TS4 Totally Random Comments and Questions

"MoonlightGraham;c-17925116" wrote:
@GirafHuntr That's reassuring. I was concerned because I created some Sims for my game, and moved them into houses. My daughter and I spent quite a bit of time picking houses for them from the Gallery and doing a bit of simple redecorating. I made them playable and gave them careers; I wanted them to be "real" characters with full lives, not unemployed wanderers wearing horribly mismatched "outfits" like your typical Townie.

One day I happened to run into one of my "supporting actors" at the gym...on a day and at a time when I knew a beginning Writer should be at work! Maybe he's working from home today, I thought. I made him active so I could check...nope. He was skipping work for some gym time.

That made me curious, so I checked on the rest of my supporting cast. NONE OF THEM WERE AT WORK!

One was standing stupidly outside his house like a tree or a piece of patio furniture. Another was sitting on her sofa, playing with her phone. Another was at the Blue Velvet, alone except for the mixologist, getting her groove on to the tune of the blues music playing from the speaker. The situation was funny, but on the other hand, Z and I put some effort into creating their world and it was frustrating to see them ignoring the wishes of their creators!

@calaprfy Thanks for that information! I hope the club members will go home and sleep when they're exhausted, rather than continuing to work out for 72 consecutive hours, etc. On another note, I noticed that all the workouts my Sim does with his Powerhouse mates has him seriously ripped. I noticed that when he went for a swim. I didn't remember giving him that much muscle definition. I suppose he would also put on the pounds and get doughy if I had him eat lots of rich food and avoid exercise.

GT has been a lot of fun! My Sims all spend a lot of time in Windenburg, and the Sims who live there are lots of fun to interact with. My "lead" Sim hangs out a lot with Dominic Fyres and is starting to crush on Jade Rosa. :)

Ah yes, well “played” Sims won’t do anything when you’re in a different active household. That’s by design so that there won’t be story progression when you’re not involved. I wouldn’t want my played characters getting promoted and getting married and starting families without me. But they won’t suffer for not being at work while you’re not playing them, they won’t lose their jobs or get demoted. They’ll be exactly where you left them just on a different day.

If your Sims in the household you’re actively playing are supposed to be at school or work, they will go on their own unless something stops them, like being in the middle of a task you assigned them