[OPEN] NPC Sims drop everything to shovel snow piles

siirysiir
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
This is bad enough at home but it gets infuriating on community lots when NPCs keep running off to shovel snow somewhere down the street. It would be best if this was just removed as an autonomous activity altogether. I don't really mind the small snow piles, mostly I'd just leave them be but it's cool to have the option to shovel them in case they're in the middle of your front yard.
- halloweenchild13
  Seasoned Ace
  2 years ago
  @siirysiir I think the problem is due to the lack of things for sims to do and the way their AI is programed, they are programmed to look for every interactable object in the neighbourhood and from a score of 0-10 will decide how "important" it is and will there for pick a number based on that which determines if they'll perform the interaction. It's why sims will randomly strike up conversations w/o being introduced, because the AI interprets other sims as objects, rather than sims.
  - siirysiir
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    @halloweenchild13 Especially then it'd help to just remove it as an autonomous activity. I'll rather have NPCs trying to strike up a conversation instead of running off to shovel snow when I was actually trying to talk to them.
- MzMelonz
  Seasoned Ace
  2 years ago
  @siirysiir Yes that's a great idea! "removed as an autonomous activity altogether"
Bearpal64
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@MzMelonz I recently played through winter with autonomy turned on full and it was like every other action was shoveling snow and most of the time they would also drop what they were doing to shovel snow.
TheSimsDirect
The Sims Team
2 years ago
Hello @MzMelonz, @halloweenchild13, @siirysiir, @Bearpal64,

If any of you are still encountering this on the latest game version (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: http://x.ea.com/74420

Thanks!
- MzMelonz
  Seasoned Ace
  2 years ago
  @TheSimsDirect I play on console so I am not sure how to do the save file thing. Yes, up to date. Actually, I recently deleted all of my data so it's a brand new game.
  - siirysiir
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    @MzMelonz The link that TheSimsDirect posted has instructions on how to share your save file! ^^

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