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PanAm103
Field Researcher
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#1 Old 12th Aug 2015 at 12:23 PM
Default How to make a townie temporarily playable
Does anyone know how to make a townie temporarily playable? I'll explain what I want to do:

Since female Sims can only get pregnant when they live on the household I'm playing, I want to add Bella Goth (Strangetown) to a household that only has one male Sim, to get her pregnant. After the birth, the child would stay with the father and Bella would be townie once again. Is that possible to do?
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marka93
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#2 Old 12th Aug 2015 at 1:18 PM
The best way is to get one of the teleporters, I use the cat myself. http://www.simlogical.com/sl/Sims2P...Teleporters.htm
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PanAm103
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#3 Old 12th Aug 2015 at 4:11 PM
@marka93, the problem isn't making her playable, it's making her non-playable.
Bigsimsfan12
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#4 Old 12th Aug 2015 at 4:14 PM
Can't you just use boolprop and shift click 'make selectable' and then when you're done 'make unselectable'?

Also the teleporter cat can make her unselectable afterwards. Unless you mean something different by 'playable/non-playable'. Either way, I've done that with townies before to make them have babies and it seems fine.
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marka93
Mad Poster
#5 Old 12th Aug 2015 at 4:45 PM
@PanAm103 the cat will allow both selectable and unselectable and a whole lot more.
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PanAm103
Field Researcher
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#6 Old 12th Aug 2015 at 5:21 PM
@Bigsimsfan12 @marka93
Didn't know the teleporter cat could also make unselectable. I guess boolprop can do the job. I can ask her to move in through the in-game method and then if I use boolprop, will she become a townie once again?
marka93
Mad Poster
#7 Old 12th Aug 2015 at 5:28 PM
@PanAm103

If you use the in-game move in option boolprop will not make her a townie again, you have to use a mod to make a sim a townie like the teleporter cat.
The only thing boolprop will do is make her unselectable.
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MooVille, a tribute to Mootilda and her fabulous lots http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=534158
PanAm103
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#8 Old 12th Aug 2015 at 5:39 PM
So, after she moves in and I do what I want, I can use teleporter cat to make her townie again?
gummilutt
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#9 Old 12th Aug 2015 at 5:55 PM
The Simblender has the option of turning playables into townies, and to move her in (without bringing any funds with her).
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Peni Griffin
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#10 Old 12th Aug 2015 at 6:21 PM
Yes, you can use the teleporter cat to make her a townie again.

Trust me, you want that cat!
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maxon
The Great AntiJen
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#11 Old 12th Aug 2015 at 8:27 PM
Quote: Originally posted by marka93
If you use the in-game move in option boolprop will not make her a townie again, you have to use a mod to make a sim a townie like the teleporter cat.
The only thing boolprop will do is make her unselectable.

Or use the option you can find in Debug Mode to spawn the townie gun. It's what the mods are based on.
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simsfreq
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#12 Old 12th Aug 2015 at 8:43 PM
Quote: Originally posted by gummilutt
The Simblender has the option of turning playables into townies, and to move her in (without bringing any funds with her).


The blender can move in sims, as well as making them temporarily selectable, but you can't turn a sim into a townie with it. For that you need the teleporter cat or shrub (same object different mesh).
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Peni Griffin
Mad Poster
#13 Old 12th Aug 2015 at 8:47 PM
Yeah, maxon, but for some reason when I spawned the townie gun I couldn't figure out how to make the dormie I'd moved in and grown up back into a townie. The teleporter cat was easy and I got it first try.
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maxon
The Great AntiJen
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#14 Old 12th Aug 2015 at 10:14 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Peni Griffin
Yeah, maxon, but for some reason when I spawned the townie gun I couldn't figure out how to make the dormie I'd moved in and grown up back into a townie. The teleporter cat was easy and I got it first try.

Yes, I prefer the cat too (not least because it's in the catalogue and easy to get at) but I was just sayin'.
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joandsarah77
Needs Coffee
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#15 Old 12th Aug 2015 at 11:03 PM
Another vote for the cat.
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Devon Aster
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#16 Old 12th Aug 2015 at 11:59 PM
Quote: Originally posted by simsfreq
The blender can move in sims, as well as making them temporarily selectable, but you can't turn a sim into a townie with it. For that you need the teleporter cat or shrub (same object different mesh).


The option to turn a playable into a townie or downtownie is under the Family options on the simblender. I've used it several times to get rid of playables I no longer wanted to control.
bloodstained_black_lace
Lab Assistant
#17 Old 13th Aug 2015 at 12:15 AM
I use Merolas Mind Control Mirror. It makes anyone selectable that you want and as soon as you switch to someone else, they become unselectable again.
They should use The Sims 2 in psychology....it could work wonders.
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