Birthing in the Bathroom

[Shivani]

I just had the most delightful time.  Sim does a runner for the bathroom, uses a stall, comes out and promptly gives birth the second he steps out. Cool.  Then he sets the baby down, and I watch a comedic routine of three sims dashing in and out of the bathroom trying to pick the newborn up to place it in a crib, but getting kicked out every time by the controller.

 

Yes, I moved the controllers out long enough so one of them could rescue the poor darling, but...is it in any way possible for this to be added in as an exception to how the bathroom controller handles things?

[RainbowTigress]

My sim gave birth in the bathroom and laid it on the floor, but I have the baby controller, and she went and picked up the baby to put it in the crib.  I'm not sure what the difference would be though.

[gali]

I always know where and when my sim is going to give a birth. I always shoot the first "bump", and write down the hour. The second "bump" occurs the next day, but 1 hour later, and the birth occurs the next day - 1 hour later. So I always can move her to the place I want her to give a birth.

[ZephyrZodiac]

Well, I don't use the bathroom controller or the baby controller, so I honestly couldn't care less where she/he gives birth as long as nothing goes wrong!  It's just sad when it happens when they're all alone in the house, so you can't get all those passing baby around interactions!

Just happened to Lisa Broke.  I knew baby was due that morning, so she phoned Brandi and invited her over, but Brandi wasn't quick enough, and stood on the doorstep waiting till it was all over and then took no notice of the baby.  I should have got her to phone a 10 for outgoing sim who would have just walked in!  Still, there wouldn't have been any interactions since Lisa only has a brother and he would have been at work too and I think non-resident sim intereractions like hand baby to have to be with relatives.

[Marvin Kosh]

This sort of craziness is what the Emergency Stop (on the baby Controller) is for.  Your Sim shouldn't get kicked out if he is directed by you to go into the bathroom and put the baby in the crib.  Then again, maybe they will, but at least then you don't have three Sims falling over themselves trying to deal with conflicting directives

[Cat Moonshadow]

This reminds me of an interesting occurrence I had once. I had a sim go into labour while she was showering, so then she rushed out and gave birth, naked. I guess she knew that giving birth while fully clothed is a bad idea, even if you're wearing a skirt and sans underwear. After all, most sims only have one set of clothes to begin with, imagine if the clothes gets ruined.

[SciBirg]

This reminds me of an interesting occurrence I had once. I had a sim go into labour while she was showering, so then she rushed out and gave birth, naked. I guess she knew that giving birth while fully clothed is a bad idea, even if you're wearing a skirt and sans underwear. After all, most sims only have one set of clothes to begin with, imagine if the clothes gets ruined.

  Especially since they don't have washers and driers!

[ZephyrZodiac]

   Well, you can buy them washers and driers, but the silly idiots use them as traxh compactors and dish-washers!  ROFL!

[Shivani]

This sort of craziness is what the Emergency Stop (on the baby Controller) is for.  Your Sim shouldn't get kicked out if he is directed by you to go into the bathroom and put the baby in the crib.  Then again, maybe they will, but at least then you don't have three Sims falling over themselves trying to deal with conflicting directives

I admit, I hadn't thought to hit the emergency stop.

Still, I don't know/understand if it's a quirk with the whole system, or just a fluke.  Mind you, that's the first bathroom birth I've had with this family, so who knows?

[ZephyrZodiac]

Well, it could be worse if they decide to give birth in the kitchen when they've just put a toaster pastry in the oven!

[Ancient Sim]

Well, it could be worse if they decide to give birth in the kitchen when they've just put a toaster pastry in the oven!

I had something like this happen with Cassandra, but I can't remember the details now.  I think she ran to the kitchen to 'fire-panic' after giving birth, but it's so long ago I can't be sure of the exact scenario.  I know she was alone on the lot when she gave birth apart from the gardener or someone, so there was no one to see to whatever it was she was in the middle of cooking.

As for bathrooms, the majority of my Sims seem to give birth in the bathroom.  I suppose it's because they are forever in there dealing with their pregnancy-weakened bladders. 

[ZephyrZodiac]

Not if you use flamingoes!!!!!  They enjoy being pregnant witha flamingo on the lot!

[laeshanin]

A flamingo, eh? Curiouser and curiouser. Think I'm just gonna have to try that.

[ZephyrZodiac]

I mean Gnomon's flamingo of contentment - not the Maxis flamingo!  That may raise fun levels, but does nothing for bladders!

[RainbowTigress]

You'd better hurry and get it before Livin It Up closes down.  Unless Gnomon has his flamingoes uploaded somewhere else?

[Ancient Sim]

I mean Gnomon's flamingo of contentment - not the Maxis flamingo!  That may raise fun levels, but does nothing for bladders!

Er ... Mr Zephyr, Sir?  I have a challenge for you.  I want you to remove ALL your contented flamingoes from whatever lot you are playing and play without them.  This game isn't a TV programme, you know.  You're not meant to just sit back and watch.  Let's see you WORKING your Sims. Let us know how you get on.

You'd better hurry and get it before Livin It Up closes down. 

Looks like it already has!

[RainbowTigress]

LOL, Ancient Sim. 

[ZephyrZodiac]

Ancient Sim, I'll play MY GAME how I want!!!!!!  I've played with hacks, I've played without hacks, it just depends on how I feel at the time!

By the way, as I've pointed out before, I am not male!!!!

I have also just tried twice to PM you, but the darn thing was saying it couldn't be sent due to the maximum PM limit.  Well, I just cleared a few out of my Inbox, so I don't think my end is the problem.

[Ancient Sim]

Oooooooooooh.

[ZephyrZodiac]

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[RainbowTigress]

 

[Zeljka]

Well, it could be worse if they decide to give birth in the kitchen when they've just put a toaster pastry in the oven!

I'd like to see a 'delay-able' birth, even if it just allowed 1 command between.
I had a ridiculous Sim who decided she absolutely needed an omellette before the task. I cancelled it 4 times, but she was bound and determined and went into labour after setting it on the stove. Of course this was the moment my game decided to give me uncheated twins and as she was the only resident, she had to coo over each baby for an extra long time before setting them on the floor to panic over the fire.
She barely managed to get them to safety as she'd set a baby down in front of the stove (fireman literally stepped in it's face after a delay to extinguish the fire)

[RainbowTigress]

Well, if you had saved since she conceived, you could have exited without saviing since twins are determined at birth.  Then maybe you could have prevented her from cooking.  I know it's too late now though.  Before I knew this, I once saved a game after the mother had twins although I wanted to go back and change something.  I was afraid I wouldn't get twins again.

[ZephyrZodiac]

I suppose if you have smart-serve it wouldn't have happened.

[rohina]

The other day I had a sim give birth while her husband was in the shower. Turns out it was twins, so he came running, in the pixelated nude, to grab twin 1. Very funny, and yet realistic.