Outings baffle me
xoferew:
Sim A calls my sim inviting him on an outing. Sure. While I'm pondering whether I'm supposed to call the taxi or if it will come automatically, Sim B calls, inviting my sim on an outing. Is this the same outing? Am I screwing something up by saying yes? Suddenly the outing fun meter pops up. How is it an outing if I don't go out? Within ten seconds it goes from so-so to red frowny face and Sim C, who was already visiting on the lot, tells me he's glad that's over, now he's free to have fun with someone who is actually fun. I was still trying to figure out if I need to call the taxi. :-\
Immediately the phone rings again with an outing request from Sim D. Sure, why not. Now the taxi pulls up, so my befuddled sim gets in. I pick the downtown destination and he gets out of the taxi with Sim D or maybe E. I can't even remember. Sim D/E almost immediately tells me the date is over, maybe we'll do it again some time. Is "date" another word for "outing"? Because no one asked anyone on a date. I guess he left because it was after 9 pm and he is a teen? Then why did he invite me in the first place? Or did he? I know I didn't invite him. ???
Is this normal?
Ellatrue:
No, not normal. This is WTF?
J. M. Pescado:
OUtings baffle me, too, mostly because it's a total mystery what on earth you're supposed to do normally. The only conclusion I've drawn is that you should always organize your OWN groups, NEVER accept called ones, because they'll contain godknowswho, of which 2 or 3 of them will be babies and just lie there uselessly in the road, and the remaining sims in the group will just stand around and complain and never do anything.
Zazazu:
Babies? WTF?
I always take calls for outings, though I don't get them in this 'hood due to having no Downtown. Instant contacts, and as long as you interact with each person once, then end it, it will end positively. I've never had an invitee be anything other than teen, adult, or elder. And I've never had more than one sim call at a time.
sewinglady:
Yes. Babies. I'm with our fearless leader on this one - I never allow a sim to accept an outing if called in. Only if I arrange it via their groups.
First time I had the 'baby in the road' thing I was worried that the baby would never get back home, but it somehow managed to still be lying its crib next time I played that household. whew.
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