[OPEN] Homework is clipping with laptops/done underneath laptop
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? 1.60.54.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All up to and including Tiny Living
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have a sim do university homework in a room with a surface (desk, dining table) that has a laptop already sitting on it and no other empty surfaces or seating places (sofas, etc.).
What happens when the bug occurs? Not a bug really. Not game breaking. When a sim does university homework, they will generally do the homework on the nearest available vacant surface. If that surface has a laptop sitting on it, they will ignore the laptop and do their homework in the same spot. It looks like the homework is under the laptop and they are doing the homework through the laptop. If they get interrupted and don't pick up the homework, you have to move the laptop to get the homework out from under it to put it back in a sim's inventory
What do you expect to see? Sims will not do their homework on surfaces that have a laptop on them.
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. Installing DU
This happens in a vanilla game with no mods and cc.
It only happens with DU homework. It does not happen with child or teen homework.
It does not happen if the computer is a desktop. They go find another surface to do homework or sit down on a chair, sofa, etc. to do their homework. They "see" that the surface is occupied by the desktop.
It happens with all the laptops, both those from DU and Strangerville.
It appears that sims don't "see" the laptops when searching for a place to do homework so the surface appears vacant and available. But they do seem to "see" the laptop in other cases like when setting dishes down to eat or dirty dishes. If the space on a desk where a computer normally sits is occupied by another object (lamp, deco) they also "see" those objects. So the only object not seen in this case is the laptops.
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