Why do my Sims "chat with" way to much?
Hi all. I am not sure if my game is glitched or what but my Sims want to chat with other Sims all the time. I mean ALL the time. It gets really old really fast. That's mostly all they will do. They w...
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Have you tried telling your sims to do something else?
When left to their own devices it is normal for needs to go in the red before they take care of it themselves.
@jpkarlsen wrote:Have you tried telling your sims to do something else?
When left to their own devices it is normal for needs to go in the red before they take care of it themselves.
I have. I shouldn't have to micro manage every Sim in my household by giving them things to do. I can't keep up with a houseful of Sims by giving them each something to do every single second while playing the game. It gets too overwhelming and it's hard to keep track of what one or two Sims are doing in another room. They should be able to something more for themselves other than want to "chat". The games autonomy system is supposed to let them think for themselves, but they don't and The Sims have become mindless drones now and the game just isn't enjoyable anymore.
May I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the use of the 0 key (pause). Also I hope that you know that you can queue up 6 actions for all your Sims?
The autonomy system is only meant to ensure that your idle sims do something like chatting to keep up friendship. Gaming on the computer or do other things depending on their traits and skills like a neat sim will clean up around the house a handy sim will repair broken items and so on. Some people even turn off autonomy preferring to manage everything their Sims does themselves.
@jpkarlsen wrote:May I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the use of the 0 key (pause). Also I hope that you know that you can queue up 6 actions for all your Sims?
The autonomy system is only meant to ensure that your idle sims do something like chatting to keep up friendship. Gaming on the computer or do other things depending on their traits and skills like a neat sim will clean up around the house a handy sim will repair broken items and so on. Some people even turn off autonomy preferring to manage everything their Sims does themselves.
Is the 0 key the same as game pause? I do know I can queue up 6 actions as I do this with Sims that are sad and I queue up the Sadness Hotline so they can knock out their sadness time. The autonomy system needs to be changed up to let Sims do more than just chat. Maybe give Sims the same autonomy system they had in TS2. They would chat for a bit and then move on to something else then possibly go back to chatting at a later time. I have played the game with turning off free will but like I have mentioned with a house full of Sims it gets a bit overwhelming at least for me.
@greenean71I have an 8 sim household, but I make sure they have plenty to do, such as the observatory, chess, foosball, darts, pool, they love the waterslide, gardening, they even talk to plants. I just leave them to their own devices apart from constantly grabbing water! Get Famous also gives them lots to do, they'll go out and pose for the Paparazzi and get good moodlets for that. They have big TVs gaming rigs, lots of easels, piano, guitars, etc... Could be that you don't have enough for them to occupy themselves? I don't know which packs you play, but in most games you can buy them items to keep them busy. They'll even repair objects if you have the handiness skill high enough. Oh and a sauna and massage table, they're always offering each other massages, and foot rubs! I take them out clubbing, they love to dance all night and of course the acting career is great as there's lots of prep work to do before the acting gig. Hope this helps some based on your game.
