Rotational Play, Mods Questions, etc.

@Cinebar Just to present another side, I play without story progression - either EA's or another - and I don't have any problems. Yes, the game will put unemployed sims in a job when they're not in the active household, but your idea of giving them a self-employed career does work and is what I always do. They could develop some skills (usually athletic and musical instruments, charisma if they already have at least a point) when you're not looking or gain some new friends - or maybe lose one - but not much else ever happens. They won't move houses, leave town, have kids, get divorced, change jobs, etc., etc. I also turn off aging most of the time and age up with birthday cakes. If it gets to be too many households to handle that way, I turn it on selectively for a few days. I do think that would be easier to handle with NRaas SP.

As to why I've done it this way, when I decided to play with SP off, EA's SP was still moving people out of town right and left, and I didn't think my then computer would handle NRaas SP (it would now, but I'm too lazy to change how I play).