Product: The Sims 4Platform:PCWhich language are you playing the game in? EnglishHow often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)What is your current game version number? n/aWhat expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Backyard SP, Cool Kitchen SP, Fitness SPSteps: How can we find the bug ourselves? have a Sim mix a drink/watch them do it on their own.What happens when the bug occurs? they will often leave the drink out to spoil.What do you expect to see? the Sim drinking what they have just prepared.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? No can't think of much else to add. more often than not, drinks are left on the bar until they spoil. happens when Sims prepare them on their own or are directed to it. their needs levels don't seem to make a difference. what they leave the drink for can be anything, or they might just stand there behind the bar. happens with autonomy on and off.

I have the same issues: once having a bar, Sims would spend most of their time preparing drinks, which they don't drink. I have tried to put the bar outside and they still go and make a lot of drinks. Not only spend they money but also ignore everything else. Had a toddler with high food need, the mother did not autonomously fed the toddler (unfortunately), but went to prepare some drinks.So I finally sold the bar ☹️ Although I like the idea of having one on my lot, till the bug is not solved I will not buy a new one.And about the water drinking, it's also frustrating. I have glasses all over my place. Even if I cancel the water drinking action, then I lose time with cleaning glasses.

Actually, I'm having this issue with my game as well. I got so fed up that I just removed the bar. It doesn't matter what bar is in the house, just so long as there is one. I use the mccommand, but have playtested a vanilla game and it still happens. It only gets worse as their mixology skill increases too. On the plus side, if your sim really needs money, buy a bar and sell the drinks from their inventory, they sell even if they are spoiled.

this is still a thing. while not unhealthily obsessed with the bar (as long as they have enough objects to interact with), almost every drink they prepare is left out to spoil. the same happens when visiting an NPC with a bar in their home.

My game's been like this forever. I just manually move the drinks to the fridge, since my bar is usually far enough away that making them put them away takes too long.Also while most won't drink the drinks left out (Visitors will) my sims love the drinks once they've been in the fridge and will autonomously grab them a lot

Same here. Worst for me is the globe bar. They just put the drinks down and never drink them. They only drink it sometimes. I've started noticing the same with food. It doesn't happen often but sometimes. They take a plate from the fridge and just put it down.This is how one table looks after a houseparty..

[NEEDS INPUT] Sims don't drink autonomously-made drinks

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Gailardhia
9 years ago
Hello, everyone. 🙂

I have searching around about 'Bar' problems. Whenever i placed a bar in my home, my family wouldn't stop mixing and mixing... yet almost never drink them.

I don't like seeing them wasting their money. This is a common bug, i think.

Well, is there any mods that prevent them from autonomously making drinks at the bar? (I don't really mind they go to get a water, but owning a bar made my home much more luxurious.)

I'm sorry if asking for such things (as mods) are prohibited, but i'm just curious.

Thank you...😃

Oh, one last thing. Please merge this post to another same bug problem if needed. I'm afraid if i asked this to another forum, it would go off-topic.
crinrict
Hero+
9 years ago
Hi @Gailardhia

there's an issue with drinking obsession which also makes them use the bar often but usually they drink what they mix so your issue seems different.

Have you done all the usually troubleshooting steps like repair your game and try a new save for testing purposes to see if it also occurs there ?

As for mods, you can use them but we're not allowed to link them here. MC Command Center might have an option, otherwise try modthesims.
Gailardhia
9 years ago
Thanks you for your suggestion.😃

Let's see what i could find (following the regular troubleshooting).

As long as they immediately drink what they made, i suppose it's OK.

The only thing that bothered me just they won't drink them. Most of time just left them there until spoiled.
IrishMadCat_EA
EA QV Team
9 years ago
@Gailardhia Do your sims have a low need such as low fun when this occurs? Are you using many Mods? Is it just with one type of Bar or any of them you place? Would you be happy to share your save?

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.
Gailardhia
9 years ago
I still searching for the problem, just to make sure.

Low need? I think no... usually i keep them in relatively high needs.

I'm not sure if custom clothes are considered mods. If so, then yes. Quite a lot but they're a set of 5. Assassin's Creed outfit from "001 Studio K" and the CreedHood from TSR.

Oh, another mod that i used are "Satisfaction" Mod (for retail and restaurant employees), and Cinderellimod "NPC_Barista" (for the same purpose, but different creator)

I'm not sure about placing another bar, i never tried the other but this one i have is quite often used by my household. "Future Furniture Star Bar" (From 'Get Together'). I also put the same thing on another family, they did the same thing: Mix, and left it (the drink) until spoiled. I just put another bar, it seems everything back to normal. They won't touch it unless i clicked the bar (I'm starting to suspect the Future Furniture" i mentioned earlier.)

Still i need to make sure of this. And, sure, i'll send my save. I appreciate it. 😃

Btw, i'm not native speaker. So, i'm sorry if there's any mistake.
IrishMadCat_EA
EA QV Team
9 years ago
@Gailardhia Thank you for responding. All your answers are very clear. Do you know if the "Satisfaction" Mod impacts the sims need to drink?
crinrict
Hero+
9 years ago
Hi,

I wasn't aware you were using mods/cc.

Could you please test this on a vanilla game first ?

Just to make sure it's not mod related.
Gailardhia
9 years ago
@crinrict @IrishMadCat_EA

Really? I didn't know that. I used it because my Restaurant employees status are always "Neutral" (if not Unsatisfied)

I'm sorry if i didn't tell you first if i'm using a mod. I thought it not really related. But, sure, let's see if i removed them.

Thank you. I'll check it again. 😃
crinrict
Hero+
9 years ago
It might not be related but there's no way of telling if you haven't tested without
Gailardhia
9 years ago
So, here's what i found.

I removed every mod following Crin suggestion, the problem is still there (No surprise)

According to IrishMadCat, if low need have some effects towards sim to use the bar... i think no, their needs still quite high. I think that's normal when they immediately making drink after some eat.

But, everytime my sim making a drink, they turned on the TV near them. I think, that's what made them left the drinks until it spoiled (unless, the others drink that. But it's not always happened)

I wonder if the placement of the Bar and TV is what causing all this.🤨

Any suggestion about what should i do? I was thinking about placing the bar away, from the TV, to second floor just to be sure.🙂

EDIT: No, it's still the same.