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aodoherty
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
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Is there a way to stop the lover sims of roommates visit my household?

Hi, I have a story about this issue. It happened several months ago in real time. I had a single sim and I planned to get a roommate for my sim. He is kind of having a lonely days. In Britechester commons, he met a nice guy and became friends. And that nice guy became a roommate. But suddenly, my sim fell in love with the roommate and started to have a date. The problem is that his girlfriends keep visiting my house and flirting with him. Every time they do, my sim got hurt. I didn't like that moment at all. The worse point is that his girlfriend has been changed to other girls every single day. I set the lot trait to private lot but it didn't work at all. And those girls keep asking for the  autograph or taking cellphone pics with them.

Is there a way to keep the roommate staying in my house without any other friends or lovers?  I want only ONE roommate who can stay with my sim, I don't welcome the randomly generated sims' visit as my sim is a celebrity sim. My sim needs a private space. I don't mind money thing. I just want to control only my sim and leave ONE roommate out of my control. Thanks.

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  • Psychotps's avatar
    Psychotps
    6 years ago
    @aodoherty

    It's a lot harder without MCCC... I'm not sure about the exact command for doing it from an NPC sim... The command is this...

    traits.remove_trait {trait name}

    But that only works for the Active sim. I suppose you could use cheat commands with testingcheats on to bring the NPC sim to your household, make them active, then use it... But that may mess up roommates.

    There might be a way to do it remotely, it didn't always work for me though...

    traits.remove_trait {trait name} {firstname} {lastname}
    or
    Sims.get_sim_id_by_name {simfirstname} {simlastname}
    traits.remove_trait {trait name} {simid}

    Not sure. MCCC is infinitely easier and always works.

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  • RavenLure's avatar
    RavenLure
    Rising Ace
    6 years ago

    Have you tried the lot trait Celebrity home? That is supposed to keep people out and from knocking at your door. I have never used it myself but maybe worth a try?

  • Psychotps's avatar
    Psychotps
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago

    @RavenLure 

    Problem with that is, I think if you have the Celebrity Home lot trait, don't you get a DEBUFF if you're not a celeb? Aren't there tourists showing up also? I don't remember, it's been a long time since I've used it.


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  • RavenLure's avatar
    RavenLure
    Rising Ace
    6 years ago

    @PsychotpsHe did say in the last paragraph that his sim is a celebrity

    "I don't welcome the randomly generated sims' visit as my sim is a celebrity sim. "

    They can show up just not knock on the door.. the only time they would be able too is if your sims know them. Then it might be good to mod down those friendships that are unwanted guests.

  • aodoherty's avatar
    aodoherty
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    @RavenLure I know what the celebrity home trait is. I was happy without a couple of paparazzi around my home with private space lot. As @Psychotps mentioned, I wouldn't welcome the tourists either as my sim needs a private place at least at home. If I set the lot trait to celebrity home, then paparazzi will be re-appeared again and now this time with even tourists. I will think about your suggestion. Thanks. 🙂
  • Psychotps's avatar
    Psychotps
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago

    Well, I really don't think you're going to control the roommate-girlfriend thing with lot traits.

    I've tried using roommates before and gave up since the whole system is rather broken. (Like most systems in the game) Could never keep one for more than a few days before they inexplicably left.

    Most of the roommate... I don't want to say "traits"... Quirks? Like bringing food all the time, playing the violin, are done by hidden traits. They are removed easily enough. You can look up what hidden traits a sim has with the ShowSimInfo mod, or with MCCC. MCCC will also let you remove both normal and hidden traits.

    If you have a sim that brings their girlfriend over all the time, use one of those two mods to see if they have some kind of "has-girlfriend" hidden trait, and remove it.

    Those traits are randomly assigned. So when I was playing Uni, If I see a few sims bring over food all the time, I usually remove the trait from all but one. (saves me from cooking all the time). Same thing with violin players. They're just annoying so I remove their trait for it.


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  • aodoherty's avatar
    aodoherty
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    @Psychotps Thanks for very helpful tip. 🙂 I don't like MCCC mod so, I'm using Sim info mod instead. But I don't know how to remove the hidden trait without MCCC. Is there any good way of cheating? Thanks a lot. :D
  • Psychotps's avatar
    Psychotps
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    @aodoherty

    It's a lot harder without MCCC... I'm not sure about the exact command for doing it from an NPC sim... The command is this...

    traits.remove_trait {trait name}

    But that only works for the Active sim. I suppose you could use cheat commands with testingcheats on to bring the NPC sim to your household, make them active, then use it... But that may mess up roommates.

    There might be a way to do it remotely, it didn't always work for me though...

    traits.remove_trait {trait name} {firstname} {lastname}
    or
    Sims.get_sim_id_by_name {simfirstname} {simlastname}
    traits.remove_trait {trait name} {simid}

    Not sure. MCCC is infinitely easier and always works.
  • aodoherty's avatar
    aodoherty
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    @Psychotps Thanks! I have that cheat on my wordpad. I can find the sim's id on show sims info mod easily. I'm not planning to get a roommate now but next time, I will use this cheat if I get one. :D
  • Psychotps's avatar
    Psychotps
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    @aodoherty I'll have to try it, for my own knowledge. The main problem is the simid, darn thing is like 14 or so digits and its a pain to type in.
  • aodoherty's avatar
    aodoherty
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago
    @Psychotps I wish I could be able to add or remove the hidden trait by shift clicking. I don't understand why Maxis made that annoying ID numbers..

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