Can't "sit in car"
sharpefan:
Hello everyone,
I need some help and this is obviously the best place to find it. I had hoped my first post would be supportive and helpful, not a request, but ...oh well. Here's the problem. I can no longer have a sim join another sim in the car. That's been my preferred method of sneaky woo-hooing. The first sim can get in and can ask another to join him/her. Then the second sim walks up to the car and then just stands there stuck. If the second sim is not controlled I have to delete the car before they move again. Controlled sims can have the action cancelled.
I thought it had something to do with new houses, cars, or the invisible driveway, but I experimented and it's still a problem with the standard driveway and Maxis cars and houses. I have all the expansions except FFS and all the patches. Has this happened to anyone else?
J. M. Pescado:
It seems to afflict random houses with no apparent pattern or purpose, particularly those of Maxian construction. It is not known why this happens.
RainbowTigress:
I've been having the same problem. I thought it had to do with the second OFB patch. You don't have to delete the car though. Forcing a reset on the visiting sim works, or making the visitor selectable and cancelling the action. I've found that having my sim go and talk or flirt with the visiting sim also helps. That way at least you don't have to replace the car.
I haven't figured out how to fix this though, because the problem still exists even with no hacks. I first experienced this problem on a lot with a house that I built in a custom neighborhood. Oddly, they can still woohoo in the car on a community lot, on the occasions that the option is actually available, but not at home. I went back to my Pleasantview neighborhood that I've been playing since TS2 first came out, and the problem exists on several lots there, on lots with Maxis-built houses and houses I've downloaded.
I asked about this over in the OFB patch thread, but no one else seemed to be having this problem. I would love to be able to find a solution. I know it was working before, and it seems to have started after installing P2, but I can't be sure of that without reinstalling everything. :-\
I also noted that after my sim couple had children, a child and twin toddlers, they couldn't sit in the car because the game seemed to think they were leaving the children alone and kept asking me to hire a nanny.
Hegelian:
Quote from: rainbow on 2006 July 17, 13:01:23
I've been having the same problem. I thought it had to do with the second OFB patch. You don't have to delete the car though. Forcing a reset on the visiting sim works, or making the visitor selectable and cancelling the action. I've found that having my sim go and talk or flirt with the visiting sim also helps. That way at least you don't have to replace the car.
This does not always work (at least, they still can't get in the car)—I've tried, multiple times. :)
RainbowTigress:
Quote from: Hegelian on 2006 July 17, 16:06:19
This does not always work (at least, they still can't get in the car)—I've tried, multiple times. :)
No, I've never been able to get them to get in the car, even after replacing it several times. But at least you can get them unstuck this way without having to replace the car every time. You say you've been able to get them to sit in the car by replacing it?
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