A request: pets go to work automatically

[Venusy]

Does anyone know if a hack has been made that lets pets go to work without sim intervention?

[Inge]

You mean getting the job in the first place?  Because mine do get into the car by themselves when it's time.

[Venusy]

You mean getting the job in the first place?  Because mine do get into the car by themselves when it's time.

I did mean getting into the car, as they don't seem to do it automatically in my game.

Still, I suppose that if they do it in your game and not mine, then either my game is just borked, or something non-awesome is conflicting. Bugger.

[Inge]

It might be one of those mood/personality things then.

[kewian]

I still wish I didnt have to turn off cc. just to get a job for the pets.

[seelindarun]

You do?

I have the Awesome job fixes and I was able to get several pet jobs.  Two even managed to get promotions (and then promptly passed out because they were up all night!)

BTW, is there any way to get pets to sleep on some kind of cycle so they won't go to work tired?  Mine seem to sleep whenever they want which means they sleep and wake at all hours of the day and night.

[kewian]

Ive got that fix and the kids can still apply for jobas and no pets.

[Gwill]

I've never had a pet not go to work.
In fact, I've not found any way to prevent them.

[Wedgetail]

BTW, is there any way to get pets to sleep on some kind of cycle so they won't go to work tired?  Mine seem to sleep whenever they want which means they sleep and wake at all hours of the day and night.

boolprop controlpets on 

[Sleepycat]

BTW, is there any way to get pets to sleep on some kind of cycle so they won't go to work tired?  Mine seem to sleep whenever they want which means they sleep and wake at all hours of the day and night.

boolprop controlpets on 

and

boolprop PetActionCancel true


both are in my userstartup.cheat file

[Sketch Elder]

I've never had a pet not go to work.
In fact, I've not found any way to prevent them.

Lock them in the house.

[J. M. Pescado]

You can call in to keep your pet home, but otherwise pets always automatically go to work unless you've deliberately blocked the route, by locking the outer gates against all pets, for instance. Awesomespec House design now stipulates the need to create a front-wall fence to prevent wolves from digging up your yard.

[ChamiMinds]

both are in my userstartup.cheat file

You can have cheats start up with your game?? Explain?

[jrd]

http://mikeinside.modthesims2.com/hacks/cheats.html

[Inge]

And what ever became of Mike Inside?   He hit the ground running but seems to have fizzled out.

[ChamiMinds]

http://mikeinside.modthesims2.com/hacks/cheats.html

Thank you! The things you learn.. It's fantastic.

[miros]

You can call in to keep your pet home, but otherwise pets always automatically go to work unless you've deliberately blocked the route, by locking the outer gates against all pets, for instance. Awesomespec House design now stipulates the need to create a front-wall fence to prevent wolves from digging up your yard.

Then they dig holes on the subway across the street, and still destroy the Environment score.

Better solution is 2Jeffs Visitor controller!

[J. M. Pescado]

Then they dig holes on the subway across the street, and still destroy the Environment score.

Subway? Huh? I have no idea what you're talking about, and they most certainly have never dug up the other side of the street. I actually see them giving up in frustration.

[miros]

Then they dig holes on the subway across the street, and still destroy the Environment score.

Subway? Huh? I have no idea what you're talking about, and they most certainly have never dug up the other side of the street. I actually see them giving up in frustration.

My lot will look fine with a crappy Environment score -- then I zoom out or spin the lot to look across the street -- and there's the hole and pile of dirt on the grassy strip between the street and sidewalk! 

[MissDoh]

I still wish I didnt have to turn off cc. just to get a job for the pets.

Monique updated her "Work bring friend dialog" mod and Pinhead needed to update his "moveout teen" mod so the job option for pet would appear on the newspaper and computer.

Maybe you should take a look at MTS2 to make sure that all the mods you have are updated for pets.  Once I updated those 2, the job menu for pets reappeared for me.

[RainbowTigress]

My pets automatically get in the car when the carpool comes for them.  Only once did a pet not go, and that was at Cyd Roseland's house when he was gone to work, and his dog was very hungry, and a message popped up saying, "I'm not in a very good mood to go to work today.  I think I'll just be lazy and stay home instead."  There was plenty of food in his bowl, so I directed him to eat and sent him off in the carpool to work. 

[Venusy]

Just to check before I do something monumentally stupid, would this work in finding the conflicting hack?

1. Copy the Pets objects.package to Downloads.
2. Run Paladin's tool (Sims2HCDU.exe)
3. Wade through the mass of conflicts caused by the hacks in my Downloads folder conflicting with objects.package, until I find something conflicting with Pets - Go To Work.
4. Delete both the offending hack and the cloned objects.package.

[Karen]

You can call in to keep your pet home, but otherwise pets always automatically go to work unless you've deliberately blocked the route, by locking the outer gates against all pets, for instance.

Yesterday I had a dog in the last stages of pregnancy who missed her carpool because of some sort of (temporary) route-blocking problem.  Less than an hour later, she gave birth to her pups.  That makes me wonder what would happen if you sent a pregnant pet to work and she was at work during the time she was supposed to give birth.  Would she come home and give birth on the sidewalk just after getting out of the carpool?

[RainbowTigress]

I seem to remember some people on here saying that is what happened to their pregnant pets.  They came home and gave birth on the sidewalk. 

[KatEnigma]

Pets also won't go to work autonomously if their needs are too low. Or if the route they WANT to take to the freaking carpool is blocked, despite their being other routes available.