Problem with an outing initiated autonomously by one of my playables
Marhis:
Quote from: seelindarun on 2009 January 29, 00:13:34
With Mary selected (as the leader of the outing), click on her mom. One of the interaction options is for Mary to ask her mom to leave the party. You were self-clicking on Mary's mother if you saw an option to end the outing.
I would also add: if the mother is the only other sim in group present in the lot, telling her to leave the group will also end the outing at once (I did it :P). You should first ask another sim to join the group (for instance a non playable you don't mind to have around) and only then tell the mother to bugger off the party.
When you'll arrive at destination, you can then tell that added sim to leave the party and it will go away.
Maygus:
When I replayed the scenario, I tried it both ways: selecting Mary then clicking on her mother and self-clicking Mary's mother. In neither case did I get an "ask to leave group" menu item for Mary's mother. The only option was to end the outing altogether.
I should point out that Calvin's father is the group leader (what I call the Invitor) not Mary. If Mary had initiated the outing, perhaps she would have been able to tell her mother to leave the group without ending the outing? (When I get a chance, I'll test that.)
Quote from: seelindarun on 2009 January 29, 00:13:34
What I meant was that if you have a policy of only allowing playables to initiate outings/dates, then there is simply never a reason to answer the phone. Anyway, that's not my personal policy, I like some of my sims to be buffeted by the winds of chance. ;D
I agree with you, seelindarun, I like the spontaneity of autonomously spawned dates and outings. One of my sims got a call from a downtownie she met briefly on a community lot and he asked her out on a date. I was surprised at this because their rel score was only 5. She accepted and they had double-bolts for each other, and now they're married. I'd like to see more surprise dates and outings in my game.
seelindarun:
It doesn't matter if Calvin's father was the one who initiated the outing, one of the playables in your current family (either Mary or her mother) is effectively the ringleader. I forgot that Mary and her mother started out at home without the rest of the party. You must not have had that option for the reason that Marhis cites (because there are only 2 members on the outing at that time).
You could try again with Marhis's workaround. Additionally, I'd suggest keeping Inge's teleporter handy in case you don't have a suitable townie available on the lot.
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