Is Thorne Bailey Just An NPC?
Thorne Bailey came as one of the famous NPCs with Get Famous. Yet, in this relatively new save, I've only just come across him. He's a Mixologist! I often wondered why he was no longer frequenting the...
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"GalacticGal;c-18221402" wrote:"SteveBridger;c-18221044" wrote:
I've seen unplayed sims change professions once in a while, but it seems to be fairly rare. My suspicion is that, on occasion, unplayed sims are autonomously suggesting to other unplayed sims that they pursue their dream job. I've only ever seen it happen to NPCs who are "on screen" a lot in locations where sims tend to be chatty with each other.
You may just be on to something, you know? Let's hope they don't conspire against all of us players. LOL
Heh, given that we're moving toward expert systems capable of passing a Turing test more quickly than we thought, you do have to wonder if someday we might have sims who are smarter than we may be comfortable with.
If mine were aware of my existence, they'd think rather well of me anyway. I can't bring myself to intentionally harm or kill them, and I'd probably be viewed as some sort of benevolent higher power with an occasionally strange sense of humor. (Don Lothario probably figures his stint as a vampiric prop comedian was some sort of very odd dream.)
