Guide

Getting a helper to the right job

How to hand work to a helper in Supermarket Simulator without leaving a job half done: it covers the check the game runs first, the two errands a helper can be sent on, and the flags that say whether one is already busy.

Applies to

1.6.0 (223), read from the copy of the game this site was built from (see the sources page)

Before you start

At least one helper on the payroll
Something that needs doing: a shelf to fill or goods to weigh
A till or a scale the helper can be sent to

Steps

Check that the thing you want done can be handed over before you try to hand it over.
the game keeps a kind of check of its own for whether something can be controlled by a helper
Send the helper to the object that needs help when the job is about stock.
there is a fetch for an object that needs help rather than a general instruction
Send the helper to the scale when the job is about weighing rather than fetching.
the scale has its own fetch and its own start for helping
Use the checkout start for the till rather than the scale start.
helping at the checkout and helping at the scale are separate instructions
Check whether the helper is already busy before assigning the next job.
the game tracks being busy and being currently helpful as separate flags
Do not expect a helper to stand where you would: the game has a standing position for it.
the helper is placed through standing and control transforms of its own
Treat the helper as a configured kind rather than a person with preferences.
a helper is described by its own data with an animation controller behind it

Common mistakes

Sending a helper to a job that cannot be controlled and wondering why nothing happens.
Assigning a second job while the busy flag is still set.
Using the scale instruction for a till, or the till instruction for weighing.
Standing where the helper is about to work and blocking it.

Related entries

In-game picture of Restocker2 from Supermarket Simulator, used to illustrate Asking a helper to fetch something.

StaffAsking a helper to fetch somethingA helper can be sent to fetch an object that needs help, and separately to the scale.

In-game picture of Employee from Supermarket Simulator, used to illustrate Jobs you can hand over.

StaffJobs you can hand overCashier duty is tied to items of its own.

Sources

A local copy of the game, read only. Grounding for each step is on the technical reference pages; no number is estimated.