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New to TS4... my sims appear to have zero attention span... is this normal?
PianoPlaya
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I have played TS1 - 3, but I am new to TS4 (have only been playing for about a week). My sims just seem to have zero attention span and short-term memory loss. For example, I will tell my sim to put his/her toddler in the highchair and feed him. They will put him in the high chair, stand there for a minute, and then take him out again. There are a ton of these sorts of situations. I may even have to ask them to do something many times before they actually do it. They will often stand there for a while thinking about doing the action but then cancel it on their own.
Yesterday Santa came and I had to click "ask for present" multiple times before he did.
This sort of stuff happens a lot when they eat as well. They will take a meal out from the fridge to eat, but then cancel the action on their own and just place it down on the counter.
They also usually stand around a lot before performing an action I tell them to.
I'm wonder, is this just how the game is or is it a bug in my game? I have a great computer and otherwise the game runs fine. Absolutely zero lag even on the highest graphics settings. Load screens are like 5 seconds.
Yesterday Santa came and I had to click "ask for present" multiple times before he did.
This sort of stuff happens a lot when they eat as well. They will take a meal out from the fridge to eat, but then cancel the action on their own and just place it down on the counter.
They also usually stand around a lot before performing an action I tell them to.
I'm wonder, is this just how the game is or is it a bug in my game? I have a great computer and otherwise the game runs fine. Absolutely zero lag even on the highest graphics settings. Load screens are like 5 seconds.
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Hope this helps!
The funny thing is that their attention actually last many hours, but given how fast time goes in sims...
Adjust Freewill to see what your preference is. If your Sims have high free will, then they will more likely want to try to do what they want to do as oppose to what you want them to do. You can also have free will off for selected Sims.
I did turn off most npc autonomy, since they were breeding like bunnies but not gaining any skills. Heh!
P.S. @Sharonia I hope you get better.
Yeah you're right, their attention span is definitely more human. I mean, yesterday all of my soup bubbled over on the stove (and wrecked the stove) because I got distracted lol. I guess i just need to get use to the more humanness of the sims
I'm often getting distracted while cooking and burning food.
Luckily there are no other weird behaviors that I can think of.
And a quick tip. When you get a toddler up to 4 or 3 movement it can open the fridge themselves and you can drag leftovers out onto the floor. Otherwise you have to get an adult to do that. They can grab stuff off counters and tables at movement 1. They cant use the get leftovers interaction though, The quickest way to boost movement seems to be the "play with them" interaction that also boosts attention and fun IIRC. I'll have to check if it boosts imagination, but I think it does. Its also fun to watch. Having the toddler click "whats this" on everything in the house (including their baby brother) boosts movement and the thinking skill but is slooow.
That's a pretty good summation. They're perfect examples of what my dad would call "grinning idiots."
It's unfortunate that these Sims seem to have devolved compared to previous generations.