When you don't pause your save. . .

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. ;)

"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

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....

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.

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.

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 ???

There was a big fire in the outdoor grill that stressed my Sims that I for some reason did not notice, so things happens when you look away.

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.