any one else have Stupid sims

Yep. Especially with the routing and actions canceling themselves out a lot.

They’re all stupid. Even the “smart” ones. Maxis programmed them all that way.

Most of my Sims can autonomously take care of themselves (except eat, because it's bugged right now), but I have some stupid ones who would die quite fast if I didn't guide them through their life.
I find it hilarious sometimes, it's funny when a Sim wakes up in the morning with a bladder need on red and decides to go watch TV instead of going to the toilet. Then she pees on herself and complains about the pee on the floor.

"Scobre;c-17857018" wrote:
Yep. Especially with the routing and actions canceling themselves out a lot.

I have to say, the constant action cancelling is starting to get to me. I hope that gets fixed.

The Sims that I keep, manage to take care of themselves just fine after they learn how to. I have had quite a few Sims that would rather play the violin until they pass out or wet themselves. This group also tends to cancel almost anything that I direct to do in favor of dancing, washing their hands, browsing a book,, or letting their bladder, hunger, or energy go red before they take action. This group never lets Fun or Social go slightly below full. Sims in this group very often become random townies or they're just deleted. I've accumulated a group of Sims that has consistently had good or great AI so I use them for everything.

There is currently a problem with basketball hoops. Sims will stop painting or cooking to run outside and play basketball. That's on Maxis though not the Sims.

My advice - get rid of the stupid ones. Or if you spent a lot of time in CAS perfecting their look make a genetic twin first and then use MCC to copy/paste the original onto the twin. I have had several genetic twins that turned out to be a lot better to play than the original base Sim.

They have definitely got worse with the last few updates. They don’t eat when they’re hungry without being told to and they rarely go to the bathroom without being told to. They have got so bad at taking care of themselves. Honestly I think it’s partly why I’m taking a break from the game. The autonomy is messed up.

I hope it will improve in the near future.

I had a sim that kept swimming in winter and nearly freeze to death, I'd get them to go inside, just for them to head straight for the pool again. After doing the same routine 5 times in a row, I let them have their way and they froze.

Absolutely. Oddly enough, it seems to be mostly my female sims who pull that stupid $#!&.

Yes, but I namely feel it is 4's systems or bugs rather than anything truly purposeful.