Bonehilda is driving me nuts
Don't get me wrong, I love her, but she won't leave my toddlers and babies alone. Trying to teach Lyssa to walk? Action cancelled because bonehilda wants to hold Lyssa... and then not do anything....
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I've had little trouble with her. You've got to manage Bonehilda just like any other Sim. Doing it is a little different though as you're not managing her needs so much as keeping her contained and occupied.
Things that make managing her easier...
Have a bar. Bonehilda will drink rather than eat the majority of the time. I've got two bars in my home and she very, very rarely gets into the fridge. Keeping a bowl of snacks on the bar as well has kept her out of my fridge completely.
Have lots of stuff to do. Bonehilda likes to play games, dance, and keep occupied. I've got a party room in my basement with a DJ booth, stereo, bar, various games, and she spends a lot of time in there when she's not working. She also seems to have a particular liking for hopscotch.
As mentioned set ownership on your children's doors. She'll complain, but she won't make life nearly as difficult for them. Having a 'playroom' for the kids she can't get into helps a bit as well.
Create a pet pen and feed pets outside. A fenced in area she can't get into with a door leading to it from the home that is locked to 'anyone but my household'. Pets can get in and out, but she can't.
Put her away. She doesn't care if she's dismissed that I've noticed. I leave her in her box, and if you have difficulty keeping her in there, take her box and put it into your inventory. Leave an open spot in the home you can place it to summon her when you need her and then put her away and put the box back into your inventory when you're finished with her.
She requires much less upkeep than a sim does, but she's easily manageable with relatively little effort. I've got two of her running around my home with no troubles.
Edit: Now have five of her. I now have an entire sentai team of skeleton house maids. We'll see how well I can manage that many of her at once just for the lulz.
Re: Edit again: Two of her actually makes things easier. She gets distracted and won't clean if she's occupied with playing games, dancing, whatever. If you've left her out too long and she's not working when you need her to, put her away and summon the other . She sometimes goes right back to goofing off if you've only got one of her, but the second Bonehilda has gone right to work right away every time for me.
She really, really wants to date me now. Kind of creepy, but it's still worth keeping her around anyway. Every other call I get is her asking for a date, but I do have five of her after all. The price I pay to keep safe from giant rubber skeleton monsters.
Also, I've discovered she can cause the 'Sims won't use bed' glitch. I was getting it constantly and had to resell and buy back my bed several times. . I had set ownership of the bed to my Sims as well. I put a door to my room that was locked and replaced my bed, and the glitch hasn't happened since.
I noticed she likes to lounge or nap at times, and figured out she was trying to use the bed. It was set to my Sims, but I think that she was still taking up the quiche spot so the bed was in 'use' so that they couldn't sleep. Keeping her out of the room has put a stop to it.
Things that make managing her easier...
Have a bar. Bonehilda will drink rather than eat the majority of the time. I've got two bars in my home and she very, very rarely gets into the fridge. Keeping a bowl of snacks on the bar as well has kept her out of my fridge completely.
Have lots of stuff to do. Bonehilda likes to play games, dance, and keep occupied. I've got a party room in my basement with a DJ booth, stereo, bar, various games, and she spends a lot of time in there when she's not working. She also seems to have a particular liking for hopscotch.
As mentioned set ownership on your children's doors. She'll complain, but she won't make life nearly as difficult for them. Having a 'playroom' for the kids she can't get into helps a bit as well.
Create a pet pen and feed pets outside. A fenced in area she can't get into with a door leading to it from the home that is locked to 'anyone but my household'. Pets can get in and out, but she can't.
Put her away. She doesn't care if she's dismissed that I've noticed. I leave her in her box, and if you have difficulty keeping her in there, take her box and put it into your inventory. Leave an open spot in the home you can place it to summon her when you need her and then put her away and put the box back into your inventory when you're finished with her.
She requires much less upkeep than a sim does, but she's easily manageable with relatively little effort. I've got two of her running around my home with no troubles.
Edit: Now have five of her. I now have an entire sentai team of skeleton house maids. We'll see how well I can manage that many of her at once just for the lulz.
Re: Edit again: Two of her actually makes things easier. She gets distracted and won't clean if she's occupied with playing games, dancing, whatever. If you've left her out too long and she's not working when you need her to, put her away and summon the other . She sometimes goes right back to goofing off if you've only got one of her, but the second Bonehilda has gone right to work right away every time for me.
She really, really wants to date me now. Kind of creepy, but it's still worth keeping her around anyway. Every other call I get is her asking for a date, but I do have five of her after all. The price I pay to keep safe from giant rubber skeleton monsters.
Also, I've discovered she can cause the 'Sims won't use bed' glitch. I was getting it constantly and had to resell and buy back my bed several times. . I had set ownership of the bed to my Sims as well. I put a door to my room that was locked and replaced my bed, and the glitch hasn't happened since.
I noticed she likes to lounge or nap at times, and figured out she was trying to use the bed. It was set to my Sims, but I think that she was still taking up the quiche spot so the bed was in 'use' so that they couldn't sleep. Keeping her out of the room has put a stop to it.
