Dance Sphere Abductions

[ElviraGoth]

Just a quick warning about teens being abducted:

If they use the sphere while at Uni, and they get abducted, they will get pregnant.  I've had it happen twice. 

The first time, I didn't realize that the baby wouldn't go home with daddy, so I had to teleport the baby to the family home.

The second time, I forgot that the YA on the sphere had been abducted as a teen, and when he came back pregnant I used the Insiminator to suspend his pregnancy.  As soon as he had graduated and moved home, the pregnancy resumed on its own.

As an added twist, the half-alien daughter of the first abductee married the second abductee, who had twin half-alien babies.

[Gwill]

I heard somewhere that the game actually tries to detect if you're trying to get your Sims abducted or not, and increases the odds that they'll be abducted if you're not.  Of course, the person who said this (I don't even remember who said it) never mentioned how the game determines this.  Is there any truth to this?

I've never heard that before, but it might be that autonomous use of the telescope carries higher odds of abduction than directed use.

Just a quick warning about teens being abducted:
If they use the sphere while at Uni, and they get abducted, they will get pregnant.  I've had it happen twice. 

Wasn't that fixed in a patch?
It was on the list of things that was fixed, but Maxis often claim to fix things without actually managing to.

[ElviraGoth]

Oh, that's possible, it's been awhile since I had any abductions.  Maybe OFBp2?  I think that second abduction/pregnancy was after OFBp1.

But then, they were supposed to have "fixed" the sticky smart milk, and all my sim toddlers still get the smart milk stuck - and it stays with them until they leave to go to Uni.  (I'm glad that one wasn't fixed!)

And I still have problems with sims cleaning fish tanks.  They get stuck doing it over and over ad nauseum.  I can't use the macrotastics macro - clean in a house with a fish tank unless I put it in some sim's inventory first.  However, the maid cleans it like usual.  Just my sims get stuck on it.

[Gwill]

I'm pretty sure it was on the fix list long before OFB.  So probably another empty promise.

[jsalemi]

If they use the sphere while at Uni, and they get abducted, they will get pregnant.  I've had it happen twice. 

The first time, I didn't realize that the baby wouldn't go home with daddy, so I had to teleport the baby to the family home.

The second time, I forgot that the YA on the sphere had been abducted as a teen, and when he came back pregnant I used the Insiminator to suspend his pregnancy.  As soon as he had graduated and moved home, the pregnancy resumed on its own.

Do you also have the inteenimator installed?  YA's getting pregnant is a feature of that mod.

[Jelenedra]

I forget, can woman get pregnant from abductions, or is it just guys?

[Gwill]

I forget, can woman get pregnant from abductions, or is it just guys?

Just men, but there is a hack on MTS2 that changes that (to either, both, or just female).

[Jelenedra]

I'll have to search for that then. No sex discrimination!

[Gwill]

Female/Male Abduction Pregnancy Link...
Not sure if it's OFB compatible, but it hasn't crashed my game yet.

[Jelenedra]

Sweet! Now I know where to go when I get my internets back! Whoo!

[Gwill]

The internets is like a series of tubes... *blank look*  you can't put too much stuff in them, or they clog up....

[kutto]

It's not a big truck. My staff sent me an internet two days ago. I just recieved it today! 

[ElviraGoth]

Do you also have the inteenimator installed?  YA's getting pregnant is a feature of that mod.

No, no kitten killers in my game!  

That's a little too realistic for me, that teens get pregnant.

The internets is like a series of tubes... *blank look*  you can't put too much stuff in them, or they clog up....

Yeah, stay away from those music downloads 'n' stuff.  They clog the tubes real fast!

[RainbowTigress]

Yeah, stay away from those music downloads 'n' stuff.  They clog the tubes real fast!

Now you tell me...

[seelindarun]

I forget, can woman get pregnant from abductions, or is it just guys?

Just men, but there is a hack on MTS2 that changes that (to either, both, or just female).

I've only used the boolprop cheat once to get a female pregnant after she got abducted naturally.  The pregnancy progressed normally and both are fine.  Is there any reason to choose a mod over the cheat, other than convenience?

[Gwill]

I prefer not to interfer with cheats.
Alien precgnancies don't happen every time, and I like that randomness.

[Magicmoon]

Going back to the original question...

1. Can sims be abducted from community lots? (I think you can only buy the sphere for comm lots and secret society which views itself as a comm lot)

2. Can sims be abducted from dorms, frat houses and secret society lots?

I ask because the only abductions I've ever had has been on residential lots via the telescope. I put both a telescope and the sphere on the secret society lots, but have never had an abduction there. I also send all sims through college, not using the college timer to speed things up, and have never had an abduction there either. Comm lots seem to be the only slowdown in my game, so I don't spend an inordinate amount of time on these.

[jsalemi]

Going back to the original question...

1. Can sims be abducted from community lots? (I think you can only buy the sphere for comm lots and secret society which views itself as a comm lot)

2. Can sims be abducted from dorms, frat houses and secret society lots?

1. Yes, and you can buy the sphere for home lots as well. It's really expensive though -- something like 8,000 simoleans, I think.

2. AFAIK, no, sims can't get abducted from Uni lots -- things get really wonky if they do, so the game generally prevents that from happening.  I've only seen it happen once, and it caused some problems (stuck flying saucer, sim returned with no memory of being abducted, etc).  I think it was the result of a hack I had in at the time, though, and not normal game behavior.

[RainbowTigress]

I've had sims leave the EDS as gifts from dates.

[Frankenbeasley]

I have had one Sim abducted via EDS while at college. It was pre-patch, however, and I believe that it has been fixed. I wasn't expecting it and it happened in his first term. The baby spent 27 days in Uni before I had to use boolprop testincheatsenabled true for the first and, so far, only time in my game in order to get him back to the main neighbourhood. I moved him in with his granny then graduated his father and moved him in then moved them both back out again.

As far as I can tell, there were no side effects - although the baby's personality was... interesting... with 0 Neat & Outgoing, 10 Active & Playful and 8 Nice. It was also odd to see a baby lying in its cot with a thought bubble above its head, dreaming of getting on the Dean's List. I mostly used a Nanny but frequently left the baby unaccompanied on the lot during class. I would get a warning message that this was not a good idea but never got the Social Worker.

Like I said, however, I am pretty certain this issue was fixed in the latest patches.

Actually, on a side note, the father went on in later life to use an EDS only three more times. On every occasion he was abducted and inseminated.

[RainbowTigress]

Extreme personalities are common in Alien offspring.  The thought bubble about the Dean's list I believe was an invisible memory that the baby got from being present when the father made the Dean's list.  I have seen this on regular home lots when an older sibling would come home with an A+, the baby would have a bubble over its head with the A+ icon.

[jsalemi]

Yea, it's kinda fun to watch babies, especially when they're asleep, and see what thought bubbles pop up.  Some of them are interesting...

[Magicmoon]

...You say sims can be abducted from community lots.

By telescope, gyro, or both?

Does the community lot have to be in the main neighborhood, since abductions from NL community lots would have the added danger of grabbing and impregnating a YA?

Does it have to be night for gyroscope abductions?

Can children be abducted via any means? (I've never had anyone younger than teen be abducted).

Where is the gyroscope in the home catalog?

Thanks for the info. I've had so few abductions that I don't know these answers. (Yes, I have TJ's mod installed).

[jsalemi]

...You say sims can be abducted from community lots.

By telescope, gyro, or both?

Does the community lot have to be in the main neighborhood, since abductions from NL community lots would have the added danger of grabbing and impregnating a YA?

Does it have to be night for gyroscope abductions?

Can children be abducted via any means? (I've never had anyone younger than teen be abducted).

Where is the gyroscope in the home catalog?

A) both, as far as I know.
B) Don't think so, since I've seen it happen at the downtown club where the gyroscope is.
C) No, it can happen at any time
D) no; only teens or older
E) in with the rest of the exercise equipment