Product: The Sims 4Platform:MacWhich language are you playing the game in? EnglishHow often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)What is your current game version number? 1.54.120.1220What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Holiday Celebration PackSteps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have counters in rooms other than the kitchen, then have a Sim cook anything.What happens when the bug occurs? The Sim will go somewhere far away in the house where there is a counter, and prep the food there. Sometimes, the Sim will refuse to go back to the kitchen to actually cook the food, so it ends up not being made.What do you expect to see? The Sim preps food on the kitchen counters, then cooks the food in the kitchen.Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No Usually, the Sim leaves the kitchen to either the terrace or the bathroom to prep the food, and sometimes comes back to cook on the stove/oven, and sometimes just says that they're unable to go back. Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Tag

@HootOwl18 Did some more testing and it's actually the pot rack bug that hit your game. Can you try removing that and see if it then works ? I didn't have my Sim go to a different room to use a counter at all. Before it just failed in the mittle but that was because of the pot rack.

Marked as Solution for Visibility Purposes Only Anyone still seeing this issue? If so, could you share a save file with me where you've seen it occur? You can DM the link to me, thanks for the help! http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/INFORMATION-How-to-Send-User-Files-to-The-Sims-4-Team/m-p/6065302

I have noticed this problem since the most recent patch (released on 11/11/19 I believe). My Sims will make food anywhere but the kitchen really. I have seen this problem in most of my households, in all my saves and it happens nearly every time I ask a Sim to cook. One of my households has three different trailers on one lot (sort of like a mini-trailer park) and the Sims always run to another trailer's kitchen to use the counter, even though they have a perfectly good counter in their own trailer. Another instance that I have seen in my game is sims walking to different levels to prepare food. For example I have another household with only two sims. They have a large kitchen with tons of counter space and yet they still walk downstairs to the basement to prepare food in the laundry room. Once it's prepared they then walk back up to the kitchen to either set it down (if food is ready) or to use the stove to finish the meal. The counters in the kitchen do have some appliances on them (Tea brewer, coffee machine and microwave, as well as a dishwasher under the counter) as well as some decorative objects (mug rack, sunflowers in a vase from painter career, paper towel roll), but the majority of the countertop is free for use.I play on a MacBook Pro and I have Seasons, Parenthood, Laundry Day and the Holiday Stuff pack installed, no Mods or CC, and the game is up to date with all patches.

Everywhere that I have read, the bug where your sims refuses to use the kitchen counter has been fixed. I disagree. My sims seems to use the farthest away counter space to prepare their food. I tried everything including removing literally everything from the kitchen, walls, wall décor, tables and chairs; everything save the fridge, countertop, stove and sink. My sim still use the furthest countertop, which is located all the way in the living room. I cannot for the life of me figure out why. Any suggestions will help.You can find the house in question on my gallery, of the same name, entitled "Industrial Dream". Please help. I put several hours into this build and cannot for the life of me figure out why it won't work.

@HootOwl18 I've not had any issues with this since they fixed this.Could you upload your house to the gallery and post your gallery user name (if different from here) and the name of the house ?

[OPEN] Sim not using counters in kitchen to prep food

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Danitsia_TLP
Seasoned Scout
4 years ago
This is still an issue. Can't use counters in bathrooms because Sims will walk all the way to other side of the house to prep food on a bathroom counter rather than the kitchen counters that are NEXT to the fridge or stove.
Danitsia_TLP
Seasoned Scout
4 years ago
It also happens with SINKS --- Sims walk all the way to a whole other sink to wash dishes rather than the one that is in the kitchen!
crinrict
Hero+
4 years ago
@Danitsia_TLP Sinks have their own thread here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Sims-Use-Far-Away-Sink-for-Dishes-instead-of-Close-Patch-1/m-p/9743494 :D
khitteh
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@Danitsia_TLP wrote:
It also happens with SINKS --- Sims walk all the way to a whole other sink to wash dishes rather than the one that is in the kitchen!
That can be fixed with a mod if you're open to using them - Don't Wash Dishes Where You Angry Poop 🥳
preciousgem528
4 years ago
I'm experiencing the same. My sim will bypass 5 open kitchen counters to go to the upstairs bathroom counter to cook. I put stuff on the bathroom counters thinking that would stop them because it's blocked, and they still do it. It's annoying.
Danitsia_TLP
Seasoned Scout
3 years ago
Absolutely STILL happening... whether or not I have MODS installed. I remove my MCCC and TOOL mods and it STILL happens. I know there is space on the counters by the stove to do the job in, unblocked (there is nothing on them or above them). So, I don't understand the path logic.
isqiaollh
2 years ago
same here. this bug brother me so much!! my sims will go all the way to the top floor to use a toilet counter...
LunaticVariant
Seasoned Scout
2 years ago
Having this bug as well. Some sims, though not every sim, will only use another counter on another floor when making a salad. Instead of either one of the two perfectly fine counters next to the fridge. It's almost like some sims have their favorite counter. And no, they don't have likes or dislikes set for decor.
It's basically the sink bug all over again. Of course you can just put decor on any counter they shall not use for preparing food, still though, just fix the bug, guys. And I don't wanna see a "set counter type" action. That's not a fix, that's a dirty workaround. And we would not have this bug anymore, if you would have done an actual fix on the sink bug.

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