Author Topic: "Insane" trait glitch: nonstop outfit changing  (Read 3765 times)

Offline lupusrex

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"Insane" trait glitch: nonstop outfit changing
« on: April 13, 2013, 02:01:29 PM »
Hello. I'm posting here because the EA forums were unable to help after several days and because you all seem like learned Simmers. I hope I have chosen the right forum section.

Whenever any of my Sims has the Insane trait, they will sometimes change outfits repeatedly. They will change, take a few steps, change again, on and on until they reach their destination. Usually this occurs when the destination is outside, when a normal Sim would pick outerwear. In extreme cases it can take half a Sim day for them to get the mail, for example.

It has not always been this way. I do not recall when the problem appeared or which EPs I'd had installed at the time (I have them all now), but it was long before I'd tried using mods or CC. Now Sims with the Insane trait are effectively unplayable in my game, which is disappointing because it used to be my favorite trait.

Does anyone know of this bug having happened to someone else, and is there a way to fix it? If the solution is a mod or something that can't be discussed here, even your confirmation of that fact would give me the motivation to continue my effort to research the problem.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Offline saltpastillen

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Re: "Insane" trait glitch: nonstop outfit changing
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2013, 03:05:47 PM »
Hi lupusrex.

I don't play so many insane sims, but the one I played once seasons came out had a similar tendency. I think it was worse during winter... I don't really know how to fix your problem. I remember always changing the sim to outwear manually when I wanted her to go outside, that way she would only change maybe once (when she got outside) and it wouldn't take up so much time. I hope there is someone here that can help more than me.



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Offline lupusrex

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Re: "Insane" trait glitch: nonstop outfit changing
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2013, 03:29:44 PM »
Thank you for the reply; I am at least relieved to know that my problem isn't unique.

I was able to locate this field in the tuning file: kChanceInsaneSimIgnoreOuterwearRules

I am going to go learn how to make a tuning mod to alter this value, and hopefully that can sidestep the problem enough to make Insane playable. I'll post again when I can confirm whether or not it worked.

If anyone knows of a better solution, or if my idea will completely miss the mark, please do let me know.

Offline saltpastillen

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Re: "Insane" trait glitch: nonstop outfit changing
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2013, 03:33:24 PM »
Have you tried just changing the outfits manually like I did? If that works then maybe you don't need a mod.

Offline lupusrex

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Re: "Insane" trait glitch: nonstop outfit changing
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2013, 03:42:47 PM »
I would much prefer not to have to micromanage my Sims' outfits. I allow them to run autonomously 90% of the time because I enjoy observing their behavior.