My Sims Aren't Doing Anything...

There are some moments where my sims will just be standing idly as if I have autonomy off. I only have it off for the selected sim, but I rarely switch over to the other sims. I have a sim right now who is on the verge of passing out and he's not doing a single thing. No simulation lag, no actions are queued up... The only way to fix it is to keep resetting them and it's getting tiring.

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26 Replies

DeKaythePUNK
Legend
6 years ago
Yeah, I get this a lot too especially when they are gonna interact with a pet or animal.
sprootle
Rising Veteran
6 years ago
"Chazzzy;c-17252236" wrote:
Download the latest game update?

They sometimes will fix/alter things that are not included in the patch notes.

My game is all updated
Treborlefou3
6 years ago
"DeKay;c-17252283" wrote:
Yeah, I get this a lot too especially when they are gonna interact with a pet or animal.

Yeah, I'm having this issue too. This topic should have been posted at https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/bd-p/The-Sims-4, though.

Edit: And I only started having this issue today.
sprootle
Rising Veteran
6 years ago
"DrewRowland;c-17252327" wrote:
"DeKay;c-17252283" wrote:
Yeah, I get this a lot too especially when they are gonna interact with a pet or animal.

Yeah, I'm having this issue too. This topic should have been posted at https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/bd-p/The-Sims-4, though.

Edit: And I only started having this issue today.

Yeah, I'm gonna post it there too if someone hasn't already. For me, it started after the patch
sirguylittle
6 years ago
@sproot your Sim in your signature looks like Eric Liddell :)
elliebreton
Legend
6 years ago
Oh that happened to me today. I thought I had autonomy off but when I checked it was on. I guess they broke something in the mini update.
JamesDeanSQ
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I had that issue with one of my Sims while he was exploring the jungle from Jungle Adventure. He got caught on fire and no matter what I told him to do he wouldn't move. I had to reset the game to fix it.
Yubelll
6 years ago
I've noticed this too. Simulation lag has always been a problem with the sims 4 but recently it seems to be becoming a bigger issue, I've found the only way to snap them out of it is to either reset them or pause the game and then unpause it, it seems to wake the game up a little.
Sharooonia
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I'm having issues with my sims not doing anything as well.
stilettoblack
Seasoned Veteran
6 years ago
When it happens, I've found, save the game and go to edit neighborhood. Then go back to the sim. It wakes them up. If they start echoing, it's best to exit game and start again. After hours of game play, it starts to lag. Reboot.