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"Hey! Player!!! I gotta go!!!"
SimPoseyYum
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Something I've wondered about since launch. It's a little thing, tiny really, but I haven't been able to come up with a good answer. Perhaps someone can enlighten me.
When Sims reach the point of imminent bladder failure, they stop, go pigeon-toed, hop up and down, clutch themselves with one hand, and wave frantically with the other. Then they do that awkward (embarrassing) pee-waddle to the bathroom. It seems as if they are trying to get my attention (breaking the fourth wall, as it were). But why? Why do they need to waste time alerting me that they are in distress? Why not just, you know, make a beeline for the bathroom?
It's not like they can't go without my permission. It's not like I must queue it up for them. It's certainly not like I need to unlock the bathroom door. They don't do this silliness for anything else they want/need to do. So why the goofy "I gotta go -- halp!!!" animation?
I wish it could be toggled off (and take that ridiculous pee-waddle with it).
When Sims reach the point of imminent bladder failure, they stop, go pigeon-toed, hop up and down, clutch themselves with one hand, and wave frantically with the other. Then they do that awkward (embarrassing) pee-waddle to the bathroom. It seems as if they are trying to get my attention (breaking the fourth wall, as it were). But why? Why do they need to waste time alerting me that they are in distress? Why not just, you know, make a beeline for the bathroom?
It's not like they can't go without my permission. It's not like I must queue it up for them. It's certainly not like I need to unlock the bathroom door. They don't do this silliness for anything else they want/need to do. So why the goofy "I gotta go -- halp!!!" animation?
I wish it could be toggled off (and take that ridiculous pee-waddle with it).
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Comments
Still annoying
The current potty walk is not only stupid, but takes ages for them to reach the bathroom like that! If the animation was combined with half-running speed, I'd get it, but it's so much slower than regular walk.
If they're in the park or another place where the toilet is far away, it gets really annoying!
It doesn't bother me one bit. Normally, if my sims do get in such distress it's because I have had them occupied doing other things. If they were just doing their own things their bladder probably never would have gotten that low.
WHAT? I LOVE THE POTTY WALK. I think it is the cutest thing!
Lmao!! Yes well it is cute for the kids imo... But it's so wrong for adults think of all the secret agents, detectives, the criminal masterminds, CEOs, Doctors the night clubers ... I don't know why they all don't get the embarrassed moodlet for walking like a toddler XD
((For the record, all this yelling is in my mind -- I haven't really yelled out loud. If I ever get to that point, it'll be time to find a new hobby. But I'll admit I have shaken a fist at them occassionally... What, you haven't
I think the potty walk for adult Sims in the game is ridiculous. It's for a three year old. Waving and cursing out the player is more my speed of 'The Sims' than reducing them to three year olds. If anything they got it wrong. People who need to go don't walk that way they take longer strides almost like pony walking to get there faster. Only little kids walk that way. But I think they should bring back more Sim/player interactions like screaming at the player.
Like with this version and eating if they are socializing I make them stop talking and eat or send them alone to eat if their social is full. It takes too long otherwise if I want them to do something else later.
They only did that if the meter wasn't full. And or they were lazy. Active Sims in TS1 jump out of bed with two feet, ready to go.