What are the "NPC" households listed when I do ListHomeless?
shannong:
I have searched every string I can think of globally across all the forums here, but I can't find mention of something I'm sure I read something before about other people reporting this here. I vaguely recall a reference to "the star people" problem. But damned if I can find it again with any search of this site.
So I just started using ListHomeless to see whether I need to do any manual cleanup (giving them money, trying to force a move in, making sure there are enough empty houses with beds, etc.). But I see only 2 people with a named household ($20,000) and 35-ish people with the household name "NPC" and only $5000. What's the deal with those "NPC" people listed by ListHomeless? Is it save to nuke them? And how? I look all over the map and every sim I find out in public is named.
Help a brudda out here with some learnings!
PolecatEZ:
Quote from: shannong on 2009 July 09, 06:22:32
I have searched every string I can think of globally across all the forums here, but I can't find mention of something I'm sure I read something before about other people reporting this here. I vaguely recall a reference to "the star people" problem. But damned if I can find it again with any search of this site.
So I just started using ListHomeless to see whether I need to do any manual cleanup (giving them money, trying to force a move in, making sure there are enough empty houses with beds, etc.). But I see only 2 people with a named household ($20,000) and 35-ish people with the household name "NPC" and only $5000. What's the deal with those "NPC" people listed by ListHomeless? Is it save to nuke them? And how? I look all over the map and every sim I find out in public is named.
Help a brudda out here with some learnings!
Basic stuff.
NPC's are "non-player characters"...maids, firemen, grim reaper, etc. You can kill them with "destroyallnpcs" (check the help command for exact wording) and the game will simply regenerate fresh ones as needed.
chaos:
AFAIK, NPCs are maids, mailpeople, newpaper deliverers, repairpeople, repomen, and the like. I also recall reading that the game will create them to use as coworkers for your playable sims. NPCs are not the same as townies AFAICT. I used the console command "destroyalltownies" with debugging enabled, and the NPCs still showed up under "listhomeless."
Edit: ninja'd!
J. M. Pescado:
No, coworkers and their ilk are regular sims both with and without homes. NPCs are the service NPCs.
shannong:
I am now full of learnings and gratitudes
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