Hardware Specifications & Operating System (OS version, CPU, GPU, RAM, storage…): MacOS Sequoia, Apple M2, 16 GB
So i was playing with the business feature and it’s actually pretty fun, but there’s this one bug that finally made me shut down the game because it’s to frustrating. My customers come in and they wander around places they’re not supposed to be, they come in the kitchen, in the office place and they interrupt my employees.. It’s really annoying because i set the door at “Business operator/ employees only” so that means that customers can’t even reach the room they’re not supposed to be in..
For now on i will stay away from the business feature until it’s fixed..
Same here, especially if the business actions involve anything related to: eating, drinking, etc. I have noticed if I just leave “order” on the actions, customers will not come into the kitchen, however, when I enable “drink coffee”, “eat”, etc. customers will go into the kitchen and prepare their own food/coffee instead of buying it.
When I just leave “order” it works properly BUT customers won’t eat anything they purchased, they just order, buy the thing and sit or leave.
Hi @Deniice , @mzhigarina , and @redm ,
After checking, it looks like there are cases where the door’s direction affects access permissions when placing it.
Could you please try changing the direction the door opens and see if that resolves the issue?
If the problem still occurs, please share your save file so we can investigate further.
i had just order and the a female zoi walked into my kitchen and just stood there then made coffee for herself and just keeps hanging around inside my kitchen. I had to double check my allowed tasks and I have nothing except order, be kind and take photo. I have now removed everything except order to see if it stops people from entering the kitchen area.
Hi there @Deniice - I tried to reproduce the bug by playing your save file on my setup. I can confirm the door permissions were set to “only owner can enter”. During the 2 in-game hours none of the guests were able to enter through those doors, so the bug isn’t save file related. Hopefully this info can help to get it fixed asap
Hi @zoiAddic and @slumbag , could you please share your save files to investigate this issue further?
Hi @Deniice , we tested the save file you shared, and after changing the door direction to open outward, we were able to confirm that guests no longer enter based on the door permission settings.
When you have a moment, could you please try adjusting the door direction again on your end and see if the issue still occurs? Thank you in advance, and sorry for the extra step!
Just to clarify, in my case it’s NOT about a business. It’s a RESIDENTIAL lot.
I don’t really consider the issues to be the same. In a business at least they’re supposed to be on the lot, coming inside and doing stuff, albeit they do the wrong stuff in the wrong place. On a residential lot they’re not supposed to be there AT ALL, much less inside the house. There is no excuse for them to even be confused, because the family doesn’t own any business.
I don’t want them to stick to certain areas and activities. I want them off my property entirely. (Which would presumably not be ideal for a business:p)
But ok, if you guys think somehow it’s the same underlying issue, I can’t imagine how, but you probably know better.
Sorry, before i send the save i changed the door permission to “owner only” because i forgot that i did that.. but my doors were always on “owner and employee’s” and the npc’s still walked into places where they’re not supposed to be. As you can see, it’s not an issue that’s on my side alone.. many people are having the same issue. So it’s on the developers and they should troubleshoot this, which their probably already doing.
Come to think of it… you know how The Sims 3 had those gnomes that scare the wildlife off your property? I want a similar sign against Zoi. Like, “This property is protected by Smith & Wesson hand-held anti-trespassing system”
Sorry that it took so long to test it out for the second time..
But i tried what you did again and now the customers can’t come in! Yess I might have done something wrong the last time i tried it, my bad.
But still how am i supposed to know to put the door outwards so that my customers can’t come into places their not supposed to be in.. it should work no matter how the door is set lol.. this is confusing for the players, So maybe this can be fixed in future updates?
Wonderful news! Glad you can now play without Zois going into the wrong rooms again. Would you kindly mark AR_Owen’s helpful reply as “solution” so other users who might have the same issue can find the proper solution faster? Thank you
That’s a really weird bug.
I might have done something wrong the last time i tried it, my bad.