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BUTTONSGINGER

Hello all,


My butler drinks the drinks he is asked to make for my sim from the globe bar instead of serving them. I am pretty sure my sim was charged the 8 dollars for the drink also. Is this a something they are suppose to be doing? Does it just mean he is a less than zealous butler.....or that he possibly has a "juice addition"??

Also I have noticed that my butler doesn't put the food he makes away in the fridge and that it cannot be dragged into the fridge. I haven't tried to drag it to the trash bin. My sims can physically "Put Away" the food.

luthienrising

My butler drank the drink my Sim asked her make last night too. I've haven't tried a second time or with a different butler to see if it's a pattern.

rosemow

Hello
Does it continually occur that the butler always drinks the drink instead of serving it or does it occur randomly?
Try testing by going out of the game and then back into the game again and see if the food may be able to be dragged to the fridge then.

BUTTONSGINGER

Hi @luthienrising and @rosemow

I am not sure if it occurs every time or not but I am catching him partaking of the juice often. I'll see if he does it all the time when asked to serve, sims are at the romance festival atm. I'll go back out and in after they get home to test the food thing.

BUTTONSGINGER

@rosemow The butler has served the drink a couple times now and has drank a few instead too. When he does serve the drink he will take it to the kitchen table and place it and then sit down, regardless of where the sim is when he asks for the drink (on a different level of the home). I guess I thought the butler would bring it to the sim requesting the drink. Is that plausible?

rosemow

Hello
I think that a part of the design of the butler is that they will have a few drinks themselves.
I can't check now but I will do some testing in my game later on to see what happens with the serving of the drinks.

BUTTONSGINGER

@rosmow

I look forward to seeing what you find out. Thank you!

rosemow

Hello
I tested with the preparing of drinks from the globe bar, and my butler never drank any of the drinks himself.
When he had prepared the drink, he sat it down on the kitchen counter then went off to do the rest of his butler work. He didn't bring it to where my sim was sitting.

aaliyahx3

I have the butler issue that he left the house/apartment , when I left it

rosemow

aaliyahx3 wrote: »

I have the butler issue that he left the house/apartment , when I left it

Hello
Did the butler return after your sim returned to the home? If he didn't, it would be best to fire him and then hire a new one.

CreoleSim

Okay, I love the Butler But
1. He does not cook, I can't see it in any of the menus to select it.
2. I saw a picture of the Butler serving the Tray is that a thing?
3. The butler cannot clean the Coffee machine, or the Tea Pitcher, it just deletes the item when he tries or something, because both were gone.

rosemow

CreoleSim wrote: »

Okay, I love the Butler But
1. He does not cook, I can't see it in any of the menus to select it.
2. I saw a picture of the Butler serving the Tray is that a thing?
3. The butler cannot clean the Coffee machine, or the Tea Pitcher, it just deletes the item when he tries or something, because both were gone.

Hello
The butler autonomously cooks for the sims family and for himself. There should also be options when clicking on him and choosing the " assign tasks " for him to "cook a meal" "cook a family meal" or " cook a party meal" .
I am sorry that the coffee machine and tea brewer went missing when he cleaned it. The issue with this occuring with the maid was fixed with a recent patch.

Edit : I have been thinking and perhaps the Butler has the kleptomaniac trait so has stolen the coffee machine or tea brewer?
With the cooking options not showing up, if you have cc/mods in your game, move your mods folder to the desktop. Then start the game and test to see if the cooking options appear.

EuphorialQueen

BUTTONSGINGER wrote: »

Hello all,
My butler drinks the drinks he is asked to make for my sim from the globe bar instead of serving them. I am pretty sure my sim was charged the 8 dollars for the drink also. Is this a something they are suppose to be doing? Does it just mean he is a less than zealous butler.....or that he possibly has a "juice addition"??

Have not tested this yet but will try to remember to test next time I play.

BUTTONSGINGER wrote: »

Also I have noticed that my butler doesn't put the food he makes away in the fridge and that it cannot be dragged into the fridge. I haven't tried to drag it to the trash bin. My sims can physically "Put Away" the food.

• Started a brand new folder
• Zero Mods Zero CC (have never used them in Sims 4)
• Installed the latest patch (fixes club issues)
• Installed Vintage Glamour SP
• Created household and placed in 1010 Alto Apartments San Myshuno
• Hired a Butler

The Adult Male Butler had the unfortunate traits of Slob and Lazy (contributing factor?)
Prepared food was left on the counters and I was unable to drag it anywhere. Did not even have to option to grab it.
My Sim was able to physically "Put Away" the food. Even with fresh unspoiled food the Butler cooked more meals.
After playing for a bit I saved and quit and shut down computer completely.
My game was taking forever to save. As a matter of fact it took quite a while to save my new family to the gallery as well.
Before playing just now I checked for updates and Repaired the game.
I let the first Butler stay a bit to test if anything changed after repairing... it had not.
My family traveled to Myshuno Meadows and stayed there a bit then went back home.
This did not resolve anything.
That Butler was fired and replaced with Masami Sasaki an Elder Female. Her traits are Insider, Geek and Insane.
The lot now has Chef's Kitchen trait so hopefully all the food will be satisfactory to my Foodie Sim.
Still testing and will come back later.

Side Note: Neighbors showed up for Welcome Wagon but just stood in hallway holding fruitcake. I reset the Sim and the next day the Welcome Wagon event completed successfully.
When my Sims went to Myshuno Meadows they could not cook because two pots had been abandoned on the stove.
That was the first time my Sims had been there.

rosemow

Hello @EuphorialQueen
Thankyou for posting the results of your testing.
I have found that the food prepared by the butler in my game can be dragged to another counter, but can't be dragged into the fridge.

snootypatooty

My butler drinks from the Globe bar constantly and leaves the glasses all over the penthouse, cooks meals at random times of the day or night or wee hours of the morning, she does sleep some times but not often and with all the drinks she consumes you would think she would have to go to the bathroom but no she never goes to the bathroom so she feels more like a robot than a sim with any personality, and she just keeps roaming all over testing for dirt and after a while that gets on my nerves, the butler also does not answer the door even when I've told her to invite guest in, I'm finding the butler to just be useless at this point, oh and also she leaves when I leave but comes back when I return home what's the point in that?

BUTTONSGINGER

@snootypatooty I have noticed that my butler never pees either, considering his love for juice that is odd. Yep, mine leaves when my entire household leaves too and then returns. The "white glove" test is funny but happens a lot in my game too.


I just got a call to travel to the spice festival with a friend so I ticked to bring friends along and grabbed my sim's wife and then the loading screen swirled.....and swirled and I got the "Sims 4 is not responding" thing. Had to quit the game with task manager. I am patched to the latest version. I have no third party cc or mods. Going to try repairing game to see if that helps. This is a new save in a fresh saves folder. My "Tray" has been cleared also.

BUTTONSGINGER

rosemow wrote: »

Hello
I tested with the preparing of drinks from the globe bar, and my butler never drank any of the drinks himself.
When he had prepared the drink, he sat it down on the kitchen counter then went off to do the rest of his butler work. He didn't bring it to where my sim was sitting.

@rosemow Thank you for testing! I appreciate it

DOLLDRMS1

Hi @EuphorialQueen , I haven't hired a butler yet but wanted to comment on a couple of things you mentioned to let you know they have been seen in someone elses game too, mine.

I suspect that food prepared by an NPC not having the ability to be dragged into a fridge might be intentional, if not considered a bug. I don't know what was intended by design, of course.

I say that because yesterday my sim had an NPC spend the night and the next morning he autonomously fixed himself breakfast. As soon as he set it down on a counter, I got a notification that he had to go and he left the apt.. Food couldn't be dragged to the fridge but my sim could put it away. My sim could also remove it that night to consume it for dinner so at least it doesn't get stuck in the fridge, which I wondered about when I had her put it up.

First time I saved after patching and installing VG, it also took longer than I'm used to for the game to save. That has now resolved itself and hope you'll find saving time goes back to normal in your game, too.

The first time I held a wedding at the Myshuno Meadows park the caterer didn't show up. I also found the 2 stuck pots when I had my sim try to cook a meal for the event. Maybe you found out like I did that all that had to be done was to click on the pots and a "clean up" option was present, thus freeing up the stove for use. Mention only in case you didn't happen to click on those pots so you and/or others will know the situation can be remedied.

rosemow

Hello @BUTTONSGINGER
I hope that when you go back into the game and attend the festival, that you will not have the same issue with your game not responding.

EuphorialQueen

CreoleSim wrote: »

Okay, I love the Butler But
1. He does not cook, I can't see it in any of the menus to select it.
2. I saw a picture of the Butler serving the Tray is that a thing?
3. The butler cannot clean the Coffee machine, or the Tea Pitcher, it just deletes the item when he tries or something, because both were gone.

Saw a possible solutions to Butler not doing Buttle duties.
Assign Tasks and choose to Stop each task.
Then go back to Assign Tasks and select to do each task.
As for Butler need ie not sleeping, eating or using the restroom I have yet to see a resolution.
Searching Answers HQ but not seeing a thread there yet.

rosemow

Hello
This is a link to a guide to the butler. It explains the interactions that appear when clicking on the butler, and also explains about what needs he has or doesn't have.
https://simsvip.com/sims-4-vintage-glamour-guide/#Butler

EuphorialQueen

Thank you @Rosemow Bookmarking the link now.

rosemow

EuphorialQueen wrote: »

Thank you @Rosemow Bookmarking the link now.

You're welcome

snootypatooty

Well I fired the first female butler then hired this one but he has got to go too, not only does he do the same things but he also steals my stuff. When I fire this one I'm gonna just not hire another one I'd rather have a servo or a robot.

rosemow

Hello @snootypatooty
Your second butler may have the kleptomaniac trait.
Butlers don't need to go to the bathroom. I will post what is writen about their needs in a guide on the Simsvip site

When left to attend the home, butlers will mosey around and randomly clean, repair, garden, tend to Sims, and perform dust checks. Butlers are also very self sufficient. Butlers only have three motives enabled to decay: Hunger, Energy, and Fun. They do not feel the need to be social, use the restroom, or clean themselves.

snootypatooty

@rosemow well the 2 I hired I made the mistake of friendly introduction and well...as you can see they stick to my sim like glue, I was upgrading the toilet and the butler came in there to prepare the food he was going to cook, I think the routing is all wrong for some actions.