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Offline imiziel

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My painting goblin escaped!
« on: November 07, 2014, 10:39:34 PM »
I have three Sims in a household I play, and two of those Sims are part of my legacy that I want to become immortal. Let's say these two Sims are Nancy and Peter. But the other Sim that isn't one of those two is one special case, as described in the picture below:



I keep the painting goblin "caged" within a medium sized room with basic necessities with no doors, and three other rooms for my legacy Sims surround the painting goblin's room. Unlike how the picture describes it, nothing is underground, because there are no basements yet. So I like to think that Nancy and Peter live their day to day lives of gardening and cooking but at times wonder what lives inside that single, central room inside their house. They don't know what lives in there, nor do they know how horrible what is inside. And if Nancy and Peter do discover it, they will be horrified beyond their minds--and probably eaten by the goblin.

My dilemma is mentioned in the title. When Peter comes home from the park where he fished, I discover that the goblin is NOT inside its "cage." Instead, it is in Peter's bedroom, holding dirty plates. How could the goblin be inside his room when its room has no doors connecting it to any of the three rooms (Peter's bedroom, Nancy's bedroom, and kitchen)? I assume that the dirty plates meant that it wanted to wash the dishes, but his "cage" has a kitchen sink to wash them in. So why would it be in Peter's room, which has NO sinks? How can I prevent this from happening again? Please post your suggestions.

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Re: My painting goblin escaped!
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2014, 12:59:18 AM »
You can't keep someone in a closed in room in TS4. Well you can, but only untill you leave the lot. As soon as you travel, anyone locked in a room is teleported out! Didn't know that it happens even if the room/rooms have all the basic necessities, I thought it was just something that happened with sims locked in a room with nothing  ::)
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Re: My painting goblin escaped!
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2014, 12:11:03 PM »
Over on the official forum, there's a long thread on the technical aspects of the Sims. One thing the Sim Guru said was that the sims are basically re-created along with their lot whenever you load up the game. That's why sometimes your sims will be standing outside their house when you start up a game, and why your painting goblin won't stay in his dungeon.
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Re: My painting goblin escaped!
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2014, 04:24:31 PM »
More related to the usage of the "goblin", than the question, but I assume you have read

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas

by Le Guin. It's on the net here:

http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/dunnweb/rprnts.omelas.pdf

Interesting related short story.

 

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