Staff · Supermarket Simulator · read from a local copy

What the game keeps about an employee

The game keeps employee data of its own.

Staff in Supermarket Simulator are records rather than scenery: the game keeps employee data, a definition for a cashier of its own, a separate janitor role, interaction text, and animation controllers for the roles that need them.

What the game establishes

The game keeps employee data of its own. (checked against the game's own files)
Interacting with an employee uses text kept for that purpose. (checked against the game's own files)
A cashier has a definition of its own. (checked against the game's own files)
The janitor is a role of its own. (checked against the game's own files)
A helper role can carry an animation controller of its own. (checked against the game's own files)
The game keeps a container for employee identifiers. (checked against the game's own files)
The restockers are shipped in further variants of their own, including a woman restocker and their avatars. (checked against the game's own files)

In play

An employee is a record before it is a person in the shop. The game keeps employee data of its own, which is why a hire survives a reload and why the same role can be filled again without being rebuilt.

Not every role is the same kind of thing. A cashier has a definition of its own, so the game can describe what a cashier is and what a cashier does rather than treating every helper as one worker.

The janitor is kept apart. There is a janitor of its own rather than a cleaning flag on a general employee, which is why cleaning is a role the game can hire for instead of a job anyone does.

Helpers have animation of their own. The roles that work with their hands carry animation controllers of their own, so a helper doing a specific job moves like that job rather than like a generic worker.

Interaction has its own text. Talking to an employee uses text the game keeps for that purpose, which is why what you say to a worker is a separate thing from what the game does with them.

Employees are identified as well as described. The game keeps a container for employee identifiers, which is why a worker can be referred to by an id rather than by whichever model is standing in front of you.

What this entry does not tell you: what any role costs, how quickly one works, or how many a shop may hire. We have not verified those numbers, so we do not print them.

In-game picture of the restocker employee at work from Supermarket Simulator, used to illustrate Who keeps the shop clean.

StaffWho keeps the shop cleanThere is a cleaning worker with an item of their own.

In-game picture from Supermarket Simulator showing customers paying at the checkout counters, used to illustrate Checkout and cashiers.

CheckoutCheckout and cashiersA checkout can be operated by a hired cashier.

In-game picture of a customer standing in the street outside the shop from Supermarket Simulator, used to illustrate Customers and helpers.

CustomersCustomers and helpersCustomers are generated by the game.

Version and sources

A local copy of the game, read only. Identifiers are listed on the technical reference pages; nothing here is estimated. Documented build: 1.6.0 (223).