Nothing weirder than a Maxis Nanny
gali:
"Well I just had the oddest thing happen. At 8.10am the nanny was still not there. A message popped up, "did I have a nanny scheduled as it wasn't good to leave the toddlers home alone". Yes, I said.
8.20 - no nanny. Got one of the teenagers to ring and order a nanny, 'just for now'. Everyone got in the vehicles and left, but not before another message popped up, saying the same thing as before." (witch)
May be you scheduled wrong the nanny? If one of the parents works 10AM to 4PM, and the other - from 9AM to 3PM - the 9AM parent has to call and schedule the nanny.
I don't have problem at all with schedulling the nannies, as long as I order the right sim to ask for schedule.
For instance: Dad was working from 10 to 2 (theorist), but mom worked from 8 to 1 (teacher), because I have made 2 babies one after another. The earlier-going-to-work sim has to order the schedule. If you gave the dad to schedule - the nanny will come only at 9.
Cancel the schedule, and give the right sim to order new schedule.
witch:
Thanks Gali, but the mum ordered the scheduled nanny and she starts at 8 so the nanny should have been there.
And yes, the toddlers were fine on their own, till I noticed one of them now had a blank want icon. So I exited without saving. Hopefully the corruption didn't stick. I didn't have testing cheats enabled either.
witch:
Quote from: ZephyrZodiac on 2005 August 26, 10:14:51
No, at first Lilith could only feed them and put them in the crib, but once whe got friendlier with them (ie once the babies knew her) she could do everything, potty training, teaching to walk etc., and got the Family Kiss instruction, but when I checked in SimPE she was definitely unrelated to the kids, so obviously being an unofficial auntie works the same as a step-parent.
Interesting, so you reckon the 'training the baby stuff' is based on the strength of the relationship? Haven't seen that yet, I might get a townie to move in and babysit, see what happens.
ZephyrZodiac:
Has to be the relationship thing, since once Lilith had fed the kids once, the next time she could play with them and everything!
It's nice, though, to use graduates, they can move in for a while with their friends and of course their 20,000 Simoleons helps a lot. Then if they move into their own house, they get it back again, so they don't lose anything by it, and you can get them to drink some Elixir so they go back to 29days.
Oh, and you also get to find out which ones will do a good job of parenting!
RainbowTigress:
Quote from: witch on 2005 August 26, 10:41:19
Thanks Gali, but the mum ordered the scheduled nanny and she starts at 8 so the nanny should have been there.
And yes, the toddlers were fine on their own, till I noticed one of them now had a blank want icon. So I exited without saving. Hopefully the corruption didn't stick. I didn't have testing cheats enabled either.
I have had blank icons, but they seem to work themselves out. When you satisfy one of their wants, it will usually refresh. I think in that case it was due to the parents being off the lot, at least, when they are gone, it seems the toddlers will spin up wants for anyone to play or read or talk to them instead of a specific parent at those times.
When I did use the nanny, I would have the parent who went to work later order the nanny. There is no sense in paying for the nanny an extra hour when one parent is still going to be there. The other parent can dismiss her when s/he gets home. It shouldn't cause the nanny to show up late or not at all.
Sims are neither good or bad parents. They are as good or bad as you make them. :) One sim is as good as another. They may have varying personality points, but other than that, they are whatever we want them to be. Especially with the right hacks. ;)
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