I'm not sure if everyone else is having this problem but my butler is shit. She does nothing I ask her to do. She will do the surface swipe animation, stand there and rarely clean up a plate and if she does it's a whole day after the plate was used. Number 2, the butler doesn't sleep. Yes I have assigned a bed to the butler, yes I have assigned butlers quarters but she won't sleep so time goes painfully slowly when the whole household is asleep. I eventually fired the butler because there was no use for her but anyway I needed the butlers quarters for another bedroom. Am I doing something wrong? I have assigned them the responsibilities I want but nothing. Please help.

I've turned testingcheats on and cas.fulleditmode and attempted to make my butler a neat, perfectionist. This seemed to help a little, but did not fully solve the problem. I do wish there was a bit more autonomy and willingness to be a good little worker drone: I have to tell the butler to let visitors in every time my Sim leaves the house and comes back. I have to tell the butler to clean still, otherwise he stands there pretending to wipe down a desk.Now I have my vampire sim compel others to clean and repair, and that has worked out well for the most part. Also, it's fun.

My butler spends most of her time reading books and eating meals that my sims cooked themselves.

Redmavin, you can tell a butler to clean?! Where did I miss that? It's not under Butler commands anywhere. I was actually disappointed not to see some semblance of "clean" in his command menu. Also how do you edit his personality in CAS if he's not part of your household?

...and how dare you insult Jean Roussel! He has been studying so hard by reading "How to Serve and Not be Served" - A butler's guide to butlering day and night. And all you do is make demands of him and tinkle your privileged little bell.https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/502/32602780182_2e03231429_o.pnghttps://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2907/33990826142_acc4071eb6_o.png

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RedMaven
8 years ago
I've turned testingcheats on and cas.fulleditmode and attempted to make my butler a neat, perfectionist. This seemed to help a little, but did not fully solve the problem.

I do wish there was a bit more autonomy and willingness to be a good little worker drone:

I have to tell the butler to let visitors in every time my Sim leaves the house and comes back.
I have to tell the butler to clean still, otherwise he stands there pretending to wipe down a desk.

Now I have my vampire sim compel others to clean and repair, and that has worked out well for the most part. Also, it's fun.
montello3
8 years ago
bump.
Barracudasuv
8 years ago
My butler spends most of her time reading books and eating meals that my sims cooked themselves.
JavaVerona
8 years ago
Redmavin, you can tell a butler to clean?! Where did I miss that? It's not under Butler commands anywhere. I was actually disappointed not to see some semblance of "clean" in his command menu. Also how do you edit his personality in CAS if he's not part of your household?
Willowana
8 years ago
...and how dare you insult Jean Roussel! He has been studying so hard by reading "How to Serve and Not be Served" - A butler's guide to butlering day and night. And all you do is make demands of him and tinkle your privileged little bell.

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azsimmer1
8 years ago
I like that I can ask him to make a family meal... My biggest problem has been the sleeping, he was going to bed at 5 AM and there is a toddler in the household, so she wakes up by herself.. not good.
bloodwelker
8 years ago
"CursedDice;c-15706405" wrote:
"lilonesub;c-15706345" wrote:
"CursedDice;c-15706308" wrote:
Butler? How did you get a butler?

Butlers come with the Vintage Glamour stuff pack.

Were butlers in Sims 3 base game content?

Butlers in TS3 came with the EP Late Night.
wishinstonez
8 years ago
I must have lucked out! My butler rarely sleeps but otherwise he's very efficient.

There's always one fresh meal on the table, he cleans as soon as there's a puddle or spoiled food or any dirty surroundings, he feeds the toddler, he plays with the toddler, he does the gardening, he repairs anything as soon as it breaks.

My sims have had to do literally nothing around the house. One time I had a visitor who went around breaking everything and the butler followed him fixing the aftermath - it was funny!
janyses
New Observer
8 years ago
I think it's a bug. I had a butler that seemed to stand around and not sleep until I made my sim clean the dirty dishes, etc. Once I did that, the butler immediately went to bed and behaved normally the next day. It's like she was trying to clean or access something she couldn't get to so it made her useless.
knazzer
8 years ago
My butler just stands around all the time and drinks from the globe. I've tried firing them and the replacement is only just as bad :D