[OPEN] [HSY] No vendor for thrift tea counter appears [ Edited ]

[letmeliev]

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.95.207.1030
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? High School Years, Snowy Escape, Discover University, Get Famous, Seasons, Cats and Dogs, City Living, Get Together, Get to Work, Dream Home Decorator, Spa Day, Paranormal Stuff, Spooky Stuff, and the free holiday stuff.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Travel to Thriftea and try to click on the bubble tea counter.
What happens when the bug occurs? You can't interact with the bubble tea counter at all, you can't hire a vendor or anything. No vendors show up at all either.
What do you expect to see? To be able to interact with the bubble tea counter, be able to hire vendors, have a vendor show up and be able to order, etc.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

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Months ago, when I first got the pack, I still had an issue where vendors weren't showing up, but back then I could order my own vendor. 

Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, adjusted title (no interactions is not a bug if you don't have a vendor)

[letmeliev]

Here is a video of the bug.

[crinrict]

@letmeliev It's normal that you can't interact with the counter if there's no vendor.

Could you try a brand new save that never had mod/cc if the vendor appears there ? Did you change anything about the venue ?

What time of the day is it ? I've seen vendors not spawning but that was always after 9 pm

EDIT: The discussion in this thread is similar: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Game-and-Mod-CC-Issues/cant-order-Boba-Tea-and-the-worker-is-missing/td-p/...

[letmeliev]

In the original video I shared it was around 3-4pm. Did not change anything about the venue.

In a brand new save with no mods/CC, the vendor appears.

Reloading the same save but with the same mods I've been playing with, and leaving/coming back to Thriftea, the vendor is still there, about 8:30 AM.

I tried reloading my usual save and a vendor appeared this time. I guess it's solved, I just don't know what exactly changed because before, I did remove my mods.

EDIT: The vendor is standing outside in a blizzard.

[SereneAngel218]

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Sony Playstation 4
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.97
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Seasons, City Living, Snowy Escape, Get Together, Island Living, Discover University, High School Years, Jungle Adventure, Outdoor Retreat, Spa Day, Crystal Creations, Home Chef Hustle, Nifty Knitting, Paranormal, Moschino, Fitness, Bowling Night, Backyard, Romantic Garden, Movie Hangout, Perfect Patio, Luxury Party, Cool Kitchen, Cozy Bistro, Rivera Retreat, Party, Essentials, Urban Homage, Goth Galore, Grunge Revival, Carnarval Streetwear, Fashion Street, Incheon Arrivals
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Travel to ThrifTea in Copperdale of any Player built Thift and Boba tea Shop in a world
What happens when the bug occurs? The only event that is activeat the lot is Amateur Comedy Night no matter the time I arrive at the lot. Also, there is no one manning the counter so I can't buy the Boba tea and food there.
What do you expect to see? When I go on certain days, I expect to see events that is suppose to play out like Poetry reading and the fashion show. I also expect to see a Sim at the counter so I can buy drinks not just at ThifTea in Copperdale but for my assigned lots in my other worlds.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? On console - never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. The patch From July that predated LoveStruck and the Patch that was sent afterwards last month to address stuff broken from that patch.

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I'm already irritated that the patches screwed up my game where I can't invite sims to go with me to festivals, can't fish in Sulani nor participate in the fishing competitions, can't resume a knitting project if I stop for whatever reason and let's not forget the lovely error that doesn't let me save over an existing file...but now I can't even get my Boba tea?! Even worse, the counter doesn't even act like the other food counters I have from other packs that would let my sim interact with it. At least if it was like the other counters and no sims was auto-manning it, I could just pay 100 bucks to get a sim to show up or I can get my own food and drink like the bistro bar counter.

Please fix this. It is bad enough that your patches screwed up players' game files but at least the guys on PC can fall back on their modding community to try and fix what you broke. Console players have no such luck so having my game screw up because you guys can't be bothered to pay for a quality QA team to go over your DLCs before you push it out to the market is ridiculous.

Don't think you announcing the Mysims games being put on the Switch is going to distract people of how you messed up with Lovestruck though I was already not planning to get it since you couldn't be bothered to fix My Wedding Stories and hoped people forgot about it. 

[crinrict]

@SereneAngel218 Does the original work fine ?

There's already a thread here for the vendor issue although it was solved for OP: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/HSY-No-vendor-for-thrift-tea-counter-appears/m-p/12316525 so maybe the suggestions there help you ?

Could you post a picture of one of the thrift teas you tested and if you have them from the gallery, please post creator/name of the lot.

[SereneAngel218]

The original Lot in Copperdale is busted and that thread is not only a year old but it doesn't mention the fact that events are also broken. Three events are suppose to happen at that shop: Fashion Show, Poetry Reading and Amateur Comedy. The last event is the only event happening on all days rather than Mondays and Fridays. I'll try to get a picture of the lot but the only reason OP had no problem was because Lovestruck (Bugstruck more like) didn't exist so their save wasn't as messed up.

[SereneAngel218]

OK, so I went into the game again and apparently the vendor decided to show up now? Also, there is a Fashion Show going on but it's Saturday...I thought it only happens on Fridays? Regardless it's still being buggy so it needs to be looked at.

Also, one other thing EA...why can't I make my own Boba tea and I have to rely on using the counter( that's unusuable unless a vender is there)? You guys do know instant Boba exists, right? You could have let us use the Magic Tea Brewer to make it, just add it with the regular teas and put it in a separate wheel. Normally I don't use it since it makes my sim a tea crackhead that won't leave it alone but I have an addiction to Boba tea so this would be the one time I'd allow her to go full addict since I can relate lol 

[SereneAngel218]

UPDATE: Now the vendor is making a bunch of drinks that no one has picked up. Pretty sure I saw a bug report about this but now it just happened to me. Man, Lovestruck really jacked things up. 

On the bright side...free Boba Tea for Me!

[SereneAngel218]

Last Update: it is now Tuesday in my game and the Poetry readers are here but no vendor or Thrift Shop Owner like last time. Do they show up on a schedule or are they suppose to be there daily like other service workers on Community lots? Gonna ignore this for now and hopefully there will be a fix in the future.