Does Overwatch have a 'timer'?

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Gargoyle Cat
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Does Overwatch have a 'timer'?

Post by Gargoyle Cat » April 2nd, 2023, 8:00 am

Hello,

This isn't a problem but I am curious.

I was having a problem with sims getting stuck at apartment buildings in the world that I'm playing which is St.Claire. I was advised on MTS to remove all the hidden room markers which I did; the problem stopped. However, I'm still getting messages from Overwatch that sims are stuck due to routing issues, but when I click the sim's portrait to see what the problem is, they're not stuck. This is where my question comes in.

How much time does a sim have to spend in one place before Overwatch rings the proverbial bell that a sim is stuck? I don't know if any of this could possibly be due to the version of Overwatch I have. The last time I installed Overwatch ( and all the other NRAAS mods I have) was 2018. I don't know what version that was, but maybe that has something do with what is going on?

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Does Overwatch have a 'timer'?

Post by puzzlezaddict » April 2nd, 2023, 11:39 am

Overwatch immediately resets stuck sims by default. If you don't want this to happen, which it sounds like you don't, set Stuck Check Auto-Reset to False. (Leave Stuck Check as True, since you do want Overwatch to look for stuck sims.) You'll need to reset the sims yourself where necessary. The game would do so itself, eventually, but in the interim, the engine would be spending extra resources trying and failing to reroute the sim, possibly tanking performance.

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Does Overwatch have a 'timer'?

Post by Gargoyle Cat » April 2nd, 2023, 12:39 pm

Thank you!

By shutting the Check Auto-Reset off, I can figure out when and where the sims are getting stuck and fix whatever the problem is. Since the reset happens immediately, I haven't been able to figure what is making them stuck.

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