[FIXED] [CL] Sim starts painting and then plays basketball instead

I have the same issue. Especially, my sims start painting from reference in San Mychuno, he and she paint for a couple of mins, then go to play basketball, then I just ask them come back and resume the painting, then they do for a couple of mins, then go to play basketball again. They played basketball about 7 to 8 times while completing only 1 paint. I really got annoyed. They are fine when painting at home lot. I haven't purchased Eco Lifestyle yet.

@b1brittany Thanks for this recommendation! I've started doing this and it works! It happens whenever the Sim is painting or working on the robotics workbench, so far.

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@Ballerinahippo wrote:

For my sim, it's not basketball, but playing with their cat that they want to do instead of finish a painting.  I think they will drop painting for anything that is considered fun.  Queuing up any action after the paint interaction seems to be an effective workaround.  For example, if your sim won't finish a painting try queuing up "resume painting" followed by "wash hands" at a sink or something.  It doesn't seem to matter what action you have queued up AFTER painting as long as something is there.  Heck, you could probably even tell them to play basketball after painting and they would finish the painting, then play basketball (though I haven't actually tried that one.

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Wow, thanks, I will try this! My painter sim always stops to play with the cat, watch the cat, talk to the cat etc. There are other sims in the household who keep the cat totally fine, but noooo she has to interrupt painting (at every easel) after a few seconds just to do anything else, so annoying!

My workaround for my sim in Windenberg is that if he goes off lot to the easel in the world area he will keep painting as normal, but if he tries to paint on an easel on his home lot he'll stop and play basketball instead.

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? EPO3: 1.assets.ml-ep03.251
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Eco Lifestyle, Discover University, Realm of Magic, Tiny Living, Island Living, Get Famous, Seasons, Cats & Dogs, My First Pet Stuff, Jungle Adventure, Laundry Day Stuff, City Living, Parenthood, Dine Out, Fitness Stuff, Get To Work, Vampires, Vintage Glamour Stuff, Spooky Stuff, Outdoor Retreat, Spa Day, Cool Kitchen Stuff, Luxury Party Stuff, Perfect Patio Stuff, Holiday Celebration Pack
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? All you have to do is make your sim use either any easel, or the Digitalistic Sketchpad.
What happens when the bug occurs? My sim will paint on either an easel or the Digitalistic Sketchpad for no more than a few seconds before automatically canceling the function. When using the Sketchpad, she will just stop suddenly as if I clicked ‘debug’, and the Sketchpad will be cleared every time. When I use the easel, she will cancel the function to go use the basketball hoop every single time, but I can make her resume the painting over and over until it’s complete.
What do you expect to see? She should complete the painting on the Sketchpad or easel without any interruptions.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. It started after the most recent patch to fix the continuous crashing.

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Same problem, although it seems to only happen to one of the two sims in the household who are painters. The other will usually continue painting until she's finished, if I remember correctly. This is on a lot in Desert Oasis, in a house I built myself. I did have a basketball hoop on the lot but I got annoyed by the bug and temporarily removed it. No mods or CC, and the problem persisted even after restarting/repairing/clearing cache. I first noticed it after the last patch, but I hadn't played that save in a while, so I don't know how long it's actually been an issue.

It happens to other activities too. Authenticate artifact is also affected. It seems it is related to some NAP "Neighborhood Action Plan".