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IreneSwift
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My sim was exploring the Tomb of the Desert Ocean, when this paparazzo caught on fire outside the tomb. Normally, even though paparazzi are annoying, if something like this happens to them, I'll send my sim out to save them. But my sim was so deep into the tomb, there was no way he could have gotten out in time. So I felt I had no real choice but to let the man die. Sure, I could have cheated and teleported my sim out there, but I never teleport my sims unless there's some glitch that keeps them from going somewhere. And really, this guy could have put out his own fire if he'd just had the sense to jump into the pool. But did he try that? No, he did not.
I kept checking on him to see if he would save himself, then watched Grimmy come for him. Then, just as the man jumped into his tombstone, a message popped up saying "Trip Over. Fikry Ameen has died," and my sim was sent home! As in all the way home to his own home world! I do not see any sense in that whatsoever! This whole situation was totally ridiculous! If anything like this happens again, I think I'll just use NRaas Master Controller and annihilate the sim before he has a chance to die.
I kept checking on him to see if he would save himself, then watched Grimmy come for him. Then, just as the man jumped into his tombstone, a message popped up saying "Trip Over. Fikry Ameen has died," and my sim was sent home! As in all the way home to his own home world! I do not see any sense in that whatsoever! This whole situation was totally ridiculous! If anything like this happens again, I think I'll just use NRaas Master Controller and annihilate the sim before he has a chance to die.
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Wow...would be so ticked off at being sent home like that. I hope you had a save just before or after entering the tomb you could revert and try again.
The Cowboy and the Mermaid
The other option I had thought of trying if that didn't work was to have him use escape dust to return to the base camp before the sim died, in hopes that his being far from the site of the death would save his trip.
And yes, @Cororon, it was totally unfair to send him home, just because somebody died who was following him around, when he was deep inside the tomb, unaware of what was happening outside. I don't like the paparazzi, but the only time I really can't stand them is when they hang out at my sims' homes at night, especially when there's more than one of them and they are out there talking non-stop. I allow them in my games because it's realistic to have them following celebrities, and it isn't too hard for my sims to evade them. He has a celebrity gate at home, which keeps them far enough away from his bedroom that I don't hear them while he's sleeping, and most of the time when he's traveling, he's on the move so much, they can't keep up with him. Even when he's in a tomb, it doesn't usually take long for him to get somewhere they can't follow him, because inactive sims never use dive wells.
I have never had a sim catch fire in my game, but I also haven't been to Egypt yet. This scares me a little.
Yes, he is. I don't turn off celebrity most of the time, but I do make some changes, with mods, to make it a lot harder for sims, including my own, to become celebrities, and to keep the numbers to a reasonable level.
Sometimes. But as I mentioned, when they're exploring the larger tombs, they almost never get followed very far inside. And at the base camps in China and France, I lock the door to the bedroom I choose for my sim, so nobody else can go in there while they're sleeping.
If a Sim (NPC or not) stands out in sunlight for too long and the temps are too high (25-29C or 77F+) your sim will spontaneously combust. It's hilarious if it isn't a member of the family. Not so funny if it is.
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
Agreed that it would be horrid to have a paparazzi as a family member.
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
It wasn't until several hours later when she suddenly rushed off to a community lot and I couldn't cancel the action, that I realised that she still had the service role attached.