Since last patch _ Umbrellas

verlainem · August 2018

I find the umbrellas so annoying. Last night my one sim went to visit his girl and his son. It was pouring rain. When it was time to send him home, it was painful to watch and play. He would run a few steps stop put umbrella up, then down, run a few more steps - you get the picture. Took him forever to get to a load point.

Also has anyone noticed that energy is draining rather fast. It could be because we had a house fire and it was thunder storming, but I couldn't keep anyone's energy up. Almost had to age the baby up as no one could stay awake long enough to take care of her.

Shinzen · August 2018

I haven't noticed a change in energy at all; in fact, my one musician sim seems to still have green level energy after coming home from work at 9:00 pm.

But yeah, the umbrellas are pretty bugged, I've heard. I haven't experienced this but I know other players have, but it might be because I use like two mods/CC total in the game.

MaggieMarley · August 2018

I haven’t noticed this, but what I have noticed is that even my vampires with level 3 sun resistance now autonomously put up umbrellas every time they go outside. If you ask them to close the umbrella, they put it back up. If you make them put away the umbrella in the umbrella rack and then delete the umbrella rack, the game still gives them a new umbrella the next time it rains... And then they use that umbrella to protect them from the sun again, despite not needing to.

I have about 20 vampires with level 3 sun resistance in 8 separate households I spent ages going round each household and making them put away the umbrellas that the game had given them and then deleting the umbrella rack, thinking (erroneously, as it turned out) this would solve the problem. Now, all these vampires are running around looking like complete fools with their umbrellas out wherever they go during the day.

I thought EA did a brilliant job on vampires, but to be honest this is ruining it for me. I can understand vampires without sun resistance autonomously putting up their umbrellas, but why also perfectly sun resistant vampires? There was no point in me giving my vampires Sun resistance, it turns out.

verlainem · August 2018

@MaggieMarley the vampire umbrella thing is from the latest patch
@Shinzen I only have 4 mods in my game MCCC UIextensions, (bad me, can't remember whose) all beds same energy and some phone dating app. I believe they are all uptodate but I can check.
I have only played for a short time since the latest patch and this is when I noticed it. However as I said it could be the fire and the thunderstorm not helping.
That and the washer or dryer being broken most of the time - the freaking clothes are never clean.

MaggieMarley · August 2018

@verlainem yes, I know it’s from the latest patch. What I’m saying is that they did a poor job on it as it’s forcing my perfectly sun resistant vampires to autonomously use umbrellas constantly, unnecessarily and seemingly unpreventably

verlainem · August 2018

MaggieMarley wrote: »

@verlainem yes, I know it’s from the latest patch. What I’m saying is that they did a poor job on it as it’s forcing my perfectly sun resistant vampires to autonomously use umbrellas constantly, unnecessarily and seemingly unpreventably

That is what I have been hearing. I have not seen it yet in my current game but am not playing any vampires households and it's been raining of late lol

julienrob2004 · August 2018

leave the umbrella racks out . but if you rotate familes you have to get them to put away the umbrellas each time you play that family

rosemow · August 2018

Hello
You may like to post feedback on this AHQ EA thread about the issue
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-S-Sims-constantly-open-and-close-Umbrellas-while-they-walk/m-p/6924374#M68662

MaggieMarley · August 2018

julienrob2004 wrote: »

leave the umbrella racks out . but if you rotate familes you have to get them to put away the umbrellas each time you play that family

I just don’t like seeing my other families around with their umbrellas out! I don’t want to be constantly having to take control of each household to get them to put away their umbrellas when I know they will only get them out again 20 minutes later.

Chazzzy · August 2018

Yep they sure do pick up and put down the umbrella often

Wndblwz · August 2018

Umbrella thing is so annoying. I waited forever in Granite Falls yesterday for a Vampire (sun resistant) Sim to cross the terrain to pick up herbs and such. Stop. walk a couple of steps. Pick. Umbrella. Up. Down... GAH. (Going to vote on the bug thread... )

Rae357 · August 2018

Umbrellas were bugged like this for me before the patch. It's why I don't place the umbrella stands.

snootypatooty · August 2018

Put away the umbrella but not not delete the umbrealla stand the vampires will be fine grab a umbrella when it is raining then put it away after the rain, they will not generate a umbrella in the sun that way

MaggieMarley · August 2018

snootypatooty wrote: »

Put away the umbrella but not not delete the umbrealla stand the vampires will be fine grab a umbrella when it is raining then put it away after the rain, they will not generate a umbrella in the sun that way

The thing is, I can’t do this with my 7 inactive vampire households every time it rains as I don’t have the time. But, if I don’t do it, it annoys me to see them unnecessarily walking about with umbrellas in the day!

elanorbreton · August 2018

I've noticed sometimes the sims umbrella-carrying arm will stay in the carrying position after the umbrella has disappeared into their back pocket. Makes for some very painful happenings:

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paradiseplanet · August 2018

Your played Sims can still be given umbrellas without the umbrella rack so long as they're being chosen to walk around the neighborhood while raining. I know the game does this bc when I do place an umbrella rack in a household that didn't have one, I discovered that they already had one.

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