Programmable Sleep Clock v3.31
jsalemi:
yea, and if you catch them and stop them too late, then this problem happens. :P
J. M. Pescado:
Skilling normally does not run that far down. Skilling actions normally abort at the point at which your sims go low energy, returning processing to Macrotastics, whereupon it sees the low-energy and does something about it.
witch:
They often don't get sent to bed at the right time to get up, if the skillinator runs them right down in energy.
Gwill:
OK, further testing shows it's not just a critical energy issue. I just had a sim at more or less half energy drop it from the queue 10 times before he decided it was OK to go to bed. I thought it might be a routing issue (I use only Targa's stairs on that lot), but the same thing happened when I manually directed him to stand right next to the bed. On this particular lot it's even a maxis bed (and one I haven't fiddled with at all).
Interestingly, both the bed action and the BUY action normally drops, but sometimes the BUY action stays, and that does not seem to be related to how badly the sim needs to pee.
Any suggestions at all?
Magicmoon:
Quote from: Gwill on 2007 August 19, 15:56:38
OK, further testing shows it's not just a critical energy issue. I just had a sim at more or less half energy drop it from the queue 10 times before he decided it was OK to go to bed.
I've had this happening in my game too from time to time. First, it happens mostly on dorm lots and lots that have quite a few Sims living there. Something gets a little confused, usually from some idiot sleeping/napping in the wrong bed or from Sims who slept in that bed in the dorm, but now have moved out and the bed now belongs to someone else.
I've noticed that when the 'confusion' starts, the sleepclock will reflect it. When I have a Sim who keeps dropping the bed from their queue, even when standing next to the bed, I check the sleepclock. Usually the 'bed type' is forgotton. Instead of saying 'auto' under bed type, or disappearing from the menu like it does when set properly, it will have every bed type listed like it did in the old days back before we had auto detect, and auto detect will be missing from the choices.
When I first saw this, I assumed that the sleepclock was the problem, but selling it and rebuying another one left the sleepclock still showing all the bed classes, and the Sim still unable to go to bed unless manually directed. But sell that bed instead of the sleepclock, and the clock will immediately start showing 'auto detect' the way it used to. I think there is some issue with retaining ownership of another or previous resident. The minute I buy a new bed, 'go to bed' stops dropping from the queue and the Sim has no further problems. Also, when the bed is at fault, I often notice that 'Relax' is not available on the Sim's bed or their side of the bed, until a new bed is bought.
Oh, this has been happening with Maxis beds. I rarely use custom ones. I think the reason BUY stays in the queue is because the bed dropped out when the action could not be fulfilled. However, there is no reason that using the bathroom can't be fulfilled, so it stays in the queue.
I've tried forcing errors on the bed instead of buying a new one, but it doesn't help the situation at all. Only buying a new bed fixes the problem for me.
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