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Seasoned Ace

4 years ago

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Random Female Sims Walking The Street at Night & Talking about Cash

1. I don't have any mods in my game

2. It's not only random townie sims , it's also pre-made ones and also ones I've created

I started noticing this three months ago and ignored it but finally one day I had one of my sims go out and talk to two of them, one was Judith Ward and the other one was one of my created sims and they would do this every night and in their conversation bubble they would be talking about cash and out of the blue they would start walking away, so my sims son was visiting and started talking to that same sim and out of the blue he started following her down the street, I switch over to him and saw he was still following her and finally I had to reset him to stop.

What is that about ?

Because I clean my game so much I don't see it as much , but I found that really start, I already clean origin, clean my sims game and also did resetting the game to factory setting once I start seeing that in my game.

gameplay issue

EA_Lanna
4 years ago
Hi @LonaBoom,

Thanks for reaching out to share your concerns about this. It's wonderful to encounter simmers who care about keeping the game age appropriate.

Thought bubbles are there to signify a conversation. Fire Hydrants, airplanes, fish, even money appear in thought bubbles, often with no rhythm or rhyme. They can appear at any time of the day, in every conceivable scenario and they can be about nothing at all or anything and everything age appropriate (as The Sims 4 is rated T for teen). For example, money could represent a shopping spree, wanting to go out to an expensive diner, thinking about taking a fancy holiday, maybe it is pay day and they are excited about having money in the bank to splurge at a party, it could even be about worrying about the house bills, or they could just be bragging about all their wealth, etc. There's a wide array of topics that little symbol can represent.

From reading your posts and explanations behind why you were concerned about sims on night time strolls getting money thought bubbles when talking with other sims, I can understand how those dots are being connected for you. Please let me assure you, there is no correlation between sims going for a walk at night and the money thought bubble popping overhead. There is nothing nonferrous behind those interactions.

I appreciate you creating this thread just in case. It's always best to be safe rather than sorry. ❤️

All the best,

EA_Lanna

(*edit to note, cleaned up thread to remove derailment per forum rules)

15 Replies

jpkarlsen
Hero (Retired)
4 years ago
@LonaBoom
Like I already explained when your sims are up so are some random townies walking the streets in your neighborhood. It has always been like that and I very much doubt that EA will make any changes to that. Having random Sims walk by corresponds to RL where you look out your window and see random people passing by. Occasionally they will even talk to each other.
You mention that you are trying to keep it clean. Do they throw trash in the street or what?
LonaBoom
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@jpkarlsen I'm just sharing what I see that's happening in my game without MOD's and I'm seeing celeb female only walking the street at night in my game, we don't don't have a clue what EA is allowing to happen in the game and half of the time we have no clue because N.A.P showed that clearly. Because we both don't work for EA we don't have all the answers so we come on the forum to see what other players are having the same issue or concern too.
jpkarlsen
Hero (Retired)
4 years ago
@LonaBoom
From the get go in Get famous there are only female celebs, Judith Ward, Bailey-Moon and one or two others where I can't remember names so it is no wonder you only see female celebs in your game. NAPS are not the reason for townies walking the streets. If you want to know more about what a particular NAP does you can hover over it in the voting panel to get more information. It is good that you posted here as you have now learned that it is normal for sims to walk the street, to chat and it is also normal to only see female celebs.
EA_Lanna
Community Manager
4 years ago
Hi @LonaBoom,

Thanks for reaching out to share your concerns about this. It's wonderful to encounter simmers who care about keeping the game age appropriate.

Thought bubbles are there to signify a conversation. Fire Hydrants, airplanes, fish, even money appear in thought bubbles, often with no rhythm or rhyme. They can appear at any time of the day, in every conceivable scenario and they can be about nothing at all or anything and everything age appropriate (as The Sims 4 is rated T for teen). For example, money could represent a shopping spree, wanting to go out to an expensive diner, thinking about taking a fancy holiday, maybe it is pay day and they are excited about having money in the bank to splurge at a party, it could even be about worrying about the house bills, or they could just be bragging about all their wealth, etc. There's a wide array of topics that little symbol can represent.

From reading your posts and explanations behind why you were concerned about sims on night time strolls getting money thought bubbles when talking with other sims, I can understand how those dots are being connected for you. Please let me assure you, there is no correlation between sims going for a walk at night and the money thought bubble popping overhead. There is nothing nonferrous behind those interactions.

I appreciate you creating this thread just in case. It's always best to be safe rather than sorry. ❤️

All the best,

EA_Lanna

(*edit to note, cleaned up thread to remove derailment per forum rules)
LonaBoom
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@EA_Lanna Thank you