The OCD Water Drinking Bug May 2020

Maybe it was hot outside?

If you feel it isn't fixed, then definitely make another bug report if one doesn't already exist: EA Answers HQ

I haven't noticed, but I also don't play with much autonomy enabled. I recall that in the past, the drinking got really bad after a week or two in-game. It is immersion breaking.

I play with full autonomy and I haven't noticed a change. However I did get the mod that gits them to finish drinking in three stages (same with eating) so I don't have to cancel any chatting their doing if I'm in a hurry to get them to do something. Don't have to cancel the eating or drinking either.

Yes, my sims have been doing the excessive water drinking lately too. It's so excessive and annoying, just constantly going to the sink. Hand washing happens a lot too when they aren't drinking water.

Yeah, a few weeks ago I was playing a household and turned autonomy on...and the water drinking went insane. Even MCCC wasn't enough to stop the madness. All I could do was turn the autonomy back off so that I could make the game playable again.

...Incidentally, TS4 is the only title I've played in the series where I feel like I have to turn autonomy off to make it playable, because the AI is so jacked and air-headed that if you want to coordinate anything resembling a household where sims are behaving anywhere near intelligently (not running for a glass of water when they have no need for water and their bladder is already near orange, waiting for a meal to be finished when someone is cooking a group meal instead of trying to cook something themselves while dinner is being made, etc.) you have to manually control all of your sims instead of being able to trust the AI with at least a few simple things. "Smarter sims" my behind...

"Sindocat;c-17483128" wrote:
I notice house guests are all making a beeline to the fridge for water, pretty much whenever they are idle. My Sim doesn't go for a drink nearly as often. Usually I can interrupt him. But he does have a ton of glasses to pick up whenever his friends are over.

Yes, it's maddening after a while too. Stop that, you little weirdos. lol

@SimsLovinLycan See, now, I like the autonomy feature...usually, it lets me catch some of the funniest stuff my sims do but the water drinking bug is a little much. lol

I would guess it's exactly the same code as if your sims and the npc's are at a bar or at home. So really their is no difference in that part of it. There is a mod that stops autonomous drinking. Of course that includes the mixology bar too since it's a ll the same to the Sim.

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What I find annoying is at a wedding, it's a real pain to get enough people to have a drink for part of the achievement. Their all are just yak yak yaking and are socializing or on their phones.

People in real life don't do that. They stand waiting for a command and do exactly what they are told.

Also when I have friends and family over, I don't let them go near the sink, and I lock the fridge. I make sure the cupboard with all the cups and glasses is locked too so they don't sneak a drink from the bathroom. I keep tea and coffee hidden in the attic until they're gone. That way I don't have a whole bunch of dishes to pick up around the house and wash when they leave! Problem solved!
^sarcasm^

MCCC Tuner - Autonomy Scan Enabled. Click sink - Autonomy Scan - Remove all instances of get/drink/craft water. Works for exessive washing of hands too, I just tell my sims to wash hands "manually", when they need it.
I don't do this for bars. It would probably mess up any bars at lounges, festivals etc.

I use the scan for everything I find annoying and that my sims get obsessed with. It has saved my sanity.

There's an open bug report on AHQ. The more people chiming in, the better.

@Catzilla Is your Sim a Foodie, Glutton, Bro, Vampire or Mermaid? Thirst need only affects autonomy if lower than -90 (on a -100 to 100 scale).

You might also want to check if they have commodity_Motive_Role_Drink