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Rotational Play is BROKEN
SimFan298
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Yeah, I totally want my Sims in another family to stand on the edge of the lot when I return, meaning they missed work technically and lost performance. BOO!!!
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“Instead of putting players in the role of Luke Skywalker, or Frodo Baggins, I'd rather put them in the role of George Lucas.”Will Wright.
Nevermind!! You mean when you switched to them, they were supposed to be at work right then? I've had that happen too with the Goths
They will get a performance hit if they're late from work/school when you load the household.
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I know, that's why I did the cross-out and said nevermind
Yep, sorry I didn't catch it as I didn't refresh before posting. The cross-out just showed up it the quote.
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This is a bug cause when the game first came out sims your not playing wouldn't be standing outside when you switch back to them.
It was still happening just four months ago. It happened again last week.
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I'm certainly open for various solutions -- which is to say, if they can't make it so 'at work' Sims are actually at work when they should be, that they -must- be brought to the lot, then maybe they could just look to see if there's been a recent 'lot load' and if so, drop the penalties for missing work that day. Something like that. There must be some option that would work.
Until then, I may have to look into the possibility of a cheat mod to raise their work performance back up, if there is one. (I try not to do a lot of cheating of stuff like that, but at this point it's a fix, not a cheat, in this instance.)
Edit: I do try to leave one lot at a time of day that should hopefully not lead to this circumstance as often, but honestly, that gets to be a real pain, and given the widely varied work times, there's only a window in the wee hours of the night that really works all the time.)
Anyway, I hope they fix these problems as rotational play is an important part of the game for many people.
You forgot to mention the friendship culling as well.
*edited: forgot the word 'rotationally'
“Instead of putting players in the role of Luke Skywalker, or Frodo Baggins, I'd rather put them in the role of George Lucas.”Will Wright.
I really hope that they fix this issue soon.
Yes, and it's not even just switching households, but returning home from another lot at a late hour, everyone else in the house is awake, full energy bars, etc. If my sim comes home from clubbing, for example, at 1am, everyone else should be in bed sleeping, not up cooking food or playing video games...
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Ugh, this annoys me so much, too. I'm not overly control-freaky with my Sims, but I don't like them going to bed too early or waking up at odd hours of the night. But every time another Sim returns to the lot at a late hour, everyone is awake and doing random stuff (usually all trying to cook at the same time
I also wish you could put sims in bed when they're left at home. It really bothers me especially if I leave kids home with a grandparent or "babysitter" and send the parents out on a date, and when they get home the kids are still running around at 1am with full energy. Totally breaks the immersion.
Agree with the above too, super annoying when you have adult Sims go out for the night, and come back home late only to find everyone still awake and full of energy. There should be options when you click on their icon, along with the usual "Care for self" there should be "Go to bed" and "Complete homework" for kids and teens, because they rarely seem to do it autonomously while you're away from home.
As they added a code to make the Sims you invite to spend the nigh actually sleep they can add a code to make the Sims you leave at night at home sleep. I use a mod for this, but my system has some flaws. The problem is that the Sims you leave at home doesn't exist in the simulation and their need are randomized, my system is cheating their energy to full red before leaving the lot I'm visiting and, just to be safe, to be sure to put all the other need in full green. I often found them going to bed when I go home (and not always the same bed, since it seems like the game reset the bed ownership when you leave the lot, or at least the double bed one, so I also have to make sure that only the owner of the bed is allowed in the room.