Story Progression Question

[duncandaniels]

Generally, I play families in Sims, but I decided to play a lothario this time. My Sim first dated, and had a son with, Imogene Pelly in Appaloosa Plains. Poor crazy Imogene was in that big, beautiful house on the hill with two babies (unbeknownst to me, she was already pregnant when they first got together) and a dog that destroyed everything and was NOT housetrained at all. After my sim broke up with her, she remained in that house for the first week or so, but now, she's gone.  I can still call her on the phone, so I'm assuming that means she's still living in town somewhere, but I don't see her anywhere. (Actually, now I'm wondering if that means that at all??)

So, to my question...does Story Progression take into consideration the relationships of the townies to your sim? Does the fact that my sim's son was in the house have any effect on whether or not Story Progression moves them out of town?

Thanks.

[sharpsiren]

In my experience once you have lived in a house that house tends to remain vacant even though the game makes it look like a new family has moved in. I did move back to a house once and was surprised to find everything just the way my family had left it. Since you were married to a townie the game probably moved her somewhere else. Since you can call her, she's still around (that's my guess anyway). Maybe you could go to map view and just click on houses and see if her picture comes up?

[Pam]

Welcome to our Forum, duncandaniels.

Story Progression doesn't consider anything or anybody.  Imogene could still be in town somewhere, but she could also be gone, too.  Sometimes even when Sims move out of town, your Sim can still call on the phone and even invite them over.  You could do that and then follow Imogene when she leaves to see where she goes.  If she just disappears on a lot somewhere without going inside, that means she's moved out of town.

[Execution]

If you can't find her house and if she's  not walking around town, she's probably moved away. However, to get her back into town, you can ask her to move in via the friendly interactions and then have her move out. You can then move her into your neighborhood like you would a normal Sim, but remember that story progression can always undo your work.

[duncandaniels]

Thank you for the welcome!
And thank you for the answers.  I was afraid that story progression wouldn't take into consideration my sim's relationships.
As for this particular issue...Imogene apparently did move out of town (with my son), but two days later, my sim was reading the paper, and they moved back!  My sim was happy...he loves his kids.