Welcome wagon: Difference between revisions

A '''welcome wagon''' is an event that occurs soon after a household moves in. Other Sims will visitfrom the lot[[neighborhood]]/[[world]] andwill ringvisit the doorbellhousehold, giving the newly moved-in Sims an opportunity to meet other Sims and make connections early on.

In ''[[The Sims]]'',  the welcome wagon usually consists of just two Sims. By default, inthe [[Neighborhoodwelcome 1]],wagon consists of [[Mortimer Goth|Mortimer]] and [[Bella Goth]] willin be[[Neighborhood the1]], onesand greeting[[Frankie theMashuga|Frankie]] newand arrivals[[Sylvia Marie Mashuga]] in [[Neighborhood 2]]. Otherwise, two random Sims from other households are selected and used for the welcome wagon.{{confirm}}

Sims living in an [[apartment]] will have a different welcome wagon. Instead of neighbors and townies from other lots, the welcome wagon will consist of apartment neighbors.{{vgversion|TS2:AL}}

Welcome wagons return in ''[[The Sims 3]]'' and are similar to those in ''The Sims''. Welcome wagonwagons only occursoccur if the player movemoves in a new family straight from the [[family bin]] in the household select mode. If the player chooses an existing family already living in the world or goes to [[Edit Town]] mode, movemoves in a family from the family bin, returns to household select mode, and then chooses the family, the welcome wagon will not occur. In addition, the tutorial must be off and the lot must not be empty.

The welcome wagon will start 3three hours after Sims move in. When the welcome wagon occurs, the game will pick two to three Sims from neighboring inhabited lots and will generally not use townies. They will wait around 3three hours until greeted by the players;residents, otherwise, they will leave. If no Sims are living nearby, no one will come to welcome the playersresidents. If ''[[The Sims 3: Late Night|Late Night]]'' is installed, [[Celebrity status|celebrities]] are never picked for the welcome wagon.

When Sims move into a neighborhood in ''[[The Sims 4|]]''The Sims 4'']], neighboring Sims from the same neighborhood will visit the lot with some gourmet fruitcake. Sims will randomly either like or dislike this fruitcake no matter the quality, and will either have the "Enthuse about Fruitcake" or the "Complain about Fruitcake" interaction available from that moment onwards depending on their reaction. The welcome wagon arrives about 3three hours after the SimSims hashave moved in. If the neighbors are not greeted within a couple hours, the "Welcomewelcome Wagon"wagon event will end and the neighbors will leave with a decreasedrop in their[[Relationship#The relationshipsSims 4|relationship]] with the members of the household.

There will be no welcome wagon if there are no other neighboring Sims in the neighborhood.