Computer interactions not always showing in queue

This drives me crazy. I see them walk off with a computer thought bubble, but nothing in queue to cancel. The only way to stop them on their way to the computer is to reset them. And since I have a mod that fights against autonomous computer use, they sit at the computer and do absolutely nothing. SOOO annoying.

I honestly don't mind that much heavy autonomous use of computers by my sims....but the fact that "Troll the Forumz" is what they so often want to do, even if they are nice sims who have "mischief" as a dislike. That bugs the bajeezus out of me.

"ModerateOsprey;d-999131" wrote:
This must have started within the last patch or two.

I have now noticed, that in many cases, you don't see an interaction in a sim's queue until they are actually sat at the computer and executing the interaction, so no hope of cancelling it. And when you do cancel it, they still carry on for a good
while.

I seriously think this whole computer/video game obsession and need for sims to be using a computer is us being trolled!

Sims 4: Using a Computer Simulator

This drives me absolutely bonkers! And is one of the reasons I keep my sims busy at all times. Because once I let them loose for one second, its off to the computer or to the stereo to dance. Both options are equally bad. They can't dance and they have better things to do than playing Blic Bloc. I even thought I had those gaming options turned off with MCCC tuner, but seems I didn't catch everything.

Its been going on since before Christmas for me, since I had a break from December to uhh...March, I believe.

ETA: you don't have to reset the sim, giving them something else to do will cancel whatever they autonomously want to do.

I have to be careful to take the coffee pot out of the kitchen or my Sims just brew a whole pot of coffee and then just keep drinking cup after cup until the whole pot is gone, and then they are constantly in red with their bladder need and slow walking to the bathroom. Even if I try to cancel the action it takes a while and then they put the same action immediately back. I wish their autonomous actions were linked better to their personality traits and likes. It's why I prefer playing with autonomy off.

@Elliandre, I was having that same issue with the electric tea brewer. If I brewed a pot, sims (with autonomy on) would just queue the action to grab a cup over and over and over until the pot was empty. It stopped happening after a round of updating my mods a few weeks ago though, so I think it was caused by a slightly wonky mod.

@Stormkeep I just have food mods and my CAS columns & UI extender mod. I do have a few mods that add beverages to the coffee and tea pots, maybe that's why, I will take them out and see, thanks for the tip!

@elliandre, the mod I suspected when it was happening to me is one that extended the spoiler timer on coffee and tea (when it was still in the pot). Any mod that adjusts the coffee/tea makers would be the most likely culprit, because that's where the tuning file with the autonomy action to grab a cup is.

"Elliandre;c-18098015" wrote:
I have to be careful to take the coffee pot out of the kitchen or my Sims just brew a whole pot of coffee and then just keep drinking cup after cup until the whole pot is gone, and then they are constantly in red with their bladder need and slow walking to the bathroom. Even if I try to cancel the action it takes a while and then they put the same action immediately back. I wish their autonomous actions were linked better to their personality traits and likes. It's why I prefer playing with autonomy off.

This is why I'm using MCCC tuner module a lot. I can enable the autonomy tuner, then click the coffee maker/tea brewer and disable autonomy for them. Its the only reason my sims can even HAVE those infernal appliances. I also have a mod to disable that dumb pee walk. If I really have to go, I wouldn't go there as slowly as possible. I'd run. As fast as I can without tripping or slipping. I've gotten most of my mods for just these annoyances and animations that just seem to fit very young sims, not adults. Not found a mod yet to get rid of the celebrity "fangirling" yet, though. Still looking.

@Kathykins, I'm not sure which specific fangirling reactions you are talking about but have you tried either of these:

Little Ms Sams Small Get Famous Reactions Overhaul
Bienchen's LessCelebReact

I use the first one and see significantly less of what I consider fangirling reactions. But the sims that actually spawn as 'fans' still do it. Just not...every other sim that gets close to a celebrity.

@Stormkeep I have the LMS one. I use it in combination with her Gender & More lot trait, to keep paparazzi, fans and whatever else I want to keep away from a venue.

I'm more talking about the "attempt to introduce" etc. Just because one of my played sims have a star, doesn't mean one of my other currently played sims shouldn't be able to introduce themselves properly. So I cheat THEM a star too (because eventually all my sims become celebs) so they can behave their age. Its that, or I have to disable the celeb system alltogether.