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Sims are not attracted to the skating rink. They prefer to play chess in parks. Why?
celipoesias
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Basically this is it: I did a lot and put the skating rink. This lot is a park, properly classified as a park.
The problem is that the Sims are not attracted to the skating rink. Adult Sims are MUCH more attracted to playing chess than using this super fun new object from The Sims 4 Seasons. Who prefers to play chess instead of having fun in a skating rink? Some, maybe, but not most Sims going to the lot.
If I put, for example, a playground object for children, like the one that has a ship shape, the kids go crazy just to play on it instead of using the skating rink. It's frustrating. Do you know that swing that was added with The Sims 4 Seasons? The Sims practically do not use it in the parks, children do not even come close, they prefer to use only the playground objects of the base game.
It is extremely frustrating this imbalance over which objects the Sims use or not. We put something on a community lot hoping the Sims will use it, and they have absolutely no interest at all.
The problem is that the Sims are not attracted to the skating rink. Adult Sims are MUCH more attracted to playing chess than using this super fun new object from The Sims 4 Seasons. Who prefers to play chess instead of having fun in a skating rink? Some, maybe, but not most Sims going to the lot.
If I put, for example, a playground object for children, like the one that has a ship shape, the kids go crazy just to play on it instead of using the skating rink. It's frustrating. Do you know that swing that was added with The Sims 4 Seasons? The Sims practically do not use it in the parks, children do not even come close, they prefer to use only the playground objects of the base game.
It is extremely frustrating this imbalance over which objects the Sims use or not. We put something on a community lot hoping the Sims will use it, and they have absolutely no interest at all.
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No attraction to the new objects makes it seem like no one in the world is celebrating the holidays but my played sims.
Looks like sims are mostly drawn to the base game objects and the ones we get later in packs don't get programmed that way even when it makes sense. After Get Together came out, I updated all my pubs in game with Don't wake the llama and darts but sims in these venues ignore them and crowd around TVs and bars instead.
I'd REALLY like the General lot to have more use much like the lots with Sims 2. Sims will use anything on any lot at their leisure.
You may like to post feedback on this AHQ EA thread
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/UNSURE-S-NPC-Sims-won-t-use-skating-rinks/m-p/6896736#M66306
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
These chess tables are a real problem.
Producers need to review WITH URGENCY objects that Sims may develop interest in using in community lots, because we add stuff, and Sims simply don't use it at all. It's an irritating and frustrating experience.
I think they're now wary when it comes to new objects being too attractive since there were a lot of situations players absolutely HATED their sims obsessing over new stuff (like the whole situation with basketball for example)
Thank you for checking though, I'm definitely going to delete all chess tables from my community lots today
Looks like the swing remains majorly ignored though.
Oh right. I never build so I wouldn't know, thanks
Skating rings are rarely used by npcs. I have noticed the obsessive behaviors of npcs have with chessboards in parks. Especially if you take a sim to play chess at the park, and try to wrestle the chessboards away from the npcs.