autonomous copycat behaviour (behavior)
eevilcat:
This thread got me thinking about sim behaviour. In that particular example the player has sims autonomously baking cheesecakes, something that I have seen a nanny and one sim do in my game. I have noticed that there appear to be a number of sim activities that are only autonomous once a playable sim has been directed to do them e.g. fishing, dancing might be another. Or am I imagining things? I've noticed a lot more sims standing around looking dumb, doing nothing since installing BV. I do have a number of hacks that squash undesirable behaviour but I'm sure they used to do a lot more autonomously. Thoughts or suggestions welcome but please note I do not and have no desire to use macrotastics.
notovny:
Fishing (Post-Seasons) and Regular Dancing (Base Game) are both behaviors I've observed Townies and Non-Controlled Playables Autonomously doing on community lots, without having a controllable Playable start first.. In fact, post BV, I've seen autonomous Smustling (as well as BV's other group dances), which I hadn't seen previously.
Since Open For Business, Townies and Non-Controlled Playables will also autonomously make food for themselves if given access to the means to do so on a community lot. As a result, walling off and locking kitchens is highly recommended in any Owned Business.
runswithscissors:
OMG! When I installed BV without mah hacks (excuse me...hacks 'borrowed' from here and there) my sims were doing all sorts of stupid stuff once directed to. Exactly how many times can one go to the bathroom in a 10 sim minute period? And the fridge...oh, my, GOSH!! I put them in the house and they act like they've never had a meal... :o but that's what I get for testing my game without hacks. Even after I added the hacks back (eh, poet) those fuglowines (=fugly townies) just can't stop doing anything....anything. GRRRR!!! So I kelled them, added my own thanks to the awesomness of someone here.
Zazazu:
I'd also remove fridges from regular community lot restaurants, as they serve no purpose but to give townies the ability to fix their own meals, or pull out items they have no means to cook. I only started noticing the problem with Seasons, but it may have been present before.
Autonomous smustling, hula, and slap-dance is definitely prevalent with townies. I've yet to ever see one turn on the stereo, though. And, of course, there's the favorite autonomous water-balloon fight, in the middle of winter.
sloppyhousewife:
Quote from: eevilcat on 2008 January 08, 16:24:17
I've noticed a lot more sims standing around looking dumb, doing nothing since installing BV. I do have a number of hacks that squash undesirable behaviour but I'm sure they used to do a lot more autonomously.
Same here, and I've been wondering if it just takes sims longer to decide what to do next since BV. I've noticed that even with queued-up commands, they still pause before every action. Pre BV, it was like "tell joke" - stomped - "water balloon fight" - stomped - "play chess", now it's like "tell joke" - stomped - 1 - 2 - 3 - "water balloon fight" - stomped - 1 - 2 - 3 etc.
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