"Maintain Focus" for video gaming (Computer Whiz)

[jesirose]

How do you do that? I had my Sim be focused, and then play video games on the computer, but after 4 hours the task still hadn't been achieved.

[Tenderroast]

when they finish the game, it should go through

[jesirose]

I ended up stopping the playing because it had been so long, and it did not register still.

[Echo]

Not sure where your problem came from unless there was some interruption of the focus mood.  One of my tasks was to game for 2 hours while focused,  I had him start gaming and waited 2 hours, then 3, then 4 with no completion.  When I had him stop playing, that's when the task showed as completed.

[lindsaysoderberg]

I am having a really hard time achieving this task. I try to become focused by playing chess, but then my sim, if playing with others, wins and become confident instead. I know they can have more than one emotion at once, but the confident emotion seems to outweigh the focused emotion.

I thought I had finally achieved this task, but nothing happened. So I waited for all emotions to wear off, played chess along until focused then went right to the computer to play games.

*Now here's where it could be a possible bug, but also a guide for how to maintain focus for video games: Right when I started playing video games, while focused, the second time, it immediately registered the achievement.

I feel like that may have been confusing so here it is laid out very simply:

To "Maintain Focus for 2 Hours of Video Gaming:"

1. Get focused by playing chess (there are other ways, too, but chess worked for me in this instance).
2. Play video games for 2 hours.
3. Stop.
4. You should get the achievement, but you won't (or might not)
5. Wait for all emotions to wear off.
6. Play chess again until becoming focused.
7. Play a video game and instantly be rewarded for the achievement.

[jesirose]

I tried it again and the third time it worked, must have been an issue with stacked emotions.

[sdinger70]

I had trouble with this one also. I used the "Browse Simpedia" option on the computer to get the Focused emotion, though.

[KhaineGB]

I had no problem with this. My geek likes to go out collecting, so he had 2 gems that gave the focused emotion activated and on his computer desk.

That made completing "Maintain Focus" really easy.

[MissTrips]

I had a little bit of problem with this, he would play a game, but the achievement wouldn't register, so I picked 'enter a game tournament' instead while he was focused and that worked!  So if you're having problems try that!

I also had problems with writing for three hours focused while writing books, but 'practice writing' got the achievement to work.

[Stormi71]

I had problems with this, too. My sim has the tech guru award trophy and I make her view that before using the computer. She stayed focused, but it didn't register the first time. I think it worked the next time I tried. Prior to that, every time I tried, she'd be interrupted because her housemate's baby would cry and she'd get up to attend to it!

[lindsaysoderberg]

If your sim is getting interrupted, try turning down free will just to complete the objective.

[DanteEDM]

Hi,

I found that the pitch black tea gives you focus for 4 hours. I found that helps.

Dante

[HazelS]

I found that browsing Simpedia works a treat, my Tech Guru-to-be reads it as much as possible before going to work!

[lindsaysoderberg]

I found that the pitch black tea gives you focus for 4 hours. I found that helps.

This is great to know!! Thank you! I hadn't even bothered with tea or coffee much. I thought they were kind of irrelevant. I wonder if any of the other beverages can effect mood. I should check them out...

Thank you!

[dethdukk]

This is pretty late, but:  you can get that achievement easiest by:  Researching on Simpedia.  Start a computer game.  Make sure you check what time you started.  After 2 hours, 10 minutes have passed, CANCEL THE PLAY GAME ACTION.  You must be focused at the time you STOP playing, or it won't count towards the Aspiration.