The Sims 4 Is Finally Ironing Out The Kinks In Its Babies - Kotaku

"Maxis is fixing an issue where Sims would keep picking up infants, putting them down, and then picking them up again over and over, which was always weird to watch and annoying to try to move the Sims out of. Sims will also now proactively pick up dirty diapers left on the floor after changing an infant, instead of just leaving them."

"Various infant interactions have had their timings tuned: they can be fed and changed faster, their hunger decreases more slowly, and their Tummy Time progression now moves a bit faster. Infants are naturally supposed to be a lot of work, but given the speed at which The Sims moves, infants have long felt a little out-of-step pacing-wise with how long it took to just do basic things with them."

"There's now a toggle to turn off Sims' autonomously caring for a baby, and leaving it fully in player control. A lot of players have reported that Sims get this weird behavior where they would constantly check on babies who didn't need checking on, but then wouldn't actually do anything to address their needs or would interrupt taking care of those needs to keep checking on the baby."

Maxis is overhauling infant and toddler gameplay in The Sims 4 based on player feedback from recent polls. Key improvements include fixing the repetitive behavior where Sims continuously pick up and put down infants, enabling Sims to automatically clean up dirty diapers after changing, and adjusting infant care timings so feeding and changing happen faster while hunger decreases more slowly. Tummy Time progression has been accelerated to better match the game's pacing. Players can now toggle autonomous baby care off to maintain full control. These changes address long-standing frustrations where infants felt disproportionately time-consuming and Sims exhibited illogical caregiving behaviors like constantly checking on babies without addressing their actual needs.

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