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Title: What are the "NPC" households listed when I do ListHomeless? Post by: 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! Title: Re: What are the "NPC" households listed when I do ListHomeless? Post by: PolecatEZ on 2009 July 09, 06:26:18 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. Title: Re: What are the "NPC" households listed when I do ListHomeless? Post by: chaos on 2009 July 09, 06:27:14 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! Title: Re: What are the "NPC" households listed when I do ListHomeless? Post by: J. M. Pescado on 2009 July 09, 06:47:09 No, coworkers and their ilk are regular sims both with and without homes. NPCs are the service NPCs.
Title: Re: What are the "NPC" households listed when I do ListHomeless? Post by: shannong on 2009 July 09, 18:21:11 I am now full of learnings and gratitudes
Title: Re: What are the "NPC" households listed when I do ListHomeless? Post by: Madame Mim on 2009 July 10, 08:52:43 Also, even if you cheat
Title: Re: What are the "NPC" households listed when I do ListHomeless? Post by: shannong on 2009 July 10, 15:58:41 Also, even if you cheat them a bucket load of money and create a house they can afford with enough docking ports/beds they will not move in. They will if you subsequently force them to move into a house they can afford (and which has enough slots for them) by using "runstoryaction Move In Household". You need to have EnableDebugCommands = True for that to work though. I did it just last night to the one homeless family that was in my game. Title: Re: What are the "NPC" households listed when I do ListHomeless? Post by: Kerryee on 2009 July 10, 16:16:11 I think Mim meant that the NPC's can't be moved to houses.
Title: Re: What are the "NPC" households listed when I do ListHomeless? Post by: shannong on 2009 July 10, 22:08:56 I think Mim meant that the NPC's can't be moved to houses. Ah, yes that makes sense. Sorry 'bout that ;) Title: Re: What are the "NPC" households listed when I do ListHomeless? Post by: Madame Mim on 2009 July 10, 22:49:48 Yes, sorry for not being more clear on that - I did mean that NPC's will not move into houses even though they meet the 'normal' requirements.
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