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osiazul
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago

Really, umbrellas are out of control or...


are they already magical?

https://i.imgur.com/BNmfJLA.png

Since day one umbrellas are a glitchy feature. It's getting worse with each new pack. I thought the worst combination was umbrellas & vampires (now somehow fixed in a patch after moths of waiting). But now we have a new winner: Beach & Rain! You will see sims reseting, frozen or completely lost without knowing what to do next: open umbrella, swim, close umbrella, run, close, open, open, oh, no I'm lost!

I have an Umbrella Stand at every house and lot, but I can only control the use of umbrellas from the household I'm playing. But if the rain comes suddenly, the nightmare is guaranteed :(

I earn this funny pictures but in reality my sim took hours to return to the shore caught in a horrible loop :| Here the "infamous broken arm syndrome" (your sim will keep that broken arm until you travel to another lot).

https://i.imgur.com/bz4DisC.png


I want a button to turn off Umbrellas! :s
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  • osiazul's avatar
    osiazul
    Seasoned Newcomer
    6 years ago

    @simfriend1968 That default black is a bad option. Sometimes my sims worlds look like Magritte paintings :D

    @Movotti yay, I remember that... you just make me to remember Beau Merrick!

    @DeKay lol all my vampires are Storm Chasers so they need rain!!! I only disabled the snow blizzard: this one is a mortal trap if you play at Brindleton Bay coast because all those sims that are walking their pets :|

    @SiliClone I understand why people like mods, really. For me is more easy to play vanilla games, you need time and be really careful to install mods and cc. I use them with Sims 2, it was more simple. Now I'm not good understanding how they work ;)

    @Simmerville the problem is for all worlds, but at Sulani is more invasive. I've never seen a colored umbrella used by a NPC, only black ones.
  • osiazul's avatar
    osiazul
    Seasoned Newcomer
    6 years ago


    BTW we got a fix with the last patch (August 8th). Now I need to play in a rainy day:

    Seasons
    Sims will no longer obsessively open and close their umbrellas while walking to chat with another Sim.
  • invisiblgirl's avatar
    invisiblgirl
    6 years ago
    I simply give all my Sims the waterproof trait and don't buy an umbrella stand. Fixed.
  • timurjr96's avatar
    timurjr96
    6 years ago
    I loved sims using umbrella in previous games, but I loathe when they use it in sims 4. It's glitchy and buggy of a feature.

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