To go outside you have to command the Sims to do so , otherwise it wont work.
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My sister plays a lot of the sims 4 but I do recall she also played the Sims 2 so when she would go outside she would command them to do that.
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If this does not work I would suggest you get a video that can explain it better than I possibly would? Considering the Sims 2 was made a while back you would maybe want somebody with a little more experience.
All of the other options are physical and are something that you can physically touch. The device driver runs in software and allows the computer to communicate with the device that is attached.