Ah that makes sense! Like the way going through the story start of a Sim gives pre-existing skill levels, but with a bit more control… probably would have to be a cheat code because it seems a little silly to allow people to create maxed skills without them, but I definitely see the point.
And then another layer on top of that would be setting Sims relationship with each other - I think that actually does exist as a cheat code though?
Yes. But as for it being a cheat, I was hoping for it be on a menu instead of having to play the household. Like its own CAS-type of... "room" or mode? And yeah, maxing skills would be considered a cheat, but that would depend on who utilizes it. I, myself, would just bump a couple of skills to 2-3 levels like other pre-made townies, as well as give them careers that can be either available for the players, or NPC careers like being a food stall vendor, or a street performer, or one of the professors in Britechester and/or Foxbury. The latter idea being difficult to configure as there's a lot of steps to do just for them to have NPC careers and function. Instead, if it's a permitted job, it can be toggled easily through, as I've mentioned, some sort of menu or mode similar to Create-A-Sim.
What you're asking for reminds me of SimPE for Sims 2. It wasn't anything that EA was involved with, it was a fan made program, but it had a lot of editing features for so many different aspects of the game. You could edit everything from objects, to sims, to neighborhoods, and so many things. It's a shame something like that doesn't exist for Sims 4, because I remember using SimPE like crazy.
I think the closest thing you will find to that in Sims 4 would be MCCC. It has a lot of sim editing options, some of which are things you mentioned. So if you play on PC, maybe give MCCC a try.
Now that would've been interesting, yeah! We have S4PE, but I don't know to what extent it does to the game. I have MCCC as well, but they do not adjust the relationship of the sims outside familial (spouse, siblings, children, etc.). It's almost a decade and no one has yet to plan and create such a program. It'd be very, very useful indeed. If you don't know about S4PE, perhaps you could check it out? I don't know what it does exactly yet, but if it's good, I'll use it as well. ^_^
