Re: Potential Roommates Never Show Up

@RandomBuzziness If the sims have a high enough friendship they will use the bathroom and not be embarrassed or shoo, last I knew. I wouldn't worry about that. Same goes for sharing a double bed.

Sounds like the roommate is doing fantastic! I expect there are are a number of factors that can effect various aspects of the roommate situation. And in my experience of Sims there seems to be a bit of random chaos factored into the algorithm with certain traits and situations. I'm a micromanager in my game, so having sims I cannot control in my home is a bit unnerving - and a great way to mix things up. Anyway, whatever the known and unknown factors are, your roommate and sim seem to be a great match!

As far as the non-answered ad, you could try taking it down, leaving the lot/game, re-entering the lot maybe make sure there is an extra bed plus all of those items you mentioned that you have for the current roommate (the dresser, bedside table and desk). Then put the ad back up again. I'm playing a different save now and am finding running the ad isn't working so great when I leave the lot with one of the sims. Also, it can take 1-3 days for them to start to come, then they taper off more if I don't pick one for a while, it seems. Anyway, a few things you can try.

Looking forward to hearing more! The information your shared is very helpful and well tested. Thanks!

@RandomBuzziness In order to keep a thread in General Information on the subject this chat is not being merged. But... please also check on the bug report about getting and keeping roommates. You could add your information/troubleshooting there and 'me too' it to help others and for EA to have it with the Bug Report. Thanks!

Bug report on  getting and keeping roommates: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-DU-Roommates-complain-and-leave-after-24-hours/m-p/8442055

That's an excellent suggestion @SheriGR 🙂 I still have not been able to get any random applicants to act on my Roommates Wanted ads. I've tried cancelling and starting new ads, I've tried both travelling off lot and staying put. I even tried moving to a new location but that did not help either, plus in the process I lost the roommate I already had. The house my Sim is currently living in has 3 bedrooms (with 4 beds) with my Sim as the lone occupant. There are no lot traits on the lot. There shouldn't be any issue with the house or lot. I still get plenty of random visitors, usually 2 to 4 every day, so there should not be any routing problems. Typically the visitors are friends or acquaintances; however, on other occasions they are NPC strangers, but none of them are ever tagged as Potential Roommates. Am I missing something there? Should I be seeing this tag for random applicants?

While I am wishing that this part had worked out better so far, I am not at all disappointed with the Roommate system overall. I am able to directly ask other Sims to be a roommate with no problems whatsoever. I had zero issues with my old roommate (either by something I was doing right or by just plain luck) and in every way she acted just like I was hoping a roommate would act. She's still a homeless NPC in my game so I do have the option of asking her again to be a roommate, which I think I might just go ahead and do. It might be interesting to see if she'll still be a happy roommate the second time around and in a new location. I'll also probably just go ahead and ask another homeless NPC to be a 2nd roommate. I am very curious to see how having multiple roommates will work out & at this point asking someone directly seems to be the only way I will ever get another roommate.

@RandomBuzziness Well, this stuff is definitely interesting! I had 3-4 roommates at the same time okay - I was just at my 10 sims limit. I had one leave  a couple of times and just put the ad back up, called them on the phone and invited them over and re-asked them again.

I have been playing another of my households and put an ad in for a roommate over the last couple of days. I'm waiting for a particular sim to come or walk by, but I have had several a day turn up at or in the house that were marked as 'Potential Roommate'.

So weird. Do you have all beds assigned to sims (check by hovering over the bed to see if the assignment stuck - I find it usually takes several times of assigning for some, which is annoying)? Maybe you could try adding a private room with the bed, desk, dresser and bedside table and leave that for the ad applicant? 

@RandomBuzziness You make a very good point that since there are obviously issues that many are having getting (and keeping) roommates it's a good plan to not be concerned and to basically go with what's working for now. And you have had some great success with your roommates. 🙂