Walking
- For learning to walk, see toddler skills.
Walking is the normal way for Sims to get around. However, in The Sims and The Sims 2, player-controlled Sims cannot normally walk from one lot to another. Instead, they have to get a taxi or use a car[TS2:NL]. Visitors to residential lots, whether invited or random, will walk when entering or leaving the lot, as will townies and neighborhood Sims who appear when Sims visit community lots.[1] In addition, all NPCs in The Sims, and several in The Sims 2, will walk onto and off of a lot.
In The Sims 2: University, college students walk when going to classes or to take final exams. From Bon Voyage onward, Sims could walk between lots, but Sims cannot walk from a community lot to another lot unless they walked to that lot, and Sims who walked to a lot must walk in order to leave it. The Sims 2: Apartment Life allows schoolchildren to walk to school and older Sims to walk to work.
Beginning with the base game, Sims in The Sims 3 had the ability to walk between lots. In addition to walking, Sims can also choose running or jogging.
Walking styles
In The Sims 4, players are able to set a Sim's walk styles in Create a Sim. Walk styles available in Sims 4 Create a Sim demo and Sims 4 base game are: Default walk style, Perky walk, Snooty walk, Swagger walk, Feminine walk, Tough walk, Goofy walk, Sluggish walk, and Bouncy walk.
Sims in Sims 4 will also walk differently than their chosen walk style if they are Tired or their Bladder need is low.
Footnotes
- ↑ Magic Town is an exception to this. When a Sim visits a Magic Town community lot, townies and neighborhood Sims will use the Holes in the Ground to enter and leave.