Autonomy players?

Actually i've never tried to just step back and watch... maybe i'll try it one of this days...

I never play completely like this, but I try to have a day or at least a few hours during a sim week where I let my sims do whatever. Some of my sims have more freedom regarding this than others. Not too much happens, but I like seeing sweet interactions among family members. I also have a lot of mods in my game, which help a bit I think.

"BettyNewbie1;d-988313" wrote:
I turn to autonomy that is full, and just watch the family. I really only intervene when they step too out of bounds with my idea for this story. Autonomy works fine for me, if I first play while the husband and wife meet, they pretty much stick to tasks that are mundane, or the hobbies I first played for them. Sometimes I pin whims, and they get around to them (this may be coincidental.)
Autonomous households stick on short lives, I won't get bored this way.

Any fun stories, or why you don't like this game play.

I do the same thing. It’s not much of a simulator if you dictate everything.

I do this sometimes, but I can't do it on a regular basis for all sims that I play. I tried it full-time once as an experiment, but I burned out on that idea.

Edit: What I mean is that I do play with autonomy on all the time, and many times I do let things play out however they happen, but I don't let all of my sims do whatever they want all the time without any input from me at all.

I keep autonomy turned on, but I give my Sims very little autonomy in reality. I am constantly cancelling the actions they want to do, which are usually browse the web, or troll teh forums, or get water. I would get bored very quickly if I just had to sit and watch them. But sometimes they choose to do something really interesting that I wouldn't have thought of, so I do enjoy keeping autonomy on.

No, I pretty much micromanage my sims, I pause a lot. Once in awhile in a large family, I will see a grandmother or mother doing nice things for their chikdren/grandchildren.

To give a few specific examples, through autonomy and mods I've had (again, nothing too big):
- a groom-to-be get up early and cook breakfast for his future in-laws
- what looked like my legacy's wild sim child teach another child how to curse out bullies (he told her about something sad that happened to him, she ranted and cursed due to a phase, he cursed back, they cheered)
- a baby conceived
- a sim decide to pick up the violin and learn it to mastery as a late night hobby
- a teenager complain to her "evil, " easily stressed father about malicious commenters trolling her online, making him angry/want to fight

I've tried full autonomy and couldn't stand it. lol. I'm content to leave other Sims in a household to take care of themselves, but I have to control MY Sim. I get so annoyed if they wander off and do something when I want them to do something else.

"haneul;c-17844934" wrote:
To give a few specific examples, through autonomy and mods I've had (again, nothing too big):
- a groom-to-be get up early and cook breakfast for his future in-laws
- what looked like my legacy's wild sim child teach another child how to curse out bullies (he told her about something sad that happened to him, she ranted and cursed due to a phase, he cursed back, they cheered)
- a baby conceived
- a sim decide to pick up the violin and learn it to mastery as a late night hobby
- a teenager complain to her "evil, " easily stressed father about malicious commenters trolling her online, making him angry/want to fight

I'm trying to write correct words, your game sounds very dramatic! I love this. I've always played console. Did micromanage on The Sims 2, but it was an adventure aswell, so constant change. When I got four, it was not very adventure type, so I let loose. I will admit I've sounded like a woman yelling at wheel of fortune participants with college student sims!

I actually prefer to play this way. That way if I need to get some food, something to drink, or use the bathroom I know with the Sims 4 at least they will never die. I play big households too so autonomy is a must for gameplay.