"Turjan;c-17377812" wrote:
"Nikkei_Simmer;c-17377798" wrote:
I’ve thought about it but I find that the sim gets rather lonely regardless of whether I give him the loner trait or not.
Give him the Computer Whiz trait. He'll be sitting at the computer all day and and fulfill his social needs in online chats :smiley: .
I love that trait for some of my more non-social Sims. :) The insane trait is also useful for single Sims to avoid loneliness. Sims can talk to themselves and raise both fun and social that way too. You could also use Vials of Bliss/Potent Bliss if you learn alchemy or have an elixir consignment shop in town, which is what I tend to do for my author Sims. Or play as a single Simbot—they can talk to the kitchen appliances, haha. How about an insane loner Simbot computer whiz? :lol:
@Evalen — Most of my saves have overstuffed households, but I do have a couple saves where I’m playing only one Sim. They tend to be career or skill-focused Sims or have more unusual story lines to avoid boredom.
In one, my Sim is homeless in Appaloosa Plains. Dotty dumpster dives and sells her finds, goes fishing, gets produce from a community garden, cooks fish and veggies on a fire pit at the park, sleeps/showers at the fire station, and works a PT job at the bookstore. On rainy or snowy days, she spends time at the library reading and skilling. She has the insane trait, so she can talk to herself and not ever be lonely, but she also socializes with the neighborhood cats. Once she can afford a nice little house, she’s going to adopt many, many stray cat companions, since she's also a cat person and knows what it's like not to have a real home either.
She did get pregnant (she’d gotten a partial Uni scholarship and had a brief romance there), and after she’d returned home she gave birth outside on her small empty lot in a cold autumn rainstorm. Since winter was coming and she didn’t have the resources to properly care for the child, she gave up the baby. (The description for the Marshall family in AP says they always wanted a child, but were unable to have them. So I had them “adopt” Dotty’s daughter.) But Dotty has a good relationship with them all, visits her daughter often to teach her toddler skills, and sometimes sleeps over and cooks for the family. She’ll be working in the culinary career once she completes her degree. When Dotty nears the end of her lifespan, I likely will move her daughter in and continue from there.