Hey all,
I was wondering about something that I hadn't really thought much on before now. I don't know much about coding, but I was wondering if anyone in the sims community has an understanding of how the game chooses which sims visit a community lot. I'm just curious to learn more about how the process works, and a cursory google search didn't afford me any answers. I figured I couldn't be the only person wondering about this kind of thing, but maybe I am.
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I know some lots spawn more people of certain age groups than others. For example, Cafés and Lounges tend to have more Adults and sometimes Elders.
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Of course, different venues will allow for different age groups to show up i.e. you shouldn't find children in bars but if you visit a pool you might find them visiting in swarms
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Besides the hard requirements that must be met, there are also criteria that make certain Sims more likely to chosen than other Sims. For instance, a Sim with level 5 fitness skill is more likely to be picked as a gym goer than a Sim who’s only level 1.
When picking a Sim, the game goes through every single Sim in your game and check whether they meet the hard requirements or not. If they don’t, they’re instantly tossed out. If they do, the game will calculate a score between 0 to 1 for this Sim based on how close they are to the the favorable criteria, with 1 being a perfect match. Once this is done, the game will then use weighted random to pick from the five highest scored Sims. Weighted random means that if Eliza Pancakes receives a score of 0.8, and Summer Holiday receives a score of 0.4, then Eliza is twice as likely to be picked as Summer.
Street - In the morning, Teens, and Kids (Who are going to school, and YA and A who are going to work, and joggers), During lunch time - elders, because they have no jobs, in the afternoon, teens and kids, going home from school, and YA and A coming home from work, and then during late hours, YA and A in party wear, because they are going out for parties, and late during the night, teens, who are out and doing mischief I guess.
Gym - YA, and A who are often active. Other than that, it seems random.
Library - Random, but mostly kids.
Lounges - Lately, they have seem to be more random, but they used to have a lot of elders.
Bars - YA, and A
Parks - Random, but a lot of Teens hang out here at night, if you have trouble finding teen friends, go to the park late in the evening.
Nightclubs - Seems to be mostly YA and A.
Restaurants - The game seems to often pick families or sims dating or who are married to each other. But also random sims.
Cafe's - seem to be random, mostly YA and A.
Museum - No idea, seems to be mostly YA and A for me.
Pool - Mostly elders and kids
Spa - seems to be mostly YA, and A who also automatically gets tense.
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