Really Weird Goings-On in my New Neighbourhood (Now With PICTURES!)
Ancient Sim:
I started a new custom neighbourhood yesterday and really weird things are going on. After creating it, I used the delete all characters cheat, then made several new families. Once I had four families in situ, I set about creating new townies. The game made the usual collection (mainly decent ones, to my surprise), then I went into SimPE to tidy-up their aspirations and so on. This is when I saw the strangeness.
None of these relationships are showing in the Family Ties section of SimPE, neither are they in the actual relationship panels, they are only showing in the SimPool (instead of being greyed-out, they are open). First of all, a toddler in one of the new families, although showing his correct parents in his family tree, also appears to be the child of one of the townies and has a high relationship with her, even though he's never met her. Similarly, his mother is apparently this townie's sister and also the aunt of her own child. That's all I noticed after the first day.
Today, I created Downtownies. For some reason, I only got adults and teens, no elders or chidlren. These included four female adult clones and several teen clones (same face, same hair, same clothes, same Sim). There are several relationships between these downtownies and my Sims. The same toddler who had a new mother yesterday has another new mother now and several of my Sims are siblings to the downtownies. One male Sim in my latest family (the family where I created the downtownies) is the child of a Matchmaker and a postman, sibling to a postgirl, and married to a male driver. The male driver also has relationships with the Therapist, the Hula Girl and the Grim Reaper. As he's apparently married to my Sim, perhaps he would bring them along if he invited him on an outing. Even better, his 'sister' the postgirl (who doesn't appear to share either of his parents), who's almost friends with Grimmy. Grimmy has several acquaintances among the working NPC's, including Mrs Crumplebottom. He's almost friends with her as well. Oddly enough, he doesn't know the Hula Girl at all. It's not just NPC's, either. Grimmy is also very well-acquainted with one of the Downtownie teen males and one of the adult females, plus one of the normal townie adult females.
I have no idea whether this is meant to happen or not, but I suspect the latter. I know the game creates random relationships amongst the townies so they have people to bring on outings, but I didn't think it dipped into the Default pool as well, let alone Sims created in-game. I am going to leave my Sim married to the driver, sibling to the postgirl and son of the postboy/Matchmaker (wonder if she seduced him with one of her potions) while I see if any of them invite him out and bring Grimmy along. If they do, I will be sure to video the proceedings. And here I was thinking I was creating a brand-new neighbourhood free from all the strange carryings-on in Pleasantview.
Talking of Pleasantview, I'm just checking through my Grim Reaper file in there now and it appears he does have relationships there, namely with all the Goth ghosts and also Jeff & Diane Pleasant. I suppose that's understandable, they do come from the same neck of the woods (so to speak). He's clearly becoming more sociable now if he's starting to communicate with the living.
Brynne:
You have to keep this 'hood and take many many many pictures!!!
I laughed throughout the entire post!
Bangelnuts:
Quote from: Brynne on 2005 November 06, 03:45:03
You have to keep this 'hood and take many many many pictures!!!
I laughed throughout the entire post!
So Did I and I also want to see pictures. in my neighborhood the custom one that is The Grim reaper only Knows one person Jennicor Tricou. and since Jennicor is dead not much chance of the grim reaper being invited to an outing in my neighborhood. and he doesnt know the Hula zombie in my custom hood either
Ancient Sim:
It's not finished yet. I am currently in SimPE and I've just discovered that a Downtownie teen male is the son of an adult male Sim I have just made and installed in a house. They've never even met! His mother is apparently another Downtownie teen - my Sim doesn't know her, either. This teen is also married to a townie female adult and is himself the parent of a female townie teen, although his wife doesn't seem to know her so goodness knows who her mother is. All this presumably means that my newly-created Sim, who hasn't even had his first kiss yet, is already a grandfather.
Of course, this marriage didn't show-up in the family ties, but the relationship panel showed them as being in love, 95/85 and spouses. If I find another like that I will leave it in and get them together to see what happens. In fact, I may go back and re-install the relationship and do it anyway. I don't know if they would recognise the 'relationship' if it isn't in family ties, but it might be interesting to find out (even more so if I take the Inteenimator out).
Incidentally, this townie teen is also well-in with Miss CrumpleBottom. Maybe he could get away with stripping-off in front of her and not getting beaten about the head with her handbag. Perhaps I might just make her his mother instead ...
Brynne:
Quote from: Ancient Sim on 2005 November 06, 06:25:14
All this presumably means that my newly-created Sim, who hasn't even had his first kiss yet, is already a grandfather.
I'm laughing so hard I have tears in my eyes! Please keep us updated! Interesting to see who Jericho/Justin's family turns out to be once you get him into the game...Watch his mom turn out to be someone totally off the wall. Say...Bella, perhaps?
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