Sims are stopped mid-action by the other sims and won't do anything

Solved.

Created a file named cache not cachestr. Reran all repair measures; app cache and deleted localthumbcache with all exceptions etc. Restarted game from load not resume with new cache file in place. Took household to another lot to ensure all actions were cleared. Then traveled back home and saved game. Logged out turned off EA app running in background restarted computer double checked for any updates to pc. None. Checked new cache file. Several new items had been dumped in there. (This is not new. When the app first came out frequently files seemed to get lost between the EA app where they should go and the sims files where they used to go with Origin like some kind of straggler file void. But hasn't happened in a while.) Anyway, cleared said folder reran repair and low and behold it works again.