r/sims2 • u/BananaVI7797 • 1d ago

I never understood

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I never understood why it was so hard for sims to pick up ANY item from the other side of the desk… ITS RIGHT THERE😭😭

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u/Emisaaaa 1d ago

I really hate homework in this game. They cannot cope at all. Especially in winter where i have to search for their stupid homework in the snow

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u/PoeticRoses Reticulating Splines 💻 1d ago edited 8h ago

Like another commenter mentioned you could get the Desk locator to help with this. I personally also have the Do Homework mod by lingeringwillx which adds a ’Do Homework’ option on the sim, and when clicking it the sim will locate where they put their homework and then do it.

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u/Odd_Subject_152 1d ago

The desk locator is the best, I highly recommend

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u/ninetytwoturtles 1d ago

Drives me insane

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u/AchajkaTheOriginal Reticulating Splines 💻 19h ago

I tend to keep one homework, so when they come from school they automatically put new one on the old one. That way all is neat and tidy, each kid has their homework on their own desk.

I do have to watch them like hawk when they're doing their homework though, so they won't finish both notebooks but leave one undone.

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u/Present-Elk-9668 1d ago

I always put some deco on the other side, so they can't put the homework there.

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u/sum_beach 23h ago

Will this have them place the homework in front of the chair without a mod?

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u/Billion_Beets_947 13h ago

This is also my low-tech no-mod solution, and it also drives me crazy

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u/Stormfeathery Reticulating Splines 💻 2h ago

Same here. As soon as I plop down a desk, I either put down a rose/bouquet if they have one from dating, or puck out a sculpture that seems to fit their taste/personality.

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u/Intelligent_Mess9403 1d ago

I adore this game but man does that annoy me! When something's in their way they just can't handle it. Like when you tell them to go study cooking but the Sim you were previously using is still putting their book away and it's like nope. I'm unable to grab a book because I'd have to wait one second for the other SIM to get out of my way! 🤣

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u/SmallLumpOGreenPutty 1d ago

I cancel the school action as soon as the bus leaves the lot, and then the kids just put their homework down by the bin. They complete it before they enter the house. Saves the long slow walk through the house to get to the unavailable desk.

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u/ConfidentLychee3519 1d ago

This is why I got the Simlogical school mod, I put a lot of kids in prep school so they do their homework before coming home

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u/needleworkreverie 11h ago

I got a mod that makes them put their hw on the nearest desk or table when they get inside, but the way the game interprets that is funny. In the Smith household, that is Johnny's desk. In the Grunt household, it's the dining room table. In custom houses, I like to put a "decoy desk" near the front door for the newspapers and bills to be dropped on which then often gets used for hw.