Normal Swimming

I've had a sim freestyle. He has a body fitness of 9 though... not sure when they start doing it. Adding in he doesn't have a job at all. Here's some shots of him swimming out to one of the little islands. I'd love to know when they start doing this also.
https://i.imgur.com/muKNhI5.png
https://i.imgur.com/mA8dzJS.png

Hmmm. I must have a mod that's preventing this then (though I've updated all the ones I use). Because I have two sims who have maxed out fitness and they aren't using the new swim animation.

I think it might depend on the distance and type of water you're in, I could be wrong. I had a sim doing the usual swim animation over shallow water near her water villa but when I instructed her to swim out to a deep water buoy she changed to freestyle where the water got deeper (where you can't see through to the corals). She was only about 3-4 level fitness. I assumed it was like how sims choose to walk or jog depending how far away their destination is.

You know what (I think I'm having a brain fart lol) Can sims only swim like that in the ocean? Are they stuck doing the "doggie" paddle in pools?

I haven't tried swimming in a pool since getting IL, but I did notice that my sim with fitness level 10, who had been swimming freestyle (and she is not a lifeguard), reverted to dog paddle after she got cramp from being in the water too long. So it does seem to be situational.

My sim's son (who is child aged) sometimes swims freestyle, so I wonder if the motor skill acts the same as the fitness skill in kids when it comes to swim styles?

I'm starting to lean towards it must be a mod for me. I guess I'm going to take them all out and fire up the game, and see if my high fitness sims can swim with the new animation.

Hm... seems to vary? I only have one Sim at level 4 fitness at the moment (maybe level 5) and they do freestyle. I am curious, too, about pools.

They do swim freestyle in the pools, too, if their skill level allowes for it (Fitness 4).
There's also a big jump in swim speed from level 5 to 6.

Here's some pics I took a few days ago in the Windenburg public pool:

https://66.media.tumblr.com/d16ad114b81315dbd4acfd447bae3165/tumblr_ptk2xpFRwE1t1fm14o1_540.jpg
https://66.media.tumblr.com/e3d87fecd0381b03b155c22d7f8ced02/tumblr_ptk35d0LOw1t1fm14o2_540.jpg

"GoldenBuffy;c-17132527" wrote:
You know what (I think I'm having a brain fart lol) Can sims only swim like that in the ocean? Are they stuck doing the "doggie" paddle in pools?

That's not doggie paddle. That's breast stroke.