Ideas

Seasoned Vanguard

10 hours ago

Status:

Reviewed

Caretakers stand and wait for infant to complete idles

This has been an issue since infants were released and it still hasn't been addressed. One of the major causes of caretakers standing around when they should be caring for infants seems to be that the infant's autonomous "watch" or "cry" interactions don't get interrupted by a caretaker trying to pick them up, which means that if an infant is crying (usually because they need care), the caretaker will stand and watch them until they're done unless the player switches to the infant to cancel the interaction.

If these interactions automatically stopped when a caretaker came to care for them, I think caring for infants would go much smoother.

Edit: The "Fuss" interaction also causes this issue. In general, I think infants' autonomous interactions should be automatically cancelled by user-directed interactions from a caretaker and currently they aren't.

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3 Comments

crinrict
Hero+
2 hours ago
Status changed:
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Reviewed
mightyspritesims
Legend
8 hours ago
According to the patch notes, this should have been fixed, and they ask specifically for people to report it if it's still an issue:
Sims should no longer freeze during "Check Infant, “Give Infant a Nap,” “Tummy Time” while an Infant is sleeping, when an Infant is crying, or while another Caregiver is already holding or interacting with an Infant. If there are other instances of this occurring, please report them, and we’ll see if we can address them for a future update.
So good on y'all for reporting it, hopefully others with the issue report it too...
dbmcgrew
Seasoned Ace
9 hours ago
Ah, yes. I've seen that in my game too. I've learned that when one Sim is standing around doing nothing, then I probably told that Sim to do something with someone else, and I need to cancel whatever that other Sim is doing. Sometimes it's something I told the other Sim to do, but sometimes it's an idle action that they started spontaneously. Especially when childcare is involved, it really makes no sense. Two twins could be talking to each other and starve to death by preventing their parents from feeding them.