Just as a workaround, did you try building another wormhole generator or satellite dish ?
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Also there's a similar one in the doctor career in lower levels where you need to greet a patient which is hard to do if you already know everyone.
I didn't try that, but I will thanks. I am almost at the top of the Scientist Career and I am going to switch once I reach level 10. My Sim is getting pregnant too much. Two days after having one baby he is abducted and pregnant again. I haven't had any more major glitches with the pregnancy, but the pregnancy lasts at least 5 days and it is getting annoying. I do set the satellite dish to prevent abductions but more often than not I can not because it says it is busy contacting aliens. I don't tell my Sim to do that so I am not sure why it is saying that, but when it says that you can't prevent abductions.
