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.
@NSxx99I've been having a similar issue today, I moved my sim to uni and every time i have her write her term paper on the computer she will for a little bit and then stop and go and get a quick meal. She will pull out clay while using the bathroom. She will go and practice writing even though I didn't tell her to... all this is happening will free will turned off. Became unplayable for me today. This is just one instance of bugs i've run into since installing eco. There are several causing my game to be unplayable.
I have also noticed that disabling free will has no effect at all. I’ve been in every hood and turned off every NAP and turned off NCP voting but no fix for the dropping directed interactions. Also I’ve never hated clay so much in my life.
@rebeccah101 Yeah someone mentioned that the N.A.P.-related activities (like the things that are overriding player-queued tasks) are coded in a way that makes them happen regardless of free will settings.
I really wish that we could choose whether or not to have our Sim participate in a N.A.P. If the community votes for the creative policy, I'd prefer that my tech-focused Sim wasn't forced to do creative activities. Like I'd like to choose to forego N.A.P. perks by not participating.
