[OPEN] Sims don't sit down when playing games, watching TV, reading or eatin

[xGallifreyanGirl]

Been having this issue as well. My sims just crowd around the tv and stand there watching it.  They will also just stand and eat anywhere but the dining room table.

[samsam713]

I would not say this is a solution... or even a workaround.

Regarding eating at the table/counter, I found when ordering sims to grab a quick drink (i.e., oj, milk, or water) from the fridge while they are eating, they will grab the drink and go sit down automatically.

[NimrevD]

For some reason I don't have issues with eating, maybe because there is a big dinning table very close to refrigerator. Only with eating though, TVs are a huge problem now, especially when you have multiple sims standing around and blocking everything because they want to watch TV.

[MamaTwinklebird]

I am having same problem . My sims don't sit and watch tv or sit and eat.

[CitySimmer16]

I have that same issue as well and I also have that pool issue where they don't use the pool ladder at all, swims close to the edge then stops when commands to swim laps, and jumping out of the pool and jumping back in when it comes to telling to sim to swim to the middle

[crinrict]

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@CrunkaDuck16 wrote:

I have that same issue as well and I also have that pool issue where they don't use the pool ladder at all, swims close to the edge then stops when commands to swim laps, and jumping out of the pool and jumping back in when it comes to telling to sim to swim to the middle

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Swimming issue can be found here: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/TO-ADD-Sims-can-t-swim-laps/td-p/5817492/jump-to/fir...

[KatiaSimming]

Hello there's a fix for it. People with no mods complain about this. I took out all my mods and it happened so here's something to fix it. ModTheSims has a fis for it. <Removed link. Links to mods are not allowed at AHQ. Please just name the mod>

[Harkon17]

Same here. I tried this on new games without any mods and with diferent families, houses and neighborhoods.

The sims never sit down autonomously for any activities like eating, videogames or TV. Just obligatory interactions like using the computer or playing chess work.

I can make them to sit down manually but it is very annoying. Especially while eating, because they eat right at the place where they took the plate. If they got it out of the fridge, they will block it completely.

[TheSteelRodent]

I've got this problem as well. Tested on every family I've made since the game came out, and some of these have the most comfy furniture available.

Esp when feeding them it becomes a problem. A sim will go to the fridge, grab a plate, and stand there eating. Then if I tell another Sim to fetch food or make food, the command will instantly cancel (without them complaining at all, mind you) like the fridge no longer exists.

When playing games on the TV, socializing, or doing pretty much anything that normally would include sitting, they just stand there and refuse to sit down unless I tell them to do it.

With larger families, making sure the fridge isn't constantly blocked becomes annoying very fast and the easy workaround is simply to have a fridge for every member of the family.

Oddly enough, if one sim makes a group meal and the others get a plate from there, usually they'll find somewhere to sit as long as there's a free seat by a table. They don't seem willing to eat in the couches anymore.

[crinrict]

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Sims are once again sitting to watch TV.

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Fixed in Patch 1.28.25

Taking Feedback for reading and eating before marking this as solved.