Sim takes FOREVER to finish tasks

[SheriWillJW28]

Everytime my sim is cooking or completing certain tasks, she just stops and stands there right in the middle of doing something. I usually pause for a little bit to let it catch up but I'm not trying to do that forever. Does anybody know what the deal is with that??

[sharonlynette]

I'm having the same issue, some tasks don't even fully complete (eating a dish) or at other points they stop what they're doing half way to do something else, usually with a piece of clay that appears from nowhere. 

[puzzlezaddict]

@SheriWillJW28 and @sharonlynette  Have you tried repairing the game in Origin?  Open your game library, right-click on the Sims 4 icon, and select Repair.

If that doesn't help, please run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

@sharonlynette  At least part of what you've described is likely due to various neighborhood action plans, for example the creative arts plan inspires sims to pull a lump of clay out of thin air and start playing with it.  There's not much you can do about this behavior in existing saves, unless you want to use mods.