There is a spawn point near the bar in Crystal Valley, by a building near a bridge. Sometimes a sim, often Buddy Scoop, but I had it happen with others as well, will get stuck when spawning in, it seems to be if they happen to spawn under the roof, between the pillars, getting a pathing error when they try to move to where they want to go. This can lead to Buddy not being at his post, because he's stuck at the spawn point. Your active sim will also have interactions with them cancel. If you teleport them out, (with MCCC) they will then move to their destination. But I did try this without MCCC as well and he was still getting stuck, I just couldn't do anything about it.
Buddy is stuck, unable to move, and unable to be interacted withteleported him out and off he goes to his spot by the mine
