Product: The Sims 4Platform:PCWhich language are you playing the game in? EnglishHow often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)What is your current game version number? 1.83.24.1030What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All expansions, game packs, and stuff packsSteps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have a Sim travel to Batuu, place a droid in the world, click on the droid and select "engage follow procedure," then click anywhere and select "engage distraction procedure," then click on the droid again and select "engage follow procedure."What happens when the bug occurs? Once the droid has engaged in distraction procedure (i.e. sparking animation), it does not stop. I can ask it to follow, deactivate it, put it in the Sim's inventory and place it back in the world, but it will still have the sparking animation. The only thing I have found to make it stop is to travel to a different neighborhood.What do you expect to see? I expect to see an option to stop the distraction procedure or for other actions to stop it. I don't expect it to be ongoing with no way of stopping it. Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? YesDid this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure MC Last Exception File https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cdokq43z1-89IMFQwG2rrXYWnW81_8dxiIf43vG7c6k/edit?usp=sharing Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title

Had this problem today on PS4. The R-Unit Droid wouldn't stop sparking and smoking. When I put it in my inventory, I couldn't place it back in-world. The inventory icon was different too. Instead of the full droid, it was the top-half NPC icon. I had to sell it and buy a new one.

I found a workaround:After the LE, go into CAS from the Sim Info panel Likes and Dislikes pane. Don't make any changes, just check out so the lot will reload. The droid will be responsive again.

So, I can verify that this is still happening and it also seems to happen with the "Engage wait protocol" command. It's just that this loop on the distraction procedure is much easier to actually notice.It looks like the routing command just loops and loops. I'm able to do the "swipe while distracted" action pretty much indefinitely, because sims in the area keep getting distracted over and over.Edit: after playing around with this, it looks like the game doesn't seem to realize that the droid has already arrived at the locations its supposed to be at, and any time you move the droid to a new location (even deactivating it and picking it up) it'll try moving back to where it was instructed to go. This happens with both the "Distract here" and "Wait here" commands.When I test with mods active, MCCC provides this in the last exception error summary:Last Module Called: __init__.pyLast Function Called: __getattr__Error message: [tastle] Exception thrown while processing navmesh update callbacks. Eating this exception to prevent the alarm from self-destructing. (AttributeError: 'object_terrain' object has no attribute 'is_on_location_changed_callback_registered'), CategoryID: __init__:202Last Module Called: __init__.pyLast Function Called: __getattr__Error message: Exception in Sim Timeline: Exception running Element (AttributeError: 'object_terrain' object has no attribute 'is_on_location_changed_callback_registered'), CategoryID: __init__:202

@crinrict Yes, I sent it to SimGuruRitzy

Has anyone found a solution to this bug? I bought a BB droid and I have the same problem, when I give it the order "Start distraction protocol" I get a Last Exception, the droid goes to the place of the distraction, it starts throwing sparks and smoke and I can no longer stop it.The Last Exception says "[tastle] Exception thrown while processing navmesh updates callbacks. Eating this exception to prevent the alarm from self-destructing (AtributeError: 'object_terrain' object has no attribute" is_on_location_changed_callback_registered'), CategoryID: __init__:198

[OPEN] [JTB] Droid loops on Distraction Procedure

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Manu2o6
4 years ago
Has anyone found a solution to this bug? I bought a BB droid and I have the same problem, when I give it the order "Start distraction protocol" I get a Last Exception, the droid goes to the place of the distraction, it starts throwing sparks and smoke and I can no longer stop it.

The Last Exception says "[tastle] Exception thrown while processing navmesh updates callbacks. Eating this exception to prevent the alarm from self-destructing (AtributeError: 'object_terrain' object has no attribute" is_on_location_changed_callback_registered'), CategoryID: __init__:198
SimGuruRitzy
EA Staff
4 years ago
@Manu2o6
Hello!
If you are still encountering this (without mods), would you be willing to share your save file(s)?

If so, please send me a private message with a link to the file.

Instructions here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/INFORMATION-How-to-Send-User-Files-to-The-Sims-4-Team/m-p/6065302
Manu2o6
4 years ago
I use mods but I have already tried disabling all custom content and mods and although I don't get any in-game notification when disabling MCCC the game still creates a Last Exception in the Sims 4 folder when I use the droid to create a distraction.

I don't usually save the game after a Last Exception, what I did was continue the game without using that interaction, the others seem to work perfectly.

Later I will try to share the games as soon as I can.
crinrict
Hero+
4 years ago
Would you mind uploading the whole exception file ?

Follow instructions here on how to upload: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/INFORMATION-How-does-this-forum-work/m-p/3445427#M181737 (under Additional info)
Manu2o6
4 years ago
Here I send the Last Exception file
Exceptions Droid (with and without mods).rar3 KB
crinrict
Hero+
4 years ago
@Manu2o6 Did you sent your save to EA yet ?
Manu2o6
4 years ago
@crinrict Yes, I sent it to SimGuruRitzy
crinrict
Hero+
4 years ago
@Manu2o6 Great. Thank you
tgbowman
3 years ago
Me too , but im on the xbox one. And my droid keeps returning the the destraction destination.
And i dont see any error messages when it happends.
iamsweetmystery
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
Had this problem today on PS4. The R-Unit Droid wouldn't stop sparking and smoking. When I put it in my inventory, I couldn't place it back in-world. The inventory icon was different too. Instead of the full droid, it was the top-half NPC icon. I had to sell it and buy a new one.