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    Is Anyone Else Getting This Creepy Glitch?

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    WhatCobblersWhatCobblers Posts: 2,758 Member
    edited June 2022 in The Sims 4 General Discussion
    When playing Sims recently I experienced something a little unnerving. Sometimes when I hit the pause button, the game pauses as usual...but the sim in focus carries on slowly turning their head for a few seconds, after the game has been paused. 😲 I thought it was my eyes at first but then a toddler did this in the arms of another sim and I have had this happen to the same adult Sim a few times now.

    Am interested to know if anyone else has experienced this in their game?
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      EnkiSchmidtEnkiSchmidt Posts: 5,343 Member
      I have that, too. I either didn't have or didn't notice it today in the gameplay save, but when I took the screenshots for my picture story it was very noticeable. I'm using a camera mod, though, so my first thought was that the mod needed an update.
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      GreylingGreyling Posts: 163 Member
      edited June 2022
      Yep, same thing happening here.
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      WhatCobblersWhatCobblers Posts: 2,758 Member
      Interesting. I don't use any mods in my game so wonder what's causing it?

      Have also found that if the sim is facing the right position, and you toggle the camera a bit, it's possible to experience the sim slowly turning to face you after the pause (insert supernatural or horror theme tune of your choice here), which is both unsettling but a little amusing at the same time.
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      Magicomedies:https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/1006334/magicomedies#latest
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      FinvolaFinvola Posts: 1,041 Member
      Yes there's a bug report on it. Add a "me too". It's a very creepy bug for sure!

      https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Sims-keep-moving-after-paused/td-p/11512047
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      ArzekialArzekial Posts: 665 Member
      I've seen it as well. I'm guessing it was a result of the head turn bug fix. I've noticed the animation is a little different when sims turn their head to look at a sim that's talking to them. So, my sims can start break dancing when I hit pause for all I care. I'm just happy the "looking off to the side" bug was fixed. :)
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      mcruddmcrudd Posts: 11,696 Member
      Hahaha I noticed it when I wanted to take screenies, it freaked me out, thought I had a poltergeist in my computer :o Will add a me too ;)
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      cynciecyncie Posts: 4,656 Member
      Yep. There is definitely some drift occurring after the pause. Unsettled me a bit the first time I saw it.
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      MothLoverMothLover Posts: 1 New Member
      Yeah it's happening in my game too!
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      SERVERFRASERVERFRA Posts: 7,128 Member
      I play vanilla & had that weird glitch. I already clicked me too. So, hopefully this with get fixed soon.
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      mightyspritemightysprite Posts: 5,889 Member
      edited June 2022
      My sims are also slowly turning their heads and laughing at my attempts to pause their lives. eek

      (Thanks for the bug report link @Finvola , I clicked me too there!)
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      SharoniaSharonia Posts: 4,853 Member
      Yes, it's super creepy.
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      blueyblueskyblueybluesky Posts: 1,373 Member
      Yep, it creeped me out the first time I saw it
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      SimmervilleSimmerville Posts: 11,674 Member
      I have it occasionally, most often it is fixed by rebooting the computer. I assumed it was caused my my low-end computer, I never really thought of it as a bug. Will of course be happy to see it fixed, eventually :)
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      EA_CadeEA_Cade Posts: 7,336 EA Community Manager
      edited June 2022
      Hey all,

      Can confirm the following:
      • It's super creepy.
      • We're looking into it.
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      simgirl1010simgirl1010 Posts: 35,877 Member
      I think it's cool. 😄
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      GalacticGalGalacticGal Posts: 28,579 Member
      Yeah, me too! I was busy blaming a mod I just installed, too. :open_mouth: It's really weird, and creepy. Both Kayleigh and Erik have done it. I'm busy thinking, hm have I played this game too long? Are they tired of having to repeat their lives as if trapped in a version of "Groundhog's Day" ? So glad to know it's not necessarily something I have done — and well all know, by now, how capable I am at messing things up. LOL
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      HeathertibbHeathertibb Posts: 153 Member
      Oh yes, I am experiencing this also. ANd yes, I thought it was pretty creepy too.
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      Stina1701AStina1701A Posts: 1,184 Member
      Me too. It creeped me out first I saw it. In fact I thought I was hallucinating and saved out of the game. I had been playing for about 12 hours straight though :blush: But I fortunately realized that my faculties are fine. At the moment at least. I have pushed me too on the bug report.
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      WhatCobblersWhatCobblers Posts: 2,758 Member
      Finvola wrote: »
      Yes there's a bug report on it. Add a "me too". It's a very creepy bug for sure!

      https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Sims-keep-moving-after-paused/td-p/11512047

      Thank you for letting me know about this. Have added a 'Me Too.'
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      MichelleWMichelleW Posts: 665 Member
      This is happening to me too. Definitely creepy
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      JustMeAlbJustMeAlb Posts: 371 Member
      Have seen it and agree it's creepy. But also cool!
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      ZanderMagicManZanderMagicMan Posts: 25 Member
      Yes, it's especially creepy when they have a big Pennywise type grin on their face!
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      SharoniaSharonia Posts: 4,853 Member
      simgirl1010 wrote: »
      I think it's cool. 😄

      It messes up my screenshots. :'(
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      DaniRose2143DaniRose2143 Posts: 8,850 Member
      Happens all the time. On one or two occasions I have seen unpaused sims walking, stop, and the head will do that same thing.
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      EnkiSchmidtEnkiSchmidt Posts: 5,343 Member
      I've had it happen to a cow today while my sim brushed her. Aren't cows objects?
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