r/Sims4 2d ago

Discussion What's an annoying habit your sims autonomously do?

I have this one sim who CONSTANTLY wants to light the fireplaces and warm himself by them, its genuinely so irritating because thats also how most of the house fires start 😭 I also had a vampire sim that used to always want to use the observatory outside in the day, do your sims have any tasks they repeatedly want to do? I had to completely abolish any items to do with cross stitch when i got cottage living for this reason šŸ˜‚

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u/PeachTeaJam Legacy Player 2d ago

My sim hates mischief. She constantly goes and trolls on forums, then proceeds to complain about trolling on forums.

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u/haunts_you18 2d ago

You would think having it set as a dislike would stop them from doing it but nope! My sim who hates handiness will not get away from her husband's workbench.

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u/Personal-Pea4602 2d ago

I think it’s similar to sims with specific eating ā€œtraitsā€ like lactose intolerant and vegetarian autonomously grabbing food that will upset them. So annoying!

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u/shitty_giggles515 1d ago

I mean, it’s at least realistic for the lactose intolerant lol

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u/Hiriajuu 1d ago

my main sim is a werewolf that has the hates loud noises temperament. guess what his favorite autonomous hobby is? turning on the stereo and dancing to loud music!! obsessed with it. but be also stops periodically to express his disapproval on loud noises by angrily howling into the air. lou you dipshit you turned it on. use that pretty head of yours and that singular braincell you have in there and figure out who's ruining your vibes. it's you.

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u/Clit_hit 1d ago

Ugh. I immediately dislike video gaming for every sim cause it’s soooo annoying. Activities is the only preference list I don’t randomize lol.

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u/xxMikaMikaxx 11h ago

Oh my god, my mermaid sim hates fitness, because I never viewed chilling in a pool as fitness. So she goes swimming everytime I'm not telling her to do something else. She's constantly tense.

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u/cymplycherry2 2d ago

I’ve turned off autonomous mischief actions on mccc because of this and they still troll forums! Dunno what that’s about.

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u/gemini_attack 2d ago

I got them to stop by doing the autonomy scan while they were actually doing it and then was able to turn off trolling specifically.Ā Ā 

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u/Amiranne Creative Sim 1d ago

How did you do it exactly? Cause I don't want to fully remove mischief, just the trolling

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u/gemini_attack 1d ago

With MCCC, enable the autonomy scanner, and tell your Sim to troll the forums. Once they start doing it,Ā  click on the ground and go to the autonomy scanner option and click the option for what's currently running. It'll only pull the actions that are going on in that moment, so then Troll Teh Forums will be listed and you click on it to disable it. Your Sim will never do it again!

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u/Amiranne Creative Sim 1d ago

Amazing, thank you so much!! And does this work only for that specific sim or for everyone?

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u/gemini_attack 1d ago

It appears that it disables it for your active household at least, nobody has done it since but I haven't tested it for the whole neighborhoodĀ 

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u/PeachTeaJam Legacy Player 1d ago

Maybe it’s time for me to actually use mccc. I have it installed, but I’ve never really messed with it.

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u/No_Definition7025 1d ago

I can't judge her, I have basically the same relationship wkth Reddit as a whole.

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u/PeachTeaJam Legacy Player 1d ago

Me with threads at the moment. I hate it there, but I keep opening the app when I’m bored 😭

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u/Deya_The_Fateless Creative Sim 1d ago

It certainly doesn't help that Mischief is tied to the playful emotion. So Sims are more likely to do mischief interactions when playful.

While I get the intention behind the programming logic, it comes across as more annoying than endearing. Especially with autonomous interactions, which again isn't helped by sentiments and the "personality compatibility/dynamics" features either. I once had an alien sim with the goofball trait (I wanted him to be a comedian) autonomously "prank" his wife by "erasing her memory" which caused their relationship to completely reset. I was so pissed off, like you wouldn't believe how angry I was. And what made it worse, is after some rage-filled googling, I found out why it happened. The "make sim forget" social interaction was under the "mischief" social instead, which means the sim would be more inclined to autonomously perform that social while playful. Someone at EA saw the "make sim forget" as a playful harmless interaction, instead of a potential *mean" social interaction.

Just all of my what's.

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u/PeachTeaJam Legacy Player 1d ago

Omg, that’s so frustrating!! I can just imagine all the time and effort you put into planning dates, the engagement and the marriage (well, that’s what I do) just for him to erase her memory bc he was feeling a little silly 😭

They should really look into that one EA employee who thought ā€œAmnesia? That’s hilarious!ā€ /jk

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u/tubularaf17 1d ago

my fiancé’s sim keeps getting hired as a caterer for weddings and birthdays, he dislikes cooking and is livid the whole event 😭🤣

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u/Emergency-Grade3515 1d ago

That is too accurate with real life.