Automated Baby Controller
jennydeenyc:
After a little more experimentation in my new Pleasantview hood, it seems that much of the trouble I'm having with ABC commands dropping out of queue is due to using cribs from EPs rather than the base game crib. The first 2 190 Sim Lane makeover houses I moved my "ready to pop" sims into came furnished with Maxis cribs, but not the base game one. The 3rd house had the base game crib in the nursery, and when that family got its new addition, the controller kicked in like I'm used to. Mind you, this has only been observed with early baby care so far, not toddler care, and I haven't yet had the chance to test it out in my household with a Servo to see if she'll be issued commands like she's supposed to. Just thought I'd mention this development.
EDIT: Apparently if a sim is in the middle of a macro routine, or has a macro queued, the ABC doesn't issue a command at all until all current & pending actions are cancelled. It's not even a matter of the babycare command dropping out of queue, because it isn't even issued to "busy" sims. Just now, my single mother Artemis Nixie was called to sleep by the sleep clock with queued commands to skillinate Charisma & Body. While asleep, the BUY controller kicked in and queued up so she'd use the facilities in the morning. Then at 6am, Monique's (yes, I know, non-awesome) auto serve meal hack queued up the command to make breakfast. Artemis woke up, and headed to the kitchen. At this point, her infant Fergus started screaming his head off cause he needed a diaper change. No command to take care of him appeared in her queue, and there are no other sims in the household. I cancelled the command to cook, and Artemis started for the bathroom, still no babycontroller command. I cancelled the BUY icon, as well as the skillinate Charisma & Body icons. Only then did the "change diaper" icon pop up, and that's when I realized I'd seen similar behavior on my other lots, where a "busy" sim doesn't get called on to care for the baby/toddler until they are idle.
jolrei:
Last time I used the baby controller, I set it to "always use smart milk", which resulted in the parent sim constantly making and offering smart milk to the toddler, who was already full of smart milk and skilling away happily. This only ended when the smart milk dispenser was completely empty. Is this a known issue, or is it a conflict?
I have just downloaded the latest update (a bit late there I know). If this persists, I will assume "tight pants" and do some checking in my hacks directory.
seelindarun:
Not tight pants. That's the controller attempting to uber-smart the sprog. Multiple doses of smartmilk can jack their IQ into the 400s, and will stick with them all the way to teenhood if you don't ever smartmilk them again. If I want this, I do it right after they age up, 'cause why bother skillinating until they're hungry, when you can get quad- to quin-tuple learning rates after stuffing them with smartmilk?
Also, ABC has never interrupted a sim with a command-level task. Except for sleepclock on maximum force bed calls, none of the MATY hacks stomp user-issued commands. Most of the time, I have a PowerIdle zombie sitting around somewhere for baby care, or if no one is available for dedicated duty, I turn the warning box on.
jolrei:
Quote from: seelindarun on 2008 June 23, 19:43:10
Not tight pants. That's the controller attempting to uber-smart the sprog. Multiple doses of smartmilk can jack their IQ into the 400s, and will stick with them all the way to teenhood if you don't ever smartmilk them again. If I want this, I do it right after they age up, 'cause why bother skillinating until they're hungry, when you can get quad- to quin-tuple learning rates after stuffing them with smartmilk?
Cool. Will try this.
Emma:
I use a full container of smartmilk (5 bottles per Toddler) once-the first time they are hungry after aging up. Then it is deleted when empty and they are fed from the fridge, otherwise the toddler is completley stuffed with smartmilk and I never select 'always use Smartmilk'. I check periodically to make sure the stupid hasn't crept back, but it never does.
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