Extra Family in Egypt

[Cel_sims3]

she went on vacation and when she came back she was pregnant

Was she in egypt by any chance?? That's where Lara and Harrison were, at the base camp.

yes, actually.

[igzigpuff]

Gee Bogie74...I guess your game wants you to play a more dramatic story than you had in mind!    Sorry you are being driven "insane" by the games goofy story progression/glitch, but I am totally intrigued by your dramatic tale, pic's ? 

[RockinRobin]

I had something similar happen. The family that I was playing when I first got WA...both sims had the "fertility treatment" LTR and had a set of twins. Those twins grew up and moved out. The male twin, Dexter, is the one I started playing after that because I liked that sim better. So then I suddenly noticed two kids show up in his friends panel and I put my cursor over them to see who they were and come to find out.....they were his new sister and brother!  Apparently, his mom had another set of twins after he had moved out!!  And she was NOT pregnant when I last played that family! When they first showed up in his friends panel, they were babies....and then they progressed to kids. So it looks like his family story WAS progressing without him even though I wasn't playing that family. I wanted to invite the whole family over so that he could get to know his new brother and sister, but in Sims 3, it appears you only get the option of inviting one sim over at a time. Remember in Sims 2, you could invite the whole family over.

And the other thing that sucks, is that now that Dexter has moved out, his family home doesn't appear to be in the neighborhood anymore. He sees his parents and his older sister out in town and can call them, but their house isn't there anymore for him to go visit them. I really wanted to have him go over there and meet his new brother and sister.

It seems the story progression in Sims 3 is rather messed up!

[RockinRobin]

Ok, so remember the other day when I found that my sim apparently had a little boy at some point while she was in Egypt?  Up until now, she hasn't even had a boyfriend!!  Well I decided last night to create a handsome male sim to put in the game in China and have her meet him and fall in love with him. I figured since she's completed so many challenges, it was time to settle down a bit.

So anyway, I had her meet this guy and they hit it off and I added him to her household in China because I want them to get married. Things are going well and I'm wondering why isn't the "propose engagement" thing coming up, so while I'm on his character, I hover over her picture in his friends panel to see if he's discovered all her traits and guess what??  I find out that she's married to some guy in Egypt!!!!!!  OMG I don't know what to do? I don't even know who it is...but I'm thinking it might have been that fat Special Merchant that she had a couple of trips ago. I think his name was Sekhmet, but I'm not sure. He doesn't live in the household where the boy lives, so I have no idea where he lives and I don't know his last name to find his home. I need to go through my friends panel and see who this person is. 

What do I do?  Do you think if I have her go to Egypt, she can divorce him? I don't like how the game just throws these crazy story progression things in without me knowing about it!

Maybe I'll have her go to Egypt, divorce the big guy, and kidnap her son and run back to Sunset Valley and marry the handsome guy and live happily ever after. LOL Think that will work?

[Carl]

Yeah I think it will since your Sim can interact with him. This is an inexplicable string of problems you're having. I tend to play with story progression off so haven't had these crazy issues. It sounds like yet another zany bug and apparently it's unfixed. Sorry to hear the game is treating you so poorly lately.

[RockinRobin]

Well here's another twist to the story.....

Sekhmet isn't in my friend's list anywhere. I'm actually thinking that he was the old fat guy who was the Special Merchant on her first trip there and I think he died. You know how when you're at home, it will sometimes throw up a message that says, "So and so isn't getting any younger. Maybe you should visit them soon."  It seems like I vaguely remember seeing that for this guy. That would also explain why the boy is still living in that home. I think that Sekhmet's last name was Hawas and he probably died and left the boy to live with his brother and his wife.

If anyone can go to Egypt and let me know if Sekhmet's last name is Hawas....that would be VERY helpful. Then at least I'd know who he was. I know he had to be a local that EA created for the game, so all of you should have him. And if he's dead now, it's only RIGHT that Audrey go get her son to live with her!!  LOL

[Bogie74]

OMG!!  This is EXACTLY what happened to me!!! Lara #1 ended up marrying this guy -even though she was on her honeymoon already - this imposter had her last name of Ford, and if you look at the relationship panel, you will see that he has a son named Hawas, married with kids of his own!! This imposter did NOT show up in the relationship panel at all...

I posted a topic on this exact issue!! The post was "My Sims family expanded on Vacation".. So now that I have had a chance to analyze all this, (super nerd that I am) I ask you this: did your Sim complete the "Plunder of Egypt" challenge??

I had completed the challenge- though, I tried not to cheat and use the Prima Guide - didn't realize it was the "bad" challenge - I had no negative traits - I believe Lara #1 had Adventurous, Brave, Handy, Athletic, & Artistic. She ended up with the heartbroken moodlet, because this guy died with her husband sleeping in the tent!

I will have to go back and read the thread because someone else posted that a Sim got pregnant in Egypt with no boyfriend/husband..

The common thread between your post and mine -same guy, same names, same relationship. The other person who posted the same results - will need to check. Perhaps if we could get input, then we could come up with a logical conclusion. Inititial findings are that this particular adventure is somehow bugged... if in fact your Sim completed it. I'm betting you did..

I've been taking a class this week on "motivational leadership" with my job. I have taken the Myers/Briggs test, and the funny thing was, this test I took this week showed that my strong suit was "analytical".. go figure from my posts!! ROFL!! Umm, heello... tell me something I don't know! 

[RockinRobin]

Wow...that is all so crazy!  I can't remember if she completed that particular challenge, but she probably did because she's starting to get repeats now of the challenges as if there aren't any new ones. Do you remember how that challenge went? I don't even have the Prima Guide, so obviously I didn't use it. I do sometimes use game cheats, but usually not when doing challenges/adventures.

I'll have to go back and read your thread again. I remember seeing it before.

The weird thing too is that my sim was NEVER pregnant! And she certainly never had a relationship with this man that she's supposedly married to now! I wonder though....if he's not showing up in her friend's panel, will she be able to find him to divorce him? Or will she just be able to marry the new guy without any trouble? I'll keep working on their relationship and see if they can get married....but I don't know if she can or not. I did notice that she's not wearing a ring....but then I'm not sure how that works in Sims 3. I know that in Sims 2, if a sim was married, they had a ring on their middle finger.

The kid is definitely hers though because he looks just like her! I'm still thinking of kidnapping him. LOL Hey I won't have to be pregnant and go through the baby stage! 

[RockinRobin]

Geez, things just keep getting stranger and stranger!

So now my two sims that I'm playing are sitting on the couch in the vacation home in China and they are cuddling. Suddenly, I notice that my male sim.....the one I JUST created and moved into the city and had her meet TONIGHT......has a wedding ring on his finger now...that he did NOT have just a few minutes ago!

I was like YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! So I checked in his friend's panel and apparently, he's now married to someone named JinJin in China!!  I think he sparred with her at the Academy and that was the extent of their relationship.

This is really getting ridiculous. I'm to the point where I think I just need to delete these sims all together and start over. I just hate to do that when she's finally maxed on all her skills and has completed so many of the challenges.

I just do not understand WHY the game keeps making these relationship decisions FOR me and without me knowing about them. It's beginning to make me mad.  

Edited to add: Well when I went to my female sims character and hovered over HIS name, it's saying that he doesn't have a partner. I don't know what's going on. I guess I'll keep working on their relationship and see if they can get married.

[Metropolis Man]

This is really getting ridiculous. I'm to the point where I think I just need to delete these sims all together and start over.

Don't you dare! This is too funny and I'm enjoying this craziness. I'm just waiting for Susan Powter to materialize from one of her old informercials and yell at your Sims — STOP THE INSANITY!

[RockinRobin]

LMAO Metro!!   

Well I took my guy to the dresser and had him take off the ring with every single outfit! LOL I don't know if that will work or not. (doesn't in real life)  They have been together for about 7 sim days now and still are not getting the option to get married or even go steady. Maybe they can't while in China? I don't know...I'll have to wait and see what happens when they get home.

I'm just afraid that next I'll find out that my male sim has given birth to a mummy or something and it wants to come and live with us.

[Pam]

This really is so bizarre!  If you can get your male Sim to see his "wife" in person, you can make them break up.  Just use the Mean options and it will come up after a few interactions.  They should be able to propose and even marry while in China.  I have a Sim who is engaged to a local Chinese man and the only reason they haven't married is because my house is full and can't take an addition to the household.

[Bogie74]

I'm just waiting for Susan Powter to materialize from one of her old informercials and yell at your Sims — STOP THE INSANITY!

ROFL!! Metro you are a hoot and a half!!

I just do not understand WHY the game keeps making these relationship decisions FOR me and without me knowing about them. It's beginning to make me mad. 

This was exactly why I deleted that game! I was furious as well!

As far as the married thing - what I have noticed, is that the "new and improved" Lara has some weird bug now in her panel. When I click on family tree, it just shows her, no husband / partner, and it shows her 2 kids. When I click on one of the kids, it shows Harrison as the father and Lara as the mother, but there is no link between Lara and Harrison! Although, if you go into the relationship panel it does show them as spouse..

Do you remember how that challenge went?

The Plunder of Egypt Challenge is the one where you have to befriend one of the guys from Morticorp. You have to bring 2 pieces of Mummitonium to him. Once you do that, you explore the basement under the house. If I remember correctly, you have to explore the garage to find the hidden staircase. You put the bribe into the chest in the basement, then hack the computer. I had just completed that challenge, sent Lara back to basecamp when that whole freak alternate Sim universe scenario had happened.

I sent a PM to Pam and Carl last night asking if there was a way to link or combine this post and mine because it just makes no sense to me that we are the only 2 people that have had this happen.   

[Pam]

At Bogie's request, I've merged these two topics under the new subject of Extra Family in Egypt.  The individual posts still show the original subjects so everyone can tell which topic they came from.

Let me know if I can do anything else!

[Bogie74]

Pam you rock!! Thanks so much!!