I am having this issue too with sims not tending to their needs properly. I play a big family and this just makes things annoying for me if i have to keep pushing everyone to take care of themselves. I also have a bug with them taking a nap instead of sleeping even though they are tired.
I play an 8-person household and sometimes I use the fill household needs cheat on the mailbox just so I can enjoy the game for awhile. I prefer to not use cheats, but after playing this family through 5 generations with no cheats, I can’t continue if 90% of the gameplay is filling needs.
Please tell me more about the mailbox thing cheat.
Do you use the MCCC mod? If so, click on the mailbox and there's a section that mentions something about taking care of household. Click on that and Fill Needs. It's most useful. I've been doing it one Sim at a time, ALL OF THIS TIME. (And I've been using MCCC for quite awhile, too.)
(Not including bugs)
The only autonomy problem that irritated me was having the TV too close to the fridge and stove. So they start cooking, but then go watch TV instead (Though I admit that is somewhat realistic )
Without the TV close, or better yet in a different room, no problem. But teens end up watching TV on their phone anyways. Doh!
If I have a sim cook a lot of times they will stop and go do something else. So I put a radio near them and have them listen to music as they cook and it seems to block them from doing anything else.
Do you think the headphones would do the same thing? That's a really cool workaround. Thanks for the tip!
Anyone have a sim that is constantly drinking water from the fridge?
Yes. If they don't have an action queued, 7 times out of 10, my sim will go straight for the fridge or sink to grab a glass of water. I'm also experiencing a lot of lag-time between when an action is queued and when the sim actually responds to it. My game is CC-free, 100% vanilla with just paid DLC.
Poor choices made by my sims are driving my crazy. I have a Sim who has a job as a painter and has famous artist as an aspiration. She is also a cat lover so I gave her a cat. Well guess what she will stop ANYTHING a I tell her to do to go play with that darn cat. The only way I can get her to finish a painting is to send the cat off foraging. Hunger completely red and need to cook.? Nope stop cooking and play with the cat. Asked to woohoo? Nope I’d rather play with my cat. *rips out hair*
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No, I don't, have always been afraid of using it.
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Do you think the headphones would do the same thing? That's a really cool workaround. Thanks for the tip!
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I haven't but I have read on these forums in the past where many were having this issue.
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Yes. If they don't have an action queued, 7 times out of 10, my sim will go straight for the fridge or sink to grab a glass of water. I'm also experiencing a lot of lag-time between when an action is queued and when the sim actually responds to it. My game is CC-free, 100% vanilla with just paid DLC.