I experience the problem where sims won't sit to watch tv, or sit down to eat, since I purchased a 3-pack (get together, outdoor retreat and fitness stuff). There's enough space to go to the couch or seat, and if I ask the sim to sit down they will, all the while watching the tv. But they used to sit down automatically. Anyone any idea how to solve this please?
I'm noticing this as well. I could have a sofa or love seat in a position where it worked fine before, but now they will stand. I've noticed it when putting a TV behind bars too. I have a custom gym I made where I put in a pool with a bar right next to it, and there's a TV behind the bar and some of those outdoor loungers by the pool. For some reason sims ignore the bar stools and sit at the closest lounger. Before adding the loungers sims would stand and watch, rarely ever sitting to watch. Since adding the loungers, the first sim to watch takes the closest lounger then all other sims stand. Without the loungers, it seems that no matter where I put the bar sims either stand in front of it or behind it to watch.
From what I see, sims are less likely to sit in most circumstances. If they are socializing though, they seem very likely to sit and watch as long as there are enough seats. Here are some screenshots showing different scenarios. The first one is two sims watching at my gym but not in a conversation, and you can see one sitting at the lounger to watch while my sim stands. Then the second one I experimented with a social group and had them channel surf together, and as you can see 3 of the 4 started talking and ended up sitting at the bar. With the last one I had my sim join the conversation, and they got up from the lounger to sit at the bar. There's also one other sim standing in this image that is in the conversation, but I'm sure if there was another bar stool that they would be sitting too.
I just wanted to add that I'm playing on the PS4 (a Slim model) with just the base game (no packs at all) and using the latest update.
