# \[ 0.5.3 \] Zois ignore their preferences when autonomously choosing an instrument to play/practice with. **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Tags:** autonomy, interaction\ **Created:** [January 20, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9384 "2026-01-20T18:51:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Samuriko](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/samuriko/32/15564_2.png) [@Samuriko](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/Samuriko)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9384/1 "2026-01-20T18:51:44Z")
> - > - **Game Version** : 20260108.9692.W > > - **Platform** : Steam Windows > > - **Mods** : > šŸ“Balanced Painting > šŸ“SmallTalk fix > šŸ“Robin Roverā€™s Crazy Age Groups > > - **Hardware Specifications & Operating System** (OS version, CPU, GPU, RAM, storageā€¦): > Windows 10 Professional / 22H2 / 19045.6691 > 13th Gen Intel(R) Core i9-13900KF 3.00 GHz > NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti > 192 Gb Ram, 4TB NVmE with 2.2tb left. > > - **Steps to Reproduce:** > Go in Map View > Click any household with a family > Click any member to get their Zoi card. Basically the wife zoi has a preference for piano (and thus, synthesizer), but she always grab the guitar when she decides to play on her own, even tho thereā€™s a synthesizer a few pace away from the guitar. She has no preference for the guitar either. Should she not always prioritize her favorite instrument ? It would make sense ! ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/original/2X/5/5edc9f44e3907d3ab1498e59f953e2d79b89b8f2.png) ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/original/2X/c/c1f97cd7ede0159009622069b026a220d818f096.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Moraelin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/moraelin/32/9263_2.png) [@Moraelin](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/Moraelin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9384/2 "2026-01-21T15:31:31Z")
From my limited observation, I think they do prioritise favourite activities, but itā€™s still rolling dice. No activity is really excluded. Even activities marked as disliked, they are somewhat de-prioritised, but can still win the activity roulette, so to speak. Like, even if you set her to _hate_ playing the guitar, sheā€™d still occasionally choose to do it, and be unhappy about it. I _think_ the logic may be that Zoi must occasionally do stuff other than what they prefer, even just to stay alive. Like, even if your zoi only likes veggies, they might have to buy a hotdog or hamburger if they stayed late at the park. But I could be wrong about that, since I canā€™t speak for the InZoi team. ---
**Author:** ![HeinziDerHeld](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/heinziderheld/32/4787_2.png) [@HeinziDerHeld](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/HeinziDerHeld)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9384/3 "2026-01-21T16:16:49Z")
I think Zois donā€™t have any awareness of their preferences yet. Once they perform an action, the like-dislike system triggers an emotion related to the preferences, but Zois donā€™t actively pursue ā€œhobbiesā€, etc. matching them. Of course, when theyā€™re visiting a community lot and one of their basic needs decreases to a critical point, they will do anything to ā€œstay aliveā€, disregarding their own likes or dislikes. Without that, weā€™d be having starved Zois everywhere, so Iā€™m thankful for that. The devs should definitely implement systems that make more use of the Zoisā€™ preferences. I assume, once they add the new memory system, an overhaul of the likes/dislikes would make a lot of sense. ---
**Author:** ![Moraelin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/moraelin/32/9263_2.png) [@Moraelin](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/Moraelin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9384/4 "2026-01-21T16:56:59Z")
I should hope so. Can you imagine what it would do to a vegan, if they had constant memories of cooking a big fat pork barbecue? Several times? šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Samuriko](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/samuriko/32/15564_2.png) [@Samuriko](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/Samuriko)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9384/5 "2026-01-21T17:48:08Z")
Well they need to be in tune with their preferences a lot more. I also want the urges back for them. Look, I like kissing my hubby but I feel thatā€™s the only thing that comes up. Maybe weā€™re just a young overheated couple, but there are other urges Iā€™ve seen in the past and I miss those. ---
**Author:** ![Moraelin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/moraelin/32/9263_2.png) [@Moraelin](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/Moraelin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9384/6 "2026-01-21T18:39:14Z")
Weird. My Zoi get a lot of wishes, even stuff that makes no sense short term or are just mean. E.g., rolling repeated wishes to tease people or ask a homeless person about their job. Apparently just because I chose Joyful for my character, and apparently Joyful means being a huge ass. Iā€™m _guessing_ that what youā€™re experiencing is either a bug or some very weird weighting of your life wish, values, etc. Which, yeah, would be a bug too. ---
**Author:** ![Samuriko](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/samuriko/32/15564_2.png) [@Samuriko](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/Samuriko)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9384/7 "2026-01-21T19:16:59Z")
> [@Moraelin](#): > > E.g., rolling repeated wishes to tease people or ask a homeless person about their job. Apparently just because I chose Joyful for my character, and apparently Joyful means being a huge ass. Yeah I have my character as Socialite, Cheerful, and Genius. And I get these annoying urges too. When I get too many in a row I really wish I would get more urges about my preferences šŸ˜‰ Hopefully they can rebalance (re-weight) them so we get more variety. Also maybe cancel those we do not want outright. ---
**Author:** ![Moraelin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/moraelin/32/9263_2.png) [@Moraelin](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/Moraelin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9384/8 "2026-01-21T19:56:46Z")
Let me guess, you also ended up with ā€œLoveā€ as your dominant value? Thatā€™s a different imbalance, but it would partially explain what youā€™re experiencing. I swear, even when it started in the last place, and I was _actively_ trying to be as much of a hermit as possible, it crossed that finishing line ahead of anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Samuriko](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/samuriko/32/15564_2.png) [@Samuriko](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/Samuriko)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9384/9 "2026-01-21T20:09:11Z")
> [@Moraelin](#): > > Let me guess, you also ended up with ā€œLoveā€ as your dominant value? I think so, yeah ---
**Author:** ![Moraelin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/moraelin/32/9263_2.png) [@Moraelin](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/Moraelin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9384/10 "2026-01-21T23:19:32Z")
Maybe they could add some kind of ā€œEccentricā€ characteristic or life wish or whatever, where you get almost random wishes. ---
**Author:** ![Samuriko](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/samuriko/32/15564_2.png) [@Samuriko](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/Samuriko)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9384/11 "2026-02-24T02:35:36Z")
This is still happening as of February 23rd, 2026 (Patch 0.6.0) Zois ignore their instrument preference when choosing which instrument to play ( Sorry dark picture, but itā€™s the middle of the night and I caught her doing itā€¦ Sheā€™s not alone though, every member of the family does this ) ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/original/2X/1/1ccbc4e0b7a2025e13fa9d39faee73fef8135976.jpeg)