Major Error Leads to Interesting Times
I started up my usual game this weekend and got a "critical error" message strongly suggesting i restart the game. I clicked "ok" thinking the game would restart itself, but it simply continued with my current Sims on holiday in China as if there was no problem. So I carried on. My Sims picked up some essential items, responded to some opportunities, and returned home.
It wasn't until they arrived home that I experienced the real issue... somehow my holiday Sims had returned to an alternate universe in which they had never gone away. Their alternate universe counterparts were snug in their beds and full of hopes and dreams of travel and lacking any sort of exploration experience or loot. I was deeply horrified and chose that moment to re-start the game, but out of habit saved it first - probably shouldn't have!
I discovered my double set of Sims were a permanent error. So what else can one do but have some fun with the photo and video opportunities, at least until the problem is fixed... The two girls just look like identical twins having breakfast together and discussing their alternate experiences. I had more fun with Bud Tester (my real estate agent), who happens to be a perfectionist and therefore a little harder on himself than most people would be...
So I took advantage of the situation, and then planned on how to resolve it - obviously I wanted to keep the pair that had returned from China. I had the other two change their outfits and move out. It all seemed like a logical conclusion - I could keep playing, and at the same time observe how they might carry on with my "help". Or so I thought...
Once the move had been arranged, I sent Bud to collect his partnership earnings at the bookstore. The streets were deserted. Where was everyone? Then I noticed Bud talking to himself. And thought bubbles dragging along the ground. And cars passing in the streets without drivers. And bicycles riding by with ghost riders. My Sims returned from China to a place between worlds. It will never be the same again.
Luckily my other neighbourhoods are fine. Whew!
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