Every now & then, I will have one of my people just walk off in the middle of a task. This seems to happen, most often, when they are half-way through preparing a meal, which is kind of irksome if the family are hungry! I know that if there is something to celebrate (e.g. a job promotion) family members will drop everything & dance, but this wandering off just happens randomly. Anybody else experienced this? Any way to stop it?

Yes, it just happens randomly and you can't really stop it but you can decrease how often it happens by praising them every time you have them perform the task. However, when they become "elderly" some lil peeps get a bit senile and will wander off more often, as if they have simply forgotten what they were doing.

Yes, it's happened to me at least more than twice... I think what might help is if you praise them for cooking, then maybe they won't wonder off... Hope this helps!


~Nora

Usually every single time I do not sit down and watch my peeps prepare a meal, they'll run off and do something else. It's very frustrating! Sometimes I just can't help but feel like they're doing it on purpose

Most of the time I'm feeding them, I myself am hungry and waiting for them to eat first before I treat myself.

You can praise more than twice in an hour, just not three times consecutively. It's only the third consecutive time that gets called nagging (and it doesn't matter if it's been over an hour either.) After two, just praise them for something else. Then they can return to the task and be praised again and they won't call it nagging.

If you use candy to praise, it is never called nagging, so I use that if it is available.

Oh really. I didn't know that. I knew the candy wouldn't make them say "Stop Nagging" Thanks for the info.

Also, if you do "nag" them and they run away, put them right back at the same task, immediately praise them again (1 or 2 clicks on glove--not 3), and it will be accepted as praise and they may or may not continue at that task for awhile.

No problem, Hav.
I've been called a "slave driver" for the way I train my poor lil peeps when they're new. lol My mom is new to the game and I mentioned something about having one that hadn't mastered yet and was already 35, and I was a bit annoyed with her (the lil peep.) Mom looked at me in total shock. I explained that I have all the upgrades and most of my peeps master around 30. She asked how I made them master so quickly. Besides the room upgrades, I decided it must be the method I use for training. Trying to explain it to her kinda made me realize I am a bit rough on them at first. heh Habits I started when we were collecting salary info for the guide have just stuck with me, I suppose. I'm going to start trying to let up a little since it really doesn't matter any more if they master or not.

I have always praised my peeps on their meal making just to make sure they don't walk off on me, but it does no good A lot of the time they'll just walk off if I'm not watching them for the entire process. Those little peeps of mine are up to no good!

I try to be easy on them when it comes to getting promotions, but it does get tempting to get those trophies as soon as possible

Yeah, explaining it to her made me realize that all the reasons I pushed them so hard don't even apply any more. (Collecting salary data, wanting money in the bank faster, etc.) But I have to say it must be nice for them not to have to work any more for so many years.

Personally, in RL, when I'm hungry and my sugar is low, I'll easily wander off task/meal making. When it happens, it takes a guiding hand in my house (like my dad or sister) to help me get back on track and fix something to eat.

So if my peep is wandering off from his/her meal preparing, I'll check through the household for the peep with the greatest energy level (just a personal preference, not sure if it has any effect on the outcome), and start the meal again.

Sometimes, I'll praise that peep to keep him/her going. But mostly, I only praise them for preparing a meal when preparer is low enough on the Fed meter.

They're faster! lol I go by the energy level also, but never thought about hunger. Now that you mention it, they do have a few more random actions thrown in when they are at the lower side of the hunger meter (Studying recipes, Thinking about cooking, etc.) so it makes sense that they would be more distracted. Nice point!

Same for hunger level too. I have noticed my people fail at "Working on Career" more frequently when they are hungry and or tired. Makes sense. I can burn a cup-o-soup when I am tired.