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    Trapped sims disappearing ?

    simmesesimmese Posts: 1,536 Member
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    I have an evil sim who kidnaps other sims and locks them up in her basement.

    Once the sims are in their cell I delete the door so there is no way they can leave ... yet every so often one will simply disappear.
    The first three she 'caught' are still there , but the fourth and sixth sims just up and vanished (she has eight trapped down there at the moment)

    So how come some can get out and others cant ?

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      PiperbirdPiperbird Posts: 4,161 Member
      Weird question, but have you checked the roof? For some reason at the Goth house people can end up stuck on the roof, even though there is no way up there. Maybe there is a similar glitch happening for you?

      I've also had Sims fade out and be invisible. Is it possible they are still there, just glitched out?
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      HermitgirlHermitgirl Posts: 8,825 Member
      Do they move into the lot as household members? Do you leave the lot?.. I don't know but maybe if you leave the area they can go home if they don't live there. Just a wild guess though.
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      fullspiralfullspiral Posts: 14,717 Member
      Well dang. I have just set up a sim to do exactly that. My intention was for her to cull the townies for me. That's no good if they can get out!
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      alan650111alan650111 Posts: 3,295 Member
      Did you check to see if they were actually culled?
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      PapayaPancakePapayaPancake Posts: 867 Member
      edited June 2015
      They might escape when you switch to another household. I have an evil scientists Sim with a few "test subjects" in his basement. When I go play another family, I sometimes see them walking around and I'm like "You're not supposed to be out here! Back in your cell!"
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      SadieD123SadieD123 Posts: 1,317 Member
      Just a question..... What does she do with them? They just sit there and die?

      To answer your question, maybe they are being culled. Are they apart of your household?
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      simmesesimmese Posts: 1,536 Member
      She meets them then they go to the cell together , I move her out of the cell and delete the door ... the trapped sims are not part of her household.

      I havent played another family since starting this game so that isnt a cause

      She doesnt leave the lot by traveling , she runs around the neighbourhood outside her home snaring passers by

      One of the sims that disappeared I got her to invite over again (he was in her friends list and was the fourth sim she trapped) after being trapped for a while the second time he just disappeared again , I have no idea why , he is still in her friends list so he hasnt been culled.

      The plan is to let them die so she will have loads of gravestones to gloat over , lol

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      PiperbirdPiperbird Posts: 4,161 Member
      I wonder if they have careers and the game lets them out somehow to go to work.
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      fullspiralfullspiral Posts: 14,717 Member
      simmese wrote: »
      She meets them then they go to the cell together , I move her out of the cell and delete the door ... the trapped sims are not part of her household.

      I havent played another family since starting this game so that isnt a cause

      She doesnt leave the lot by traveling , she runs around the neighbourhood outside her home snaring passers by

      One of the sims that disappeared I got her to invite over again (he was in her friends list and was the fourth sim she trapped) after being trapped for a while the second time he just disappeared again , I have no idea why , he is still in her friends list so he hasnt been culled.

      The plan is to let them die so she will have loads of gravestones to gloat over , lol

      I think she will have to make friends with them and move them in in order to have head stones. That is what I am planning with my sim. She will take their money too once they are added to the household. Bait. Set. Trap. They have no idea what is coming. muahahahaha
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      simmesesimmese Posts: 1,536 Member
      edited June 2015
      The ones who vanished were a teen and an adult .... but I have other teens , adults , YA and elders in the cells and they havent disappeared
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      simmesesimmese Posts: 1,536 Member
      fullspiral wrote: »
      simmese wrote: »
      She meets them then they go to the cell together , I move her out of the cell and delete the door ... the trapped sims are not part of her household.

      I havent played another family since starting this game so that isnt a cause

      She doesnt leave the lot by traveling , she runs around the neighbourhood outside her home snaring passers by

      One of the sims that disappeared I got her to invite over again (he was in her friends list and was the fourth sim she trapped) after being trapped for a while the second time he just disappeared again , I have no idea why , he is still in her friends list so he hasnt been culled.

      The plan is to let them die so she will have loads of gravestones to gloat over , lol

      I think she will have to make friends with them and move them in in order to have head stones. That is what I am planning with my sim. She will take their money too once they are added to the household. Bait. Set. Trap. They have no idea what is coming. muahahahaha

      Not really
      In another game Mortimer Goth died at a party my sim was throwing. so did another woman and my sims gardener. All of their graves were left on my sims lot and she could go and grieve if she wanted.

      Then I released two of the ghosts and destroyed their gravestones and just kept the gardeners ghost and stone
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      HermitgirlHermitgirl Posts: 8,825 Member
      I don't have a clue if you don't travel... and just save. Do you go and play another family in that game? I'm curious.
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      simmesesimmese Posts: 1,536 Member
      Hermitgirl wrote: »
      I don't have a clue if you don't travel... and just save. Do you go and play another family in that game? I'm curious.

      Nope , I just play that one sim in that save
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      HermitgirlHermitgirl Posts: 8,825 Member
      Well I'm stumped lol... I wouldn't like my guests escaping either though. Hehehe
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      AdeborableAdeborable Posts: 1 New Member
      They maybe disappearing because you can only have 6 characters living on the lot at once. Whenever I try to trap more than 4 people (my sims are the other 2) the last person disappears.
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      plopppo2plopppo2 Posts: 3,420 Member
      edited May 2020
      simmese wrote: »
      I have an evil sim who kidnaps other sims and locks them up in her basement.

      Once the sims are in their cell I delete the door so there is no way they can leave ... yet every so often one will simply disappear.
      The first three she 'caught' are still there , but the fourth and sixth sims just up and vanished (she has eight trapped down there at the moment)

      So how come some can get out and others cant ?
      Cannibals.

      Sims have been known to do this - there is no blood or anything, they just consume another Sim in one go - like in a split-second.

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      GalacticGalGalacticGal Posts: 28,579 Member
      fullspiral wrote: »
      simmese wrote: »
      She meets them then they go to the cell together , I move her out of the cell and delete the door ... the trapped sims are not part of her household.

      I havent played another family since starting this game so that isnt a cause

      She doesnt leave the lot by traveling , she runs around the neighbourhood outside her home snaring passers by

      One of the sims that disappeared I got her to invite over again (he was in her friends list and was the fourth sim she trapped) after being trapped for a while the second time he just disappeared again , I have no idea why , he is still in her friends list so he hasnt been culled.

      The plan is to let them die so she will have loads of gravestones to gloat over , lol

      I think she will have to make friends with them and move them in in order to have head stones. That is what I am planning with my sim. She will take their money too once they are added to the household. Bait. Set. Trap. They have no idea what is coming. muahahahaha

      Sounds a little like the plot line for "Arsenic and Old Lace" … :open_mouth:
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      KandyKandy Posts: 2,008 Member
      Adeborable wrote: »
      They maybe disappearing because you can only have 6 characters living on the lot at once. Whenever I try to trap more than 4 people (my sims are the other 2) the last person disappears.

      You can have 8 sims per household, and definitely more than 8 sims per lot (I know that 100+ sims per lot is capable with mods), so that's not the case.
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      John4estJohn4est Posts: 202 Member
      I've done this before with vampire sims. I built a whole dungeon- except I just lock the cell doors, not delete them, for aesthetic. Why don't you do that too??

      The only time they disappeared was when I left the lot...

      Sooo Maybe try it with just locking the doors (add them to group --> "walk here with group" into the cell ---> lock door to allow only you --> disband group)

      Because *maybe* the game will recognize that they are purposely locked in instead of just trapped as a possible result of a glitch/stuck, forcing the game to correct it.

      Just a thought, though. Not sure if the scripting is that smart.
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      Alina29895Alina29895 Posts: 2 New Member
      [quote="simmese;d-837605"]I have an evil sim who kidnaps other sims and locks them up in her basement.

      Once the sims are in their cell I delete the door so there is no way they can leave ... yet every so often one will simply disappear.
      The first three she 'caught' are still there , but the fourth and sixth sims just up and vanished (she has eight trapped down there at the moment)

      So how come some can get out and others cant ?[/quote]


      I have the same problem (Sims 3). I randomly decided to make a female sim with the Heartbreaker aspiration so I make her lure random men in her basement, have a kid with them, and just keep them trapped in there.

      So far it worked with 2 guys, I surrounded them with half-walls and let them starve. It was taking a while and I got impatient so I just lit up a fireplace and kept it lit up until a fire starts.

      The first guy starved to death while being on fire which was funny to me. Second one burned to death.

      As I saw that it was working, I went for a third guy right after my sim gave birth to the 2nd guy's daughter. At first I surrounded him with a normal wall and a door that was locked for everyone. He couldn't leave anywhere so I was happy.

      But when he said the whole "It was nice but I gotta go" thing I quickly paused the game and moved the camera to him to see him complaining that he can't leave.

      But NO! He just vanished!! I was disappointed but I tried again the next day. When I did, he did the exact sng; said he has to go and vanished. Is it a glitch? Is his job too important to be trapped in my basement? How???
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