When I began playing this game it was my understanding if you removed a rabbit hole building from the world then the career associated with that building would also be removed. Well, In my world I removed the Criminal warehouse because it was no longer needed, I had decided to create my own brand of crooks. Besides, with the criminal element removed I could save a few simoleons by not having to buy burglar alarms or build garages to keep my Sims cars and bikes safe. WRONG!My Sim was asleep, tired from a hard day at work, when all of a sudden the burglar alarm on her home sounded. I thought my game had glitched because I had long deleted the Criminal Warehouse, just forgot to sell back the alarm. But, there he was as plain as day, a burglar attempting to rob my Sims home, he was doing the 'alarm's too loud' dance in the front yard. The police were dispatched, she came, beat him in a fight and then arrested him. All the while I'm sitting there scratching my head as to whether I misunderstood what the instruction manual meant. NPCs will appear in town from time to time and its not uncommon to find a burglar sitting in the park reading the newspaper. But do they, can they, actively keep their careers?I know for most rabbit hole careers this would be true, remove the building remove the career. But the Criminal career isn't like the other rabbit holes in the fact they have NPCs attached to them much like Law Enforcement has NPC cops. So, does this mean our worlds can never truly be crime free? Or was this a malfunction of my game? What do you think?

Those Burglars are EA Service Sims they have nothing to do with the Criminal Career. Same thing with the Firefighter Service Sims and Police Service Sims have nothing to do with those careers.There not the same thing as a resident working in those careers. Besides a resident in the Criminal Career unless it's an active sim doesn't break into houses as that's user directed and that's if they even are allowed to do that only career I know of that can break into houses is the Private Investigator.

Definitely not a glitch as ScottDemon points out, they are Service Sims and as such are separate from the Criminal Career. Burglars, in my experience are very determined service sims. Even after changing the chance of burglary to 0 with Retuner I still get the occasional burglar, although admittedly it is a very rare thing these days.

When the now rare burglars appear in my yard I always reset them before they get to the alarm. Not sure if that's good for the save but I don't like my sims being woken, especially when there are children who need to get up for school.

Sims in the Criminal Career never get robbed by burglars.Sims who reach level 3 in the Law Enforcement Career will be able to tackle burglars; even without the Brave trait. Sims with the Good or Coward traits, however, will still not be able to fight a burglar.Having the Brave trait or Can Apprehend Burglar hidden trait with a high athlete and/or martial arts skill and commanding Sims to fight the burglar. (My favorite kicking their butts is so much fun >:) )Having the Light Sleeper trait as they will immediately wake up and call the police.Lucky Sims with the "Feeling Lucky" moodlet will never be robbed.Having a pet with either Aggressive or Loyal trait can help scare the burglar away.

@Mikezumi I once made a tuning mod that increased the burglar rate to 100% just because I like beating them up and I had an Evil sim who would get the Fiendishly Delighted moodlet when doing it that's pretty much how I found out. Although with how many I have now I probably wouldn't try to find it either.

If This Isn't A Glitch, Then I Don't Know What To Think (Mystery Solved)

ScottDemon
7 years ago
Those Burglars are EA Service Sims they have nothing to do with the Criminal Career. Same thing with the Firefighter Service Sims and Police Service Sims have nothing to do with those careers.
There not the same thing as a resident working in those careers.

Besides a resident in the Criminal Career unless it's an active sim doesn't break into houses as that's user directed and that's if they even are allowed to do that only career I know of that can break into houses is the Private Investigator.
Mikezumi
7 years ago
Definitely not a glitch as ScottDemon points out, they are Service Sims and as such are separate from the Criminal Career.

Burglars, in my experience are very determined service sims. Even after changing the chance of burglary to 0 with Retuner I still get the occasional burglar, although admittedly it is a very rare thing these days.
Mikezumi
7 years ago
When the now rare burglars appear in my yard I always reset them before they get to the alarm. Not sure if that's good for the save but I don't like my sims being woken, especially when there are children who need to get up for school.
ScottDemon
7 years ago
Sims in the Criminal Career never get robbed by burglars.
Sims who reach level 3 in the Law Enforcement Career will be able to tackle burglars; even without the Brave trait. Sims with the Good or Coward traits, however, will still not be able to fight a burglar.
Having the Brave trait or Can Apprehend Burglar hidden trait with a high athlete and/or martial arts skill and commanding Sims to fight the burglar. (My favorite kicking their butts is so much fun >:) )
Having the Light Sleeper trait as they will immediately wake up and call the police.
Lucky Sims with the "Feeling Lucky" moodlet will never be robbed.
Having a pet with either Aggressive or Loyal trait can help scare the burglar away.
ScottDemon
7 years ago
@Mikezumi I once made a tuning mod that increased the burglar rate to 100% just because I like beating them up and I had an Evil sim who would get the Fiendishly Delighted moodlet when doing it that's pretty much how I found out. Although with how many I have now I probably wouldn't try to find it either.
Mikezumi
7 years ago
@ScottDemon Wow! You must really have enjoyed it to increase the rate to 100% :D Even my evil sims sleep, undisturbed, through the night ;)
ScottDemon
7 years ago
@Mikezumi it was fun up until I got bored with it at around week 6 :D >:)
mw1525
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
For certain Sims I don't place a burglar alarm on the house (Military, Police, my Bodyguards, etc), I actually enjoy when the burglar tips into these Sims yards.
mw1525
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
@ScottDemon and @Mikezumi - I forgot all about the category of Service Sims beyond firefighters, repairSims and a few others. Generally, when I think of a Service Sim, I'm thinking of the helpful variety and not the aggravation inducing kind like our friend the burglar (paparazzi is just as annoying). Well, darn! Looks like I won't be able to save a few simoleons after all for my non-brave Sims. Thanks so much for clearing this up, now I need to devise some sort of plan for those criminals when they decided they want to creep into my Sims yard!
suzses
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
@Mikezumi I do the same thing, and I haven't noticed any problems from it. I mean, I occasionally have a problem, but I usually have an idea that it came from some other hinky thing I've done.