Sims suddenly just stand there idle
I have played my 5 people family for some time, but suddenly my Sims seem to be entirely apathic. They stand there for hours, doing nothing anymore, standing around in an idle animation, but not movi...
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Try resetting your user files as described in the factory reset described in this post: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/FAQ-Troubleshooting-Steps-amp-Known-Issues/m-p/3621199
You won't loose anything. Just make sure to not delete any files and make a backup.
Try on a new game with nothing added back first (start new game). If it works, put back your save game and try again. If it still works, you can start putting stuff back.
- Options.ini (or just re-set all your settings manually)
- Tray Folder
- Screenshots/Videos/Custom music
- Rest of the save games (leave out slot_00000001.save which is the autosave)
- Custom content like clothing, hair, skins, make up ....
- Mods (one by one, making sure they all still work)
The rest does not need putting back, cause they are mostly cache files that recreate or log files that are not needed for the game.
I have had this problem forever. In fact, only my oldest family has the issue. I move out their children as they grow up and the children are fine but this family always does this. I moved to a different lot, removed mods, cleared the files, and then killed grandpa since the problem actually originated when lineage was added and my sims forgot their dead parents and grandpa forgot his wife. The problem is..."less" now, but persistent. I can barely get anything done in this family. Honestly, as much as I love game packs and expansions, especially in Sims 4, I would rather the gurus work on the big bugs first. For example, this routing issue and the broken hospital that sims can NEVER give birth in, because the staff isn't there or when they are they just stand around never doing anything... I really believe that this is also tied to this odd routing problem. Which would make sense, considering that lineage (generations) and Get To Work were released around the same time. In fact, the hospital birthing issue is persistent across ALL households. Seriously, just put the Kids Pack and Backyard Pack on the back burner and focus on the bugs first.
I don't have any issues with the birth unless my pregnant Sim is due to work at the same time.
Did you try replacing the hospital with a fresh copy ?
I'm having this problem now as well. I've tried all the troubleshooting solutions I've been able to find online, and it's still happening. When I load into a household, the sims will work fine for the first few seconds, they just stop doing anything and just stand there idle, both controlled and non-controlled.
Autonomy is set to High, I tried moving my households out then back in, evicted them then moved them back into the world via gallery, repaired the game, backed up files, deleted Sims 4 folder and let the game generate a new one, uninstalled and re-installed with no mods, and it's still happening. I have no idea what is causing it.
did you also try a new save or is this all happening on the same save game ?
Any special interaction it gets stuck on or just generally ?
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