Not getting any money from being mixologist?

[purple_roses2110]

I created a sim whose main "job" is to get money from traveling. As a side hobby, I decided to have become a mixologist. It could help with making a little money inbetween traveling. The only thing is I'm not getting any money from it. He gets the money from tips (which is not much considering the places are always dead even if it's a hotspot), but at the end, the little pop up comes up stating he earned money. The money isn't added to the family funds though. Why is this? How do I fix it?

[Pam]

I don't think mixologists have a salary.  They only earn the tips they make while working.  Are you saying the tip money isn't going into the family funds?

[warr2098]

Mixologists which are NPC's do have a salary though, I use mastercontroller and it says anything like that, Babysitter, dancer, mailcarrier, mixologist etc... get $200 a day, but they don't really need it unless the move in with someone >.<

[Pam]

Mixologists which are NPC's do have a salary though, I use mastercontroller and it says anything like that, Babysitter, dancer, mailcarrier, mixologist etc... get $200 a day, but they don't really need it unless the move in with someone >.<

I don't know anything about mastercontroller, but NPCs are different from anything your Sim can do.  Your Sim can't be a babysitter, mailcarrier, or any other NPC function.  And once an NPC moves in with your Sim, the job is gone. 

Being a mixologist for your Sim is something different.  It's a skill in the game and working at a bar part time is part of learning the skill.  And it only pays tips.

[purple_roses2110]

Well, when I cancel the action for my sim to stop being a mixologist, a little pop up comes up. For example, "Blake Corset made $120 making drinks." He never makes that much in tips, so if this amount isn't tips, where is it coming from? Why isn't this $120 being added to my family funds?

[Pam]

Well, when I cancel the action for my sim to stop being a mixologist, a little pop up comes up. For example, "Blake Corset made $120 making drinks." He never makes that much in tips, so if this amount isn't tips, where is it coming from? Why isn't this $120 being added to my family funds?

Have you had this exact thing happen several times?  And are you sure the tips aren't being counted as they come in? 

[Ricalynn]

Well, when I cancel the action for my sim to stop being a mixologist, a little pop up comes up. For example, "Blake Corset made $120 making drinks." He never makes that much in tips, so if this amount isn't tips, where is it coming from? Why isn't this $120 being added to my family funds?

The $120 is how much in tips he made over the course of the moonlighting.  Basically, that's all the tips added up but in my experience the tips were always added to the family funds when they came in.   It's like when you're playing for tips with an instrument.   The money is added when you receive it but at the end of the session it says "Rica Grim made $3256 in tips from playing the guitar!" 

[purple_roses2110]

The $120 is how much in tips he made over the course of the moonlighting.  Basically, that's all the tips added up but in my experience the tips were always added to the family funds when they came in.   It's like when you're playing for tips with an instrument.   The money is added when you receive it but at the end of the session it says "Rica Grim made $3256 in tips from playing the guitar!"

Are you sure? Cause there  was one night where I kept a close eye on him, and no one came up to him. At the end, the little pop up came up saying he earned money, but no one even bothered to come up to him.

[purple_roses2110]

Have you had this exact thing happen several times?  And are you sure the tips aren't being counted as they come in?

It's happened to several of my sims. Not just this one.

[Ricalynn]

Are you sure? Cause there  was one night where I kept a close eye on him, and no one came up to him. At the end, the little pop up came up saying he earned money, but no one even bothered to come up to him.

The only way to really tell is to note the money before he starts moonlighting and then note the money afterward to see if it equals what it says you're getting.  If there is actually a difference then it could be a bug that I'm not aware of until now.   However, in all of my games with a mixologist, it has been exactly as I mentioned above.

[purple_roses2110]

The only way to really tell is to note the money before he starts moonlighting and then note the money afterward to see if it equals what it says you're getting.  If there is actually a difference then it could be a bug that I'm not aware of until now.   However, in all of my games with a mixologist, it has been exactly as I mentioned above.

Mmm. I'll try that. It just seems a little confusing, but I'll definitely try that. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Ricalynn]

Basically what I'm suggesting is this:

Mixologist Barney has §15650 in the family funds before he goes to work as a mixologist (moonlights at the bar).   When he is done, it says he got §210 from working.   The family funds now says §15860 which is exactly 210 more than he had earlier.  So I know he got the money it says he got.