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EmAbigail
New Spectator
28 days ago
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Under Investigation

[COL] NPC roles assigned to multiple Sims (Sometimes duplictes)

When playing in Henford on Bagley, I noticed that every NPC that comes with the pack (The Grocer, the Mayor, The Garden Stall Owner, The Pub Keeper, and the Creature Keeper) were doubled. Two sims with the job title above their names were appearing around the world. Both sims offered the errands, meaning my sim could complete two rounds of every errand from every NPC. Some of the duplicates were copies of the original NPCs, for example, the mayor, Lavina Chropa, had two versions of Lavina, both listed as Mayor, and both offering the same errands and rewards. Other NPCs had randomized townie versions and the original townies in Cottage Living, for example, the grocer sims were the original Kim Goldbloom, and a randomized townie just with the job title and offering errands. No complication arose from this, it honestly just allowed my sim to do more of the errands, but it does break the immersion a little when every NPC has a twin or is a completely different sim half the time. 

Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title

25 Comments

  • AuntNinja's avatar
    AuntNinja
    Seasoned Rookie
    6 days ago

    This is happening in my game, too.  I've had it happen with the grocery and garden store owners from Cottage Living, Order of Lenore members from Life & Death, sages from Realm of Magic and even Greg from Werewolves.

  • After reading about this "duplicate" issue with NPC sims elsewhere, I checked my game in Henford on Bagley and saw the Crumplebottoms duplicates as well. So "Me too"

  • AuntNinja's avatar
    AuntNinja
    Seasoned Rookie
    4 days ago

    I've had the pack since release day and I would swear the only time I've seen Order members change is when I forgot to turn off Neighborhood Stories and they died or when I've opened the household and they were marked as played.  I decided to test this in a new save and realized something: the save I thought was malfunctioning is the only save I have where the Order is functioning correctly.  In all my other saves and the new save I made to test, the Order members don't change and also don't have the Order tagline above their names.  I've been able to complete the deck several times so it's not impeding my gameplay but... the absolute state of this game. 💀

    That said, I do have duplicate Gregs in that save and the grocer is switching back and forth between Kim and a random NPC in that save as well as in new saves so the 'me too' stands.

  • thefailedbeta's avatar
    thefailedbeta
    Seasoned Veteran
    3 days ago

    I just loaded up a new game, played till around 2PM on the first day, then went to Henford-on-Bagley. The welcome board has the standard NPCS, however several of the generated townies also have the titles. I've also noticed duplicate Agatha's.