Swimming sims can sit on a pool edge obstructed by platforms and objects
Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.97.62.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Expansion Packs: All EXCEPT Cats & Dogs, High School Years, Seasons, Snowy Escape Game Packs: Dream Home Decorator, Outdoor Retreat, Spa Day, Vampires Stuff Packs: Laundry Day Stuff, Tiny Living, Vintage Glamour Stuff
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Build a pool with a ladder, then surround the pool edge with platforms and objects that sims can't walk through. Sims who are swimming will autonomously sit on the obstructed edge of the pool. You can also instruct a sim to 'Sit Here' by clicking on a platform next to the pool, regardless of height. The sim can only access this sitting location by first getting into the pool. Sims outside the pool do not exhibit the same behaviour.
What happens when the bug occurs? The sim appears to be inside the platform or object. When they stand up, the sim will shift away from the object to an open tile. If the sim is sitting inside an object, going into build/buy mode and selecting the object will also reset and move the sim. When a sim is sitting inside a platform I've only observed them get back into the pool, I haven't seen them glitch up to the top of the platform.
What do you expect to see? If a pool ledge is obstructed by a platform or impassable object, a sim should not attempt to sit on that part of the pool ledge when they're swimming. Similar to how placing a wall or half wall next to the pool prevents sims from sitting on the ledge.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. Unsure. It wasn't happening a year ago when I first built this lot, so I suspect a patch in between then and now. I hadn't installed mods or made changes to the lot during that time.
Here is a sim sitting inside an impassable object on the pool edge.
In this case the impassable object is the tan Appropriated Ruin decoration that was moved up to the very edge of the pool.
Here is a sim sitting inside a platform on the pool edge.
As a workaround (not pictured) I had to run a half wall along that line between the pool and the platform, to prevent sims from sitting there.
