Okay, so I’ve been into the original Sims game for some time, off and on. I’ve got The Sims Deluxe Edition and nothing more (I figure I won’t upgrade to anything until I get bored with this one. No need yet!) I was playing last night and something odd happened at 1 Sim Lane.
Merideth Henderschott was working on her logic skills to advance on the paranormal career track. To do so, she went upstairs to the balcony to gaze through the telescope, and all was well, so I set her up to eat and go to bed after she was done there, and focused on the six other Sims living in the Henderschott house.
After a little bit I noticed Ingrid Henderschott heading toward the staircase, with her action focused on the telescope. Wondering what will happen when she finds Merideth using it, I follow her upstairs, but when she gets there, Merideth is gone! Ingrid then walks up to the telescope and starts crying, a thought balloon over her head with Merideth’s face in it. Then Ingrid walks away, going about her regular business.
Merideth was gone from the house, but her face still appeared on the menu. I couldn’t order her to do anything, and when I clicked on her face, the icons for the telescope, eating and sleeping appeared in the upper left-hand corner. Weird!
The Deluxe Edition is kind of buggy, so I wondered if this might just be another bug, but usually when the bug hits, I have trouble saving the game, so that wasn’t it. I figured I’d just continue to play the game and see what happened. What did happen was that Ingrid and Zebulon, the UFO investigators, went about building their careers, and Merideth (also on that career track, though one level below UFO investigator) reappeared a few days later.
I didn’t see Merideth disappear or reappear, so if it was aliens, I have no idea. Her mood hadn’t changed at all when she came back, and upon her return she went downstairs to eat and then to bed. No one seemed fazed by this at all. I had Ingrid call the police after Merideth came back, but all I got was a scolding. Maybe I should have called the police while Merideth was still missing? I don’t know.
So… is this familiar to anyone? Has anyone ever seen aliens come down and abduct their Sims? With two professional UFO investigators under the roof, it seems you’re just asking for this kind of thing. Still, I’d like to know what I missed, and if it’s possible for your Sim to be abducted permanently as some kind of occupational hazard. That would be terrible; Merideth is so sweet! Almost as sweet as that charming Phlox Llewellyn over at 5 Sim Lane!