NPCs In The Neighborhoods

I tend to see the same sims all over the place in my game.

I actually wish that they would stay in their own worlds. I don't want to see Sulani residents in Windenburg or Mt. Komorebi residents in Willow Creek. It breaks my immersion as I like to think those places are far away from the other worlds. I don't want to see residents from StrangerVille or Oasis Springs in Brindleton Bay or any of the other worlds that seem like they're of a complete different climate.

I rarely see any of my own SIms in any neighborhood. I see premade Sims like Nancy, Geoffrey, Clara, Bjorn, Mortimer, Eliza, and all of the Sulani premades in every neighborhood. Beyond that, the game prioritizes the appearance of disguised aliens. adult bartenders, and weirdoes. I also see this same horde at every venue and community lot with the addition of even more premade Sims from Windenburg and StrangerVille. The appearance of my own Sims seems to be a very low priority. The premades from Mt. Komorebi are showing up everywhere too. Great programming there.

I've never really thought about it, but, now you mention it, there are some sims that just never show up around my neighbourhoods, despite my random and frequent rotational play-style. I keep forgetting I actually have the Goths still in my game, because they never show up anywhere. The Hecking boys and their dog, my game's two maids, that one pizza delivery person and the mailpeople however? Everywhere.

I have a restaurant across the road from the Goth mansion and Bella and Mortimer always drop by for diner. I always see Nancy Landgraab and the Bjergsens everywhere though I've never played them either. Some sims seem to show up more often in some neighbourhoods or around certain lots, but I've never noticed anyone that just doesn't show up.

I wouldn't even care if they showed up in other neighborhoods but they don't even show up at venues in their own neighborhood. I have Sienna Moss, from GTW, in Oasis Springs, along with Agnes Crumplebottom, the Frio brothers, Liam O'Dourke, Gobias Koffee and several others. They're never at the bar, bowling alley, restaurant, or park in OS.

I think I'm going to start inviting them out. Maybe that will trigger something.

If you put them in a club with "any x" as their hangout they will congregate any time you go to venue type x, if that helps.

I used to see the same sims out all the time, a mix of mine and some premades, but there's been a shift as my sims have aged. The YAs are more likely to show up at nightclubs, for one thing. It is not at all uncommon for my families with kids in the child stage to show up at restaurants and then stop when the kids grow up. Active sims are more likely at gym lots but I haven't specifically noticed that kind of connection with other traits.

@Daephene thanks for that suggestion! I always forget about clubs for sims I'm not playing.

Indeed, there are some NPC's that I never see. And when I do see them, it's usually the same ones. I think some of that may have to do with their traits--for example, I see NPC's that have the "dance machine" trait at the club every time

I generally see my played Sims show up as NPC's as well as non-played Sim households and even ones I've released into "not in world". Though I try to regularly go in and delete the random generated ones time to time.

I was actually wondering about this with the NPC's. I'm doing a 100 baby challenge, and so I need as many new Sims as I can get. I was wondering do I need to travel to different towns to find different Sims, or will they all just wander by my sim's lot in Willow Creek eventually?