Alien abduction: Difference between revisions

In ''[[The Sims]]'', alien abduction is only possible when a Sim uses the "Gaze" option at night on the Horrorwitz "Star-Track" Backyard [[Telescope]] introduced in ''[[Livin' Large]]''. If a Sim uses the telescope at night, there is a low chance that the Sim will be abducted by an unseen UFO. A blue sphere will appear, and the Sim will vanishfloat into the air screaming, before vanishing.

When a Sim is successfully abducted, all family members and [[NPC|NPCs]] on the lot will run over to the area of abduction and cry. While the Sim is abducted, their needs will stay static and their [[personality]] is changed, as well as their [[interests]]. After a few Sim hours, the abductee will return and will immediately think of aliens and spaceships in their thought balloon.

In ''[[The Sims Bustin' Out]]'', an abductee will return after about 8 hours with a changed personality. This might, or might not, work in the player's favor. It could be a way of changing stats that the player regretted having given the Sim, or it might drastically alter certain categories that the player sees as favorable; e.g. from very neat and not outgoing to not neatmessy and extremely outgoing.

By default, alien abduction is disabled in ''[[The Sims Castaway Stories]]'', but it can be enabled with mods,<ref>[{{Wayback|date=20160414002337|url=http://www.sims2workshop.com/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=2810|title= Alien Abduction Hack Castaway] at ''Sims2Workshop''}}</ref> and male pregnancy works in the game.

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Alien abduction returns in ''[[The Sims 4: Get to Work]]''. An abduction can occur anytime at night (910 pm- 4 am). When an abduction does occur, the Sim will stop whatever they're doing and go to "Investigate Weird Light". The Sim will then be beamed up by a blue light into a UFO and be flown off. The Sim will be returned a couple of hours later with a moodlet pertaining to aliens and abduction.

The interaction "Investigate Weird Light", which replaces all items in a Sim's queue at the beginning of the event, cannot be canceled.<ref>Although abductions cannot be stopped in ''The Sims 4'', there is a [https://deaderpoolmc.tumblr.com/tagged/mcccrelease mod] that allows the player to prevent them.</ref> However, it can be stopped by blocking the Sim's way to the weird light, such as locking the doors for the Sim.

Both female and male Sims, including aliens, can be abducted. Only males will return with a 25% chance of alien pregnancy, while females will only receive the moodlet.

Sims in the [[Science (career)|scientist]] or [[medical]] profession are more likely to be abducted. The satellite dish, andthe Out of this World Desktop, the worm hole generator, and space rocks also increase the odds. The satellite dish and the Out of this World Desktop can also be used to contact aliens (with a 24h cooldown), which may trigger an abduction.