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5 years ago

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Can I change which sim is selected by default (Sims 4)

When I was making my sims, I accidentally made my sim's wife first and then I made my sim after that one. As a result whenever I enter my household, she is the sim that is pre selected. It is not a h...

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PoptartJuniper
5 years ago
@BravoGoon As far as I understand, the location in game on the panel is based on the sim age.

You can also save the household to the library and then add them back to the household in the order you want them, and delete the originals. Just don't forget to set their relationship again if you do this or they will no longer be married or mother/father to the children if not assigned.

This may not work though if the one sim has more days into their age than the one you want first.

PoptartJuniper

Hero (Retired)

5 years ago

@BravoGoon As far as I understand, the location in game on the panel is based on the sim age.

You can also save the household to the library and then add them back to the household in the order you want them, and delete the originals. Just don't forget to set their relationship again if you do this or they will no longer be married or mother/father to the children if not assigned.

This may not work though if the one sim has more days into their age than the one you want first.

BravoGoon
5 years ago
That is a smart idea, thanks. I do believe that has fixed my problem 🙂
valohim666
5 years ago
@PoptartJuniper Oh really? I'm not sure why I never noticed that the order was aged based lol. The Potion of Youth could help with your idea of using the library. It would be a way to get one sim younger than the other, and if the game doesn't rearrange the order automatically then move them back and forth between the library like you said.
Just one question though, how would you reapply the relationship status on consoles? Whenever I try to modify any sims' relationships it tells me "cannot edit pre-existing sims".
@simvasion It's too bad that doesn't prevent the game from switching back to the first sim when certain things reload the lot. Like modifying your sim in a mirror for example, once you finish that it automatically jumps back to control of the first sim. It's not a big deal by any means, but for someone that likes to change up their sims' clothes a lot I could see it being pretty annoying. Still, that is a good way to load into the household in control of the sim you want.
- PoptartJuniper
  Hero (Retired)
  5 years ago
  @valohim666 When you add library sims to a current household while in the CAS, you can set the household relationships again without cheats.
  
  Saving the current household in the CAS to the library, then downloading them from the library, delete the original household sims, and you can set the "new" sims with the correct relationships.
  - valohim666
    5 years ago
    @PoptartJuniper Oh cool thank you. I never tried doing anything like that so I wasn't sure if you would be able to set that again. That could come in handy in the future, especially when the game decides to create a random household of sims with the same last name but none of them are related lol.