No Secret Society Respawning (01/03/06)
J. M. Pescado:
The Psychlerjist, the Grim Reaper, the Hulas, and the Alien Tech are not "real" NPCs. There's only one of them, and they're unique. You cannot kill them (without buggering your game), and they're not "characters". The "Call In Sick" guy *IS* a real NPC, however, even though he's entirely useless as you never even *SEE* him in person, and could easily just be an abstract icon. In fact, that's what I'm doing with him.
Hook:
The "Call In Sick" guy is probably a holdover from when there was supposed to be a Boss Scenario. I've noticed the game will pause to generate this Sim when my Sim calls in sick.
I wonder what would happen if you used a teleporter device to get this Sim on your lot, met them, then later invited them to visit. Would it initiate the broken/unfinished Boss Scenario? Hm. :)
Hook
breyerii:
Quote from: Ancient Sim on 2005 July 26, 14:23:45
Call in Sick guy? Now that's interesting, because I've never noticed one of these. Mine rarely call in sick because even when they are sick, they're told they're not. The only time I noticed anyone's face was when one of my Sims in the Science career called in sick and the person who answered his call (telling him he didn't sound sick when he had just been coughing his guts out) was in fact Cassandra Goth. As I recall, at the time she was in a lower position in that career than he was, but I can't remember for sure.
I suspect this is why your sims are not believed: angry, rancorous subordinates get the call and avenge themselves...
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Ancient Sim on 2005 July 26, 14:23:45
Call in Sick guy? Now that's interesting, because I've never noticed one of these. Mine rarely call in sick because even when they are sick, they're told they're not. The only time I noticed anyone's face was when one of my Sims in the Science career called in sick and the person who answered his call (telling him he didn't sound sick when he had just been coughing his guts out) was in fact Cassandra Goth. As I recall, at the time she was in a lower position in that career than he was, but I can't remember for sure.
I don't really think that's even possible, according to the code: It must find an NPC. So the fact that you managed to get a Cassandra Goth lookalike is coincidence.
Quote from: Hook on 2005 July 26, 16:22:41
The "Call In Sick" guy is probably a holdover from when there was supposed to be a Boss Scenario. I've noticed the game will pause to generate this Sim when my Sim calls in sick.
Probably, yes. Even if the Boss Scenario actually FUNCTIONED, though, there's no reason to need to generate one merely for "Call in Sick", as the Boss NPC is not actually used as anything but a face, and this doesn't actually make any sense when applied to some jobs: The Criminal Mastermind has a boss?
Quote from: Hook on 2005 July 26, 16:22:41
I wonder what would happen if you used a teleporter device to get this Sim on your lot, met them, then later invited them to visit. Would it initiate the broken/unfinished Boss Scenario? Hm. :)
Very doubtful. There isn't even a functioning scenario controller.
jrd:
Hmm. I never noticed the 'CISG' wasn't just an NPC.
What about the carpool and bus drivers, are those from a special pool as well?
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