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PenguinFoop's avatar
5 years ago

butler obsessed with changing diapers

My butler will stand there and change my infant's diapers repeatedly to the point where it just seems to look creepy. 

I usually just try to ignore it but when the baby is screaming to be fed and my sim can't get to it because of this OCD butler, it gets bad.

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  • I just thought of a possible coding fix to this and several other issues...

    If the game would make the active sim's actions supersede any other sim that would clear up all issues.  Here's my example based on a real experience I had in my current game:

    Camron was hosting a birthday party for his toddler Raylan.  Kenzie who was also a toddler needed help with the potty training and both twin infants, Brandon and Braden, needed their pampers changed.  They had a house full of guests, Kenzie was angry and the the toddlers were screaming.  I tried to have Knox and Camron both change the twins' diapers but neither of them were able to because there was a guest at each crib trying to shoosh the babies.

    But if the active sim's actions supersede other sims, I could have told Camron (for instance) to change Brandon which would have been the real life equivalent of having him say to the obstructive sim "it's okay, I've got the baby.  You just go enjoy the party."  In other words, by him being told by me to do a task, any sim obstructing that objective would have their actions immediately cancelled.

    Sorry, I probably way over-explained that.  lol  That's one of my traits.  :D  

  • @PenguinFoop Are they actually getting changed or is the butler failing to change them ?

    Does he go through the animation ?

    Can you duplicate this behavior in another household or is it just that specific one ?
  • Every household I've had a butler in has done it obsessively.  The reason I've brought it up this time is because I've got a sim that the aliens seem to enjoy "pollinating" so it's becoming a real problem, especially during social events.

    Yes, he goes through the entire animation then immediately goes through it again.  I just aged up my final infant so when the aliens return, I know it's going to happen again.