striker
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Jitters
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Can one of you code guru's tell me exactly what triggers jitters?
I know you have to drink coffee or expresso to get it, but what triggers it? drinking coffee at a red energy state? if you drink coffee with a green energy bar, do you still get jitters?
Inquiring minds an all of that.
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Ancient Sim
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To be honest, I've never seen any of mine get these jitters, but I am wondering whether it depends on the graphics card. Since getting my new PC, I instantly noticed when Don Lothario was doing his sexy walk on the way to flirting with Nina, but I'd never really noticed that before, at least not to that extent. It may be that I couldn't see the jitters, either, although I have a feeling they have to drink several cups of espresso before it happens and mine rarely do except occasionally on community lots. I will try to remember to check it next time I play.
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ZephyrZodiac
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Tends to happen if they drink espresso autonomously and you queue them to do something before they've finished. It doesn't seem to happen if you use macrotastics and queue macro-caffeinate.
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Roux
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In my game, it seems every time a sim drinks espresso, jitters ensue. It doesn't seem to matter whether I direct them to drink it or whether they do it autonomously. I couldn't say if it's the same with coffee, because I never buy the coffee machine. IMO it's a waste of simoleans - takes too much time to drink coffee, and there's not enough increase in energy to make it worthwhile.
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Dea
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I have only seen pregnant sims get the jitters...
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Well, from what I've seen personally, it's mainly when they rush drinking the coffee for some reason, but since I installed the coffeecup hack it seems to happen less frequently.
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ElfPuddle
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My sims get the jitters only if they're drinking a cup of coffee or espresso, and I cancel the action. It's like they try to chug the whole cup and get a severe caffeine rush.
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ZephyrZodiac
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Yes, I'd agree with that, it's the same as telling them to do something when they drink espresso autonomously, they gulp it down and get the jitters. Maybe the caffeine rush is too much for them to handle!
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Pegasys
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My Sims always seem to get the jitters when they drink coffee or espresso, whether autonomously or directed, canceled or not.
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MissDoh
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Same as Pegasys here.
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nikita
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My sims get the jitters only if they're drinking a cup of coffee or espresso, and I cancel the action. It's like they try to chug the whole cup and get a severe caffeine rush.
Same for me. I've never seen them get it when I let them drink at their own leisurely pace. |
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neriana
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My Sims invariably get the jitters with espresso, but I've never seen it with coffee.
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Emma
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I never use the little coffee machine, but like the others, my sims get jitters if I cancel out the autonomous action of drinking expresso at home. I have never seen it on a community lot either.
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ZephyrZodiac
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The little coffee machine means your visitors can have coffee even if the Espresso machine is empty. (I remember the good ole days of sims1, when all visitors could make espresso, and frequently broke the machine! Now, visitors can't make espresso, and the machine never ever gets broken!
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DrBeast
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Now, visitors can't make espresso, and the machine never ever gets broken!
Which is actually good, considering the hundreds of other items that get broken too damn frequently! Not to mention the hundreds of ways you can break the game if you're not properly armored with hacks!  Regarding jitters, my sims drink espresso ecxlusively, through Macro...Caffeinate if they're at home, or from the espresso vendor if they're at a comm lot, and they always shake, rattle and roll with the last gulp! |
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ZephyrZodiac
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Maybe it depends on what video vard you have, and what drivers? I don't know if mine got the jitters less after installing macrotastics, or after installing my new driver (the same one that hides the fish!
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DrBeast
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Being an ATi user (Radeon 9600 Pro), I've never experienced any driver problems or quirkiiness, heh. Though I can't really remember if they had jitters when I had the old graphics card (Radeon 9200). And I've never, EVER had a fish tank in my game!
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ZephyrZodiac
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Well, my NVidia never gave me any trouble until Microsoft told me I needed new drivers, and apart from the fish tank it was fine with the new ones.
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jsalemi
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My Sims invariably get the jitters with espresso, but I've never seen it with coffee.
Same here. I've also seen walk-by playables with the jitters, which amuses me -- I guess they're drinking espresso to stay awake until I get around to playing them again.  |
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wishy-washy
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I've never seen this before. What does it look like when a sim has the jitters?
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ZephyrZodiac
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Well, how would you expect? they shake and rattle and roll.....
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striker
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The graphics card should have nothing to do with jitters. It's not a graphic problem.
It's a reaction from drinking coffee or expresso. I seem to be able to get them at home and on community lots. Usually when i'm red on energy. It happens only after a couple cups for me.
I was wanting to know if there is a greater likelihood of getting jitters with a lower energy bar than with a higher energy bar.
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jsalemi
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Well, I'm pretty sure it takes at least 2-3 cups of expresso to start the jitters -- I don't think I've ever seen them after just one cup. And never with the coffee pot.
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ZephyrZodiac
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I've seen it after one - and I don't mean to suggest that the graphics card causes it to happen - just it's easier to see with some than others. (Also depends how close your zoom on the sim is.)
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