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KnightGoblin8
New Adventurer
6 months ago
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Yoga mat placement

I am trying to get my Sims to practice wellness and would like them to stand the specific direction when using the yoga mat. But no matter if I flip the mat 180 degrees (so the entry arrows are on the opposite direction) , the Sim will still start the series of poses by standing to the same direction no matter what the alignment of the mat is. Is this intentional or a possible bug? And if it is intentional, how can I make sure my Sims do yoga to specific direction?

  • Its very inconsistant unfortunately, doesnt seem to have anything to do with where the arrows are, sims will get on the mat from any side either way.  I've had the best results when controlling from which side the sims will go on the mat in a straight line, so they will face the way they faced when walking there, but even that is not totally reliable.

    Edit: ok, I just had an idea and tested it, and it seems to work, it seems to depend on where your camera is faceing! At least when directly on the sim from front or back, the sim will turn in your/the cameras direction! I tried it a couple of times with a sim on the mat. So it seems to work that way, try it! They might not face you initially btw so if they dont, cancel the action when they are on the mat and then start it again, everytime I did this they would turn arround to face me.

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  • AgnesValravn's avatar
    AgnesValravn
    Seasoned Veteran
    6 months ago

    Its very inconsistant unfortunately, doesnt seem to have anything to do with where the arrows are, sims will get on the mat from any side either way.  I've had the best results when controlling from which side the sims will go on the mat in a straight line, so they will face the way they faced when walking there, but even that is not totally reliable.

    Edit: ok, I just had an idea and tested it, and it seems to work, it seems to depend on where your camera is faceing! At least when directly on the sim from front or back, the sim will turn in your/the cameras direction! I tried it a couple of times with a sim on the mat. So it seems to work that way, try it! They might not face you initially btw so if they dont, cancel the action when they are on the mat and then start it again, everytime I did this they would turn arround to face me.

  • KnightGoblin8's avatar
    KnightGoblin8
    New Adventurer
    6 months ago

    This worked on the first try, thank you! What I did was to move the camera to the side of the wall (my mat is next to a wall) so it was looking towards rest of the room which would then cause the sim to turn their back towards me. In general in these tests most of the time the Sim seems to turn so that their back is facing the camera first.

    I did not try yet on how the yoga lessons would work, whether the Sim will look at the instructor when an instructor's mat has been placed down. But this seems to work for home exercise at least!

  • AgnesValravn's avatar
    AgnesValravn
    Seasoned Veteran
    6 months ago

    Cool, glad it worked! 

    I've had alot of spas and the sims taking the classes always faced the instructor for me, so that works fine afaik.