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My current sim works in the military, so I wake him up at 4, he makes the bed, then he eats, does the dishes, and any leftover time he spends watching videos on his phone.If he doesnt work, he usually sleeps in until 7-8, same deal with the making the bed, eating etc., and then works on his skills.His girlfriend just moved in at the end of my last play session though so that all may change ;)

I use NRaas Relativity mod to slow down the game clock, so my sims have more time to do things. That was the biggest thing about the game I didn't like, and I probably wouldn't still be playing if it weren't for Relativity. My current household consists of a husband/father in the medical career, who leaves for work at 8 AM, a wife/mother in the music career, who doesn't have to go to work until mid-afternoon, a child-aged daughter, who leaves for school at 8 AM, and a toddler daughter. The school aged daughter gets up around 5 AM and spends probably an hour in the bathtub having a submarine adventure. Her parents usually get up about an hour later. When the parents get up, the first thing they do is make the bed, each on their own side, then share a kiss and an amorous hug. Then, while the father uses the toilet and showers, the mother gets the toddler up, bathed with the changing table, and dressed, then makes breakfast. While waiting for breakfast, after their shower/submarine adventure, the father works on his latest novel, and the daughter may go outside to play, bake with the toy oven, or play at the blocks table with her little sister. As soon as the mother has breakfast cooked, sets it down on the counter, and heads for the toddler, to put her in her highchair, the father and older daughter stop what they're doing and go into the bathroom or kitchen to wash their hands for breakfast. They eat around 7:30. As soon as each family member is finished eating, the father gets the toddler out of the high chair, the mother puts away the leftovers, and the older daughter cleans up the table and puts the dishes in the dishwasher. Then the father and daughter leave for work and school.If it weren't for Relativity, my sims would not be washing their hands at all, because with normal sims time, there is no way they can spend half an hour washing their hands three times a day, and still get everything else done that they need to. The same goes for bathing or changing babies and toddlers with the changing station, and several other things there is no time for them to do at the normal clock speed.

I use relativity mod, but it still seems like time goes by too quickly.What do you set yours to?

@Springfairy556 Until recently, I was setting Relativity's "set speed" at 28, but now I'm using 19, and I like it a lot better. At 28, my sims still didn't have time to do the little things like washing their hands. I am able to play them much more like real life now. There is an issue though, with Relativity at 19 and cheap beds. With cheap beds they will be sleepy much too early at the end of the day, and if you send them to bed when they are sleepy, they will wake up too early the next day. Early in a new game, when my sims don't have a lot of money, I use the bed from UL that only costs a little more than the cheap base game beds, but it has a much higher sleep rating. They will still get sleepy a bit earlier than they should be going to bed in order to get up at the same time every morning, but not so much early that they can't stand to stay up until bedtime. I send them to bed around 10 PM for a 5 AM waking time.I don't change any other settings in Relativity, only set speed.

Normal sims get up 2 hours before they have to leave. They shower, eat what’s in the fridge (if there’s nothing they eat cerials or bread) and that’s about it. Pets are taken care of when they get home, not in the morning necessarily.(normal sims I say because genies - a life state I played for a long time - are much faster, since they don’t have to take a shower and nor do others in their household)

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CubicVoyage11
8 years ago
My male sim is a horse trainer, and he has six horses right now. So he's up quite early, around 3 AM. He grooms his horses, then starts training as soon as he's done. I use testing cheats enabled to make sure he doesn't have any interruptions - like food and bathroom breaks - and he'll usually get through all of his horse training within the morning hours unless there's a green horse that needs more time. His wife takes care of her needs, writes a few comic books, makes the daily meal, skills up the toddlers if they have any, and just kind of keeps the house clean. She will also train the horses to give her hubby a break, and sell them. The kids go to school asap. That's my sim's morning :)
NikkeiSimmer
Legend
8 years ago
1. Get out of bed.
2. Get dressed
3. Make a frantic run for the front door.

Yeah...they generally get up in a state of confusion... Just like the Watcher.
graceymanors
Legend
8 years ago
"Nikkei_Simmer;c-16541048" wrote:
1. Get out of bed.
2. Get dressed
3. Make a frantic run for the front door.

Yeah...they generally get up in a state of confusion... Just like the Watcher.

lol
ILoveMyOreo
Rising Vanguard
8 years ago
My sims who are athletes, police or military get up early and jog to work.
LunBeauty
8 years ago
I use Nraas Relativity, so each second turns into 10 seconds giving my sims more time to do what they need. I try to keep it as routine as possible, but in my bigger families it's a little harder when there's more sims than bathrooms, so I do something along the lines of this.

1. I designate one sim to cook breakfast, I alternate day by day.
2. I like having 3 full bathrooms in a house. So I let the sims who need it the most use the bathroom and shower. I don't do baths unless my sims roll the want for it and never in the mornings before work and school.
3. The other sims whose bathroom needs are full are usually the ones who go around the house making the beds.
4. Usually by that time breakfast is done cooking and I call everyone to the meal and they sit down to eat.
5. Everyone wants to try and clean up the dishes, which can create annoying traffic jams, so I just designate it to one sim and assign something else to the rest of them until work or school starts.
qRebiix
8 years ago
nope. new things happen every day.
Mused
8 years ago
I know I'm a bit late to the game since Sims 3 has been out for a long time, but I've just started playing without cheating to change my sims' motives. Holy crap, this game is hard now! My family has 6 kids - all children now, thankfully - and they sleep until 7am, then go straight to school. Breakfast/bathroom needs happen at school. Mom is at the top of the sports agent career, and dad is at the top of the video game developer career so they don't have to be at work until noon and they alternate days off most days. Whoever stays home cleans the house and makes dinner. Mom is a witch so she also casts restoration ritual before leaving for work. I have the kids in ballet/scouts/whatever after school, so they get home late. There's just enough time to eat dinner and do homework, and maybe do some random fun stuff, before going to bed again.

Playing without cheats makes it harder than it sounds - or maybe its just because I've spent like 10 years maxing out their motives all the time :D I have those little floor hygienator thingies everywhere and that helps a lot, because I definitely wouldn't have time to make everyone shower in the morning. Usually on Sundays, I send everyone to the spa and have mom fix ambrosia. The boost from both of those buffs for the week is super helpful. Their poor little garden has been untouched for a loooooong time though..
Amphorasims
New Spectator
8 years ago
My sim is a lifeguard at the beach for the morning shift so this is pretty much how her days go:
Wake up and get dressed.
https://78.media.tumblr.com/49f9ef9820447649eae5616de61a478c/tumblr_inline_pajxxmiE421vhkp6x_540.jpg
Regret buying that old dresser you found at the thrift store...
https://78.media.tumblr.com/b0d3faccab4f6e9e4be4c461e7c770d1/tumblr_inline_pajxyoW9mR1vhkp6x_540.jpg

Survey the beach...
https://78.media.tumblr.com/e6427bedf71f534035d8bf9509c49a09/tumblr_inline_pajy6uJil51vhkp6x_540.jpg

Save drowning sims...
https://78.media.tumblr.com/e1b7d78a68867982441872df75874505/tumblr_inline_pajy7dMN9B1vhkp6x_540.jpg

Give CPR to police officer aliens.
https://78.media.tumblr.com/2e5e489caebb7727813154927afcba06/tumblr_inline_pajy7uA3Rj1vhkp6x_540.jpg
And get hit on by police officer aliens.
https://78.media.tumblr.com/7ad4e2102e1356b930f15487623ce774/tumblr_inline_pajy84vXei1vhkp6x_540.jpg

Pretty normal stuff, all things considered :p
graceymanors
Legend
8 years ago
That police officer alien is cute.XD
Amphorasims
New Spectator
8 years ago
"Springfairy556;c-16545712" wrote:
That police officer alien is cute.XD

Oh I agree. But he also has the loser trait sooo...
Cats attack him and he cries.
https://78.media.tumblr.com/ae3da284dc35570adc68ceacc9fc6b14/tumblr_pai117ItCq1xq9hdmo1_540.jpg

https://78.media.tumblr.com/42c5e9d21ee2a92fb43a1b2b7f7f81f2/tumblr_pai117ItCq1xq9hdmo2_540.jpg

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