Missed Call?

Alistu wrote:

Cinebar wrote:
Even if that means closed lots, the SP in TS2 worked just fine for about 70% of players,...

TS2 didn't HAVE story progression. If you weren't playing the lot then the Sims belonging to it didn't alter in any way other than relationship scores IF your own Sims interacted with them. If there were no active Sims around to see the inactive Sims then nothing altered with them.

I beg to differ. :mrgreen: Let's say my controlled Sim goes to a community lot. I see Mary there which happens to be either a townie that lives offworld or even one of my own Sims I'm not playing at the moment.

Lots of things happen to Mary while she is own a community lot which is a sort of SP in small degrees. She can fall in love with another Sim whether they are married or not, flirt, kiss, fight, make a best friend, lose a best friend, make many memories that affect her life, fulfill wants, or lose aspiration due to fears coming true and much more. She can get sick and die, be struck by lighting and die, or autonomously do just about anything else as much as the TS3 townie. And the best thing about it is, she retains these memories so if you ever play her, or ever go back and play her you will know these things happened to her.

The only thing Mary can't do autonomously is get married, and or woohoo.

Mary can even get a job promotion at some point 'if' she is a townie that lives off world. That one is reserved for off world townies. Your own Sims you aren't playing won't get promoted until you play them again.

And one other thing she can't do is have a baby if she is pregnant without your playing as Mary again.

No, they won't age up without you but you can age them up (3) townies with each birthday any of your Sim has while in your control. So, you are controlling the age of the townies in that respect.

Which btw, I like that one better. Since I am in control of when Goopy turns into an old man.

So, if you narrow it down the townies and the Sims you aren't playing that are your own Sims you have played, can do anything the TS3 Sim can do and keep their memories about it, other than 3 things, get married, have that baby without you. And as I said off world townies can get promoted if they work at the same place as your Sim.

Oh and the game won't move them into a house already too crowded. So, yes, there is what I call SP in my TS2 game..and it works when they are seen on community lots. And the next time you play TS2 the Sims on community lots are still doing stuff on the community lot...liking kissing or fighting or whatever, while your Sim is being sped away into a loading screen..they are't leaving the community lot just because your Sim is...things are still happening until you are fully gone.

ETA: and here is a trick to out smart the game. If you have a Sim that never shows up on community lots in TS2 but want them to go to community lots while you play another Sim all you have to do is take that Sim to several community lots. Guess what, that Sim will start to show up on community lots while you play your other Sims. :lol: Therefore, things will happen to them outside your control just like SP. They will gain friends you knew nothing about, or have fights, or bad memories, or good ones, because they went to community lots...which are full of life.

The next time you check their memories you will wonder when did they meet so and so? You didn't see it, or you might of missed it. OR when did this Sim have a fight with Benjamin? Or have an affair with Mr. Big? (flirted etc.) or when did this Sim see a ghost?

Perhaps you can't call it SP in the true sense but to me I like TS2 style better since TS3's SP either mucks up my game, or doesn't work at all.