Are you finding the current story progression working for your style of play.

I actually like Neighborhood Stories better than MCCC. It’s easier to customize and less aggressive.

I don't understand what neighborhood stories are, nor where they are to be found in the game.

I LOVE it! I'm so happy they finally introduced a proper story progression and townies aren't just aging up and dying without doing anything with their lives.

"catmando830;c-18139423" wrote:
I don't understand what neighborhood stories are, nor where they are to be found in the game.

If you go to manage worlds and manage neigbours you can choose if they can have babies/adopt kids/pets change jobs /retire / move in/out or have accidental deaths. If you click on the mailbox in your game and choose view neighbourhood stories it will let you know what is happening. You have to click several times to see all the stories

"cyncie;c-18139392" wrote:
I actually like Neighborhood Stories better than MCCC. It’s easier to customize and less aggressive.

That is what I was trying to get across. I do like other aspects of MCCC though like the dresser and being able to click on a sim to see who they are married or have kids, even there parents. I also like the cheats for upping alien abductions etc. I just find the multiple partners in relationships over the top.

Personally, having tried both MCCC and Neighborhood Stories... I don't like either one.

MCCC, as you observed, moves people around and creates some really crazy, messed up families. Neighborhood Stories isn't quite as bad, but I found it was too aggressive in moving, having kids and especially killing off sims for my taste.

In the end maybe I'm just too much of a control freak. I've turned both off except for a few specific cases where I'll turn Neighborhood Stories on briefly and then turn it off again when I've accomplished what I wanted (like when I wanted all the families in Henford to adopt pets but didn't want to hand-make them).

I've only used MCCC for like a month, didn't like it much. I used neighbourhood stories for a little while, but it doesn't suit my main rotational save so turned it off (too aggressive with everything). However I'm using it in my legacy save and relatively happy with it. The problem is that it doesn't pair up sims romantically, so it only keeps some family lines going through adoption.

"musteni;c-18139507" wrote:
I've only used MCCC for like a month, didn't like it much. I used neighbourhood stories for a little while, but it doesn't suit my main rotational save so turned it off (too aggressive with everything). However I'm using it in my legacy save and relatively happy with it. The problem is that it doesn't pair up sims romantically, so it only keeps some family lines going through adoption.

hmm I thought it did pair up, I do know that it will move the kids out sometimes and I thought if there was some romance, so maybe taking some sims with you to the romance festival would do it.

"verlainem;c-18139509" wrote:

"musteni;c-18139507" wrote:
I've only used MCCC for like a month, didn't like it much. I used neighbourhood stories for a little while, but it doesn't suit my main rotational save so turned it off (too aggressive with everything). However I'm using it in my legacy save and relatively happy with it. The problem is that it doesn't pair up sims romantically, so it only keeps some family lines going through adoption.

hmm I thought it did pair up, I do know that it will move the kids out sometimes and I thought if there was some romance, so maybe taking some sims with you to the romance festival would do it.

Sims sometimes ask if they should go on a date, but I've read they get no romance bar (haven't checked this). Also haven't seen any sims move together. I'm on generation two and I only get adopted babies now. Sims live with their siblings that NBS generated while their parents were alive. The adopted babies get added there and it's a big happy family.

The best thing (to me) about Neighborhood Stories is being able to turn it completely off if one doesn't want it, and being able to customize it if one does want it. As @cyncie said, it's definitely easier to customize, but I personally prefer the broader and finer amount of control I can get with MCCC. However, it does require learning what does what (and what doesn't do what). It can be aggressive, but it doesn't have to be.

For example, in most of my saves I don't use the moving in/out settings on a regular basis, but whenever I do (for occasional purposes in some saves), I can fine-tune them to my own preferences. I also don't let MCCC handle marriages (or other relationships) on a regular basis. I do let it handle random pregnancies, but the pregnancy chance percentages are low enough to prevent it getting out of hand while also being high enough to keep my saves populated. I also don't allow them to be completely random; my settings are based on whether or not the sims chosen for potential pregnancy have ever woohoo'd together. Sims in romantic relationships, whether it be BF/GF or other SO types, engaged couples, or married couples, are considered by MCCC to have woohoo'd at least once, whether or not they actually did. That's still better than the game picking random couples without regard to their sexual preferences or without their ever having met.

If you have no interest in experimenting to find your own best settings to suit your style with MCCC, I'd definitely recommend experimenting with Neighborhood Stories instead. Assuming you do enjoy at least some of the elements of "story progression" in the first place, of course. :)