The Sims 4: Butlers

Hiring and Using a Live-in Butler (Vintage Glamour Stuff)

The Sims 4 Butler - Vintage Glamour Stuff Pack Guide
A Butler in The Sims 4. They can be hired if you have the Vintage Glamour Stuff Pack

The Sims 4 Vintage Glamour Stuff Pack allows you to hire a live-in Butler. This guide to utilizing the butler services will teach you how to move in a butler, assign them a bed, what you can expect to pay, and how the service works.

Hiring a Butler & Cost of Services

How to hire a butler in The Sims 4
How to hire a Butler? Look to the phone's household tab.

Use the phone and select the Household category. From there, 'Hire Services'. You can see the Butler has a one-time fee of $175 and costs $12 per hour. After the initial fee, you can expect to pay exactly $288 per day the Butler lives with your Sims. This is quite pricey, so it's definitely a luxury meant for rich but busy Sims. However it is clear that for those Sim households, it's worth the time to not have to clean up, cook meals, and repair things. Their time could be spent making friends, having fun and making money!

Giving the Butler a Bed and Access to Rooms

Assigning a bed to a butler is as simple as clicking the bed
Give your Butler a small bedroom so they have a place to sleep without stealing your Sim's bed. You should be able to afford it if hiring one.

Once the Butler is hired, you can click a bed to assign it to them. Giving them their own small bedroom is a good idea. It's also worth noting that you seem to be able to lock the butler out of areas of your home by using the door lock system. 'Everyone but household members' may work on them. You can also keep household members from autonomously going into their private quarters.

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How to lock doors in The Sims 4
Use the walls up menu in the top right to see doors and click them to manage access. Lock doors to areas you don't want your Butler to enter. In this way, you can also keep your Sims from entering your Butler's bedroom.

Butler Responsibilities

A butler gardening
If you make enough garden space, the Butler just might pay for himself.

All Butler management is accomplished using the Butler menu when you click on your servant. Your Sims' Butler can do four different tasks automatically. Any of these tasks can be turned off by clicking the Butler and selecting the 'Responsibilities' tab. This may help them to better prioritize the things you want them to do. For example if having the Butler do child care is not a priority because you want your Sim to do it, turn it off.

Butlers will automatically look for things that need done around the home that fit various criteria, and will do little tidying up animations when there's nothing to do. Butlers can:

  • Help Raise Children - Is the baby crying? Let the Butler get him! Nothing says rich and powerful like letting someone else change the dirty diapers!
  • Tend Garden - If interactions are available, like watering and weeding, the Butler will do this. I recommend starting a moderately-sized garden, as it gives them something to do when nothing is broken or dirty. You need to plant the seeds yourself, but from there the Butler can handle it.
  • Repair Broken Things - Your Butler will eventually get around to unclogging the toilet, or fixing that leaky pipe.
  • Clean Stuff - When surfaces get dirty, the Butler will handle it. Given what you pay them, it's wise to let them take care of this.

Greeting Guests

A butler cleans a table in The Sims 4
Butlers have animations that help them appear to be busy. This table can't get dirty, but the Butler is removing the dust anyway.

Another area of management can be found under the 'Visitors' sub-menu. The Butler can be told how to handle any guests who come knocking. You can tell the Butler to make them go away, or else greet all guests. The default setting is to have the Butler ignore the front door entirely. Wealthy Sims will surely like having the Butler greet guests and allow them inside from time to time.

Preparing Meals

A butler cooking a meal in The Sims 4
A Butler prepares a meal in The Sims 4

On demand, your Butler can be assigned to cook a meal. It is $20 for a single meal, $40 for a family meal, and $60 for a party meal. They can also serve drinks for $8. That you can choose when they cook is a good design decision, since it does come out of your household funds. Importantly, your Sim does NOT have to interact with the Butler to ask them to do this - it's like the Call Over command, else the request to cook meal would be kind of useless. The attention to detail is nice here, as my vegetarian Sim got a vegetarian-friendly dish when she was the one who requested the meal. They will sometimes cook dishes automatically, but those are free (assuming they don't eat it!). They have a high success rate in regards to producing Excellent-quality meals.

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Katastrophe1112says...
Hi, I've purchased and installed The Sims 4 Vintage Glamour Stuff Pack, however, on two of my computers I have butler and nanny options. On the pc in the family room those features are missing.

Anyone care to hazard a guess as to what's going on there?

I've repaired the game without luck.
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Playalotsays...
Not sure what is going on but if you want to hire a nanny or a butler your sim can also use their phone. The fact that you have the options available on some PC's should be enough as you only need access to hire them not to manipulate them etc. Is the other PC a reward PC from a career?
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japjeetsays...
I have hired a butler but 17 hrs ago (gameplay time), a notification popped up from him saying 'you don't want me anymore? well, that'll be $219 for today's services' and hasn't showed up ever since
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Playalotsays...
lol! Funny but very annoying for you I'm sure. Using your sims phone Hire a service>Hire a butler. If that doesn't fix it if you can remember which NPC sim it was go into Manage Worlds>Manage Households>Unplayed Sims and delete the butler NPC and then try hiring another. Also check that you don't have the front door locked to everyone but the active family.
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japjeetsays...
Thank you so much!!!
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LMZsays...
I have a big problem with my butlers. When ever I hire one only (ugly) female butlers are coming. Scared It's said that with the CAS cheat you can sculpt them, but once in CAS only the normal outfits sections are showing and no chance of changing the look in butler outfit. Crying Plus NO butler will cook but I get charged, nor do they ever go to their room and sleep. That is very strange. I get the feeling that all these butler stories and showing pics here are just fake lol... I've already repaired the game etc.
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Playalotsays...
I took my butler into CAS using the cas.fulleditmode on cheat and turned her (old, over weight and ugly) into a gorgeous YA male butler. The work clothes do not appear in CAS but will reappear on the Butler once you leave CAS and travel away from your lot and back. You can also reset the butler which I do from time to time when he glitches out and starts doing weird stuff like getting in and out the bath continually. Turn on testingcheats on and shift click the butler and choose (debug) reset.
My Butler only occasionally sleeps as their needs seem to get reset somewhat each time your sims travel and return to the home lot. If you stay long enough at home you will eventually see your butler sleep.
As for the cooking glitch, delete your localthumbcache.package file from your TheSims 4 folder and make sure there are no items on the kitchen counters that were placed there with the MOO cheat and that the space around the fridge is also clear.
Once you get your butler 'organized' and CAS-ed they seem to work relatively well. The traits are a gamble as butlers can have any traits so it is worthwhile CAS-ing an ugly sim with good traits to be the perfect butler. Cool
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LMZsays...
Thanks for the reply :)
Yes, as I wrote in the Sims4 USForum, I have figured that all out already how to change gender traits and appearance in cas.fulleditmode. But the actual appearance in the butlers outfit you can't change like adding lashes and makeup unless you have makeup in the detail section which I don't have. There should be a cheat like for the appearance in work clothing like we have for the normal Sims.
I have also managed to make my butler finally go to his room and sleep by activating his needs in his menue. As you have said this must be deactivated by default I guess. Still no cooking though. He eats my cooked food Grin I will try what you wrote about freeing the area around the stove and see if this helps.
Again, thanks alot for trying to help. Have a nice day.
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Sarya3says...
when ever i do the cas cheat (cas.fulleditmode) and click on the butler it takes me to my household cas i have no idea what to do!
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Playalotsays...
There is currently a bug with CAS cheats not working on sims outside your own controllable households. Nothing to fix it until a developers fix is released in a patch.
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Nicksays...
I haven't got the stuff pack yet but can I hire a butler if my household already has 8 sims? And can I go up to 8 when I hired a butler or will it be limited up to 7 sims?
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Lavendersays...
Your butler is not a part of you household
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LMZsays...
I read somewhere in the i.Net that the butler doen't actually cound as a sim. Therefore it should be possible to add him. Why don't you just try and see... ;)
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Playalotsays...
You absolutely can hire a butler in an 8 sim household. I have that in my game now. In fact I had six sims when I hired him and since then my sim has had twins making my active household = 8 sims and a butler.
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ReichalRosesays...
Help! I have the pack and everything but I do not have the option of hiring a butler! I'm not sure what to do.
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Playalotsays...
You'll find hiring a butler under Household>Hire a Service>Butler on a sims phone.
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tessasays...
I can't hire a butler. I have gone to different sims phones to hire a service, but the option for a butler isn't there. Any thoughts on what I can do?
I've tried in different households as well.
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Playalotsays...
Delete the localthumbcache.package file from your The Sims 4 folder and load up your game and try again. If the option is still not there then repair your game.
Repair Your Game
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LMZsays...
What I hate about the Butler thing is that when ever I leave my lot and come back a new butler is generated! WTF*! I spend lot of time in CAS to customize my MALE butler and then the game generates me new female butlers?! What for?! SMH* I want to keep MY BUTLER! I have send the new once away until the game finally gives me my old butler back!
I mean common! That part is really spoiling the fun. Also I have changed the butlers traits in CAS to all positives, but in the game it still shows the old ones! EA sure needs to patch the pack! Too many bugs if you ask me. Not to mention all the still exsisting bugs since CL.
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Eaglesays...
Exactly! It's so frustrating.. I already had friendly relationship with butler then I go to neighbor and when I return some completely different butler shows up. Makes no sense.
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simstersays...
I have the same problem. Whenever I leave my lot and come back, I have a different butler every time. It's so annoying.
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Playalotsays...
That's not happening in my game. I play rotationally and even after being rotated away from the family with the butler for over 5 sim weeks the same butler is still there. I wonder what we are doing differently to have such different results? Do you use mods?
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LMZsays...
Yes I do have a few mods and CC's but I have also tested without and still the same. It mostly happens when I leave with my sim to a restaurant or another lot. When I return home my butler is gone and a new one arrives. It's not just me having this problem as I read in the forums. So it must be a bug. The other day I went to work with my sim and when returning back home my butler was still there but a second one came! This is so crazy!
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LMZsays...
Oh and now my butler is sick. He sneez alot cough and gets dizzy and there is no way I can help him Sad Now THAT really s**ks!
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Playalotsays...
Oh dear, that sounds like a bit of a hot mess. Sorry you're having these problems. Sad I'm not sure what to even suggest to help but I'll keep looking into it and see if there is a work-around anywhere. I saw a few comments on the OF's seems it still may be mod related especially if you didn't clear the cache files after removing your mods. The needs on your butler should be disabled and so they shouldn't actually get sick. Sounds like for whatever reason in your game the butler is being recognized almost as an ordinary sim.
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LMZsays...
I was able to cure my butler with the fill all needs for all communities cheat. I did that several tims and after a while he felt better. Thank God!
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LMZsays...
I always clean my game and delete the localthumb.cache since I'm very picky with my game, and even generate new game folder and I also delete the origin cache every so often. The only mods I have are the insect mod and the "take a nap in bathtop" all by coolspear1. What I noticed was that the sickness all began when I placed a hospital to Willow Creek the other day. My Sim got sick shortly after and now my butler. I've been having GTW for quite some time but never interacted with the game pack. Just recently I started to look into it and gave my sim the doctor job. On her first workday she came home sick. Shortly after my butler got sick, too. I play the sims since 2004 and I know all about the whole cleaning procedure etc. which I do every so often also as rutine. I know that most problems in game are bug related. The forums are full of reports. Even older bugs before CL are not fixed yet. The dropping food glitch still exsist!
Ok, you say to deactivate my butlers needs. In the past I always activated his needs. Otherwise he would never go to sleep nor eat which is absurd btw. Maybe thats why he catched the cold from my sim? I just wish I could help him some how via a cheat or so. :(
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Playalotsays...
As standard the Butlers needs should be deactivated. It is how they were designed to be played by the devs. Sleep and socials were supposed to be the only active needs.
Unfortunately this does not always work as intended. Debugging the Butler using testingcheats on and shift clicking helps to reset him and in the same menu you can deactivate his/her needs.
If you need your Butler to sleep so triple fast forward will activate while your controlled sim are asleep then no, this would not be the best option for you. Personally I'm not bothered by that as I always play larger households and generally have at least one sim awake skilling up anyway.
As for Get To Work, having a controlled sim in the doctor career allows for the other sim to become sick in your household, again, game design. The issue is that a non-controlled NPC should not be getting sick. So good thing you figured out how to cheat a cure. :)
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LMZsays...
LOL thanks! Well, believe it or not, but since I started with this GTW I have sick sims in other households too like two of my kids there. Strange this is that you can buy medicine to cure the sim child but when I do that there is no option saying "drink the medicine." Isn't that strange? I'm talking about the kids not the adult. For the adult the option is there but not for the kids. I had this message saying for my one kid: " go to the computer, buy the medicine and drink it. That's what I did. I purchased several bottles and they landed in my childs inventory. But like I've said, the option "drink medicine" is not there.
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Playalotsays...
Oh! That is weird as normally children can take medicine just the same way as adults. It may be that the game hasn't registered that the kid is ill. Sometimes there is a delay between a sim looking ill and the time when they can actually take medicine.
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Basilsays...
My butler keeps showing up in a llama costume he wore at the romance festival in San Myshuno. Can I get that outfit to go away permanently? I had to use bb.showhiddenobjects to let the butler costume appear in cas, use cas.fulleditmode when he is on my lot, and manually add the butler costume to his everydaily outfits. Yet everytime I load the game that llama outfit is worn and I had to shift click and choose the butler outfit.
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LMZsays...
Actually the butler outfit is a sort of working clothing which doesn't show in the everyday outfits. You can add it to the everyday outfits yes, but it wont make any sense since working clothing do not show in the everyday section. I've tried that too long before. The way your butler appear is not really editable only his traits and look as far as hair, and if you have stuff in your detail section like eyecolors etc., that too. Using regular stuff like earrings, makeup from the standard accessory will not show with his work-clothing/butler-outfit. Only stuff from details section will show on him in work-clothing (butleroutfit). I even added eyes into my detail section so I could give him some nice eyes because adding eyes from accessory does not have any effect. Only on the other outfits as formal party everyday etc. No chance to change his appearance in his butler-outfit unless using from details. Why your butler is coming in the llama outfit is beyond my knowledge.
Try repairing the game with origin by right-click on your game and click repair game, and see if that helps. If you have mods/CC's, take 'm out and go into your game and check.
If he appear in his butler outfit, then you have a broken mod or CC which is causing it.
You then have to hunt for the culprit ;)
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Playalotsays...
At times my butler appears wearing his normal everyday wear (jeans and T-shirt luckily from when he is the cities busker when I am rotated away from this particular family) but usually after my sims have traveled away from the lot and back again this sorts itself out. Maybe try deleting the localthumbcache.package file from your TheSims 4 folder before repairing your game as it is quicker and uses no internet connection.
Basically the butler is somewhat glitched but I can appreciate just how annoying a llama costume would be. Sad
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LMZsays...
@Playalot

Just in case you did not know; I found out something new about butlers.
I recently (2 days ago) started a fresh new save and saved all my important houses and about 25 altered Sims from old save file into my Gallery. Then imported them back into my new save. It was a time consuming thing to do, but since I never did that, I thought it was about time to have a clean save file again.
So here we go:
As you know, the butlers are randomly generated by the game and in a new game file it pretty uncertain that the same Sims will be generated again. At least not right away.
So, when my new save and game was all set up, of course my old CUSTOM CASing Butler wouldn't show up. When the specific Sim hired her butler again, of course a women came. I opened her in CAS, then opened my Gallery added/imported MY custom Butler and deleted the current from the open CAS. Closed CAS and VOILA! My beloved Butler was back in game. Grin
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Playalotsays...
Ooo! That's a really neat tip and tbh I wouldn't have thought of it. Thank you sooo much for sharing. I've got to go save my fav butler to my library now!
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LMZsays...
You're very welcome :)
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DeniZTsays...
HEY,PLEASE HELP
When i go to my phone>Hire a Service>Butler,it sends me a notification that my butler will arrive within the day,i waited like 2 days,nothing
i tried restarting sims/pc,nothing
Created a new game,nothing
REinstalling the game,NOTHING
I can find ANY SOLUTION!!
PLEASE HEELP
P.S:i have no mods
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Playalotsays...
The only thing I can think of is to try on another lot. One that has a normal house on it and not a penthouse or apartment. I'm really unsure what to suggest. I've searched the net for you but there is nothing like this bug reported anywhere. Sad Have you tried repairing the Game? I mean doing a reinstall should have cleared out any bugs from the Vintage Glamour pack anyway but that also might be worth trying. Have you made sure your front door is not locked? If you have any CC have you removed it and tried again?
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Kelsiesays...
I need help! I've repaired game, deleted all necessary files, tried a new game save, updated all mods to their new ones and deleted old once but I STILL do not have the option to hire a butler (or nanny) CryingCryingCrying
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Playalotsays...
Temporarily remove all your mods and cc and test to see if you can then hire a butler. If you can then you'll know it is a mod problem. Remember to quit your game without saving or it will be saved in a cc-less state!
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Erinsays...
How do you get the butler to cook and where is the visitor tab to have him greet visitors? I'm having a hard time getting him to do anything other than make drinks. Also, will he put food away if it's left out?
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Playalotsays...
Clicking on the Butler brings up a menu of options. Butler will never put away food though. if your Butler is a bit rubbish then fire him and delete him from the Household Management menu and hire a new one as their traits are random making some better than others. (if you don't delete him he will just show up again when you hire a new one!)
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erikasays...
Has anyone had the problem where when you turn your butler into a vampire, they day they transform they suddenly lose their job and you are assigned a new one? Same thing happens to nannys.

I just find that weird...
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LuvMySimzsays...
Actually no. I have a Vampire Butler working in Vlad's household. He turned her and she is still working as a Butler. And the funny part is, she will even open the fridge and get herself some plasma bags when she gets hungry :)
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Nicksays...
one of my teen sims aged up to a young adult, and since I have the get to work career but didn't do much with it I got him a job as a doctor. Every day I come home with him there's a new butler! Every.Single.Day. All old, mean, kleptos and alcoholics (they only drink from the globe bar, no tasks done. Just drinking and being mean.)

How do I get my old one back? :( He did his job at least...
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Playalotsays...
There is a large open bug report on Butlers. This is an on-going issue with not many work-arounds really.
Open Bug Report
Have a read through the bug reports, I've linked you to a page where someone has mentioned something similar to your problem.
If you have Get Together simmers have been reporting that traveling to a cafe seems to help fix some of the butler issues. That didn't work for me but it is worth trying anyway.
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Chelseasays...
In the information about Butlers, it says you can choose what they cook - i'm unable to figure out how to pick the meals? I only have the 3 options "cook party meal, family meal" and the other one I can't think of. None of those let me pick what meal they're cooking. Help! :(
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Playalotsays...
Those are the options that are available. You can't specify what recipe the butler will cook, only the size, single, family or party. Which is exactly what the guide says: "On demand, your Butler can be assigned to cook a meal. It is $20 for a single meal, $40 for a family meal, and $60 for a party meal."
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broodssays...
i edited my butler in CAS and he was working well and fine but then i stupidly thought that i should make him a vampire because that would be cool, right? well, i added the vampire trait to him and he was fine. i went to CAS to edit his vampire form and gave him some of those vamp cheats, and i made him a terrifying dog because i just couldn't resist and i moved him into an apartment because i hate myself. i went back to my family who hired him and some ugly old hag walked in in a butler suit. i fired her and called for a butler again and her stupid face showed up. i have attachment issues to my Sims. so what i'm trying to ask is, is there any way to select who is the butler for your household. i'm very sad. they were very good friends.
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broodssays...
so i exited without saving (despite saving a thousand times while editing the butler) and i went back into the game and evicted him from his apartment and went back to my apartment. i waited a few seconds and some neanderthal comes in claim that he's my butler now. but he will never be my butler. no one can replace my butler. also all the butlers seem to be either adult or elder so i'll try to mess around with their ages maybe?
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broodssays...
what have i done. i've broken my game. oof. i deleted every Sim that could a have a possible chance of being my butler. i'm starting to think that it isn't worth it anymore.
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LuvMySimzsays...
I can only advice people to safe your customized butlers to the Gallery that when something goes wrong, you can always replace the unwanted Butler with the one in your Gallery. Once the unwanted Butler arrives, click on his butler menue and click edit in CAS. Then open your Gallery, add your Butler and delete the other. Save and exit, done! Bulters have to stay unplayable and not in world! Otherwise they lose their Butler traits. There are some NPC trait cheats to get lost traits back.
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Playlotsays...
Here's what another player did to get 'their' butler back:
When the specific Sim hired her butler again, of course a women came. I opened her in CAS, then opened my Gallery added/imported MY custom Butler and deleted the current from the open CAS. Closed CAS and VOILA! My beloved Butler was back in game Of course this depends on you actually having saved the butler you wanted in the first place.
There are a lot of tips in the comments from other players that can be helpful at times.
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LuvMySimzsays...
Yup, and I still got him Tongue
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Elsasays...
How do i change my butlers clothes and appearance? I have tried using cas.fulledit mode and then selected “change sim” on a drawer. Is the wrong?
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Playlotsays...
Partly, the butler isn't part of your household so you will need to shift click on him/her directly after applying cheats.
testingcheats on
cas.fulleditmode on
shift click on butler.
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armysays...
i play rotational, so when i return one family with the butler, after some game hours, or a day, a notification say for the butler is not payed then the fund are depleted to zero, and the notification say at the family is accredited the payment on the next bill thogeter with the house bill. Any idea? tryed deleting local cache, ask for ne butler, but on rotational still appen offen. thx
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Playlotsays...
Sounds like some sort of mod or cc conflict. Remove all mods and cc to the desk top, delete localthumbcache.package file from the sims 4 folder and test in a new game. You could also try a factory reset but if the problem was caused by mods/cc then it will just reappear. You could also delete all the butlers from your world and then as you play rationally hire new ones, but again if it's caused by mods/cc the bug will eventually reappear. Honestly, without more info that's my best guess.
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Suzysimsays...
I'm so annoyed! lol.. I finally bought this pack, but my butler does.. nothing. He reads. And reads... and reads.... nothing seems to help. He's hungry, yet he won't go eat.. there are dirty things in the house, but he won't clean them. The toddlers can ask for things and those get done, which is cool. So far that's about it though. If I could smack the dude with his book, I totally would. Any suggestions for this?
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Playlotsays...
You could fire him then go into Manage Households and delete him. Then try hiring a new one. Their traits are random so maybe your current Butler is a lazy book lover which isn't ideal. You can direct the Butler to clean or cook etc but ideally you want them doing all this autonomously. Make sure you aren't using any mods that conflict or are needing updated etc. If you are using mods make sure you are deleting the localthumbcache.package file in your The Sims 4 folder often as that will help to keep glitches to a minimum providing all your mods and cc are up to date. You can also reset him by using 'testingcheats on' and then shift-clicking him. That might help.
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Jennifer Thorntonsays...
You say your SIM doesn't have to interact with the butler, but you have to be able to FIND them!!! Mine have always been a pain. By the time I find them, I may as well have a different sim perform the task. Mine all laze about, standing around when stuff needs done. Even with neat, perfectionist traits.
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Playlotsays...
Yeah, butlers aren't the best performing additions to the game. They were pretty good when first introduced but subsequent patches etc have rendered them almost useless really. You do need to be directing them to do things around the house however as at the most all they will do autonomously are cook, clean and tend to nooboos and this is if you manage to get a 'good' one.
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Caseysays...
It may be later, but I just installed Vintage Glamour and am having problems with the butler. Is there a bell to summon them, if so where and how does it work? Also, I've tried with a wealthy SIM to have a basement room for the butler, but it doesn't seem to work . They do or don't even show up and never work. Just hang out in the room.
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Playlotsays...
Clicking on the Butler when you have your actively played sim selected will allow you to direct your butler to do things. There used to be an animation of your sim ringing a hand held small bell when you clicked on the Butler but I'm not sure if that is still in the game tbh. If your Butler seems stuck in their room make sure you haven't inadvertently locked them in there with the door locking system...but yeah, Butlers aren't a great performing part of the game mechanics for sure.
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Maysays...
I was told to have my butler live in and a part of my household, I had to fire him. I did that and received a new butler. My Sim became friends with that Butler and asked him to move in. It looked like he stopped being a Butler, so I deleted him after I had sculpted him. HELP?
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By simply placing an unassigned bed in a small room will mean your hired butler will have somewhere to sleep when you hire them. Butlers will live in your house as this happens automatically when you hire one, even if you forget to place a bed for them - the bed just allows them to meet their need for sleep.
If you ask any sim to Move In (Butler included) that will make that sim join your household and so therefore will lose any designated NPC career or role.
So... don't ask a Butler to move in if you still want that sim as your butler.


Make Seasons Better!

Sims 4 Seasons CheatsThe Sims 4 Seasons expansion now has options! Want to disable weather or make plants in season year-round? You can do so with my new Seasons Tuner Mod

  • Disable Seasons individually
  • Always Sunny! Set to Base Game Weather
  • Grow Year Round - Make Plants Always in Season!
  • Healthy Year Round - No more Winter twigs
  • Disable Color Changes - on ALL Plants & Trees
  • Disable Fall Leaves
  • Disable Ground Snow
  • Keep the Stuff You Paid For!

A Deeper Game

The past month, I've spent every day tinkering The Sims 4, making quality of life improvements, gameplay changes, and new difficulty settings for the game. If you'd like to learn more about my project, visit the post on Patreon where you can download it now.

Cottage living

The Sims 4 Cottage LivingCottage Living Guide! Here is my guide to new features in the Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion

You can also find handy Cottage Living Cheats

I have much more to come, since you can actually write a few guides about this pack!

Calling all Blender Users

Blender has been incredibly useful in video production, so I made my own Physics and Simulation Improvement Addon that lumps a ton of unique tools into one compact interface.

Sims 4 Snowy Escape

The Sims 4 Snowy Escape launches November 13, 2020 and my coverage has started. Until I get my review ready, you can learn about the following:

Snowy Escape Cheats
Lifestyles in Snowy Escape
Climb Mt. Komorebi
Sentiments in Snowy Escape
Rock Climbing
Skiing Skill
Snowboarding Skill

Sentiments & Platforms (Free Patch!)

I've released a guide to Sentiments in The Sims 4 & Snowy Escape.

There is a new platform tool in The Sims 4. There's also a new Sentiments system, but it'll take some time to create a guide to that. Players can also use rental lots in any world now by changing lot types of builds in manage worlds.

Best Mods in Sims 4

I've created a massive List of The Best Mods in The Sims 4 that should be very helpful to new players and those who have not yet explored modding and how much it can do for your gameplay.

Search my Sims 4 Site

Support Us

Readers who use adblock or those who'd like to thank me for my efforts can now pledge $1/$5 monthly via Patreon. This helps a lot with server costs and provides some stability for my business.

Super Sim Checklist + Other News

Super Sim Text + Checklist and Video Guide! Here is my Super Sim Challenge Guide and Checklist to accompany my video guide to making Super Sims in The Sims 4 that you can view on Youtube.

This is inspired by a new series in which I start at toddler and gradually take on the major bonuses. Here's a link to the full playlist!

I now have a guide page to Tiny Living Stuff where you can learn about Murphy Beds, the new death, as well as the lot bonuses you'll receive if you manage to keep the size of your lot down with this new pack's Tiny Home Lot Type.

Let's Play Playlist

Super Sim Gameplay in The Sims 4

New I now have a guide to Making Super Sims in The Sims 4. Look for a text version within the next 72h. It won't have THAT much more info but it will help out as a checklist.

This was inspired by a series, "Let's Play a Super Sim" in which I start at toddler and gradually take on the major bonuses. Here's a link to each part for people who are interested. You can also see the Let's Play as a Playlist on Youtube.