Bathroom Controller: In Soviet Russia, Bathroom Uses You!
ZephyrZodiac:
It can be caused by a visitor rushing to the bathroom faster than the sim who's queued to use it, or interrupting the sim and kicking them out before they've showered, and they then get stuck and block everyone, The get removed forcefully! Also, since these sims can't yet afford even cheap alarm clocks, although we are getting there slowly, it happens in the morning when I use the Macro/Use Bathroom option.
One other thing, if I queue something else before they've finished showering, sometimes they don't finish showering and proceed to the new action. But if I manually click on the loo and the shower, they finish their ablutions and are neatly ejected!
RainbowTigress:
If a sim decided to mess around in the bathroom on his own, he would first have a regular icon with an object in the bathroom that he wanted to use, such as the toilet, a shower, etc. If his bladder is too high, he will be tossed out, if not, he will be sent to use the toilet, and the BUY icon will then take over. If you are seeing the BUY icon first, then it would seem that it's pulling them in. I have a few neat sims who will autonomously want to clean the shower, but BUY will toss them out unless their bladder is low enough that it will send them to the toilet instead. (Manually ordering them to clean the tub or using Macrotastics Clean will work since it's not autonomous.) Anyway, I would pay special attention to see what the icon looks like when the sim first goes into the bathroom. Also, have you tried turning off free will to see if this still happens? If so, then that would rule out autonomy as the source of the problem.
ZephyrZodiac:
My sims aren't being drawn in with a nearly dull SP full bladder, for me that has never been the problem, the problem is only that they get stuck after exiting the shower if another sim is waiting their turn. Move them out with a new instruction, and the hovering sim will have their turn in the shower and be ejected normally. The only thing that occurs to me is that somehow the second showeree has appropriated the shower before the first has totally left. (Or in the case of a visitor, substitute toiletee.)
jsalemi:
Quote from: rainbow on 2006 June 08, 13:34:08
Anyway, I would pay special attention to see what the icon looks like when the sim first goes into the bathroom. Also, have you tried turning off free will to see if this still happens? If so, then that would rule out autonomy as the source of the problem.
That I have done, and the icon is always the BUY icon, not the regular toilet or shower icon. I'll try turning off free will next time I'm in a dorm (where it seems to happen most often) and see if that makes a difference.
RainbowTigress:
I was having the same problem you describe ZZ, but I have not observed it lately. I am playing different lots though, and I've updated the BUY a few times. I haven't played a dorm in a long time, but I did play one briefly last week or so, and I had this problem. It seemed that selling the old toilet paper and buying new ones fixed the problem. But I didn't play it very long after that. I can't remember whether you said you tried this or not?
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