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edense
Seasoned Traveler
9 years ago

No Option to Work from Home After Patch

My Meme Maker sim can no longer work from home after the last patch - she finished the work from home that had been saved before the patch, had her current child age up to toddler, gave birth to new child, came home and was forced to go into work when the work day started with no pop-up work from home option or the one from the phone menu.

Mods are all turned off and removed from the game (tried bringing back the updated ones as well just to see if that fixed it by some miracle but no)

Its not the end of the world, but it certainly is annoying

7 Replies

  • Try resetting your user files as described in the factory reset described in this post: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/FAQ-Troubleshooting-Steps-amp-Known-Issues/m-p/3621199

    You won't loose anything. Just make sure to not delete any files  and make a backup.

    Try on a new game with nothing added back first (start new game). If it works, put back your save game and try again. If it still works, you can start putting stuff back.

    • Options.ini (or just re-set all your settings manually)
    • Tray Folder
    • Screenshots/Videos/Custom music
    • Rest of the save games (leave out slot_00000001.save which is the autosave)
    • Custom content like clothing, hair, skins, make up ....
    • Mods (one by one, making sure they all still work)

    The rest does not need putting back, cause they are mostly cache files that recreate or log files that are not needed for the game. 

  • So I keep having trouble allowing my sims to work from home in the city living expansion pack. No cell notification to ask if I want to work from home and the option never appears on the sims cell. What do I do? No mods or nothing has been done before.
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    9 years ago

    Try resetting your user files as described in the factory reset described in this post: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/FAQ-Troubleshooting-Steps-amp-Known-Issues/m-p/3621199

    You won't loose anything. Just make sure to not delete any files  and make a backup.

    Try on a new game with nothing added back first (start new game). If it works, put back your save game and try again. If it still works, you can start putting stuff back.

    • Options.ini (or just re-set all your settings manually)
    • Tray Folder
    • Screenshots/Videos/Custom music
    • Rest of the save games (leave out slot_00000001.save which is the autosave)
    • Custom content like clothing, hair, skins, make up ....
    • Mods (one by one, making sure they all still work)

    The rest does not need putting back, cause they are mostly cache files that recreate or log files that are not needed for the game. 

  • edense's avatar
    edense
    Seasoned Traveler
    9 years ago

    I had thought the issue was fixed after removing my cache files - but it later returned when my sim had her next kid. Rather than being an issue with mods or bad cache files, it seems to be linked to the ability to take family leave - even if you don't actually take the family leave, it disables the option to work from home (but not go into the office) until the family leave time frame ends.

  • Trimoth's avatar
    Trimoth
    Seasoned Veteran
    4 years ago

    what do you mean family leave, My sims will not get the notifcation please help

  • EA_Lanna's avatar
    EA_Lanna
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    4 years ago
    Hi @Trimoth,

    This thread was last active over 5 years ago so we'll lock it here to help limit necroposting.

    Could you create a fresh, new thread please? Add a few more details to help readers understand what the issue is, when it started happening and what steps you've already tried to fix it.

    - EA_Lanna

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