Re: [ECO] 'You are such a good neighbor' isn't an actual neighbor
@crinrict it's an Eco Lifestyle specific event.
Like many other background events in the game they weren't made specific enough to invite actual neighbours, like most people would assume. In the majority of the game, it just picks random sims for background stuff like this. Want free earbuds? Why is it Judith Ward calling to give me free earbuds? Why is my sim's yoga instructor knocking on the door of my penthouse apartment saying "Hey neighbour, I'm bored want to hang out?" when he lives in Oasis Springs? Why is Thorne Bailey calling me offering a job as an Astronaut because of my high reputation when Thorne isn't in the Astronaut career? Why is Caleb Vatore a "Student" hanging out at this School Spirit Day party and streaking when he isn't actually enrolled at this university?
The game just uses general filters for all these things. They probably think people won't care enough about background sims to notice. Why would I know so much about all the townies in my game when half of them just get culled every Wednesday? But of course, some people do care about all the sims in their game and crafted each one by hand and know everything about them and play rotationally. But that doesn't seem to be a style of gameplay Maxis knows exists...
Like many other background events in the game they weren't made specific enough to invite actual neighbours, like most people would assume. In the majority of the game, it just picks random sims for background stuff like this. Want free earbuds? Why is it Judith Ward calling to give me free earbuds? Why is my sim's yoga instructor knocking on the door of my penthouse apartment saying "Hey neighbour, I'm bored want to hang out?" when he lives in Oasis Springs? Why is Thorne Bailey calling me offering a job as an Astronaut because of my high reputation when Thorne isn't in the Astronaut career? Why is Caleb Vatore a "Student" hanging out at this School Spirit Day party and streaking when he isn't actually enrolled at this university?
The game just uses general filters for all these things. They probably think people won't care enough about background sims to notice. Why would I know so much about all the townies in my game when half of them just get culled every Wednesday? But of course, some people do care about all the sims in their game and crafted each one by hand and know everything about them and play rotationally. But that doesn't seem to be a style of gameplay Maxis knows exists...
