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...
