Ah, this cot thing! It’s doing my head in, seriously! lol.
I’m in game now (new game!) testing things out again, really paying attention to every detail this time and its very weird! So frustrating!
The toddler can be picked up and put IN the cot when he’s sleepy, so it doesn’t seem to be a cot problem because the kid doesn’t get reset when he’s in it.
But when he wakes up, he just sits there. When he gets hungry or soiled, no other sim attempts to go and attend him. I direct Mum to go to the room, thinking she’ll autonomously go to him. She goes to the spot where I sent her and then stops.
The kid is crying and having a breakdown, starving and dirty. Mum doesn’t move, but she’s not stuck because she’s idling lol
I noticed that the thought bubbles of the toddler crying doesn’t pop up from the other sims - I used to see them all the time! I don’t see the reactions any more.
If I direct Mum to pick up or hold the toddler, the interaction continuously cancels itself. If I save the game to close it, it saves okay but it crashes before exiting - and this always happens during the baby crying/parent interacting dropping out of the queue scenario.
This has been a problem for so long I just got use to it and left cots out of my game, but I really miss them! And now I know for sure it’s not happening to other players (I actually thought it was a common problem due to a patch or an expansion or something!) It’s the kick up the bum I need to get to the bottom of this problem once and for all! (Haha, see what I did there? 😋)
I guess I’ll have to go through every single mod and custom content now *sigh*
I may even have to reinstall the game from scratch! *shudders* lol
Thanks to everyone who replied to Nina’s query for me (see under the line :))
Your answers are very helpful, it will be easier to know what to look for 🙂