Action progress bars no longer are interrupted when a new action is added to a Sim's queue.
Fixed in Patch 1.68.154/ 1.33
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Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? 1.63.134.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Eco Lifestyle, Island Living, Get Famous, Seasons, Cats & Dogs, City Living, Get To Work, Parenthood, Dine Out, Laundry Day, Cool Kitchen Stuff, and the free Holiday pack.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Normal gameplay, but it happens more often when there's some sort of entertainment nearby.
What happens when the bug occurs? I will have my sim cook herself dinner (or in some cases writing on the computer), only for her to stop midway through to do something else. Example, sim will stop writing on computer/cooking a meal unprompted without the progress bar completing to watch tv, read a book, garden, or even get a quick meal out of the fridge. This also happens when she's grilling (happens most often with Forager's Stew), but in this instance I am completely unable to resume cooking, and I have to throw it away.
What do you expect to see? Sims to be able to complete the tasks queued for them without interruption.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. Most of the issues I've noticed within the last two patches, I believe. I don't know the exact patch numbers, but before a week or so ago it didn't happen. The grilling one specifically happened with the addition of Eco Lifestyle.
In the case of the writing on the computer, the fix seemed to be to move the book pile from the computer desk into another room, but the sim seems to want to look even further away for entertainment while cooking, like going into the next room to watch tv, or going upstairs to garden. While grilling the Forager's Stew, the sim will stop out of nowhere and when you click back onto the grill, they do the motion of "I can't get there", even if I move it around. In this case, the sim doesn't seem to have anything else to do, they just stop.
I haven't had any mods installed since the patch before the ladders were added I believe, because I didn't know what kind of interactions it would have. The only mod I had in there before that was the most updated MCCC available.
This is happening to me too. So I built my sim a container house down on the Dockside lot and she refuses to prepare or cook food inside the container just point blank refuses to use fridge the stove or the kitchen counters. After trying to fix the problem I found that it didnt matter if I had the stove/fridge/counter up against a blank wall or in the middle of the container she just refuses to even begin using these items (does the cant do it wave action). Heres the interesting thing, when I put the stove/fridge/counter objects outside she will start to use them and mid way through just stops and stands there like Ive reset her. If I try and get her to resume she refuses to resume and I have to get her to clean it up. What I found interesting was there seems to be a glitch with the kitchen counters too if I get her to make a garden salad when the counter is outside she wont make the salad at the front (drawers) side of the counter she walks round to the back of the counter to start the process. There are other problems Ive been having too like you my sims seems really scatty she wont complete tasks I have to instruct her multiple times to get her to do anything such as having a shower, reading a book and another weird glitch is the empty bicycles that keep whizzing past my lot with noone riding them. I also have the problem of recycled foraged items not making it into my inventory and my influence points disappearing without explanation I will work my sims butt off influencing sims building up points only to lose them all mid conversation with no idea why. My last complaint is the container doors I cringe everytime my Sims walks in and out of the container the doors open inwards. Container doors do not open inwards! it insults me that you would not put proper action to those doors. The food issue is the most pressing issue that needs fixing for an interim Ive found a work round which is so contradictory to the goals of the pack by placing a cauldron on the lot so it seems my sim is happy to cook a vat of mac and cheese with a couple of prompts but at least she completes it. Not really eco having a cauldron chugging out smoke 24/7 but at least she wont die of starvation.
This bug is sadly completely ruining my gaming experience on my current save. I'd try another save, but it would be super annoying since I've been working hard on this save after EL to get the neighbourhood eco footprints as I want them to be. Really, really wish this issue will be fixed soon.
