Does the Game Continue Even After You Have Quit the Game?

No, all processing of your sims and their world stops when you quit and starts where you left off - almost. The only thing is, sometimes your sims will no longer be in the middle of what they were doing when you left them. Sometimes the game will have made them forget what they were doing and be standing outside their house when you restart the game. Sometimes they might be in a different mood too. But all long term progress like relationships and skills will be just how you left them.

No. This isn't Sims Freeplay. :) They don't continue to do things when you exit out.

If you play rotationally (with different households), then yes but only when you're not playing that household. The game doesn't whatsoever make your sims live when you don't have the game on.

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I'm starting to believe it does. Because when I put my game on pause it's not really paused they keep moving around sometimes. It's only for a few seconds but still pause should be instant.

Something odd I have been noticing since I send some Sims to a particular shop/store in my game. When I haven't played and load the game to send a new Sim there to buy something to eat there is always something different left out for the other Sims to eat. Since I'm the one who built it, had Sims cook there to provide food for sale and send Sims there several times everytime I play almost then I know what food is left out, and or none at all. However, it's really weird to reload the lot and go back to find a plate of oatmeal cookies centered in a table when none of my Sims bought them and or placed them there. It isn't the first time in the last month or so. Not always baked goods but recent dishes had them stock for sale before turning it back over to NPCs, like dinner foods setting out on a table.

My Sims are too poor to buy food and leave it on a community lot, and if they do place in world I make them put it back in inventory and take it home. And oatmeal cookies isn't something my Sims would have purchased and left out because I can't stand them. lol

So, either Sims are going there cooking while my game is off and placing food on those tables, and or Sims are going there while I'm in another part of the game nowhere near it, and they are stealing food and putting it on the tables, and or this game is messed up. :p

ETA: Another example, it's rare I send any of my Sims to the library, very rare, lol, since they can buy books at home etc. or I don't fill those whims to go to one. But anyway, loaded up the game yesterday had to send a Sim to library to use a pc, books on the floor, like someone made a mess. Last time any of my Sims were there was late at night and he/she slept there but didn't leave books all over the floor.

See, Sims living their lives behind my back while the pc is off. ;) And if not who put all those books on the floor and when because as I said last time my Sims went there they were alone since no other Sims would show up, but next time it's messed up. I guess that's for the librarian to have something to do,....but it's weird since I know what gets left where and by who, and to load the game and things like that to be laying around that have to be purchased...hm...

If you do not pause your game before you quit, several seconds (sim minutes) will elapse while quitting and while opening the save. The same thing happens when you go to change appearance in a mirror. While it is loading, time is still happening for several seconds.

Try pausing the game before exiting. That should take care of it. However, as others said, rotational play will work differently.

well sometime the game can't process them back in position you left them in. Like say you had put them to sleep, and then saved and quit. and the next time you open. the save they're on the side walk or just out of bed. I think it's just the game not being able to put them in their last position.

@ Cinebar, sounds as if you have a ghost. Also, does anyone in your RL household sleep walk? Play your game when you're not home? Or, are you blogging a very interesting story, here? Check out the key on your keyboard to see if it sticks. I use the pause button all of the time, I'm not having a problem stopping the action whatsoever. I do have a sticky key. My left-side shift key sticks occasionally. I end up with i, frequently, instead of I. :open_mouth:

"GalacticGal;14261888" wrote:
@ Cinebar, sounds as if you have a ghost. Also, does anyone in your RL household sleep walk? Play your game when you're not home? Or, are you blogging a very interesting story, here? Check out the key on your keyboard to see if it sticks. I use the pause button all of the time, I'm not having a problem stopping the action whatsoever. I do have a sticky key. My left-side shift key sticks occasionally. I end up with i, frequently, instead of I. :open_mouth:

Lol, no there aren't any ghost in my game at all. No, no one touched my machine but me. My husband wouldn't touch The Sims games with a ten foot pole. lol It still continues sometimes even when clicking pause on the UI with the mouse. I think these Sims do a lot of things we dont' know about. ;)

ETA: One time I saw the grim reaper on a lot through the house when I was in build mode at a houses next door. I guess he moved in there, lol. But seriously that is true. It was months ago, though and he has since disappeared from my game but was showing up months ago, all over.

I used to think that is a kid that when I turn the computer off the sims are still walking around doing stuff!