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 . . . ???

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...

When you don't pause your save. . .

Kathykins
Seasoned Newcomer
4 years ago
MCCC pause on load and autosave features are life (and sanity) savers.

And my sims better not live their life without me! Knowing all the stupid choices they would make....
catmando830
4 years ago
I went back into play last night and the save I had paused and saved and then exited the game was at a different point from where I paused it and it was no longer paused.

Gremlins ???
britschwin
4 years ago
Just tested this and yeah the game keeps playing when you move to a new window when you do not pause first. Good to know! I'm new to the forum, so normally I don't switch windows often when I'm playing.
catmando830
4 years ago
Well I'm talking about when you pause, and save and Exit the game completely.

I came back the next day and they were not where I had the paused the game at (which was in bed)
AyKooChao
4 years ago
No. It might be different in The Sims Mobile (I’ve never played it), but in the main series, nothing happens while the save’s closed.
catmando830
4 years ago
"Admiral8Q;c-17749008" wrote:
"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". ;)

Was that from the show "The Last Ship" ?
Admiral8Q
New Spectator
4 years ago
"ArcherDK;c-17749099" wrote:
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 :-)

Did you see the episode I was talking about? It's actually quite amusing. ;)
(A bit creepy too, of course)
TS1299
4 years ago
"ArcherDK;c-17749099" wrote:
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 :-)

Now these is creepy hahahahaha
Hoverael
4 years ago
I always save and then pause the game before leaving my desk. So if there is a CTD or a computer restart or something of the like, i haven't lost any progress.

after the pause i press the windows key and close the start menu. When i go back into the game a few minutes later i only need to press the tab and continue where i left off.
babajayne
4 years ago
I’m just glad the game remembers when I’ve left it paused when closing the game. It used to not matter, it was unpaused upon reloading. But sometime in the past year or so a patch made it remember the pause. I always pause before I save.