When you don't pause your save. . .

If you don't close your computer but leave the game running, it totally does! I sometimes forget to pause and I go to a different screen on my computer and then when I open it up again, my sims are just living life. I think the game automatically stops if your computer goes to sleep though and it definitely stops when you exit the game completely.

well, the other day i bought a pizza for my sim on the sims 3 and the next time i logged on the game again everything was the same, except the pizza wasn't there.

"catmando830;d-984865" wrote:
When you don't pause your save and then exit the game, does Sim life go on while you are not playing?

I've always wondered about this.

I mostly pause before exiting, but . . . ???

Haha! Reminds me of the episode of "Broken Mirror", "USS Callister". ;)

I'm pretty sure they go on their lives regardless of whether you play or not, but then quickly return to "Stage" so you can continue :-) Live is a stage and people are actors, after all :-)

I once left mine running for 10-15mins unattended as nipped outside to sort some thing and didn't hit pause, came back to a monster tumble drier fire that had spread outside, with all the sims just stood flapping about it, thankfully no one died...

"Cheekyimp;c-17751647" wrote:
I once left mine running for 10-15mins unattended as nipped outside to sort some thing and didn't hit pause, came back to a monster tumble drier fire that had spread outside, with all the sims just stood flapping about it, thankfully no one died...

Something similar happened to me. When I first got Tiny Living, I was playing in a micro home with a Murphy Bed. I went to the kitchen to fix a quick meal without pausing and come back to find my Sim crushed to death...

"Elisetom;c-17751811" wrote:

"Cheekyimp;c-17751647" wrote:
I once left mine running for 10-15mins unattended as nipped outside to sort some thing and didn't hit pause, came back to a monster tumble drier fire that had spread outside, with all the sims just stood flapping about it, thankfully no one died...

Something similar happened to me. When I first got Tiny Living, I was playing in a micro home with a Murphy Bed. I went to the kitchen to fix a quick meal without pausing and come back to find my Sim crushed to death...

Yep. This happened to me too. I started my first evil criminal sim, gave him a tiny home with fast internet so he can troll the forums, he tried to go to bed while I was away for a sec and when I got back, grim was standing over him playing on his phone. I think it was karma.

I've heard that if you save and exit without pausing, when the game loads things will go on while you're still on the loading screen; I have MCCC set to "pause on zone" so my game is automatically paused after a loading screen.

I simply squish the game by clicking on my Windows start key and nothing happens until I bring it back up. Generally speaking if you pause and then save the game, you can leave your computer and come back to find the game is still in pause mode. Yesterday, I thought I had hit pause, then save, yet when I got back upstairs just moments later, I could hear my Sims talking! :open_mouth: Happily, everybody was okay.

But, no, it would be totally weird for our Sims to just continue on with their lives. I was in the hospital for three weeks, years ago, and then in Rehab for another two. Can you imagine if the game tried to continue on during my Legacy Challenge game for me? That would be bad …

"stilljustme2;c-17751857" wrote:
I've heard that if you save and exit without pausing, when the game loads things will go on while you're still on the loading screen; I have MCCC set to "pause on zone" so my game is automatically paused after a loading screen.

Ahh... So it's MCCC that has that. I thought it was a different mod. I want that not necessarily for just loading screens, but for loading overall.

Then I can go get a quick meal out of the fridge, pee, wash my hands, drink a glass of water, wash the dishes in the sink, listen to the radio, watch TV, pee, wash my hands, take a nap, get up and take a thoughtful shower, pee, wash my hands...

...the game will be paused when I come back to my computer. ;)