Weirdly irresistable computers?

[chintznibbles]

Hmm... my game is beginning to exhibit strange things again, as it does every so often because I am a compulsive downloader person and have waaay too many files in at any given point.

Currently, my sims seem bizarrely obsessed with Moneywell computers.  If I attempt to have a sim do something (talk to another sim, take a shower in the bathroom next door, etc) in or near a room with a computer in it, a debug error will pop up and the sim will instead immediately sit down and do some sort of computer function.  (Play a game, I think.)  This is, of course, unacceptable.  They do not seem to exhibit the same attraction to the expensive computer, of which I cannot remember the name at the moment, so that's not a problem, but...

The only computer-affecting hack I can find I have at the moment is an old "study computer" hack that allows you to gain skills with the high-priced computer.  Previously to, say, last week I guess this arrangement worked fine.  But now... weirdness ensues.  Anyone ever had this happen before?

[ZephyrZodiac]

It's definitely got worse since NL, but sims now also get very angry if their partner is using the computer for legitimate purposes such as novel-sriting or sriting term papers and they actually want to PLAY!  And kids get very annoyed with parents who are using what they consider to be theirs by right!

[radiophonic]

They've always been addicted to computers. This is nothing new.
Maybe they just don't have anything else in their home that is more fun than that.
Give them the expensive exercise machine and see if they're still addicted to the computer.

[ZephyrZodiac]

Or the karaoke machine!

[angelyne]

I guess we need a hack to have an assignable computer.  It kinda makes sense for wealthier families.  When you have only one computer, you share, but when you have your own, you only use your own.

In my game they are addicted to the piano!

[radiophonic]

I guess we need a hack to have an assignable computer.  It kinda makes sense for wealthier families.  When you have only one computer, you share, but when you have your own, you only use your own.

In my game they are addicted to the piano!

Yeah, that's an irritating one isn't it? Especially without the 'nobuskers' hack. Too many animations to wait for.

I don't let my sims rest too much. They don't have time to fart around on the computer.

There used to be a 'no autonomous computer games' hack...

[ZephyrZodiac]

It's one of Inge's.

[Sleepycat]

It's definitely got worse since NL, but sims now also get very angry if their partner is using the computer for legitimate purposes such as novel-sriting or sriting term papers and they actually want to PLAY!  And kids get very annoyed with parents who are using what they consider to be theirs by right!

crammy has a fix for that
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=2766.0

[ZephyrZodiac]

Can he fix my typos toos?  Thanks, I might try it, it's getting on my nerves just lately the way they always head straight for the computer when they get in (no matter where it is!  and you'll find your sim chatting online to a sim you would really rather they didn't know yet if you queue the same sim to Chat On-line because they have the want, they'll shrug and moue and complain!

[chintznibbles]

Err... well, I guess I'm alone with this issue.  It's not that the sims won't stop using the computers, it's that they will literally jump-bug out of another interaction, slide across the room and buggedly sit there clicking while, say, the shower is still running or the person they intended to smooch is left hanging.

I'll probably just wind up nuking my installation and restarting, again.  It's always worked in the past. ;p

[Regina]

It sounds to me like it could be a mod conflicting somewhere.  Have you added any thing to your game lately that could've contained an outdated or bad version of something?

[ZephyrZodiac]

You could also try deleting groups-cache from the sims2 folder, if you haven't already tried it.  And also, check in their Neigbourhood memory for repeated furious reverses - sometimes they get six or more one after the other when they temselves aren't furious with anyone, and this seems to cause wierd things to happen.