Why is my sim crying?

[sabra]

I don't understand this guy (Samuel Strauss, a knowledge sim).  He hasn't had a fight, hasn't been slapped, is on great terms with his wife and kids, isn't overtired, all bars in the green, but he stands around and weeps. Can the sims become clinically depressed?

[BlueSoup]

Was this Sim burglarized recently?  Or, more likely, are there any roaches around?  If there's a roach infestation, Sims can become very distressed and start crying.  Take a look at his thought bubbles.

[sabra]

Roaches! That's the ticket!  I've made most of my sims uberneat because I can't stand the belching (and because it's too much like my RL family, bless their slobby little souls).

Thank you, there were roaches outside the house.

A rational response, if you ask me.

[Sleepycat]

*laughs* sounds like you need some Raid
http://www.insimenator.net/showthread.php?t=554

[ZephyrZodiac]

If you use TJ's no belching or farting, then you can have slobs without the most annoying part of their behaviour!  And often I find them far more fun to play then the superneat ones!

[sabra]

Thanks for the suggestions, but I can't stand it when the sims don't clean up after themselves, either.  And I get a vicarious sense of fulfillment watching the kiddies scrubbing the countertops.   

Great song lyrics, BTW:

You Never Wash Up After Yourself

I must get out once in a while
everything is starting to die
the dust settles the worms dig
the spiders crawl over the bed.
Yesterday's meal is hugging the plate
you never wash up after yourself.

[Hook]

Hey, I *like* belching and farting!  Especially when Papa Sim does it, his wife freaks out, and his twin daughters giggle!  Hehe.

And I'm one of those superneat Virgos, too!

Hook (who giggles and congratulates his son on a particularly good crepitation)

[ZephyrZodiac]

I've never been able to get kids to clean countertops or cookers, only sinks, toilets and baths!

[Zeljka]

I much prefer the sloppy Sims, even without hacks they don't waste time making beds, scrubbing toilets when someone's bursting and can eat in no time at all.
I find it annoying that even my sloppy sims eventually start picking up after themselves.

[ZephyrZodiac]

I've also noticed that when you have a very neat sim in a house, more plumbing seems to break!  Me too, I love the sloppy sims!  And with TJ's hack, they eat even faster as they don't stop to belch!  (And no green gas is sent over everyone who's still eating - that used to make me puke!)

[J. M. Pescado]

I've also noticed that when you have a very neat sim in a house, more plumbing seems to break!

Neat sims compulsively flush. Flushing (rather than lack of flushing) causes breakage.

[ZephyrZodiac]

Cleaning too much seems to have the same effect!

[sabra]

I like flushing. It makes me tingle all over.

I admire people who can play this game for fun. Me, I do it as a type of wish fulfillment. (If only I could teach my 9 year old not to pee on the floor every frigging single time).

[Oddysey]

I've also noticed that when you have a very neat sim in a house, more plumbing seems to break!

Neat sims compulsively flush. Flushing (rather than lack of flushing) causes breakage.

Well that's stupid. Maxis seems to have failed quite a few Int checks . . .

[ZephyrZodiac]

I can understand that the more you clean taps, the more they wear out, but the loo breakage isn't with the flushing system, it's because the loo gets clogged!  so you'd think regular flushing would prevent this!  In RL clogged loos tend to happen when kids decide to stuff half the loo roll down the toilet!