[UNSURE] Nanny acts flirty with children on lot

In this case, it was a male nanny and the interaction was with a male child.

The nanny showed as flirty and you can clearly hear the difference and see the difference when a sim is being flirty. He was flirty and went to the child while the child was on the computer. He used the flirty voice and swayed with the flirty animation. The child was upset, presumably because children reject romantic advances, as it should be.

This is just wrong. And it's not just me. The FB group reported it happening to both male and female nannies. Sometimes they flirt with the kids, sometimes they call the children and ask them to skip school to hang out with them. Something is very wrong. I will not want to use nannies until I hear something has changed.

Thank you.

i haven't noticed this specifically, but i will pay more attention. I know my nannies talk to my kids constantly, like to the point the kids can't autonomously take care of their needs... so I will keep an eye out for this also

Thank you.

@ChangeArranger 

I'll add that as unsure for now cause I'm unsure if it's a bug

Do you only see this with the nanny ? Do you have any flirty decoration or does your nanny have the flirty trait ?

@deadchloe Is correct. It's a big downside to the emotion system and has nothing to do with nannies in particular. The game assigns random emotions to NPCs and this is a side effect of that. I see this all the time in my game and just try to ignore it.

It's noticeable to you because of the scenario in question, but if you spend any time in your game observing the behavior of NPCs on lots, you'll see this isn't so unusual. You just had the bad luck of the draw with it being your nanny.

Also, I just thought of this: you can always use the Show Sim Info mod from Mod the Sims to see exactly what interactions an NPC has in their queue. Plus it will show you things about their mood, etc. It's a good way to see what exactly an NPC is doing when they're interacting with another Sim.

I don't use Nannies, but I've definitely seen my Sims when I'm not playing them and maybe other NPC Sims randomly be Flirty when they talk to my currently active Sim(s). It's definitely awkward. ^_^;

@manzana0807 : Hmm, never thought of using Show Sim Info for that (I mainly use it to see which Sims are currently on the lot I'm playing and to monitor the progress of pregnancies, especially in the final trimester). Thanks for the tip! 🙂

@StarryMight I use it to monitor pregnancies as well. I use it for so many things! It's very helpful being able to see the needs of pets and babies with it too. I know in the past it's really helped troubleshoot problems with different Sims. I don't even think of it as a mod so much, but more like a utility since it's just pulling information already stored in the game.