Confirmed Office Zones Max Workers Constantly Decreasing

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Summary​

Office Zones Max Workers Constantly Decreasing

Steps to reproduce​

Build any office zone

Expected Result​

The building's maximum number of workers should stay constant, perhaps even increasing when the building levels up

Actual Result​

The building's maximum number of workers gradually decreases down to 5, no matter the lot size

Game Version​

1.1.5F1

Affected Feature​

• Balance

Platform​

• Steam

Additional Information​

Additional Information​

Edited: confirmed this bug occurs with both low/high density, and both new/existing saves

Save Game​

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[SimNationJan]

I will add this to the list for the team to investigate, thank you for your report.

 

[peenerz]

This also happens to high density office buildings, it seems like as they level up their employee count is massively reduced. Actually a bit game breaking

 

[Jeruntje]

One work around for now, is the "plop the growables" mod. It will let you lock the building level. So you can lock it before it reaches level 5. I seems that it not only happens for level 5 building. I also have level 2 buildings with only 5 employees.

Edit: This isnt true, despite locking the building to a lower level, the employee count will inevitably revert back to 5.

 

[Jeruntje]

One work around for now, is the "plop the growables" mod. It will let you lock the building level. So you can lock it before it reaches level 5. I seems that it not only happens for level 5 building. I also have level 2 buildings with only 5 employees.

Scrap this reply of mine. Also when locking the building to a certain level, eventually the amount of employees defaults back to 5. I think it has something to do with new companies moving into the office building, when a building is first contructed the office buidling gets it's full employee count, but everytime a company moves out and a new company moves into the same building, the employee count goes down.

I hope there will be a fix soon, and we will not have to wait untill Q3 for this to be resolved. Offices are practically useless now.

 

[Ainz_Ooalgown]

same problem happened in High Density Office Zones.

 

[JohnRKlein]

I saw this thinking it was just a glitch of them migrating to the new ecosystem, and delete ALL my offices. Saw them with 150-200 employees and assumed good. Came back a bit later and all back at 5. Yes, game breaking. My city is losing millions a month on this.

 

[hateregs]

I will add this to the list for the team to investigate, thank you for your report.

Same bug in high density offices. Huge skyscraper with 5 emplyees.

 

[hateregs]

One work around for now, is the "plop the growables" mod. It will let you lock the building level. So you can lock it before it reaches level 5. I seems that it not only happens for level 5 building. I also have level 2 buildings with only 5 employees.

It is not connected to level 5 only because I found 5 employees at level 3 as well.

 

[peenerz]

I saw it with my own two eyes, the employee count slowly goes down over time. I clicked on a low density office just in time to see it go from

38/38
38/37
37/37

 

[Mafalin]

Seeing the same issue on both low and high density, and as others have noted I also believe it could be related to new companies moving in. I'm 100% certain I've seen employee count go down without the building leveling at least.

 

[EowynCarter]

** raise hand **

I have that one too. Unemployment skyrocketing.

 

[Pointkung]

Please fix this soon, this happens to both high and low office areas. It's also affecting residents' tax since they have no job and become unemployed after the buildings revert to 5 jobs no matter what I do.

 

[Mafalin]

Addendum: It also happens to signature office buildings, observed it with the Principiis building.

 

[Gundel Gaukeley]

I want to confirm this, please fix it before your holiday, I don´t want my highly educated citizens, that worked hard through the education tree to be unemployed all summer :-(

 

[austinshealy]

I want to confirm this, please fix it before your holiday, I don´t want my highly educated citizens, that worked hard through the education tree to be unemployed all summer :-(

I’d guess a mod will fix this if CO takes too long.

 

[shelbyeleanor]

I can also confirm this. All office buildings are losing jobs as they level up. I have a lot of office buildings with only 5 jobs/employees.

Bulldozing them solves the problem only temporarily as the jobs disappear again when the building levels up.

Savegame is attached.

 

[4ndrs]

This bug was found a couple hours after the patch was released. I wonder... do CO test their patches at all??

 

[hateregs]

This bug was found a couple hours after the patch was released. I wonder... do CO test their patches at all??

 

[Johnnysims]

I think this is universal. Saw my city struggle and big buildings at 5 employees... Game breaking for sure since taxes drop and I have 31% unemployment, with a ton of homeless.

Edit: spelling fixes.