What kinds of things frustrate you about your Sims game?

[Ponderosa]

Okay, me first: I play sims 2 and the craziest, multi-factor catch-22 just happened...I adopted a child to be adopted the day my sim had off. Then the social worker didn't show up until a day later, when said sim DID have work. So I had him call the nanny before work; she arrived about a half hour before the SW and drove off saying "THERE ARE NO KIDS HERE!" Then the SW arrived and left the baby all alone, and with no one to take care of him because his 'rents were still at work, she came right back and took him...ten minutes before daddy got home. Nice. It's like the game is playing with YOU.

I suppose this is the kind of situation where those seemingly randomly-generated vacation days come from, eh?

[Peni Griffin]

The cavalier way the social worker will drop the kid at the curb, not even making a point of meeting the parent, is disturbing.

You'll find that this gets easier once you know the ropes. Most games are frustrating while you're still on the learning curve. The social worker always drops off the kid at 10 A.M., so next time you'll call the night before the day off, or wait till you have some vacation days.

The vacation days are earned from days on the job, just like in most companies IRL. (I don't think they let you sell back unused ones, though.) Sim corporations are also really good at providing maternity leave, and those days don't go away - if you decide to have the nanny take care of the infant and save your three postpartum days to deal with the toddler, it works fine. All you have to do to take a vacation day is not go in to work; you'll get paid at the end of the day. If you have no vacation, you can call in sick - even when you're not sick - in a situation like this. I've never had a bad result from it, but I wouldn't abuse the sick leave as a habit...If you want to skip a maternity leave day and have the correct EP, you should be able to call up a "walk to work" interaction.

What frustrates me is the lag between when I realize what's wrong, and fix it, and the sim's reaction to it. They can wave their little arms and whine about a routing problem that's already been cleared up for ages, it seems like. And a discarded bag of chips can completely block the stove - so why is there always one person who insists on discarding their chips in front of the stove? I had to ban the teddy bear after the second time a visiting sim deliberately blocked the fridge with it, too.

[Ponderosa]

The cavalier way the social worker will drop the kid at the curb, not even making a point of meeting the parent, is disturbing.

You'll find that this gets easier once you know the ropes. Most games are frustrating while you're still on the learning curve. The social worker always drops off the kid at 10 A.M., so next time you'll call the night before the day off, or wait till you have some vacation days.

I have played TS2 for around six years now, however, this is very strange because it's never happened before. He called the adoption agency the night before his day off, however, the social worker didn't COME until two days later, when he did have work. She was a day late. A glitch, may haps?

[labellavienna]

Most annoying thing...definitely the fact that the hobby/enthusiasm thing won't go away...it causes me a bit of stress when i see my sim is "losing enthusiasm", it makes me feel as though they are getting depressed or something.

It sucks when family is in the same room and they barely interact...except when sitting down at the dinner table. Junior would bring home a cat and the mother just walks right past him and into the other room without saying hi or waving or anything =\

[maxon]

Most annoying thing...definitely the fact that the hobby/enthusiasm thing won't go away...it causes me a bit of stress when i see my sim is "losing enthusiasm", it makes me feel as though they are getting depressed or something.
I think I must have a hack for that - I never see it.

[DrowningFishy]

The thing that fustrates me most about Sims games is, unless your going to watch your sims, you cannot put in a bar or any type of game. The reason for this is your sims will become obsessed and forget there are other things to do. Like their needs, babies/toddlers, and you know all important work. Sims always seem to find something to fustrate you like turning to the diary when your back is turned, or begining to jump rope for no bloody apperent reason. When these fustrations occur I wish to god I had a caddle prod so I can teach my sims, NO!

Wouldn't that be nice if we could teach our sims behaviors?

[FranH]

That's why one has to just about have every single 'nodothis or that' mod or hack in existence to keep the game sane for playing an enjoyable game.
I have over 250 individual mods for correcting their behavior-but running a vanilla game is just an exercise in pure frustration.
Why did the developers think these behaviors are acceptable? Not in a million years!

[dwn2ridehtchck1]

that they decided to give us the kiddie care castle and then not allow sim parents to take thier toddlers even though they build the lot with activity tables. the fact we can't read to more than one sim at a time. The fact our game can get so corrupted so easily. The fact we can't have real companies that send out bills. Or real functioning bands. That we have no functioning strollers that sims can push around Or use of carseats. We should b able to have our sim parents be able to do more with those lifespans. We don't have a pre teen lifestage and the only way to get to be a young adult is to go to college. They can't take boat trips, cruises, and only have three ways of transportation like cars, plane, or taxi, when i'd like them to be able to take a train and bus that has schedules. They don't have to pay for electric, water, cell phones, cars, houses after first purchased. Apartment life should have been more fun. We should have been able to control who owns the complex and how much rent will be charged. We should have been able to have use or the real estate office besides only being able to sell businesses and vacation homes. I'd love to be able to put up new homes for sale and rent same for apartments. Daycare should have been an option instead of hiring a nanny all the time. Hospitals and visting other sims shouldve been included same with school. Time should stay the same as when they left i find that very annoying.

[AlexandraSpears]

Yeah, that's like a community lot having changing tables when you can't bring babies or toddlers. What's the point?

[Ponderosa]

Another thing that aggravates me are the chance cards. It seems like you are guaranteed to lose at least 60% of the time. Once I lost, exited without saving, and when I came back and the card came up again, picked the other option...and STILL lost. And when you do lose, the reasonings are so stupid. Like, "Trisha gives detention to the bullies. The bullies coat the detention room in spit. The principal fires Trisha." For punishing bad students? IRL Trisha would never have been fired, but the teacher in charge of the detention room sure would have! That is, if it were even POSSIBLE to coat a room in spit...that's just stupid and gross. Also, I got last night, "Fisky listens to directions and stands at his post. Meanwhile his compaion is overpowered by the burglars. If only Frisky had been there to back up! Frisky is fired!" Fired for following orders? I almost got fired once for disobeying orders even though I knew I was doing what was best for the company! It's all about listening to the Powers That Be. Completely ignoring the fact that IRL all police forces have a radio system to call for backup, the fact my sim was fired because the other guy was an idiot is completely insane. I'm going to look for a chance-card-be-gone mod so I'm not tempted anymore.

[selfmadequeen]

I'm going to look for a chance-card-be-gone mod so I'm not tempted anymore.
You could always just hit the Ignore button when they come up. That's what I do when I get them with a Sim who I really don't want to be fired.

[haricots]

You could always just hit the Ignore button when they come up. That's what I do when I get them with a Sim who I really don't want to be fired.

Maybe, iamabub is tempted to click one of the two choices. Me do that, often. I just can't choose ignore, coz it's not lke reality, when you have a situation somewhere that includes you, and you have only two options, then you can ignore all of them...

[shoo_flee]

What realllly annoys me is the kicking the dustbin over thing! Ok fair enough my sim pissed you off, kick the dustbin once! But not every god damm day! Nearly all of my lots have vermin on a constant level because of this.

[vicarious70]

My frustration is with Parents, teenagers , etc. not leaving the babies alone. Why is it, that even though the babies have already been fed or changed, they feel the need to go mess with the friggin baby every chance they get. I think that's one of the worst things about the game that makes me see red.

[Saturnfly]

I cannot stand when no one will leave the baby/ babies alone! It is ridiculous. I know babies are cute 'n all, but seriously, when it's 3am and you wake up because you went to bed a little early and decide you cannot sleep no more (another thing which annoys the rainbows out of me), you must go and see the baby, even though EVERYONE is asleep, including the baby. Why? Why would you do that? Why?!

Also, random glitches bug the hell out of me, like when a sim refuses to walk down the stairs, because there's some freaking invisible stair-monster in the way? Or when a sim can't sit on a chair or a sim can't use the toilet, etc...

[maxon]

My frustration is with Parents, teenagers , etc. not leaving the babies alone. Why is it, that even though the babies have already been fed or changed, they feel the need to go mess with the friggin baby every chance they get. I think that's one of the worst things about the game that makes me see red.
I have a hack for that too. You can fix a lot of the more annoying behaviours with hacks.

[katalina522]

I have a hack for that too. You can fix a lot of the more annoying behaviours with hacks.
I have an entire folder of hacks that is titled "Annoyance Fixes." Makes the game so much more pleasant. ;)

[AlexandraSpears]

I too have a ton of annoyance fixes. Surprisingly I have not found myself needing a "no baby harassment" hack or anything. If I want to keep townies from bothering the baby, I just lock the door to the nursery. Same thing to keep pets out--especially pets who are still a bit on the Destructive side.

[katalina522]

I too have a ton of annoyance fixes. Surprisingly I have not found myself needing a "no baby harassment" hack or anything. If I want to keep townies from bothering the baby, I just lock the door to the nursery. Same thing to keep pets out--especially pets who are still a bit on the Destructive side.
Nice. I don't have any EPs that let you lock doors, so anti-babyswarm is necessary. Why on earth do strangers feel compelled to bathe my sim-children?!

[AlexandraSpears]

I hate when a townie is standing there holding a baby that REALLY needs a diaper change!

[leesester]

What realllly annoys me is the kicking the dustbin over thing! Ok fair enough my sim pissed you off, kick the dustbin once! But not every god damm day! Nearly all of my lots have vermin on a constant level because of this.

I hate that too. WHY must my sim be mentally scarred for life by evil bin-kicking meanies causing bug infestation????

So - I do this - I move my dustbin next to the door nearest the kitchen and build a halfwall either side of it so only the front is accessible. HAH. Instant kick proof bin.

[SimMegaptera]

@iamabub: calling the adoption agency the night before: if it was after midnight it doesn't count as the night before. I had Alistair call the adoption agency at 12:30 am on a Wednesday. The kid didn't show up at 10 am on Thursday, she got there at 10 am on Friday. Fortunately Alistair is a small business owner and can be home whenever he wants.

[Allimae]

I hate maternity hair! Some Sims change hair when pregnant, some are even bald! My last pregnant Sim had her normal hair when in pajamas, or underwear but put on maternity clothes and she had a whole different hairstyle.

I also wish Elder Hair wasn't so limited. Many hair styles and colors go from toddler to adult, but disappear for the Elders. The hair styles for Elders lack variety. The dead on the family tree all wind up looking the same or nearly so. I clicked on Elder for Hair on this site and got very little.

[hello2u08]

The sims is actually the greatest expirement in human patience ever. It forces you to do the same thing repedively, and pisses you off with errors in official objects, currently though, it is turning out to be the sims game 3 or so, humans 5 million. We have created unofficail patches for it to make it less irritaing and CC to make it coller. Screw you the sims, we made cool stuff that made you not achieve your goal!
(I like the sims, the previous was a joke :lol: :rofl: )

[Bwinney43]

I hate that too. WHY must my sim be mentally scarred for life by evil bin-kicking meanies causing bug infestation????

So - I do this - I move my dustbin next to the door nearest the kitchen and build a halfwall either side of it so only the front is accessible. HAH. Instant kick proof bin.'

That's genius! I'm assuming that means it's okay to move the trashcan around?

[Darby]

Trashcan yes. It's the mailbox you don't want to move around much, unless you know what you're doing. Something to do with portals, I think.

[maxon]

Trashcan yes. It's the mailbox you don't want to move around much, unless you know what you're doing. Something to do with portals, I think.
I move mine all over the place. Passersby do come on over to the mailbox unless you fiddle with the portals but, AFAIK, it doesn't do any actual damage. Deleting them, OTOH, is a real no-no.

[SimMegaptera]

I was AAAALLL ready for the Ottomas family to have two little girls and three little boys. But the twins are both boys. Now how do I arrange bedrooms...?

[MuletotheFoxxes]

Stella's husband wants to graduate three kids from college, but she wants to max all skills. So after their son was born I had him search for ufo's so she could continue to focus on her ltw with out being pregnant more than twice. Then just after he comes back, before I have a chance to save, she goes and gets herself abducted. :faceslap: Stella you don't have much time to skill while pregnant, you have a newborn baby, and your husband just came back pregnant! At least neither of them is having twins...

[omglo]

Almost everyone keeps having sons. My neighborhood is overrun with little boys.

[RebaLynnTS]

Almost everyone keeps having sons. My neighborhood is overrun with little boys.

There is a bug in some of the later EP's that cause random chances to be calulated incorrectly. There is a random chance fix in the downloads section, some where.


in fact, it is right here ... http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=330007

[omglo]

I didn't realize this could be a glitch. Thanks. I'll try that out.

[Darby]

I move mine all over the place. Passersby do come on over to the mailbox unless you fiddle with the portals but, AFAIK, it doesn't do any actual damage. Deleting them, OTOH, is a real no-no.

Pescado said something about not moving the mailbox much, but I don't remember why. I wouldn't worry about moving it a few tiles away from its original spot, but wouldn't get crazy with it.

But yeah, deleting it is certainly the bigger issue. I don't think deleting the trashcan is a good idea either, but at least it can be isolated. I don't care so much about it being kicked over, but I used to isolate it on lots where I wanted sims to use the composter instead. Now I have a hack for to make them use the composter instead of the trashcan automatically. (I love hacks! :D)

[SimMegaptera]

Whoa, I had no idea about the probability glitch. My Sims haven't had enough babies overall for me to notice a trend in gender or number of babies. I'll install that, thanks.

[maxon]

There is a bug in some of the later EP's that cause random chances to be calulated incorrectly. There is a random chance fix in the downloads section, some where.

in fact, it is right here ... http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=330007
That says nothing about the chance of having girls vs boys.

[starryeyedSim]

What frustrates me with my Sims are the following:
Let's say I am playing 8 Sims in a household with some toddlers and babies. The teens will always go to care for the child, though they need to eat, or shower.

Or they will go to pick them up, out of the crib, just as the mom has put that kid to bed.

Most my Sims stand around screaming at me they need a shower when one is open and not being used and right beside them, or starving and saying they are hungry but go to watch TV or Admire another Sim instead of cooking.

The "turn off pc" annoyance is back in game once you install AL. It was tuned down in one of the EP patches, but wanting to turn off the computer as soon as someone else begins to use it is way too much in AL.

Having all my Sim kids lay their homework somewhere that I prefer they didn't. With the later Eps installed none of them even put the homework on the desk. And if they do it is always to the left of the seat where they can't reach it again. Nor sit at the desk to do the homework. I have litterally have 6 kids put their homework right in the doorway if a desk is downstairs near the front door.

Sims that visit will come to the back door of a garage, or the back door of a house if it is on the side of house. That is very annoying. The front door can be right there, but due to the changes in Seasons routing they go the long way around something.

That fix was supposed to have fixed things but it only made it worse. Sims will go all the way upstairs to a sink instead of the kitchen sink sometimes if you install the Seasons' patch. The No Route Fail hack doesn't work all that well in those situtations.

Sims that have their comfort full will still always go relax next to another Sim if you put that Sim to bed (sick) if you don't have the free Sim doing something else.
Sims that are attracted to another Sim will also go to relax on that bed near the other Sim if you put that Sim to bed. (especially if they are married or in a relationship already)

Oh, there are so many reasons my Sims suffer when they keep doing stupid stuff that ticks me off. :jest:

[Darby]

The "turn off pc" annoyance is back in game once you install AL. It was tuned down in one of the EP patches, but wanting to turn off the computer as soon as someone else begins to use it is way too much in AL.

I'm not having that trouble any more, but I believe it's due to a hack by TwoJeffs I have for that. Don't remember the name of it at the moment.

A similar (sort of) problem I'm having lately, though, is with directing sims to watch the Yummy Channel, and having them click it off seconds later. Ugh.

There are lots of solutions to the homework thing. My latest is a combination of HugeLunatic's One-Tile Desks (http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=370799) (to save space), and MogHughson's Desk Locator (http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=312004). Works like a dream! :)

[Aegagropilon]

I know it's a feature that adds to a sim's individuality, but the sims with no parenting instincts whatsoever can get rather frustrating... especially when there's a household full of them.

There's a tradition in the Grunt household, and it involves the parents not doing any parenting: Ripp raised his younger brother Buck, Buck raised his younger brother Howitzer, and now-teenage Howitzer is raising his nephew Gunn. Gunn's father is Tank, who has fallen back into his teenage routine of being the General's biggest fan EVER, and his mother is born-in-game Family sim Uncanny, who is carrying on an emotional affair with the SSX3 game when she isn't sailing the bathtub.

And it's not like the other adults in the house are any help: General Buzz is too busy arguing with and/or making out with his perpetually-angry wife Idun and Idun is too busy carrying on with Buzz.

EDIT: I'm used to the households where the toddlers and children basically get mobbed by various family members wanting to take care of them without any prompting. The only one who autonomously takes care of Gunn is Howitzer; the rest only do stuff when Gunn finds them or I make them.

[starryeyedSim]

Ya, Darby, the Sims stop watching a channel that builds skill in the later EPs. I know mine do it all the time. If their fun meter is almost full they will turn the channel or stop watching at all. They may just be sitting there when you mouse over what they are doing. I think I remember something in the FT patch (1st or 2nd patch) that stated it was fixed...but it isn't. They also may turn the TV off and on repeatedly, especially guests in the home. This happens I think when they watch a movie, they may keep sitting there clicking it off and on because their fun meter is full.
They stop using the violin when fun meter is full...the patch didn't necessarily fix that after you install AL. I know I read patch notes to fix them from stoppinng using items that build skill, but I swear with AL installed that patch fix just sometimes works.

Aegagropilon, I hear you. I may have played the Ottomas family 10 or more times just to torture them, now. The mom is one of the most laziest Sims I have ever seen. Though she has enough active points. Her kids do everything for the other babies in game. If you move out the Grandma, and keep the mom Sim pregnant most of the time...all she cares about is David. She once ran out of the house when there was a fire and left her baby on the floor there in the kitchen. The dad did run in and save the baby and ran outside with it. I killed her for that.
She is so obsessed with her oldest child, play with David, talk to David, tell a joke to David, etc. that I always move out the Grandma, she isn't going to care and do all the work for them while they keep popping out kids in my game. And the mom in that family almost makes me despise David. Though he cares for the other kids, he really gets on my nerves. He always is the one coded to Help with Birthday, and he always goes to get the kids out of cribs when I have just put them in there. I want them in there. They will be fine in the crib, they stop crying and fall asleep.
The Ottomas family is the worst in caring for their kids I think. If grandma don't do it, the teens do.

[RebaLynnTS]

Darby, there is a mod to stop autonomous tv channel changing. Not sure where I found it.

[Darby]

Darby, there is a mod to stop autonomous tv channel changing. Not sure where I found it.

Do you remember if it will keep them from turning it off altogether, too? 'Cause that's more what I need.

@starryeyedSim
Sounds like the issue is related to/same as the one where they won't body skill to the radio if fun is maxed. *sigh*

If this issue has been fixed in a hack/mod/third-party patch, you'd think I'd have it, I've got so many!

[Cyjon]

There is a bug in some of the later EP's that cause random chances to be calulated incorrectly. There is a random chance fix in the downloads section, some where.

in fact, it is right here ... http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=330007
That's just one particular probability routine which is used only occasionally. It has nothing to do with the core random number generator and wouldn't affect birth gender.

Now I have a hack for to make them use the composter instead of the trashcan automatically.
If it's my hack you're using, be sure to download the updated version from my site.

[Bwinney43]

Trashcan yes. It's the mailbox you don't want to move around much, unless you know what you're doing. Something to do with portals, I think.

I have no interest to move the mailbox at all. I once downloaded a house that moved the mailbox near the front door. Looked cute....looked less cute when the carpool was half inside the house... :|

Moving the trashcan,though, will give lots of decorating choices. I mean at my house we keep our trash cans near our garage door during non pick up days and then take them to the curb on pick up days.

[Darby]

If it's my hack you're using, be sure to download the updated version from my site.

I don't think it is. I'm relatively new to your hacks, and although I've got 98 of them installed, that does not appear to be one of them. I'm pretty sure I've had whatever hack it is before I found yours.

Thing is, I can't find it! I just looked through all my hack folders, and couldn't find one that makes sims automatically use the composter, when present. My sims do, though, and I think it might be part of Pescado's Macro:Clean (Macrotastics), which I use on my sims a great deal.

I always preach to people the importance of keeping hacks well-organized and knowing what they have, what it does, and who made it. I'm actually pretty good about practicing what I preach, but I've got so many hacks, it's hard to find particular ones, even though they are all organized by creator. :lol:

[FaithRunner85]

When my sim flies off the couch and out the window. I'm not even kidding. Stupid glitch xDD

[hello2u08]

Pescado said something about not moving the mailbox much, but I don't remember why. I wouldn't worry about moving it a few tiles away from its original spot, but wouldn't get crazy with it.


Just a warning: DON'T LISTEN TO PESCADO!

Only listen to him if he is listing instructions, or what he is saying has proof. If you do listen to everything he says, you are going to think that having a sim walk to a lot will cause your game explode into a BHFBVFS
(well, maybe not that extreme, but still pretty extereme)

[Darby]

Just a warning: DON'T LISTEN TO PESCADO!

Only listen to him if he is listing instructions, or what he is saying has proof. If you do listen to everything he says, you are going to think that having a sim walk to a lot will cause your game explode into a BHFBVFS
(well, maybe not that extreme, but still pretty extereme)

Yes, he's pretty conservative about what's safe to do, but I take the "better safe than sorry" attitude when it comes to avoiding things that might cause problems. So thank you, but I don't see any reason to stop listening to him. :p

[Charmful]

I noticed my sims hide their mail if I x out of the 'set on surface' action. They will put it on the ground but find the perfect place - right behind a bush, tree, light pole, fence - where I have to adjust the screen over to click it again for them to pay the bill. They really don't want to pay their bills.

[Peni Griffin]

You know what frustrates me? When I'm doing everything right, and my sims are cooperating, and the game starts throwing random obstacles in our way that it's not possible to avoid. Like, your sims are on a community lot, they want to do something available on that lot, they're trying to go there, and the damn townies keep mobbing them, slowing them down so that actions drop out of their queues and, if they're on a date, getting the two participants out of synch with each other; photobombing your good shots; and - God I hate this one - getting into fights on the other side of the restaurant that the sims suddenly have to run over and look at even though they don't know either participant and the distraction has cleared everybody else out of their path. Meanwhile their motive bars are going down and down and down...

[Orilon]

The nanny frustrates me no end. She doesn't take good care of the baby, gives the toddler way too many bottles and keeps trying to mess with the toddler when I have the toddler playing with toys. I hate that she has to harass the parent that is home when there is a work schedule overlap but God Forbid that your Sim kid is home alone.

I hate how stupid parents are about taking care of their children, and always leaving babies on the floor. I have TwoJeff's No Baby/Toddler Swarming so they don't always harass the baby, but some Sims still just *have* to feed the baby every 5 minutes.

I hate how stupid Sims are about taking care of needs. A Sim's hunger and energy is low, but they go play a computer game instead of eating and going to bed. Ugh.

I hate the fact that Family Sims want a bunch of kids but don't take care of the kids they have. If a Knowledge Sim is married to a Family Sim, 99% of the time the Knowledge Sim is a much better parent.

[Charmful]

You know what frustrates me? When I'm doing everything right, and my sims are cooperating, and the game starts throwing random obstacles in our way that it's not possible to avoid. Like, your sims are on a community lot, they want to do something available on that lot, they're trying to go there, and the damn townies keep mobbing them, slowing them down so that actions drop out of their queues and, if they're on a date, getting the two participants out of synch with each other; photobombing your good shots; and - God I hate this one - getting into fights on the other side of the restaurant that the sims suddenly have to run over and look at even though they don't know either participant and the distraction has cleared everybody else out of their path. Meanwhile their motive bars are going down and down and down...

OH! This happened last night when I had my sim take his love interest to a coffee shop. He was tired and was going to order coffee but the non-playables started mobbing the coffee stand. Then his date kissed him and it upset a character that had a crush on the date in college (their daily/lifetime was currently at 5 but the crush remained) so they began to fight and poor sim was going to starve and pass out.

[AlexandraSpears]

I hate when your Sims are on a date and townies keep trying to greet them...you keep canceling the action and they persist. Like--go away, they're busy!

[WoohooAndTheCity]

I hate when your Sims are on a date and townies keep trying to greet them...you keep canceling the action and they persist. Like--go away, they're busy!

They were hired by MTV to try and ruin your date.

[dieKristina]

I hate it when my sims autonomously go to bed when the clock´s only 19:00. I have to watch them carefully during the nights and have them play chess or paint to make sure they don´t go to sleep way to early. AL obviously changed the coding in some way, because that didn´t happen until I installed AL. Very annoying since I like to play with free will on and let them do what they want.

[hello2u08]

The thing that annoys me the most is if you buy a fishtank, your sims WILL NOT LEAVE IT ALONE! Honestly, what is so interesting about fish?

[simrae92to7]

Oh god, it's the nannies! They eat all your food, feed an unhungry toddler, bath them when they need to sleep, and watch tv when my toddler passes out on the floor! This is why I like butlers (from AP Life), so sometimes I really hate the nannies, but they make the game interesting. ;)

[Vladora]

I always have a Sim cuddle, then play with the baby after feeding/changing them before putting them back in the crib. Unfortunately, there's a chance that when you play with them they'll spit up on you sending you straight into hygiene desperation. It's very frustrating since if you don't play with them, they'll cry until you do. It would be okay if you just lost a little hygiene, but rock bottom? I've never dealt with spit-up IRL, but it can't be so terrible that you have to take a shower if it gets on you.

I don't have much trouble with baby harassment otherwise. If a visiting Sim is holding the baby/toddler and you need to change its diaper or feed it, you can shoo them away and they'll set the baby down.

[Darby]

It's very frustrating since if you don't play with them, they'll cry until you do.

Really? I've never had a baby cry from not being played with in my game.

Anyway, it's fairly easy to avoid being spit up on if you have sims play with babies before they feed them. Also, I've noticed that once a sim has been spit up on once, they're far less likely to hold babies high overhead when playing with them. They seem to learn that it's safer to keep them at face level or lower. :)

[Vladora]

Really? I've never had a baby cry from not being played with in my game.

Anyway, it's fairly easy to avoid being spit up on if you have sims play with babies before they feed them. Also, I've noticed that once a sim has been spit up on once, they're far less likely to hold babies high overhead when playing with them. They seem to learn that it's safer to keep them at face level or lower. :)

Yeah... I stopped playing with them to avoid being spit-up on, but then they started crying when I put them down in the crib and wouldn't stop until I played with them. I guess their invisible fun meter got too low.

Thanks for the tip, I'll try to avoid playing with them after feeding times from now on : )

[smellincoffee]

It frustrates me when I'm trying to get one Sim to help a child with their homework, and I CANNOT get them to stand in the same place at the same time without one wandering off somewhere or without the action just canceling for whatever reason. By the time I've gotten mom to stop playing in the bathtub, the child has gone off to pester someone to read to him. That's one interaction I hate, reading to children. I'm a big reader, so you'd think I'd like it, but it's too slow to be useful and even when I cancel it the Sim will keep trying to get a book anyway. It wrecks whatever it was I wanted them to be doing. The king of annoying interactions is Make Bed, since you can't cancel it, and Sims will decide to go wandering all around the house to make up a bed in the attic at the most INCONVENIENT times...like when I am desperately trying to get their fun up so they can get a promotion, but they won't stop for a game of Red Hands, because by god, that bed in the attic that has been unmade since grandpa woke up and died NEEDS TO BE MADE.

[tearsonmyguitar97]

I hate the autononymus actions.
I am trying to get the father to pick up the infant of the floor in the kitchen, and he everytime
I click "Hold _____" he walks into the bathroom, twenty feet away and the action
turns to "Take Bath". Really man, really?

[Orilon]

It frustrates me when I'm trying to get one Sim to help a child with their homework, and I CANNOT get them to stand in the same place at the same time without one wandering off somewhere or without the action just canceling for whatever reason. By the time I've gotten mom to stop playing in the bathtub, the child has gone off to pester someone to read to him. That's one interaction I hate, reading to children. I'm a big reader, so you'd think I'd like it, but it's too slow to be useful and even when I cancel it the Sim will keep trying to get a book anyway. It wrecks whatever it was I wanted them to be doing. The king of annoying interactions is Make Bed, since you can't cancel it, and Sims will decide to go wandering all around the house to make up a bed in the attic at the most INCONVENIENT times...like when I am desperately trying to get their fun up so they can get a promotion, but they won't stop for a game of Red Hands, because by god, that bed in the attic that has been unmade since grandpa woke up and died NEEDS TO BE MADE.

That is why I turn free will off when I want a parent to help a child with their homework.

I have the abortbedmaking mod (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/samples/ts2/index.php?dir=al%2Fhacks%2F look for abortbedmaking) because it used to piss me off no end that they would not stop making the bed

No Autonomous read to: I hate the read to child action so I got this here: http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Content_List:Hacks_and_Hacked_Objects/Miscellaneous

No Autonomous Ask to be read to: I hate the child always pestering the parent to read to them so I use this: http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Content_List:Hacks_and_Hacked_Objects/Miscellaneous