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javethe13
5 years ago
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Sims only move after pause and unpause

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? 1.76.81.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Seasons, island living, get famous, cats and dogs, city living, get together, get to work, spa day, parenhood, vampires, tiny living, laundry day, fitness.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? apparently the bugs occurs when there is a change of season or enough time has passes playing with se seasons pack installed
What happens when the bug occurs? the sim does not respond to coomands and only moves after a pause.
What do you expect to see? normal autonomy. not having to pause the game to do every action.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

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Hello,

my sims dont move. Only after a pasue they start moving again. 

the weir part is that ive been playing for a long time with mods installed and after some time the bug occurs, this time after a season change.

I came across this post from 2018:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/My-Sim-wont-move-on-to-the-next-action-until-I-pause-and-unpause/td-p/6908876

so it has been hapenning for a long time.

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  • javethe13's avatar
    javethe13
    5 years ago
    @crinrict hi! yes i did and found the coulprit. thanks! in any case i will be playing without mods for a while

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  • DonroaAkashu's avatar
    DonroaAkashu
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago

    @javethe13  A bug is very simply put a behaviour in gameplay that the developers of the game did not intended (or anticipated as with the sims). Those should be reported in Bug Reports section for the developers to, hopefully, be aware of the issue, so as to fix it.
    The thread you have linked to is a thread in Technical section, which is for individual issues with player's computer. If you think it is a proper bug post in the bug report section, otherwise you probably need to provide information on your setup, and someone will come along to help you. 

    You can send your save directly to a SimGuru:
    https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Autonomy-and-Simulation-Lag/m-p/8373282/highlight/true#M116611


    https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Technical/Guide-Posting-a-DxDiag/td-p/4832663

    https://answers.ea.com/t5/AHQ-Community-Resources/How-to-read-a-DXDiag/td-p/3325775

  • zoiee2020's avatar
    zoiee2020
    5 years ago

    @javethe13I find this is normal when the game gets bogged down. I have tried intentionally to see how much my computer can take before the sims start freezing up. With about 40 to 50 sims on the lot, the game will slow to a freeze and I have to pause to let the program catch up.

    Depending on your systems hardware, it may take a lot less to slow the game down. 

  • bae281995's avatar
    bae281995
    5 years ago

    this happened to me on a previous save. Never used mods. If not pausing, only going to main menu or manage worlds fixes it. It happened like 10-20% of the time, usually it happened to only one of the Sims. 

  • javethe13's avatar
    javethe13
    5 years ago
    @crinrict Hi, yes I did test the bug without mods and that fixes the problem. But I´ve been playing with mods for a long time and after a season change the bug happens. I unistalled Seasons and it fixedthe bug with all the mods working.
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    5 years ago
    @javethe13 If it works without mods, then one or mods/cc you're using isn't compatible with the game version if you have seasons.

    Have you tried the 50/50 Method yet ?

  • javethe13's avatar
    javethe13
    5 years ago
    @crinrict hi! yes i did and found the coulprit. thanks! in any case i will be playing without mods for a while
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    5 years ago
    @javethe13 Glad to hear.

    Moving this to tech then.

    Could you share the name of the mod (unless it raises the rating) ? This helps the next person with the same problem. No links, just the name.

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