It was on the wall in a room near the hallway. Not anywhere near the room in question. Yet when I moved it, he could pick up the wrappers and socks that had appeared.

This wall?

Little farther over.

Hopefully this'll mean they'll fix the shower and stuff again too. Because they stopped doing that as well.

I'm having a real problem with the kitchen upgrades. I installed the spice rack and my newest guy went over to it 10 times (well, I gave up after 10) as if he were stuck in a loop. It's the 2nd generation and that's the only upgrade I have in the kitchen. I'm playing on Windows XP.

Hi ajuma. I think you'll find this thread informative.

Rest assured that your little person is making progress in his career, you just won't see it while the game is running. You will see it after you've had the game shut down for a bit.

Purchasing the next upgrade (coffee maker) will make things start working properly again when the game is running.

Bubbly! haha! Very true, I came to report that, but saw you did already! I think it's cute! Maybe it's an "Easter Egg"??? Kind of like a bonus!

Thanks Miss Kathy! I guess I'll have the peeps collect things and clean up instead of having them work while I watch.

I'm going really slowly with this one family, so I'll let you know if adding other upgrades changes anything.

You should still have him work while you're in the game. You just won't see the progress he's made right away. It looks like the guy works and works without anything to show for it. When you re-open the game later you will see that his progress bar "caught up" with the work that he did while you were "watching".

I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned it, and it's not a problem anyway, but on the page where you first enter the game there is a square just above the leftmost attic window that brings up the change player screen.

Kathy, the thing is, I don't know when I can safely pick the peep up and move them to something like eating a meal if I can't tell when the cycle ends.