How do you start a new game?

You might want to try a challenge. I'm doing the 100 baby challenge and it's a lot of fun. The other thing I like to do is play rotationally. I make a bunch of different families I want to play and put them all into the same game save file and turn aging off. Then I play each of them for two days and when I get to the last one I turn aging on for 2 days so they've all gone up two days by the time I get to them again. I give each file a totally different storyline and I do different careers so that I can try out all the different careers and stuff.

Might help to have a challenge or look for one where you can alter the rules to make them what you prefer, me though I like a story in mind or to make one with the character playing with cc. Mccc helps too as I usually let it mess with unplayed sims a few days of just basic simming with a family popping out kids then I may have things to choose from if nothing comes to mind. Lilsimsie and plumbella have save files and instructions for installing them with new sims and builds or makeovers I think Plumbella put more work into hers but just playing there and then having my own saves is fun aside from taking a break and thinking of stuff I might want to play out. If nothing works then maybe you just enjoy starting fresh a lot which is nice too just to use them for a little while before you move on.

One other thing have a save file set for long, and full seasons if you have seasons, then have another save for the middle setting and another save that is the shortest bounce between them and see if stories keep you going or just have a legacy. Set a goal for a sim week or two if you're still interested keep adding more time and when it's done it's done.

I don't think there is a wrong way to play. I do different things and have a few game saves.

First I started a new generational family just a few days ago. My goal is 10 generations. I was half way there with my old game but the hubby had the computer hardware updated and I lost my game files. So I start with a couple and randomize their look. Start with a starter home and build it as the family grows.

In another game I play with pre-mades bcuz I really some of them and want to get to know them better and see where their story goes.

When new content is introduced I start a new game and try out the new stuff with one sim.

I have more but I don't stick to just one game one family. It can get boring when I play the same family for long periods of time. Which is probably why it takes me forever to do generational play bcuz I don't constantly play the same family. I play roationally and I play with various Sims of all shapes colors sizes and occult.

I don't usually start a new game unless I have a specific idea in mind, but ideas for me can vary widely. It can be as simple as "I want a sim who lives in a sealed box and never talks to anyone but online!" or as convoluted as "I want to remake my New Mexico town from The Sims 2!!" which would entail editing every single townie to give theme appropriate Anglo-Hispanic names. I spend more time in CAS making outfits for sims than I do editing their face, really...

My current game started with 3 separate households. Some made in CAS others were gallery finds. The only thing they have in common is a bit of a backstory. I play each household for a week.

I find that having a backstory gives me something to use as a jumping off point or a direction to take.

For example, one of the households was a ya Hispanic gay male and his elderly mother. His father was never in the picture, so growing up he had to work at the same business where his mother was employed. There was never much money, but he did learn about business from the owner of the company. He is in the business career and is ambitious and looking for love. He wants to marry and adopt children, he wants a big family, a family unlike the one he grew up in.

I find that I play best when I have a backstory/goal in mind fr the household. Otherwise I get bored quickly. I try to take my time and plan out the families and their personalities and lives days or even weeks before I actually make them and start playing.

My current save is due because of a ”single parent and broke” type challenge; which now I’m currently on a 3rd generation going into the 4th which has resulted in A LOT of rotational play surrounding the original household. So if you’re bored, try doing a challenge like other comments have mentioned.

I tend to start a single sim and do a rags to riches style of game play. I find that starting my sim with nothing and working them up in the world really helps me get more attached to them. I usually play a sim until one of their children is a teen, then I focus on the teen more than my original sim.

When I get really really bored of game play, I just build. I like to google pictures of nice houses and recreate them in game.

"ohSnap;c-17071300" wrote:
You're not doing anything wrong - one of the joys of the game is that there's so many ways to play!

Maybe just try something different. Have one single sim in a starter apartment and build up towards the happy (or not so!) family, instead of starting with it.

I find having a goal or a target helps keep me interested - find a partner, adopt a pet, have a baby and so on.

I've also been trying things I've never done before; careers, lots, playstyles and so on.

I started my first generational playthrough not long ago and I'm really enjoying it.
I want to try playing rotationally and seeing if I can get into it - I think it'll be easier for me to branch out into doing things I haven't done before, like having a criminal sim!

I'm sure you'll get lots of suggestions of new things to try :)

A good way to start playing rotationally is to start with one family, then as the kids grow up and move out, add them to the rotation. That way you can ease into it gradually. I've done that; eventually I cut loose the elders and let fate and MCCC take their toll. B)

Have you tried any challenges? That’s what I have recently started because I was tired of my typical gameplay style as well. It really does help you get out of your rut and makes you try new things and explore parts of the game you haven’t before.