[ARCHIVED] Autonomy issues

My sims won't obey toddler commands like change diaper or feed or read to they pick her up then stand around and put her down again or put her back in the high chair. Super frustrating and the kid keeps crying.

And now the more I play, the more I find the adult sims doing things autonomously, even on their own and with each other.

Additional problem: toddlers' skills will randomly drop. Not down a level, but say 3/4ths of the skill bar is full - out of nowhere, it drops down to 1/4th. Or one skill was about to level up and dropped to almost empty.

Same problem. Seems as if all they're focused on is the toddlers. Kind of frustrating with more than one caregiver in the house.

It's hard to fill a whim involving the toddler or just to even take care of it's basic needs without another sim getting in the way 24/7.

Willing to share your save game ?

If so, please zip up this folder: documents\electronicarts\thesims4\saves and drop the file to this Mediafire-Link to upload.

Please make sure to name the zip file with your user name.

Done!

Thank you.

I'll check it out tomorrow

Thanks!

Additional issue: if I load any game, every sim who was in bed wakes up and stands next to their bed. All my sims are so angry about being awake now!

First, I'm playing with no mods, etc. after the Toddler patch.  Second, I play with Autonomy off.  So I have a couple who are maxed out on romance and friendship.  They have 3 children together and I have one other sim in the house who I'm treating as a butler but who is an actual controlled sim.  Just now, I had this sim watching sport on TV with the dad in the family and they were chatting.  This TV is located in the master bedroom.  I usually don't keep an eye on the conversations once I start them since with autonomy off, I've never had them do anything out of character.  I then dealt with the mom sim as she was going to read a book to one of the toddlers.  However, I check back on the dad and butler guy and they're woohooing in the bed!!!  WTH!  I've never had this happen before and wonder if it's related to the possible autonomy issue.  Now I feel as though I'm going to have to delete this butler guy from the household and the game world.  I'll also add that these two males didn't have any romance bar between them prior to this happening.

@shetcogle

could you also upload your save ?

@turkfox

I've tried your save

I do see them attend to toddlers needs when the toddler ask for it (which he does when his needs are low). 

I didn't see the bed issue you were talking about or any excessive autonomy other than that

Have you tried repairing your game to see if it gets better ?

You can also try resetting your user files as described in the factory reset described in this post: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/FAQ-Troubleshooting-Steps-amp-Known-Issues/m-p/3621199

You won't loose anything. Just make sure to not delete any files  and make a backup.

Try on a new game with nothing added back first (start new game). If it works, put back your save game and try again. If it still works, you can start putting stuff back.

• Options.ini (or just re-set all your settings manually)
• Tray Folder
• Screenshots/Videos/Custom music
• Rest of the save games (leave out slot_00000001.save which is the autosave)
• Custom content like clothing, hair, skins, make up ....
• Mods (one by one, making sure they all still work)

The rest does not need putting back, cause they are mostly cache files that recreate or log files that are not needed for the game.