Yes. they can if you want to. you go to options, find game settings, and there will be a scale for free will. you can set it to no free will, medium free will, or high free will. if u leave it on...
(how to update your sims 3)go to your game launcher and select game updates if it says that there is no updates just wait and then when you go to game launcher and it says that there is an update...