Moving Trees and Sims when Game is Paused

[crinrict]

@PINGISEVERYWHERE I merged your post with existing report.

Make sure to click me too on the first post.

[PINGISEVERYWHERE]

They keep moving constantly.

[Citysim9997]

Well, it's been happening since the Werewolfs patch.

[PINGISEVERYWHERE]

Oh wow to be honest, I'm not surprised.

[pictureamoebae]

This happens to me too.

Platform: PC, latest version as of January 2023, all expansions and packs (minus bust the dust).

It happens to all sims, whether I'm playing them or not. What seems to be happening is if they have started to look at something (another sim, an object etc) when you press pause their head and eyes will continue to move to whatever they were looking at. If they aren't looking at something (let's say they're looking straight ahead while walking or standing still) they don't move when paused. It definitely seems related to the coding for their attention - like if they have started to look at something that animation specifically doesn't pause part way when you press pause, and instead continues until the animation has played in full and their head and eyes have finished tracking to whatever they decided to look at.

You can reliably reproduce this by watching sims walk past each other on the street. If you pause as two sims walk past each other they will continue moving their heads round to look at each other as they pass even when you've paused.

In terms of effect on gameplay, other than being creepy and weird it doesn't break anything. However, a large portion of the player base take gameplay screenshots to post online, and this bug makes it very frustrating and difficult to do, because if you pause while they're in the position you want they continue moving and ruin it. It just makes everything a lot more annoying and frustrating.

[kcrewsca]

I thought this was a feature rather than a bug.  It's never been detrimental to gameplay for me and I actually kind of like it.  

[Gobberwart]

I see this is on the latest laundry list of things to be "fixed", but I don't want it to be fixed. I think it's actually kinda cool. Creepy? Maybe but definitely not problematic. 

[MissLjupka]

YAAAYYY!!!! I just saw it on the laundry list!! That makes me SOOO HAPPY!!!  I'm a storyteller and I adore making the perfect screenshot with the exact face or movement, that I need for my story. So this bug was horrible for me, it got me so frustrated that I quit telling stories a while ago.

Thank you so much for fixing this!!! I'm jumping for joy right now! lol :D

[ivy11v]

Hoping it's actually fixed soon, can't believe it's been happening for so long

[crinrict · Accepted solution]

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Sims will no longer break the space-time continuum by moving when the game is paused.

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Fixed in Patch 1.94.147/1.68

If you're still experiencing this issue, please create a new thread.