I made a giant dance floor today. It looks like this:http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah248/Tripliss/dj-crowd-1_zpsbi0ln3mh.pngCool, right?Except that, uh, as you can see... they're all just crowding the DJ. http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah248/Tripliss/dj-crowd-2_zpst21lr5gs.pngThey can dance to the DJ's music from below, on the dance floor. But the AI won't do it for most of them. I can't think of any way to get around this, short of some convoluted process with clubs, doors, locks, and crossing my fingers. It's a public venue, so door-locking settings are limited. The DJ area is supposed to be for the DJ, but there's no way to tell the sims that.Any ideas for how to make this room design work? So far the main component of the venue is a wash because these autonomous plumbobs want to all cram themselves into the DJ area. I'm not holding my breath for a patch, but it would be nice if the AI was a little smarter about dancing to the DJ's music. This isn't the first time I've had sims act weird around DJ booth's. The main issue seems to be that they want to cram themselves in as close to the booth as possible for some reason (in general, not just in this instance). Allowing them to dance to a DJ from further away might fix stuff like this.

Awesome looking nightclub! I don't know, maybe try making the DJ platform smaller so it barely fits the DJ booth?

"Mightydan;14520141" wrote:Awesome looking nightclub! I don't know, maybe try making the DJ platform smaller so it barely fits the DJ booth?Thanks! And thanks for the idea. :) Definitely worth a try. At worst I will end up with some very amusing screenshots of a bunch of sims stacked on top of each other.

@Mightydan Thought I'd update you on the situation. XD Turns out what I predicted was right:http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah248/Tripliss/mush1_zpsoalztab0.pnghttp://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah248/Tripliss/mush2_zpsd1y4xwn3.pngThen I used cheats to make it even smaller. This lady was determined:http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah248/Tripliss/crazyfan1_zpsaardx0fs.pngSo that method apparently isn't going to work. What's odd is if I let the sims choose whether to dance and they get pulled in by (presumably) the DJ Hyped Up interaction, then they'll dance from below and use the thought bubble that shows they're dancing to the DJ and not just randomly on the floor. But if I ask them to do it as a group, or individually, with the DJ booth as tiny as possible, they just do the Red X bubble... can't reach him.Welp, back to the drawing board.

Ahh. I have the same dj-crowding-thing going in my game :smile: a little bit more dancing would be fun.

I was laughing to myself before I even opened the thread, cos the title rang such a loud bell with me. I often feel like yelling at all the sims crowded around the dj, just move will ya! DJs in TS4 must have some irresistible deodorant or something...

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Simgarten
9 years ago
Awesome looking nightclub! I don't know, maybe try making the DJ platform smaller so it barely fits the DJ booth?
TriplisTrip
9 years ago
"Mightydan;14520141" wrote:
Awesome looking nightclub! I don't know, maybe try making the DJ platform smaller so it barely fits the DJ booth?

Thanks! And thanks for the idea. :) Definitely worth a try. At worst I will end up with some very amusing screenshots of a bunch of sims stacked on top of each other.
TriplisTrip
9 years ago
@Mightydan Thought I'd update you on the situation. XD Turns out what I predicted was right:

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah248/Tripliss/mush1_zpsoalztab0.png

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah248/Tripliss/mush2_zpsd1y4xwn3.png

Then I used cheats to make it even smaller. This lady was determined:

http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah248/Tripliss/crazyfan1_zpsaardx0fs.png

So that method apparently isn't going to work. What's odd is if I let the sims choose whether to dance and they get pulled in by (presumably) the DJ Hyped Up interaction, then they'll dance from below and use the thought bubble that shows they're dancing to the DJ and not just randomly on the floor. But if I ask them to do it as a group, or individually, with the DJ booth as tiny as possible, they just do the Red X bubble... can't reach him.

Welp, back to the drawing board.
SilentK008
Seasoned Newcomer
9 years ago
Ahh. I have the same dj-crowding-thing going in my game :smile: a little bit more dancing would be fun.
elliebreton
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
I was laughing to myself before I even opened the thread, cos the title rang such a loud bell with me. I often feel like yelling at all the sims crowded around the dj, just move will ya!

DJs in TS4 must have some irresistible deodorant or something...
LoveMcQueen
9 years ago
"elanorbreton;14522002" wrote:
I was laughing to myself before I even opened the thread, cos the title rang such a loud bell with me. I often feel like yelling at all the sims crowded around the dj, just move will ya!

DJs in TS4 must have some irresistible deodorant or something...

No it's just another poor pathing issue
Jessa_Dakkar
Seasoned Newcomer
9 years ago
hmm... maybe have the DJ master meditation so he can teleport or whatever it is they do up to a platform otherwise inaccessible. I would also suggest making the club a lot smaller because there is a lot of empty space. Unless you're going to add a mod to allow for a larger number of sims on a lot, 20 sims max on a lot will look spread quite thin and that isn't what you want to see in a night club setting.
NZsimm3r
9 years ago
So funny. I know it must be annoying for you OP but your prediction and then the 'proof' in your screenshots is just hilarious! :D I always seem to end up with Eliza Plumbob Pancakes grinding the DJ... yuk. That women is heading for a drowning. :#
Simgarten
9 years ago
Lol that is hilarious. How about enlarging the dance-floor rather than using multiple smaller ones? Maybe they'll stick to it that way.
rosemow
Hero
9 years ago
Hello.
I am sorry that you are having these issues. Thankyou for posting the pictures showing us what is happening in your game. I hope that you are able to find a workaround for the issue and that the sims will dance on the dance floor instead of going up to the DJ booth.