I don't know if it only bothers me, but 🐸🐸🐸🐸 this is the thing that bothers me the most, while trying to have a semi-realistic gaming experience, and in reality the pregnant sim being in pain and stuff wouldn't actually be in a condition to drive. So, is there a mod that makes any other sim going to tbe hospital drive instead or is that not really possible to do? Thanks in advance!
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@iceey Because of feminism. Pregnant sims are too stubborn to be driven, they want to stay in control. Lol. Nah, seriously, a taxi is fine in that case. You could even have the option to give birth beside the road (!!!).
Pregnant sims should be able to use teleportation. That'd be the best!
Driving would be a problem in advanced labor though, so I can understand your point there. Some possibilities you could consider, depending on whether the laboring Sim is in your active household or not:
—Have another Sim drive the pregnant one, if someone else is available? It’s easier to arrange if both Sims involved are under your active control, but I have managed to do this for pregnant inactives who have gone into labor on community lots where one of my active Sims was also visiting.
—Ensure personal transportation is not available so the pregnant Sim needs to hail a taxi instead?
—Home birth? (My personal preference for all my pregnant actives.)
—If none of the previous options are feasible... Shrug and imagine they are in very early labor?
I’ll quote my mom (according to my dad): “I feel something funny.” That was me (knockknock)
Oh, and most women wear underpants when their water breaks
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That's perfect lol!!
That does sound cool, but in my game the fire engine is the slowest possible moving vehicle. Are there versions out there that can get around town as fast as some of the higher end cars?
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It can be upgraded 3 times, each making the fire engine faster.
My sims usually have home births, but when they go to the hospital, they take every vehicle that is available.
On one occasion the father drove the car, but I really don´t know, what prompted that.
Even my sim found it spooky.
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@Waterdragon LOL, I admire her ability to keep balance with that belly
@starguru How do you go about getting someone else to drive? If I click on the mother while the father is active and select "take to hospital" she still drives. Do you click on the hospital with the other person active and select "go here with..."? If you do that, will they still go home in a taxi?
I just had to laugh. We can't see anything because it is a rabbithole
Seriously OP if you try to stop the sim driving a car or indeed leaving the house because you want them to experience a home birth, the sim will do everything in her power to get to the hospital. Usually trailed by her partner or if they aren't available any other adult sim on the property. What winds me up is the sim gets in the car but leaves the partner standing on the pavement to hail a taxis. The same can happen when the baby is born and all three attempt to go home. Very odd programming indeed.
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I have only ever had a couple of sims try to go to the hospital and I have had thousands of births in my game over the years. I could be wrong but I felt that it happened when I didn't stop the partner from reacting to the impending birth. I stop them after I have taken a couple of pics. The "baby dance" is good for a laugh but only for a few seconds
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Then I guess sometimes they get to the hospital too late, having missed the ride and all, can't blame someone in labor for not waiting around, and the interaction for them to go in the hospital and be there for the birth of their child gets canceled so they just stand outside the hospital all awkward looking, lol.
@Mikezumi you might be onto something. The last time my pregnant sim went into labor in the backyard and only her children were around, the husband was walking out the backdoor and I had him take her to the hospital before he could react and he drove her. Then with another pregnancy when she went into labor he had stopped reacting himself for some reason before I chose the take to hospital option and he drove then too.
So I tried to duplicate this in another household. I placed all family vehicles in the father’s personal inventory prior to the mother's labor starting. When the mother went into labor, I cancelled the "go to hospital" action in her queue, and switched to the father. I directed him to walk off the home lot (like just across the street). Once he was there, I clicked on her and selected "take to hospital." She walked to him, he pulled out a vehicle and got in the driver's seat, then she got in and off they went. I can't be sure, but having the laboring Sim not drive herself seemed to work when Sims (or at least the intended driver) were not on a lot at the time.
IDK how consistently this method works as I only did it a few times for screenshot purposes, as I personally don't mind laboring Sims driving themselves. I haven't had a hospital birth in years though. I prefer home births which give a considerable relationship boost between mother and nooboo.
I’ve never tried the "go here with..." option for a hospital delivery. Not sure if it's available for a laboring Sim, but that might be another option if so. I've also never been successful with trying to get Sims to cancel the taxi home after a hospital birth.
I can't say I've had thousands of births in my game, but I've never had a problem with Sims trying to thwart my home birth plans for them either. I keep my laboring Sim as the sole active and then have them go to another room to deliver—I can only handle the rest of the family hopping around and screaming like the house is on fire for so long.
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you clearly have your sims under better control than me.
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I will just have to try harder to keep the, at home. Perhaps I should remove the doors
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