Worker Stealing fix

🔧 Fix for Workers "Stealing" Items.

Sometimes in Schedule 1, employees will steal items . Here's a step-by-step fix to clear their inventory manually and get them working again. Its worked for me a few times.
⚠️ Before You Begin

📌 Take note of the employee's name and where they are working (e.g., Barn, Docks).

💡 If the game isn't running when you edit the files, your changes may get overwritten. I had the best results doing this while the game was at the main menu.

✅ Step-by-Step Instructions

1️⃣ Exit to the Main Menu
If you're not already in the game, launch it and DONT load into any save. Make sure you are on the main menu!

2️⃣ Tab Out to Your Desktop
Press Alt + Tab or click out of the game window.

3️⃣ Navigate to the Save Folder
Go to this folder path on your PC:

📂 C:\Users\<YourUserName>\AppData\LocalLow\TVGS\Schedule I\Saves\<YourSteamID>\SaveGame_1\Properties\<Property Name>\Employees\<EmployeeName>\

🔄 Replace <YourUserName>, <YourSteamID>, <PropertyName>, and <EmployeeName> with your actual details.

Your username is your windows account name
SteamID - Steamid you are logged into.
PropertyName - Barn ,Docks, etc
EmployeeName - The employee name thats stealing items,

4️⃣ Open Inventory.JSON
Right-click on Inventory.JSON and open it with Notepad or Notepad++.

5️⃣ Clear the Inventory List
Look for the section that starts with "Items": [ and delete everything inside the square brackets — just leave it as:

"Items": [ ]

Screenshots are below of the before and after

6️⃣ Save the File
💾 Press Ctrl + S or click File → Save.

7️⃣ Load Back Into Your Save
Return to the game and load up your save. Dont quit the game ! just load straight in to the save.

8️⃣ Check the Employee
They should now have an empty inventory and start acting normally

if it works , please add a rating to help others!

Screenshots

Before

After

[Sumatris]

The latest patch gave employees an accessible inventory, so you can just recover any stolen items in-game, making this method mostly superfluous. Unfortunately it doesn't stop the bug from happening in the first place. Made me stop playing for now after I lost about a week of coke production because the handler responsible for stocking the first of eight mixing steps kept bugging out -.- .

[--Kaos--]

@JustMarkell , its not a perm fix as the issue is a bug within the game itself. this just fixes the issue until Tyler fixes the bug , which i think its very soon

[JustMarkell]

This a permanent fix or will it eventually happen again?

[--Kaos--]

Just one time thing and good to go after. U only need to do it if the worker starts stealing again

[NeilRdSoldier]

do i have to do this everytime i start the game? or just one time thing and good to go after?

[gimmiejimmie9000]

i just fire them then beat them to death then hire a new one

[--Kaos--]

@ALL VERSE, almost like an amendment at their DNA level :D

[ALL VERSE]

I'd like to think of this as lobotomizing your employees to not steal again

[tj]

If it helps, here's where I found it on Ubuntu:
/home/tj/.steam/debian-installation/steamapps/compatdata/3164500/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/LocalLow/TVGS/Schedule I/Saves/76561198959737427/SaveGame_1

[--Kaos--]

hopefully this fixes it!