From Home to Wherever?
Hi Fellow Simmers!
I am a bit confused at the moment and need your help.
As you recall, are active household sims who are out in the world programmed to go wherever they like? Or, do they always return to their home lot when not instructed to do or go anywhere else? In my memory, I recall when a sim is left alone on a community lot or just out in the world, if they have nothing to do or there isn't any object or another Sim for them to interact with, they always return home. Is that the correct behavior or am I mistaken?
Recently I was looking back through some of my old recorded in-game videos when I noticed something odd. I don't know why I didn't notice at the time but then again, I often miss things which are right in front of my two eyes because I am busy focused on something else.
Anyhow, my 'active household' sim was out picking flowers in the world (at my direction) in a field near his home. I didn't give him any further directions to follow after he was done because I knew he would return back to his home lot. But he didn't return home, he chose to go elsewhere. In fact, he chose to go to a rooming house which is incomplete and under construction, to watch a bit of TV. That's where I found him, just relaxing on a bed watching TV. He was enjoying himself, so I didn't stop him. The lot is marked as a 'No Visitor' community lot to keep randomly generated Sims from moving in.
In another video, a different sim (who was also my active) was reading a book on a lone bench at the top of a hill (in Hylewood). Once she had finished her book, she decided to go fishing instead of returning back to the home lot. The beach she chose was nowhere near the hill she was on. She chose to walk to the beach instead of taking a taxi.
In both cases, I had to direct each of them back to their house once it became late. Although I suppose they would have eventually gone home on their own once they became tired or hungry enough. My sims operate on 'High Free Will' if anyone was wondering. So, is this behavior of choosing another place to go instead of returning home normal? Am I mis-remembering their initial programming?
What do you recall?
I am a bit confused at the moment and need your help.
As you recall, are active household sims who are out in the world programmed to go wherever they like? Or, do they always return to their home lot when not instructed to do or go anywhere else? In my memory, I recall when a sim is left alone on a community lot or just out in the world, if they have nothing to do or there isn't any object or another Sim for them to interact with, they always return home. Is that the correct behavior or am I mistaken?
Recently I was looking back through some of my old recorded in-game videos when I noticed something odd. I don't know why I didn't notice at the time but then again, I often miss things which are right in front of my two eyes because I am busy focused on something else.
Anyhow, my 'active household' sim was out picking flowers in the world (at my direction) in a field near his home. I didn't give him any further directions to follow after he was done because I knew he would return back to his home lot. But he didn't return home, he chose to go elsewhere. In fact, he chose to go to a rooming house which is incomplete and under construction, to watch a bit of TV. That's where I found him, just relaxing on a bed watching TV. He was enjoying himself, so I didn't stop him. The lot is marked as a 'No Visitor' community lot to keep randomly generated Sims from moving in.
In another video, a different sim (who was also my active) was reading a book on a lone bench at the top of a hill (in Hylewood). Once she had finished her book, she decided to go fishing instead of returning back to the home lot. The beach she chose was nowhere near the hill she was on. She chose to walk to the beach instead of taking a taxi.
In both cases, I had to direct each of them back to their house once it became late. Although I suppose they would have eventually gone home on their own once they became tired or hungry enough. My sims operate on 'High Free Will' if anyone was wondering. So, is this behavior of choosing another place to go instead of returning home normal? Am I mis-remembering their initial programming?
What do you recall?
