By zip, I mean they show up in one spot and suddenly they are back on the staircase landing, where they started. I just had one of my Sims extend his arms off to the side, as if to give a very awkward hug as he flew vertically across from the kitchen to the Keeping Room. :open_mouth: Suddenly, he's sitting down at the computer in the corner. What is going on? It's all very quick. Blink an eye and you almost miss it.I had one Sim, the Dad, who all but flew into the kitchen to brew some coffee, then he flitted away again. In the meantime, you see the coffee pot being poured and yet nobody is there. (I did catch a picture of the coffee pouring itself, and then the Dad walking into the room coffee mug in hand, but my game is still on. I'll post these when I quit for the day.) Moments later, the Dad is walking back into the kitchen coffee mug in hand. :open_mouth: It's actually all a little freaky.I think I read somewhere in these threads of others complaining about something very similar. All of my installed mods are updated or cleared as compatible by their creators, so I'm perplexed.If anyone has an answer, please advise. Please, and thank you, in advance.UPDATE:Here are the two pictures, I promised.https://i.imgur.com/hkeGt4S.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/OioS986.jpgAs can be seen there are stairs involved, so I'm in a quandary as to which "me too" link I should choose.Any opinions?

There's reports of people having this "transporting" issue. I'm not sure if there's a bug report or not but I've definitely read about it.I have not experienced that, but I hardly ever play in anything other than single story houses. From what I've read I believe that most of them always happen with stairs, but I could be wrong and missed reading about other cases of it happening.

This last patch has wrought havoc on the routing in the game. In addition to this I have sims walking through doors and wall and furniture it’s bedlam.

After the latest patch sims teleport all over the place, sims can even stop doing their actions until you focus your camera on them if they walk up and down stairs which makes playing in larger households very frustrating. The good news is that Maxis have responded on Answer HQ for the reported bug that they are working on a fix. Hopefully it will fix all those problems with teleportation and sims not doing actions. https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Sims-not-visible-to-player-teleport-abort-interactions/td-p/10527641

There are two separate bug reports, if I understand correctly. And a third one, if it is for a vampire. One is a teleportation issue connected with stairs.https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Sims-not-visible-to-player-teleport-abort-interactions/td-p/10527641One is for random teleporting and jumping around. This has apparently been going on for a long time, but got worse after the last patch.https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Jumpy-Animations-Sims-teleport/td-p/6876628/page/14I'm not sure if your problem falls into one of these categories, but they are some of the most mentioned issues that players are experiencing since the Cottage Living patch. I don't believe that there is anything that can be done to fix it yet. At least, not that I have seen.

"GalacticGal;d-992672" wrote:By zip, I mean they show up in one spot and suddenly they are back on the staircase landing, where they started. I just had one of my Sims extend his arms off to the side, as if to give a very awkward hug as he flew vertically across from the kitchen to the Keeping Room. :open_mouth: Suddenly, he's sitting down at the computer in the corner. What is going on? It's all very quick. Blink an eye and you almost miss it.I had one Sim, the Dad, who all but flew into the kitchen to brew some coffee, then he flitted away again. In the meantime, you see the coffee pot being poured and yet nobody is there. (I did catch a picture of the coffee pouring itself, and then the Dad walking into the room coffee mug in hand, but my game is still on. I'll post these when I quit for the day.) Moments later, the Dad is walking back into the kitchen coffee mug in hand. :open_mouth: It's actually all a little freaky.I think I read somewhere in these threads of others complaining about something very similar. All of my installed mods are updated or cleared as compatible by their creators, so I'm perplexed.If anyone has an answer, please advise. Please, and thank you, in advance.The common jump bug.

Is Anyone Else Plagued By Sims That Zip About From One Place to Another? UPDATE Pictures~

11 Replies

Chicklet45368
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
There's reports of people having this "transporting" issue. I'm not sure if there's a bug report or not but I've definitely read about it.

I have not experienced that, but I hardly ever play in anything other than single story houses. From what I've read I believe that most of them always happen with stairs, but I could be wrong and missed reading about other cases of it happening.
JanuaryGarnet08
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
This last patch has wrought havoc on the routing in the game. In addition to this I have sims walking through doors and wall and furniture it’s bedlam.
logionX
Legend
4 years ago
After the latest patch sims teleport all over the place, sims can even stop doing their actions until you focus your camera on them if they walk up and down stairs which makes playing in larger households very frustrating.

The good news is that Maxis have responded on Answer HQ for the reported bug that they are working on a fix. Hopefully it will fix all those problems with teleportation and sims not doing actions. https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Sims-not-visible-to-player-teleport-abort-interactions/td-p/10527641
Monet11
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
There are two separate bug reports, if I understand correctly. And a third one, if it is for a vampire. One is a teleportation issue connected with stairs.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Sims-not-visible-to-player-teleport-abort-interactions/td-p/10527641

One is for random teleporting and jumping around. This has apparently been going on for a long time, but got worse after the last patch.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Jumpy-Animations-Sims-teleport/td-p/6876628/page/14

I'm not sure if your problem falls into one of these categories, but they are some of the most mentioned issues that players are experiencing since the Cottage Living patch.

I don't believe that there is anything that can be done to fix it yet. At least, not that I have seen.
catloverplayer
Legend
4 years ago
"GalacticGal;d-992672" wrote:
By zip, I mean they show up in one spot and suddenly they are back on the staircase landing, where they started. I just had one of my Sims extend his arms off to the side, as if to give a very awkward hug as he flew vertically across from the kitchen to the Keeping Room. :open_mouth: Suddenly, he's sitting down at the computer in the corner. What is going on? It's all very quick. Blink an eye and you almost miss it.

I had one Sim, the Dad, who all but flew into the kitchen to brew some coffee, then he flitted away again. In the meantime, you see the coffee pot being poured and yet nobody is there. (I did catch a picture of the coffee pouring itself, and then the Dad walking into the room coffee mug in hand, but my game is still on. I'll post these when I quit for the day.) Moments later, the Dad is walking back into the kitchen coffee mug in hand. :open_mouth: It's actually all a little freaky.

I think I read somewhere in these threads of others complaining about something very similar. All of my installed mods are updated or cleared as compatible by their creators, so I'm perplexed.

If anyone has an answer, please advise. Please, and thank you, in advance.

The common jump bug.
GalacticGal
Legend
4 years ago
"Pamtastic72;c-17950672" wrote:
This last patch has wrought havoc on the routing in the game. In addition to this I have sims walking through doors and wall and furniture it’s bedlam.

Oh, I do, too, but that's been going on almost since day one. :open_mouth:

Thank you, Everyone for your helpful responses!
Simmerville
Legend
4 years ago
I saw the zipping in the past, it's been around for a while and was not introduced with CoL. I think stairs were involved often, but I also think I saw the zip when bookcases were involved? Hm. Might be even longer ago.

With CoL I have the teleport issue, but I don't think it's relatd. First I thought the teleport was intented to save time when they walked liong distances, and I embraced it. I thought "If a sim has been walking for more than 10 sim minutes then teleport to destination" was a splendid idea, otherwise most of your day in a huge house will be spent on walking. That said, I often teleport sims around in my houses, mostly the larger ones, I don't need to watch them walk every little step.
Veganisiniz
4 years ago
Playing in a four floor house, I'm constantly having this issue, alongside sims just being inactive when I'm not on their floor, and for me it's new as of the CoL patch.
Hythiescrapdash
New Ace
4 years ago
Same issues in my game, terrible routing problems. Sims are zipping into places, sort of teleporting, also getting stuck all over the place but the worst of all is being stuck on separate floors. Sim just stays at the top of stairs until you move camera onto them.
Desperately need a patch for this.
OldeSimsFan
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Have been seeing this as well since CoL patch. Game is vanilla.