Ambitions bug: No firefighter co workers at the fire station

[ModerNertum]

Hey,

I know it is an old issue with the game but here is what happened.
My Sim is a firefighter on Bridgeport and he can do his job normally (he can go on calls normally and he can complete them and so on). After a succesfull work day and he seeing his fellow firefighters at work too they will just be not there in the next day or so (usually will take 1 or 2 days for them to no longer show up for work. I have tried several steps like: deleting the firehouse lot that comes with ambitions and replace it with a custom firehouse but still the bug appears after a while. The only solution I find (workaround is search the town for the firefighters who are supposed to be my coworkers but just never show). I am still trying to see if deleting cache files somehow fixes the issue and so far I am still testing that possible solution.
I also heard Nraas SP may help fix the issue as EA SP is known to have issues with handling professions (but not sure which option there may be responsible for that).
I also got Ambitions when I had active save files I play with so I think it may be what is causing this bug (and if this is indeed the case I may have to abandon the save file and start a brand new one which, yeah it is bad because my current save file has years of investment in it and I build some awesome stuff in there, by my standards of course).
I am brainstorming a bit but any extra insight regarding to the issue is always appreciated.
Thanks for any help you can provide or things I may have missed to try out to make my fellow firefighters return to the firehouse :)

[HiFive]

Wow! I have never seen any co-workers in the firestation. I just assumed that was how the game worked. However, I stopped trying to play the firefighter a long time ago because it seemed very bugged.

[ModerNertum]

Nguyên văn bởi HiFive:

Wow! I have never seen any co-workers in the firestation. I just assumed that was how the game worked. However, I stopped trying to play the firefighter a long time ago because it seemed very bugged.

Yes, this is an old bug. They do exist but just are not there. You can search the web for it (lots of people documenting it). Sadly it will never be fixed as Sims 4 is the focus for the Sims team now. Its annoying because befriend co-workers is a parameter for progression in this profession. Still love it anyway it is just annoying going all over town trying to find my coworkers like I am trying to find Easter eggs.
Also the calls are not bugged at all, most times you just have to click 2 or 3 times to respond to the call properly (I say 2 or 3 bcs its 1 at the firestation on either the alarm or firetruck to get to the call location and a second one to actually respond it. I always click 3 times just to be safe, which is 2 at the firestation - 1st on the alarm or firetruck and 2nd on the call site itself and the last click is again on the call site itself upon arrival.
Also beware of troublesome lots (mostly happens with custom built ones) where fire can be in unreachable places making it impossible to firefight which means you must replace the lot for a default one.

[Trainfan2015]

i saw firefighters once i think in this profession my sim was all alone in the fire station

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Nguyên văn bởi Trainfan2015:

i saw firefighters once i think in this profession my sim was all alone in the fire station

This seem to happen with getting ambitions with a current save file then. From the imput I am gathering. I am starting to feel that I may need a brand new save file to fix the issue. Has anyone tried this solution before that can give feedback on it?
Thanks

[HiFive]

Nguyên văn bởi ModerNertum:

Yes, this is an old bug. They do exist but just are not there. You can search the web for it (lots of people documenting it). Sadly it will never be fixed as Sims 4 is the focus for the Sims team now. Its annoying because befriend co-workers is a parameter for progression in this profession. Still love it anyway it is just annoying going all over town trying to find my coworkers like I am trying to find Easter eggs.

Okay, so you have no idea who are your co-workers. Therefore, you have to talk to pretty much everyone in town to find them. Well, I guess that might do a good job of upgrading our Sim's social skills.

It's still much easier and fun to be a Ghost Hunter, or a Detective.

One of my firefighters some years ago couldn't put out the outside fires because there were fires inside, but he couldn't go inside because he didn't have permission from the homeowner to go inside their house. Meanwhile the homeowner is screaming for my Sim to put out the fires. I decided to have him make friends with as many Sims as possible. Sometimes he still couldn't go inside, even when he was friends with the person.

I thought maybe I was doing something wrong, so I watched some videos. They didn't have any problem going inside. They didn't get any messages that they didn't have permission. The people making the videos said nothing about this issue. All I got from regular internet searches said the firefighter profession was bugged. I gave up, and haven't played a firefighter since.

[ModerNertum]

Nguyên văn bởi HiFive:

Nguyên văn bởi ModerNertum:

Yes, this is an old bug. They do exist but just are not there. You can search the web for it (lots of people documenting it). Sadly it will never be fixed as Sims 4 is the focus for the Sims team now. Its annoying because befriend co-workers is a parameter for progression in this profession. Still love it anyway it is just annoying going all over town trying to find my coworkers like I am trying to find Easter eggs.

Okay, so you have no idea who are your co-workers. Therefore, you have to talk to pretty much everyone in town to find them. Well, I guess that might do a good job of upgrading our Sim's social skills.

It's still much easier and fun to be a Ghost Hunter, or a Detective.

One of my firefighters some years ago couldn't put out the outside fires because there were fires inside, but he couldn't go inside because he didn't have permission from the homeowner to go inside their house. Meanwhile the homeowner is screaming for my Sim to put out the fires. I decided to have him make friends with as many Sims as possible. Sometimes he still couldn't go inside, even when he was friends with the person.

I thought maybe I was doing something wrong, so I watched some videos. They didn't have any problem going inside. They didn't get any messages that they didn't have permission. The people making the videos said nothing about this issue. All I got from regular internet searches said the firefighter profession was bugged. I gave up, and haven't played a firefighter since.

First, I also did not experience that bug. All I had happening (which makes sense in rl too) is extinguish outside fires before you are even allowed to enter the house. Also babies/toodlers dont count as trapped Sims for some reason even if the guardian is indeed a trapped Sim (which I learned it recently). Which means I save the babies and todlers anyway (take them further away from the fire). Anyone above this life stage counts (children and above count as trapped Sims that is). However I had weird and "suspicious" calls happening like save trapped Sims with no fire whatsoever (yes "suspicious" as there wasnt even a gas leak and just a trapped Sim).

Also be really careful as the path may be indeed blocked (must breach doors first or your Sim cant even reach places in a house). So if interaction cancells when you try to rescue trapped Sims or extinguish fires inside the house this is why (may be a random door you need to breach first somewhere that is blocking the path) which is also very realistic.

I only found the bug I described above which is making me think that is a problem somewhat related from using an old and current save game instead of starting a brand new one after Ambitions is installed. This reports are helping me very much believing the issue may be the save game itself (which is sad and conforting at the same time).
So I would like to know if you have the issue too if you start a brand new save file?)

[ModerNertum]

Update: I have started a new save file and the bug remains. However, the save file helped me fix other glitchy stuff like stuck butlers in households (I was trying out late night features but did not realize butlers got stuck on the map that often). It appears that a firefighter coworker may spawn at random as I tried playing other households this time around and they had 1 coworker showing up 1 day then a desert firehouse the following days. I wonder if is there a mod that can push those coworkers that my Sim has to work with to the firestation at work hours as their presence may appear random?