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Kathykins's avatar
Kathykins
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago

Upgrading objects

I have a weird thing when sims upgrade stuff. Wanted to see if anyone else has this, before heading to AHQ with it. I searched there, but nothing meaningful came up. I honestly don't know WHAT to search for other than "upgrade object".

So my sim is (for example) upgrading a toilet with self-cleaning. He/she will autonomously queue up another action involving the toilet, like "Use". For a dishwasher, they can be upgrading it to wash faster, but will queue up "Make more reliable". This is when I haven't given them any other command. If I do, the autonomous action won't enter the queue.

I just find it odd. I haven't tested without mods yet, but who knows...might be mod-related also. Which is maybe the reason I couldn't find anything on AHQ.
  • 83bienchen's avatar
    83bienchen
    Seasoned Novice
    There's a NAP that encourages autonomous upgrading, is that active in your save?
  • Kathykins's avatar
    Kathykins
    Seasoned Newcomer
    I'm using two that deal with handiness, Self-sufficiency and Eco-friendly appliances (the other two are Green gardening and Upcycling). I have the least amount of nonsense with those, so I pick them in all the neighbourhoods I play in. And sometimes in 'hoods I visit a lot, like those with festivals.

    The NAP's never occurred to me at all, but of course, that could be the reason.
  • 83bienchen's avatar
    83bienchen
    Seasoned Novice
    If you have the upcycling initiative enabled, that behaviour is normal.

    I'm not a fan of NAPs in general, but I have enabled that specific one in one neighborhood I recently played.

  • @Kathykins Sounds to me 'mod' related.

    @JaiSea Honestly, I would like it if occasionally a Sim goes and upgrades something autonomously. Heh!
  • I just had my sim upgrade to self cleaning and didn't get the 'use' action.

    https://i.imgur.com/Uy9dGC2.png

    ETA: I only have UI Cheats.
  • Kathykins's avatar
    Kathykins
    Seasoned Newcomer
    Thanks for all the replies :) I'm glad at least one has the same thing, might be we have the same mod/s, and that one is the culprit :D

    It isn't a huge deal, just found it odd that they queue up to use the toilet while upgrading, when their bladder is fully green. Odd with the dishwasher too, because I've not seen any sim ever do any upgrading on their own. To queue one up when they are working on the object is just strange. And so far, I've only seen this with these two objects. I always upgrade everything practically in every house I play (and that's hundreds by now). Every sim of mine end up with maxed handiness. My sims don't inherit money, they inherit upgrade parts :D

    ETA: Tested without mods, didn't happen. 50/50, didn't happen. All mods in, didn't happen. So I'm just as clueless as before :D will need to keep an eye on things.
  • bshag4lv's avatar
    bshag4lv
    Seasoned Adventurer
    I have the issue you are experiencing also. I just click out of it, I think once I just let him pee, lol. Since that is the only thing about upgrading the toilet, I mostly ignore it. It could have something to do with MCCC's autonomous menu too. I only have autonomous repairs but not upgrades enabled.
  • Kathykins's avatar
    Kathykins
    Seasoned Newcomer
    Yeah, not a fan either, but at least I can live with the ones I use :) When the thought hit me that it was NAP related, it kind of settled in my mind. Just found it odd that the sim would queue up to use the toilet when upgrading it.