Question about mechanic unable to access habitat

[Roxxsmom]

I was playing this franchise zoo yesterday, and the mechanics had no issues at all accessing any of the habitats.

Today when I logged in there were error messages for three habitats that mechanics were unable to access. I checked to make sure none of the mechanics in those zones were stuck, but no, they were going about their business just fine. The keepers and vets can access the habitats just fine, so I shrugged and figured it was some kind of false alert bug. However, after playing for a bit, one of the habitat barriers has collapsed, so evidently it is an issue.

What could change about a habitat to make it suddenly inaccessible to mechanics?

 

[Karen F]

No idea, are the mechanics and habitats still assigned to a workzone? People have reported strange things after the latest update. In my zoo my staff all had reduced wage. After the update they were all of a sudden fully paid. Had to change everything again.

 

[Roxxsmom]

It turns out that the mechanic for one of my zones was stuck after all. He was standing on a ride platform (that particular platform was in his zone) staring sadly at it but not doing his maintenance. He couldn't fix it or be moved and was evidently stuck. As is often the case with stuck employees, firing him didn't help, but in this case I was able to delete the platform then undo the delete. That made him disappear. It's been fine since I hired a a new mechanic.

It's so hard to get good help these days!

 

[Karen F]

Even if they are not stuck they seem useless. My caretaker only has 2 enclosures to manage with staff buildings next to it, and he can't even handle it.