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drcwosly's avatar
6 years ago

Roommates?

So, I bought a few packs to try and spice up this game. I bought City Living, Discover University, and Parenthood. I'll be honest, the main thing I was looking forward to was the roommate system since I tend to play one or two sim households. I figured having an NPC would be nice for company for my sims without too much hassle. Anyway, since I bought and installed these games I have not been able to get a roommate, at all. The option isn't grayed out or anything, I'm able to place an advertisement' I've done so on phone and computer. I know I have enough beds (I always add at least two beds since I've been reading that you need to have a bed for every active person in the house, then one for the roommates; I've been doing a LOT of research to try to find an answer to this problem, lol). However, I can wait for days and days and no roommate shows up. The first sim I made to try this feature out went through college, graduated, got a job, and got to the top of the career and never once did a roommate show up in that whole time. I figured it was because she lived in an apartment. I moved her out and into a house, still nothing. She became an adult and full adult life, no roommate showed up. I aged her back down, she went through being an adult again, and no roommate. I figured maybe it was her, so I tried a new sim. Same thing; no roommates show up. I'll, sometimes, get random people who show up but there is no "potential roommate" on their name. My sims greet them and they come in, nothing changes. I don't use mods, so I don't think it's that. I've tried apartments and houses; none of my sims have lived in a dorm yet. I've just tried everything I could think of. Is there any other thing I might be overlooking? Like I said, the main reason I bought these expansions was because I really wanted to play around with roommates, but I can't so it does put quite the damper on playing the game.

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  • Hi @drcwosly  :D I'm the same as you on this. I usually play a single Sim (with one or two pets) but I love having other NPC Sims around so I bought the Discover University pack largely just for the roommate game-play feature. I've tried advertising for a roommate with several of my Sim households, in different saves, different worlds, both with and without mods, and like you I have never had a single Potential Roommate respond to any of my ads. I know it works fine for others and I have yet to figure out why it won't work for me. I am Me Too with this thread.

    My solution has been to directly ask NPC Sims I wish to add as a roommate. If they meet the conditions of being in a single-Sim household and are currently homeless they will say yes and become your roommate (edit: you might also have to be currently advertising for a roommate for the Ask to be Roommate dialog option to show up). This works fine for me every time. At first I was still somewhat disappointed that the advertising for a roommate feature was not working, but the more I think about it the more I realize I would rather have an NPC townie friend as a roommate than a total stranger anyway. At least an acquaintance with preferable traits. 

    You might want to consider giving that a try. You could always directly ask an NPC Sim to gain one roommate and still leave the ad open to see if you can ever add a second roommate that way. You can start to enjoy the roommate game-play features while you continue to try to make the other part work. I love having roommates for the variety and randomness they add to my game. Btw- You might also wish to consider adding the Cats and Dogs EP for the same reason. Pets make awesome roommates! I think Cats & Dogs and Seasons are still my favorites :D

    Good luck, I hope this helps!

    P.S. I am hoping some other Simmer will add a post here with a solution that will help both of us! ;-D

  • Sid1701d9's avatar
    Sid1701d9
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago

    There are so many rules for Roomates I can see why it won't work.

    I tried to get roommate, sim moved to college house went to BU Other sim left to live in dorm, I wanted them to get together in college, but it didn't work because since she is in the dorm the guy can't move into the dorm and she can't move out automaticly.  I also wanted her to be roomates before they got married, but she kept denying my request.  I am sorry I got other people in the house that depend on me.  If there is any single sim not in a house looking for a place to live they will come 1 or 2 each day.  You must provide a way for them to satify there needs or they will leave quickly.