When I began playing this game back in 2012 I didn't really know what to do with it. So, I began looking for 'tips' online as to get some sort of idea as to how other people played. One piece of 'Good Posted Advice' I came across was this:"When creating Sims, create a bunch of them all at one time. Create some to keep in your library, it will eventually save you time in the future as your game progresses."Fast Forward to today.https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/b5f9/9hxuqynybqqcz5g6g.jpgThe kind of game I play is very realistically detailed. I find I am always in need of Sims to fill one role or another. Or, to be trained as support (back-up) if one of my main world Sims should die or heaven forbid corrupt. To date I have almost 800 Sims spanning many worlds. Some of those Sims were born, others of them were re-made from original townies, some were downloaded from other Simmers; but most were created by me. I have spent a lot of time over the years stopping my game play because I now needed a Sim to fill a role which wasn't in existence when I began the save. In hindsight, If I had only heeded the advice someone took the time to post, I could have saved myself an enormous amount of lost gaming time.So, what's your story? What good advice did you come across which didn't seem valuable at the time but in hindsight proved to be right on the money?

Save your simoleons, don't add all the high-end appliances and major house expansions or you'll go broke, won't be able to pay the bills, will lose the stuff you bought to the Repo-man and will have to take out loans, which you'll probably forget to pay. :blush: I make this mistake too often. lolMy sims are having an interesting start to their life.But I guess some of the houses do need major upgrades if your sims are having little ones.Also - Don't give your sims fertility treatments if you don't want twins or triplets lol. Not that I haven't followed that... twins are a fun challenge.

"mw1525;d-973629" wrote:The kind of game I play is very realistically detailed. I find I am always in need of Sims to fill one role or another. Or, to be trained as support (back-up) if one of my main world Sims should die or heaven forbid corrupt. To date I have almost 800 Sims spanning many worlds. Some of those Sims were born, others of them were re-made from original townies, some were downloaded from other Simmers; but most were created by me. I have spent a lot of time over the years stopping my game play because I now needed a Sim to fill a role which wasn't in existence when I began the save. In hindsight, If I had only heeded the advice someone took the time to post, I could have saved myself an enormous amount of lost gaming time.Do you keep all these back-up sims in your library at all times? Doesn't it slow down the game?

It doesn't but it eats a LOT of memory. I think I have around 45GB of saved sims myself.

@StephSteb - I think a you're in good company with this one (including myself) :D.

You can buy the “no bills ever” lifetime reward for 15,000 lifetime happiness points. I didn’t use mods for a long time, mainly because I didn’t trust myself to install them properly. I’d tried installing a couple but hadn’t done it properly. Now, having looked it all up, I have several NRAAS ones installed. They’re pretty useful.

Hindsight 20/20 - What Good Advice Were You Given and Ignored?

DollyGizzy
5 years ago
Save your simoleons, don't add all the high-end appliances and major house expansions or you'll go broke, won't be able to pay the bills, will lose the stuff you bought to the Repo-man and will have to take out loans, which you'll probably forget to pay. :blush:
I make this mistake too often. lol

My sims are having an interesting start to their life.
But I guess some of the houses do need major upgrades if your sims are having little ones.

Also - Don't give your sims fertility treatments if you don't want twins or triplets lol. Not that I haven't followed that... twins are a fun challenge.
zeyneph
5 years ago
"mw1525;d-973629" wrote:

The kind of game I play is very realistically detailed. I find I am always in need of Sims to fill one role or another. Or, to be trained as support (back-up) if one of my main world Sims should die or heaven forbid corrupt. To date I have almost 800 Sims spanning many worlds. Some of those Sims were born, others of them were re-made from original townies, some were downloaded from other Simmers; but most were created by me. I have spent a lot of time over the years stopping my game play because I now needed a Sim to fill a role which wasn't in existence when I began the save. In hindsight, If I had only heeded the advice someone took the time to post, I could have saved myself an enormous amount of lost gaming time.

Do you keep all these back-up sims in your library at all times? Doesn't it slow down the game?
Cornwallfr
5 years ago
It doesn't but it eats a LOT of memory. I think I have around 45GB of saved sims myself.
mw1525
Seasoned Newcomer
5 years ago
@StephSteb - I think a you're in good company with this one (including myself) :D.
Lucy_Henley
New Spectator
5 years ago
You can buy the “no bills ever” lifetime reward for 15,000 lifetime happiness points.

I didn’t use mods for a long time, mainly because I didn’t trust myself to install them properly. I’d tried installing a couple but hadn’t done it properly. Now, having looked it all up, I have several NRAAS ones installed. They’re pretty useful.
carlystur
5 years ago
@StephSteb @mw1525 - Yep. Me, too, with mods! :lol: I, too, was worried that'd I'd mess my game up. Now, I've got more than I ever thought existed before I started using them. :tongue:
CIaritea
5 years ago
The advice I keep ignoring is to get a proper PC built for gaming.
That's great advice about creating several sims at once. I'll keep that in mind.
SimplyJen
Rising Spectator
5 years ago
"JACKIEJOY;c-17434032" wrote:
Wait for the sales. Still don't. So much money not saved.

^

Same here. When it comes to certain games... I just can't wait for sales. :/ *shrug*
omgyamisocringe
New Spectator
5 years ago
I think it was just a saying in hindsight, but it's something I didn't even think was a major loss. It was me not backing up my files. I was still new to modding and how to save progress, so whenever I'd upload content to TS3 official site, I'd never expected my stuff to be removed without my consent, I thought I'd get a notification or some sort of warning. I learned the hard way when my favorite sim families and community lots were gone from my timeline and that there were error links implying that had third-party related content. I was so mad, because my game had randomly deleted things without my knowledge, so that was my go to spot, and then :disappointed: , man.
omgyamisocringe
New Spectator
5 years ago
@mw1525 Yes, even for the stuff I do upload, I save. But I haven't had the urge to build anything in this version since that incident (too paranoid :D) Looking at the content that's shared, I can kind of see how mine got picked through the bunch of other creators, but hey, it is what it is.??‍♀️