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PCB82
Rising Traveler
5 days ago

Stinky Npcs

I have recently got back into playing Sims 3. Having a lot of fun and game runs well. Of course there are things that were never fixed. The new issue I am having is Npcs not showering. Both at university and in the home world. My controlled Sims can use the shower just fine though it's way to fast. Which is another bug. But for whatever reason Npcs won't shower inside. I've tried replacing the shower and making sure it's routable. I even had a roommate catch fire and they put themselves out in the shower. So it makes them not using it even more strange. I end up putting the outdoor shower outside for them or having to cheat their needs. But I'd like them to shower like normal. I do play with mods and I'm on pc. If anyone know how to fix this that be great. If you need more information let me know. Thanks. 

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    3 hours ago

    PCB82​  Do the sims use the outdoor shower?  And when they don't use the indoor showers, what are they doing instead?  Are they guests in your sims' home?  Showering (indoors) is considered inappropriate behavior for a guest—try telling your sim to use a shower when visiting another lot.

    The game should reset inactive sims' needs when they're off-camera and not being simulated, at least after a while, so how big of a problem is this?  I understand it's not ideal, but you can always send sims home, manually or with the resetsim cheat.  You can also max their motives if you want.

    But if you're looking for them to consistently take care of this themselves, as guests, then the outdoor shower might be your only option.  You could put it inside though and just pretend the house has one of those large walk-in showers that would take up a 2x2 space, sectioned off with glass walls or something.

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