...and makes no sense.Why should my neat, genius outdoor loving sim who is very focused suddenly break off from a chess game and run all the way across a lot to play a guitar? I tried to cancel the interaction, but no, now they have the guitar skill. This is one example of the 1000s I have encountered in this gameI have seen many, many threads complaining about moodlet mechanic, but I find the massive object attraction way more gamebreaking.Two romantic sims on a date, romance bar in the sweet zone. Time for that first kiss. Never mind that, they need to run and run with joy to the nearest chess board :/Makes me grind my teeth

One of the reasons I've disabled so many autonomous interactions with mods. There's no balance.

"HopeyStarr;c-17944970" wrote:One of the reasons I've disabled so many autonomous interactions with mods. There's no balance.I've been down that road. The problem is, you suppress the attraction of one object and they just seem to randomly pick another irrelevant object to go for.The only object/activity I have completely blocked is video gaming as the attraction value on that activity is so high that I suspect its true value can only be understood by the top boffins at CERN or NASA.

I think the sims in the Sims 4 have an addiction problem.They are addicted to soooo many objects in game. 1. Dancing at the stereo2. The Tea maker3. The coffee maker 4. Drinking water at the sink 5. Trolling the forums6. Playing games on the Computer7. Chatting on the computer8. Cooking random meals9. Cleaning10. Eating Quick MealsAnd many times, it's completely illogical. It almost never has to deal with traits or aspirations. The game just programs all sims to be attracted to certain objects. It's not fun, deep or interesting. And worst of all, it makes it seem like all sims are the same :( It's so annoying I wish I could send all my sims to rehab :D

Further, the attraction overrides their needs a lot (most) of the time. I see sims all the time with needs bars well into the red and they will still be doing be dancing or until you finally stop them and send them to the toilet. You still have to watch em tho'. They can waddle halfway to a toilet and then decide that right there and then is the time to ignore the deep ache in their lower guts to view a decorative pig.

I do understand where you're coming from for I find their attraction to stereos and especially computers rather irritating. At least you can block computer use but it kind of seems that all sims are really drawn to it in one way or another and, for some reason, it seems to be very high on the priority list, even visitors will immediately hone in to the computer instead of watching TV or something, and it also overrides their supposed likes/dislikes even traits. E.g. I had to get a computer for Vlad's place for a while, I have set it so he likes the pipe organ but as soon as there was a stupid computer he suddenly wanted to spend all his time "trolling teh forums". Like, I get that he's Evil so trolling forums might be attractive for him BUT he's also a Music Lover and he's supposed to really like the pipe organ... but nah.Stereos too seem to be very attractive to them. Even sims who are supposed to dislike dancing do it all the time. I guess it might be intentional in order for nightclubs/bars/whatever to be more lively and I can appreciate that (because in previous games nightclubs could be pretty drab when it came to sims actually dancing) but, especially with likes/dislikes introduced, it's pretty ridiculous.

Object attraction is so frustrating...

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Admiral8Q
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"Sindocat;c-17946737" wrote:
Here's a new one - my Sims, getting out of bed when I have put them to sleep to go downstairs to appreciate a furnishing in a style they like. I mean, it's nice that they appreciate the houses I put them in but no - your Energy bar is amber. Go to bed and sleep until it is full!

Hahaha! Yeah something like that has happened to me a few times! :D

Me: "Nooo! Go back to bed, you have to work in 4 hours." :p

I will be honest though, if I'm controlling a sim or sims directly for some purpose, I may turn off autonomy for "active sim" for whatever sim I have active. The others can do what they want. The pause feature is my best friends. Me: "Ok, lets see what everyone is doing... Ok you! Get off the swings and go pee." :p
moderateosprey
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I put a suggestion in the feedback forum a week or three back asking for the autonomy options to be moved to the main UI. If you want fine grained control, it is a real pain and really immersion breaking to have to pause the game to go into the options screen.

Make a big difference, I reckon, if you could toggle autonomy options while you are playing.

Thread is here if anyone is interested:
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/991390/move-autonomy-options-to-main-ui
SevenNM
5 years ago
My Genius that Loves Outdoors and Music can't finish a painting without repeatedly stopping to use the basketball hoop. The only way I can prevent this behavior is to queue up several tasks before the basketball hoop calls to him.

I've watched several Sims to see what they do after they stop painting to play basketball for a few seconds. It's a loop - wash hands, browse a book, play chess, troll the forums if they have access to a computer, talk to a plant or chat with a household member, and dance.

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