One of my sims went to work, and after coming home from work, was still shown as being at work in the household members panel.
Additionally, the away action that she was doing could be changed, with Schmoozing with Boss giving a boost to her career performance.
Hi AvaSJones
does it work if you choose leave work early ?
Unfortunately this is a symptom of a bug and it's unclear what's causing it.
Did you get any LastException files ?
I tried selecting 'leave work early' and the sim was still shown as being at work (and still Schmoozing with Boss)
I do have a LastException file, which I believe is for this bug (I was testing multiple other bugs when this bug occured), and I have attached it below.
The attachment appears not to have worked, I'll copy the file below:
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<report><version>2</version><sessionid>63cd65ef68e1280d68b4a9ee</sessionid><type>desync</type><sku>ea.maxis.sims4.15.macarm64</sku><createtime>2025-08-31 23:26:52</createtime><buildsignature>Local.Unknown.Unknown.1.117.227.1230-1.200.000.673.Release</buildsignature><categoryid>__init__.py:462</categoryid><desyncid>63cd65ef68e1280d68b4a9ee</desyncid><systemconfig/><screenshot/><desyncdata>Exception reserving for transition: <TransitionSpecCython: stand@object_Counter_1part_deco:0x09621537380b1a95[0]> (RuntimeError: Attempt to reserve slots without a valid runtime slot: (_SlotManifestEntrySingle(actor=<Definition: 8094>, target=<part 0 on object_Counter_1part_deco:0x09621537380b1a95>, slot=frozenset({<class 'sims4.tuning.instances.animationSlot_SimInteraction'>})),)) Traceback (most recent call last): File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Core\sims4\utils.py", line 179, in wrapper File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\areaserver.py", line 222, in c_api_server_tick File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\zone.py", line 520, in update File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\time_service.py", line 117, in update File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\scheduling.py", line 231, in simulate File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\elements.py", line 376, in _run File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\postures\transition.py", line 601, in _run_gen File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\postures\transition.py", line 335, in _do_transition File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\animation\__init__.py", line 462, in update_reserved_slots RuntimeError: Attempt to reserve slots without a valid runtime slot: (_SlotManifestEntrySingle(actor=<Definition: 8094>, target=<part 0 on object_Counter_1part_deco:0x09621537380b1a95>, slot=frozenset({<class 'sims4.tuning.instances.animationSlot_SimInteraction'>})),)rtim=0 Client Session Time: 21.31 Num Save Errors: 0 Num Load Errors: 0 Current Game State: 0x96d01090 LoadingScreenActiveFlag: 1 Origin Version: 10,5,96,47512 Modded: True SystemInfo: Mac OS X Version 15.6.1 (Build 24G90) GPU: Apple M1 Max macOS Metal driver 0.0.0.0 Architecture: arm64 </desyncdata></report>
<report><version>2</version><sessionid>63cd65ef68e1280d68b4a9ee</sessionid><type>desync</type><sku>ea.maxis.sims4.15.macarm64</sku><createtime>2025-08-31 23:26:52</createtime><buildsignature>Local.Unknown.Unknown.1.117.227.1230-1.200.000.673.Release</buildsignature><categoryid>time_service.py:196</categoryid><desyncid>63cd65ef68e1280d68b4a9ee</desyncid><systemconfig/><screenshot/><desyncdata>Exception in Sim Timeline: Exception running Element (RuntimeError: Attempt to reserve slots without a valid runtime slot: (_SlotManifestEntrySingle(actor=<Definition: 8094>, target=<part 0 on object_Counter_1part_deco:0x09621537380b1a95>, slot=frozenset({<class 'sims4.tuning.instances.animationSlot_SimInteraction'>})),)) Traceback (most recent call last): File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\scheduling.py", line 231, in simulate File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\elements.py", line 376, in _run File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\postures\transition.py", line 601, in _run_gen File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\postures\transition.py", line 335, in _do_transition File "postures/posture_graph.py", line 1417, in postures.posture_graph.TransitionSpecCython.do_reservation File "postures/posture_graph.py", line 1405, in postures.posture_graph.TransitionSpecCython.do_reservation File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\animation\__init__.py", line 462, in update_reserved_slotsRuntimeError: Attempt to reserve slots without a valid runtime slot: (_SlotManifestEntrySingle(actor=<Definition: 8094>, target=<part 0 on object_Counter_1part_deco:0x09621537380b1a95>, slot=frozenset({<class 'sims4.tuning.instances.animationSlot_SimInteraction'>})),)rtim=0 Client Session Time: 21.31 Num Save Errors: 0 Num Load Errors: 0 Current Game State: 0x96d01090 LoadingScreenActiveFlag: 1 Origin Version: 10,5,96,47512 Modded: True SystemInfo: Mac OS X Version 15.6.1 (Build 24G90) GPU: Apple M1 Max macOS Metal driver 0.0.0.0 Architecture: arm64 </desyncdata></report>
<report><version>2</version><sessionid>63cd65ef68e1280d68b4a9ee</sessionid><type>desync</type><sku>ea.maxis.sims4.15.macarm64</sku><createtime>2025-09-01 01:32:46</createtime><buildsignature>Local.Unknown.Unknown.1.117.227.1230-1.200.000.673.Release</buildsignature><categoryid>career_base.py:3195</categoryid><desyncid>63cd65ef68e1280d68b4a9ee</desyncid><systemconfig/><screenshot/><desyncdata>Exception in Unknown timeline: Exception running Element (AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'cancel_user') Traceback (most recent call last): File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\scheduling.py", line 231, in simulate File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\elements.py", line 376, in _run File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\sims\sim_info_interactions.py", line 77, in _run_interaction_gen File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\careers\career_interactions.py", line 473, in _run_interaction File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\careers\career_base.py", line 3195, in leave_work_early File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\services\rabbit_hole_service.py", line 259, in try_remove_sim_from_rabbit_holeAttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'cancel_user'rtim=0 Client Session Time: 21.31 Num Save Errors: 0 Num Load Errors: 0 Current Game State: 0x96d01090 LoadingScreenActiveFlag: 1 Origin Version: 10,5,96,47512 Modded: True SystemInfo: Mac OS X Version 15.6.1 (Build 24G90) GPU: Apple M1 Max macOS Metal driver 0.0.0.0 Architecture: arm64 </desyncdata></report>
<report><version>2</version><sessionid>63cd65ef68e1280d68b4a9ee</sessionid><type>desync</type><sku>ea.maxis.sims4.15.macarm64</sku><createtime>2025-09-01 01:32:50</createtime><buildsignature>Local.Unknown.Unknown.1.117.227.1230-1.200.000.673.Release</buildsignature><categoryid>career_base.py:3195</categoryid><desyncid>63cd65ef68e1280d68b4a9ee</desyncid><systemconfig/><screenshot/><desyncdata>Exception in Unknown timeline: Exception running Element (AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'cancel_user') Traceback (most recent call last): File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\scheduling.py", line 231, in simulate File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\elements.py", line 376, in _run File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\sims\sim_info_interactions.py", line 77, in _run_interaction_gen File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\careers\career_interactions.py", line 473, in _run_interaction File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\careers\career_base.py", line 3195, in leave_work_early File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\services\rabbit_hole_service.py", line 259, in try_remove_sim_from_rabbit_holeAttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'cancel_user'rtim=0 Client Session Time: 21.31 Num Save Errors: 0 Num Load Errors: 0 Current Game State: 0x96d01090 LoadingScreenActiveFlag: 1 Origin Version: 10,5,96,47512 Modded: True SystemInfo: Mac OS X Version 15.6.1 (Build 24G90) GPU: Apple M1 Max macOS Metal driver 0.0.0.0 Architecture: arm64 </desyncdata></report>
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These are all from modded games. Thought you never used any ?
There are no mods in the folder, just the resources.cfg file which regenerates when deleted. I do use mods with other saves, and have the mods option on in settings (both the general and scripts option). I can turn them off when using my testing save and see if the issue occurs again, if that would help?
There must be something the game recognizes as mod.
Best thing to do is to create a new user folder and just put a copy of your save back and see if they can leave early. They're probably still stuck at work even with mods removed. As said, that's a symptom of an error occurring but it's unclear if that was caused by mods or not.
The game doesn't recognize the game as modded if you just have them turned on.
First few are about a counter.
The last ones are probably from when you tried to leave work early.
Thanks, I'll try that. If that doesn't work, I'm guessing repairing the game?
Do you have different user folders for your other saves that do use mods ?
You can try moving them out and back in too. It's really hard to tell with this issue.
The big question is what caused it for you.
I've just moved the sims 4 folder to my downloads folder, then after dealing with the SDX and pack install notifications, moved the save I made when the error occurred into the newly generated saves folder.
The issue seems to resolve when the game is reloaded, as she isn't shown as away at work now.
If the issue recurs, I'll copy that Last Exception.
