Raising Relationship with Nobody?

[Sportsfan]

So I just started seeing this happen in my game. I have the newest patch (1.26 I think).

So I'll have sims in a room all by themselves and they will get the little relationship pluses over their heads. Does anyone know why?

[PinkPanther]

I've had this same problem, however it seems as though in my game my sims have been talking to each other from different rooms.

[Sportsfan]

Hmm… I'll check to see if there are others getting it at the same time.

[Schipperke]

Sportsfan, does your Sim with the pluses have any Charisma skill?  I ask because I've occasionally noticed Charisma skill rising under strange circumstances.  The founder of my Clan Douglas dynasty was a fisherman, and one night when he was alone in the graveyard catching his nightly quota of Deathfish, he suddenly gained a Charisma skill point!  That was quite a while ago, but I remember other players commenting on similar experiences.

[Sportsfan]

Nope no charisma.

Edit: I think they do have the friendly trait though.

[Schipperke]

Edit: I think they do have the friendly trait though.

My founder also had the Friendly trait.  I wonder if that could have something to do with it.

[Chuckles_82]

Could they be talking to or interaction with their car perhaps? In their inventory or placed? Or a small pet you didn't see?

[Sportsfan]

ll the cars are on the other side of the lot in a garage.
And no pets for me

[Ricalynn]

I had this happen in my dynasty file.  Founder and his wife are going to be best friends forever because even when he's at work they're still getting plus signs over their heads.   Actually it fixed itself recently so I don't know if that was because I cleaned out my cache files though.

[mtglady]

When your Sim 'thinks' about another Sim their relationship is increased slightly, so that is what you are seeing.  A Sim will also 'dream' about another Sim so sometimes you will see plus signs appearing along with their Zzzz's. 

I discovered this somewhere quite some time ago as it is in my general 'hand written' notes and not something I typed out in my computer notes for the game. 

Sometimes I think our Sims are quite human . 

[Sportsfan]

Hmm… I've never heard of sims "thinking" about another sim before.
Is this completely autonomous? And how is it determined who they are thinking about?

[mtglady]

Hmm… I've never heard of sims "thinking" about another sim before.
Is this completely autonomous? And how is it determined who they are thinking about?

Yes, it is and they 'think' about family and those they came in contact with that day.  I think I picked up the information when Generations was coming out.  It might have been part of the update.  I'll have to do some research and look over all my scribbles to see if I can pinpoint where the information was originally obtained. 

I scribbled down a mega number of notes for Generations as there was not a Prima Guide released for that EP at the time, that is why I am leaning that way.

[Sportsfan]

 Thanks for the info. It does seem to be the same two sims (father and daughter) who just play video games all day so what you said fits.