I've been annoyed at the fact my dynasty family cannot travel anywhere without problems so I have been trying to track down a "trigger" that might be causing the problems. There are several things that happen:
Sims bounce off one another and cannot interact or interact randomly, spasmodically and will not listen to your commands
You cannot return home via phone or computer
Your friends and family disappear from the list
You show up as a ghost in your family tree and are the only member
My first trip was with 4 Sims. Disaster. All the above happened. I had to quit the game and go back to my save.
Then I went as a couple. Again, same problems.
Then I went with a couple from a different game. No problems whatsoever. I went again with the same couple. No problems. I went again with a different couple. No problems. I went again with my dynasty and it was the same problems all over again.
So I decided I would go solo and see if I could find a "trigger". The day was going well until midnight. At midnight it all started getting glitchy and voila, my Sim showed as a solo ghost in her family tree.
So I went back out and back to the previous save, again. I went back to Shang Simla and the day went well. I figured it MUST be midnight causing the trigger to the glitch because even after buying things and talking to locals everything was still fine in my family tree and list of friends. At 4 pm I used the phone to try to go home and it all well belly up again. Midnight may be ONE trigger but the phone also did me in.
Why am I able to successfully travel with a non-dynasty family but not the dynasty family? Pam, you obviously have traveled successfully with your dynasty, have you noticed anything that might set things wrong? One would think it would be the same for every character you have, not just dynasty characters. The only difference in characters is when they were created. Could this be a factor?
Oh, I also removed Fast Lane, (had no effect on travel success), and if I wasn't deep into the dynasty would also take out Ambitions just to see if that helps.
