mmm... npc lot visiting ?

[MaximilianPS]

Hemm.. it's me again, with another strange answare 

did you know if there si an hack around the net that will permit to the npc to visit/walk on the played lot like the townies do ?
so there is a way to see the postman, delivery man, the pizza boy ... and so on.. walking on my lot ? 

[J. M. Pescado]

Don't they already do this?

[MaximilianPS]

nope
and my hood is "clean" so the only walker is the "garden club member"

[J. M. Pescado]

It helps to actually HAVE NPCs before they walk by, you know.

[MaximilianPS]

obviously I've 1 policeman, 1 fireman, 1 delivery man, 1 postman, 1 pizza man... a so on with all defaults npc :p

[Kyna]

You made these NPCs?  Or are you assuming that a "clean" hood comes with them?  A clean hood doesn't have any NPCs until the game requires them, unless you make them yourself.  A fireman, for example, is not required until there's a fire, so if you're using clean hoods and didn't make a fireman, you won't have one until there's a fire.

[MaximilianPS]

it was clean, early...
then i've filled it with a custom NPCs...

so not the hood is clean but not empy
but the only walker that be spowned is the "friend of flowers" gardens club member

btw i've never seen npc walk on the lots.. just the townies

[Kyna]

Have you tried visiting a comm lot?  I've noticed that when my sims visit downtown community lots, NPCs do walkbys there.  I'm not sure about comm lots in the main neighbourhood, as I don't visit those too often (unless they are business lots - and then NPCs do come in to the business).  I'm fairly certain NPCs don't do walkbys of home lots unless it's a home business, where they may turn up as customers.

[jolrei]

I have never had an NPC walk-by at a residential lot - the paperboy and postman show up, but that's their job, not really a walk-by.  On a community lot, I occasionally get a policeman, fireman, professor, etc. in addition to the townies.

All my hoods have always had townies though (either default or custom created by me) so I have never played a hood where there were only NPCs.  Not sure what the game would do in a hood without townies and few playables. 

Leave everyone lonely, is my guess.

[julialenn]

I usually make a few townies look like policemen so that I'll see them around. Sometimes a thief or two.
They're the only ones, in my mind, that would walk around in work clothes.

[Process Denied]

The only walkby NCP that I've had is a frious one and I think that has been squashed--I think you are alone on this one-- cause most hacks are trying to keep them away from things not inviting them.

[MaximilianPS]

Have you tried visiting a comm lot?

yes, alot and the only character that visit the lot are always the same "the garden club member", none of the other npc, but the once that they work on the community lot

actually i've 34 NPC and 1 controlled sim, but the game summon just 1 "npc the garden club member", so the only way to fill up my lot is use the insimenator summoner 

The only walkby NCP that I've had is a frious one and I think that has been squashed--I think you are alone on this one-- cause most hacks are trying to keep them away from things not inviting them.

indeed looks like i'm alone 

[Kyna]

NPCs are walk-bys on (unowned) community lots.  They are not visitors at the community lot.  Since they are walk-bys they won't stay on the lot, unless they are greeted.  Your playable sim can greet them so that they'll stay on the lot.

Sounds like you're trying to start a legacy neighbourhood, with no townies, 34 NPCs and only one playable.

[MaximilianPS]

indeed that's the objective, everyone + or - have a job on the town..no useless sims
btw i'm pretty sure about an hack that will spawn random npc as walk-bys..