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candiecoatediv's avatar
candiecoatediv
Seasoned Ace
30 days ago

Successful Rotational Gameplay without MODS

I started a rotational gameplay save prior to Lovestruck. I used mods to help set up relationships between the neighbors and managing some aspects of the game like aging, pregnancies, skill etc to help create backstories. I do not use mods anymore as I do not have the patience nor the motivation to keep up with updates as lots of mods end up not being properly managed and get abandoned by their creators too often. 

I noticed when Lovestruck released my families and their relationships took a huge hit when I was not actively playing them. I would play one family for about 4-5 sim days then move on to the next. When I would load the marriages always ended up in divorce or I was constantly having to rebuild their relationships because the decay was rapidly decreasing. Even with the use of UI cheats it was still a daunting task. I eventually shelved the save and haven't touched it since. 

Now that I no longer use mods I am wondering if anything has improved with tuning relationships so they aren't deteriorating at a rapid pace, are they more manageable now with any updates? Are there tips to going back into rotational play to prevent relationship decay or should I abandon the save entirely and give up playing rotationally? I am cleaning out my saves I have stored and I am checking to see if anything has changed. 

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7 Replies

  • HollownessDevour's avatar
    HollownessDevour
    Seasoned Ace
    30 days ago

    I thought I read they were investigating relationship decay being too sensitive (and in reference to the complaints that it plummet for non-active households). And that they were going to adjust, but I am not sure if I happened or became backburner.

  • CGrant56's avatar
    CGrant56
    Hero+
    30 days ago

    candiecoatediv​ One thing you can do is to have your sims earn the Beloved trait by completing the Friend of the World aspiration.  After earning the trait, the sim's relationships will never decay.  They will still go down when you do things that cause relationship or romantic decay like mean socials or breakups.  The downside to that trait is that relationship culling will no longer occur for that sim and you end up with a lot of sims in the relationship panel.

    Hope this helps.

  • candiecoatediv's avatar
    candiecoatediv
    Seasoned Ace
    30 days ago

    Thank you. The sounds like it could work but I would have to do that for every sim in my families I am assuming. 

  • candiecoatediv's avatar
    candiecoatediv
    Seasoned Ace
    30 days ago

    It would be nice if they did or are still working on it. I am going to check the bug forum. 

  • CGrant56's avatar
    CGrant56
    Hero+
    30 days ago

    candiecoatediv​  It depends on how you play.  For instance, have one sim earn the trait and every sim he meets and is in your sim's relationship panel will always maintain friendship or romance levels until they die or you force the relationships to go up/down through socials or other actions you initiate.  All those other sims will never lose either friendship or romance with your sim but all the relationships with other sims in their panel will continue to decay.  If you play a single household, you don't have to have other sims earn the trait.  But if you play multiple households rotationally, then you'll probably want to have at least one sim in each household earn the trait.  Or you could just have them all earn it.  Fwiw, I do have every sim earn the trait, usually as a child, because it makes life so much easier later on in their lives. 

    HollownessDevour​ Romantic Satisfaction is a different thing but is is related.  It does not cause the friendship and Romance bars really.  Bars can stay at 100% and Romantic Satisfaction will still decay.  Its value is hidden.  To keep it at a high level, you have to almost continuously pay attention to your romantic partner by using romance socials with them, all day. everyday.  But I do agree that it is like the romance and friendship bars.  All decay too quickly if you don't talk to sims often enough.  

    Hope this helps.

  • HollownessDevour's avatar
    HollownessDevour
    Seasoned Ace
    30 days ago

    I am fine with romantic satisfactions (I am trying to help the OP), as I only play 1 household pretty much, but rotational players have it plummet when they are on another household, it should stay until you go back to that household.

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