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Found the problem with the phone acting like a teleporter. I had downloaded
a phone hack that was not compatible with University. There was an updated
phone patch that does work. No more sims popping in after being called on
the cell phone.
"Ron" <rshavis1@triad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:xY_Yd.25079$_i3.804192@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> My problem only happens with the cell phone. Plus it only happens in the
> neighborhood and not on campus.
> "Charles Whitney" <cbillingsw@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:39i22qF62jp84U1@individual.net...
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>> "Cuthbert Gurdlestone" <chgurdlestone1154@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:42308484.4020208@earthlink.net...
>>> Madame Mim wrote:
>>>> All phone calls make the sim appear at your house.
>>>
>>> Huh??? Is this a bug or a feature? Why would this be?
>>>
>>>> Usually they are
>>>> invisible and disappear at the end of the conversation.
>>>
>>> Then how do you know they're there?
>>
>> I'm just supposing here.
>>
>> They had the sim show up invisible on the lot so that the sim your sim
>> was talking to on the phone shows up first on your relationship panel,
>> even before the other sims on the lot. This is useful because it helps
>> you monitor the relationship build from the phone call, as you don't have
>> to dig through the relationship panel to find the sim your sim is talking
>> to and see if they're friends or if your sim has repaired the
>> relationship or what have you.
>>
>> And to accomplish this, they have to have the sim on the lot, so said sim
>> is invisible during the phone conversation.
>>
>> Just a guess.
>>
>> C
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