33
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I'm also hoping for an update like that. Food stands and also bars should be tended on all public lots. I understand having different community lot types but these objects should function on all of them.
timurjr96
6 years ago
I think littlemssams has a mod to assign npc automatically for cafe, instrument and vendor etc, just downloaded mine few days ago but i have yet to play regularly these past few days so i cannot check if it really works
mariefoxprice83
Seasoned Hotshot
6 years ago
We definitely need NPCs to automatically man the stlalls. They do it at festivals so why not any other time you place one?
Writin_Reg
6 years ago
"Mariefoxprice83;c-16940762" wrote:
We definitely need NPCs to automatically man the stlalls. They do it at festivals so why not any other time you place one?

I have a feeling it is because we can place them and with the festivale - the game places them.
Alyssa12307
6 years ago
i definitely agree that a vendor should automatically man a stall placed on a public lot. i fully expected it to work when i placed a stall on one of my public lots a while back, because why shouldn't it? i hope this can be fixed in an update soon
Writin_Reg
6 years ago
"Mariefoxprice83;c-16946308" wrote:
"Writin_Reg;c-16945083" wrote:
"Mariefoxprice83;c-16940762" wrote:
We definitely need NPCs to automatically man the stlalls. They do it at festivals so why not any other time you place one?

I have a feeling it is because we can place them and with the festivale - the game places them.

Maybe. I wish it was automatic though.

Agree - it should be especially when we place in a public area.
simgirl1010
Hero
6 years ago
What I usually do is hire a vendor and then use UI cheats to add the $100 back to household funds. Not perfect but but a work-around if you don't mind using a mod. And yeah, I know we shouldn't have to rely on a mod but it is what it is. For the time being. :)

I also use the UI mod to deduct funds whenever my sims visit a community lot that I think should have a cover charge or membership fee.