Just moments ago, I totally cracked myself up, as I realized I had sent my Sim on an impossible mission. I have outfitted their large abode with those automatic vacuum cleaners, one on each floor. The downstairs one was obviously full (despite having been upgraded to clean itself while docked). But, instead of having my Sim 'return to dock', I told him to empty the dust. It was a moment or two before I realized my poor Sim was following the device, until I saw him rounding the staircase and proceed back down the main hall toward the kitchen again. I know I'm tired, but this had me cracking up.Please share your moments of Player-Malfunction, in which you likely sent your Sim on a wild goose chase.

I just pictured Erik (I assume it was him and if not, I still see him) chasing a vacuum around like people do when trying to get chickens back in a coop. Or when the wind blows your hat off of your head and you have to run after it. It gave me a chuckle as well. As for any Player-Malfunction stories, I'm drawing a blank. I know I've had many moments like that but I can't think of any at the moment.

So funny. Shades of going upstairs to wash your hands and then back down to take your shower. Can't think of anything quite this good with my sims though.

"SweetieWright_84;c-18261051" wrote:I just pictured Erik (I assume it was him and if not, I still see him) chasing a vacuum around like people do when trying to get chickens back in a coop. Or when the wind blows your hat off of your head and you have to run after it. It gave me a chuckle as well. As for any Player-Malfunction stories, I'm drawing a blank. I know I've had many moments like that but I can't think of any at the moment. Yes, it was Erik. But he was moving oh-so-slowly, which is why it took me so long to realize just what was going on. LOL I play with the 3/4 walls down, so that I could see when he came around the bottom of the staircase. The vacuum was virtually leaving him in the dust it was busy spewing as it went. I got a good chuckle out of it, at least.

"rudolpha;c-18261060" wrote:So funny. Shades of going upstairs to wash your hands and then back down to take your shower. Can't think of anything quite this good with my sims though.Oh, my Sims are still doing silly stuff like that. Drives me crazy.

"GalacticGal;c-18261239" wrote:"rudolpha;c-18261060" wrote:So funny. Shades of going upstairs to wash your hands and then back down to take your shower. Can't think of anything quite this good with my sims though.Oh, my Sims are still doing silly stuff like that. Drives me crazy.This is why none of my houses have sinks. :D

Wild Goose Chases and the Hysterically Silly Things We Players Do ...

SweetieWright_84
New Spectator
2 years ago
I just pictured Erik (I assume it was him and if not, I still see him) chasing a vacuum around like people do when trying to get chickens back in a coop. Or when the wind blows your hat off of your head and you have to run after it. It gave me a chuckle as well.

As for any Player-Malfunction stories, I'm drawing a blank. I know I've had many moments like that but I can't think of any at the moment.
susanleona
Seasoned Rookie
2 years ago
So funny. Shades of going upstairs to wash your hands and then back down to take your shower. Can't think of anything quite this good with my sims though.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
"SweetieWright_84;c-18261051" wrote:
I just pictured Erik (I assume it was him and if not, I still see him) chasing a vacuum around like people do when trying to get chickens back in a coop. Or when the wind blows your hat off of your head and you have to run after it. It gave me a chuckle as well.

As for any Player-Malfunction stories, I'm drawing a blank. I know I've had many moments like that but I can't think of any at the moment.

Yes, it was Erik. But he was moving oh-so-slowly, which is why it took me so long to realize just what was going on. LOL I play with the 3/4 walls down, so that I could see when he came around the bottom of the staircase. The vacuum was virtually leaving him in the dust it was busy spewing as it went. I got a good chuckle out of it, at least.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
"rudolpha;c-18261060" wrote:
So funny. Shades of going upstairs to wash your hands and then back down to take your shower. Can't think of anything quite this good with my sims though.

Oh, my Sims are still doing silly stuff like that. Drives me crazy.
Smellincoffee
New Adventurer
2 years ago
"GalacticGal;c-18261239" wrote:
"rudolpha;c-18261060" wrote:
So funny. Shades of going upstairs to wash your hands and then back down to take your shower. Can't think of anything quite this good with my sims though.

Oh, my Sims are still doing silly stuff like that. Drives me crazy.

This is why none of my houses have sinks. :D
elliebreton
Seasoned Veteran
2 years ago
My only player malfunction today was when I wanted to take a screenshot of the outside of my sims apartment and, for some reason, I clicked on the exit to neighborhood button.

I guess I had TS3 in my head and thought for one second I could take a pic from there.

So, after calling myself a fool, I had to load back into my sims apartment and press the page up button to do what I originally intended.

As for sinks, I used to ban them and just have dishwashers. I ought to do that again, my sims are currently driving me nuts fetching glasses of water.
SweetieWright_84
New Spectator
2 years ago
"GalacticGal;c-18261826" wrote:
"elanorbreton;c-18261809" wrote:
My only player malfunction today was when I wanted to take a screenshot of the outside of my sims apartment and, for some reason, I clicked on the exit to neighborhood button.

I guess I had TS3 in my head and thought for one second I could take a pic from there.

So, after calling myself a fool, I had to load back into my sims apartment and press the page up button to do what I originally intended.

As for sinks, I used to ban them and just have dishwashers. I ought to do that again, my sims are currently driving me nuts fetching glasses of water.

Don't you just hate it when your finger slips and you hit the wrong dang button! Don't feel too badly. I do it all of the time. Yikes.

Yep, me too. I do that all the time. Half of my player malfunctions are hitting the wrong button. The amount of times I've hit the V (video capture) key instead of the M (map view) key trying to go to neighborhood view has to be in the thousands by now.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
"SweetieWright_84;c-18261830" wrote:
"GalacticGal;c-18261826" wrote:
"elanorbreton;c-18261809" wrote:
My only player malfunction today was when I wanted to take a screenshot of the outside of my sims apartment and, for some reason, I clicked on the exit to neighborhood button.

I guess I had TS3 in my head and thought for one second I could take a pic from there.

So, after calling myself a fool, I had to load back into my sims apartment and press the page up button to do what I originally intended.

As for sinks, I used to ban them and just have dishwashers. I ought to do that again, my sims are currently driving me nuts fetching glasses of water.

Don't you just hate it when your finger slips and you hit the wrong dang button! Don't feel too badly. I do it all of the time. Yikes.

Yep, me too. I do that all the time. Half of my player malfunctions are hitting the wrong button. The amount of times I've hit the V (video capture) key instead of the M (map view) key trying to go to neighborhood view has to be in the thousands by now.

Most of mine involved hitting the M(ap) button when I was only trying to rotate the camera. Face/palm. Drat these evil digits!
Simmingal
Hero
2 years ago
for some reason Karmine Luna didn't want to take book from the book thing in her room and would just keep going to basement bookcase instead so I locked her in her room just so she couldn't go to basement and that seemed to work but it was so silly that I decided to delete the basement bookcase for this one reason :lol:

similarily theres this one spot in grandmas room that has no blockage but grandma keeps insisting there is until you click her to walk couple steps off the zone which suddenly isn't blocked and she can again walk everywhere in the house and right past where she was stuck as long as she does not stop and stand in that specific spot its so weird :lol:
Simmingal
Hero
2 years ago
also yup the times I've meant to click gallery and went to manage worlds and the times I've meant to press C but pressed V and only noticed about hour later

and ofcourse my cat giving his input on how I should be playing my sims tapping his paws on the keyboard

and the oh so many times I end up accidentally inferniating things when I was supposed to just click my sim do something with them