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Bearpal64's avatar
Bearpal64
Seasoned Ace
8 days ago
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Musical Chairs

Okay I'm sure everyone will know what this means and I'm probably sure that the bug report exists but I couldn't find it. It could have been archived from the previous forum.

Bug: Sims Constantly Change Seats 

Example:

Sim is already sitting in a chair or on a bed. You then tell your Sim to read a book or do their homework. Now I would expect the Sim who is already sitting to just stay there and do the next action but 9/10 times they will get up and either sit back down where they were or they will change seats entirely to do the action.

Sim is already sitting and you queue up a bunch of conversation interactions that don't require the Sim to move (no shoes in the interaction) but sure enough the Sim will switch seats to do their queued actions.

Sim is not sitting but needs to sit down and get up in order to start an interaction. I find this one even more maddening sometimes. You're having a standing conversation with someone or you decide to cook dinner or something else. More often than not your Sim will walk over to a chair sit down and then get up immediately before starting their new queued interaction even if they need to go back to where they were initially.

Why do Sims have such an obsession with sitting and changing seats?

 

6 Comments

  • HALirious9k's avatar
    HALirious9k
    Seasoned Hotshot
    8 days ago

    A perfect place to see this issue in action is The Caboose, the bar in Evergreen Harbor. Go there with a group of 3-4 Sims, wait a bit for the townies to populate and start interacting with the bartender, then ask for drinks for your group. 

    With the barstools and the nearby tables, what follows is an exercise in frustration as every action and conversation topic is constantly delayed by everyone sitting down and changing chairs for no particular reason. 

    Also, if a new townie gets into the conversation, everyone (every single one!) of the participants will greet the newcomer individually. Some will even change seats before doing so. 

  • There's an old report for the sitting down before doing something here: [OPEN] Routing/Sit down issue on several interactions | EA Forums - 11234985 that probably influences most of what you are seeing. It's a very old issue and has never been solved.

    There's also an individual one for infants here: Sim keeps putting infant down before putting them in crib et al. | EA Forums - 4982816 

    I'm not sure if the getting up between interactions is just how it works or if the other issue is just responsible for everything.

    Musical chairs has always been a topic and many fixes have been done early on. Maybe this is as good as it gets.

  • HALirious9k's avatar
    HALirious9k
    Seasoned Hotshot
    8 days ago

    Indeed, it sure does sound like the same issue! Just add “conversation” to the list of actions that trigger a musical chairs session, I guess. 

    Just now I was playing and doing a Meeting with Fashion Influencer event, and both the influencer and the model had a little game of musical chairs while they talked by the bar over drinks. 

  • Bearpal64's avatar
    Bearpal64
    Seasoned Ace
    7 days ago

    I avoid going to bars or even having bars and barstools for that reason. It's like you're sitting already just stay seated while you wait for your drink lol

  • Bearpal64's avatar
    Bearpal64
    Seasoned Ace
    6 days ago

    I really hope that it can be fixed even more 

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