Maybe because they don't want to disable the autonomy but rather find the issue that's causing that and fix it ?
Just a wild guess though. Modders often put band aid fixes while devs have to find the root cause.
I understand that they should look for the cause of the issues. But right now nobody benefits from autonomous water drinking and mixing. I dont see how disabling these particular autonomous actions has negative effects on the game. People could still command their sims to do it. My sims never tend the garden on their own. I can command them to do it just fine. Same with many other activities my sims never do on their own.
"Modders often put band aid fixes while devs have to find the root cause."
Exactly. I see modders doing something. I dont see devs doing something. Its because of mods that the devs dont consider it important enough to fix. This problem is 2 years old now. If they wanted to do something they would have done it by now.
YES!!! My Sims are constantly doing this. 😠 This causes many problem: it wastes time; it makes them leave dirty glasses everywhere (the glasses are sometimes hard to find too); it makes them have to pee all the time😢! And with the City Living EP, now all my neighbors with apartment keys junk up my Sim's apartment with all their dirty glasses! 😬
I'm constantly having to cancel this action if I notice it, but I often play large families and when I'm concentrating on one Sim taking care of a Toddler, all the other Sims in the house will drink water as soon as I turn my back on them! 😞 One would think the water was bacon flavored they way they act! LOL🤨
I've noticed the mixing of drinks as well, but this isn't as much of a problem since Children can't use the bar, and many of my houses don't have a bar to begin with ... but they ALL have sinks! 😞
Please fix this EA! 😇 Thanks!
You can get rid of this with the MC command mod. It disables things like washing hands, getting water, mixing drinks and more. You can still order your sims to do them manually but they wont do all that by themself anylonger.
@Zasz_Zerg , thanks for the information on a Mod that will fix this. 🙂 Unfortunately, I do not want to play with Mods (too many problems with them in TS3), so this isn't a solution for some of us. 😞 But I'm sure some people will take your suggestion! 😉
MC Command Center is one I've been using ever since I discovered it (we're talking years here), and it has only ever fixed issues, never caused any. 🙂 I can attest to its safety and ease of use. Anyway, this is still happening in my game, too, and now I also have vampires obsessed with water consumption. I guess I'll fiddle with MCC and turn it off, though it is kinda cool when sims just decide to mix a drink-as long as they're not dropping a commanded action to do so! Edit: I suppose it is possible that the game is just choosing a filler action, never thought of that. I'll try disabling it via MCC and see what happens.
Omg the water drinking and continiously mixing drinks is so annoying! I wish you could turn it off. Good thing they don't get drinks from the fridge anymore. I can't use mods in my Dynasty Challenge file, but otherwise I would use it in an instant.
They drink so much, non stop, drink water, clean, wash hands, drink water, mix and drink at bar, clean, wash hands, make more drinks at the bar... The sinks always have to be repaired now they are all getting fat and they are athletic. I removed two sinks from the home but I guess that wasn't enough. I might have to try that mod out, been looking at it for some time but I have tons of mods already installed it probably isn't compatible.
the mixing and drinking at a bar is even more annoying because those glasses never get washed, not even by neat Sims. if multiple glasses are present, a Sim who is directed to wash them will pick them up one by one instead of as a pile of dirty dishes.
