Bowling Bug

Nope. Bowling is just one giant bug for me. I don’t even bother with it anymore because I know the chances of completing a game are slim and none.

I’m not sure any one aspect of it is working properly.

It's too buggy to use. The only way I've ever managed to successfully finish a game is by having the alley on the home lot. In that case, it was my Loner couple so it was just the two of them and they were able to bowl and finish a game in a normal amount of time when it was on their home lot and nobody to interrupt them. It's awful because I really thought bowling alleys would be fun to add to my towns. Instead, they are unusuable.

I don't remember the last time bowling worked in my game, if it ever really did. Maybe when it first came out.

I actually just tried to send my Sims bowling the other day and it was such a failure. It was a group of three who had just shown up at the place and got straight to playing. Only one of them took a single turn before one of the others just up and left. Then the same one who had already gone had it queued to go again for some reason, but just stood there frozen, and eventually the remaining member went upstairs to sit at the bar and chat with other Sims. ?

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My Sims stop bowling because every random townie that enters the lot heads straight to them to chat. This automatically makes my Sims pause bowling while they wait for the townie or townies to slowly get to them to chat. Sometimes the townie changes their mind and which then leave my Sim standing doing nothing and often cancels bowling activity.

I recently started using the Less Intrusive Conversations mod by Turbodriver at Mod The Sims to reduce this. So far, I like this mod. It's made a noticeable difference when my Sim is involved in a conversation with another Sim or a group of Sims that they know. It also seems to work with single Sims doing something at an Art Center or Museum where I've had them paint without being interrupted. I'll have to try it with bowling.

I'm pretty sure it worked for me the last time I tried. I always select the shortest set of frames and usually have two sims bowl against each other. I'll pay attention if it works next time.

"Monaveil;c-17390425" wrote:
My Sims stop bowling because every random townie that enters the lot heads straight to them to chat. This automatically makes my Sims pause bowling while they wait for the townie or townies to slowly get to them to chat. Sometimes the townie changes their mind and which then leave my Sim standing doing nothing and often cancels bowling activity.

This ^
I don't mind Sims starting conversations with my Sims but not at the expense of them dropping everything they are doing. I feel this also when my Sims are in a club gathering and when they are eating (especially from the food stalls). Not to such extremes as with bowling though. Fortunatly, working on homework and working/playing/chatting on the computer seem to be immune to this. So far anyway. The conversation happens but my Sims don't drop everything, stand up and stare into the air until the chatter finally decides to arrive :rage:

Is there any part of this games code they haven't totally fritzed?
Did EA|Maxis hire a special crew of complete idiots (idiotic incompetents) for this update and bug riddled pack?

And I will keep editing your purile edits t my comments too forum

I actually meant to test this before but I forgot. I'm using Zero's mod which is similar to Turbo's mod to stop NPCs interrupting conversations, but I think Turbo's is a bit more involved. Anyway, I meant to try bowling again after installing this mod but it slipped my mind.

Well, I just tried it now. No NPCs bothered my 2 sims but they did keep sitting down to talk every so often and it still took a while to complete. But they did actually finish the game. So yes, I'd recommend Turbo or Zero's mod if you want to bowl without NPCs interrupting with their idle chat. I don't know if this will ever get fixed, but at least there's a mod to make it possible to bowl in public again.

Edit: I tested it again after, including an invited friend. NPCs can still interrupt the invited sim, so it's still unplayable if you're bowling with somebody who is not part of your active household.

They’re such chatty patties. I think they only bowl about two frames.