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GameGirl2168a
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2 months ago

Question re: Pack Pre-made Families

I'm curious if there's a relatively easy way to get all of the pre-made families for each of the packs, in their original forms and with their original stats, as Maxis made them? Or is this something I would need to do by researching the The Sims Wiki Fandom and scouring the Gallery?

I'm asking because, while I've been playing The Sims (1) since the first year of it's release, I've only recently discovered the main pre-made families actually have really fun back stories. Though I won't be returning to the previous The Sims iterations to try to locate and 're-settle' those pre-made families, I would like to do so (as much as possible) with The Sims 4 families. (For the record, I own all of the different EPs, GP, Stuff Packs, Kits, DLC, etc. for each The Sims iteration. And yup, I still have all the original game CDs for the earlier versions, too. I know, I'm 'that person'.)

Thank in advance for any help and suggestions. 😊

  • I have a suggestion.. You can start a new game (don't worry, your old game can be loaded at the main menu afterwards). Once you are in the new game it will have all the original families. You can go into the households that you want and then save that family to your gallery. Same goes for the lots. Hope this helps. You can even delete the "new game" and what you have in your gallery will remain. 

  • I have a suggestion.. You can start a new game (don't worry, your old game can be loaded at the main menu afterwards). Once you are in the new game it will have all the original families. You can go into the households that you want and then save that family to your gallery. Same goes for the lots. Hope this helps. You can even delete the "new game" and what you have in your gallery will remain. 

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      GameGirl2168a
      New Vanguard

      Thank you, Piney_Cones, for that great suggestion. I hadn't even considered doing that, mostly because I've only ever kept one save file. (I really like having access to all my families, regardless of which world they're in, at once.) I will do this immediately. 

      Wish me luck!

      Edit: Hooray! It worked! Thank you so much for that fantastic idea, Piney_Cones! You saved me so much time.