I noticed an interesting feature in Sims 4 called the "manage households". It appears to be some bin of people that show up in my game, but are not affiliated with a home. Perhaps like a townie.Am I right about these people being townies? Also, am I allowed to add my own households to the manage households bin? How do I?

Manage Households has every sim in your game....just have to switch tabs and filters to sort through different groups.

It allows a certain level of control over the households in your save, although I wish it had a lot more functionality.

"Hermitgirl;c-16417552" wrote:Yes I know that... but I don't think you can just create homeless townies in managed worlds is what I was asking/meaning. You have to house them. The only work around is what I explained by hijacking an already made townie household. It's of course easy to put them on an empty lot and evict them also if you want them to be homeless.You don't even need to house them. After you're done creating, just press the X instead of moving them into a home and they'll be homeless.

"Manage Households" is basically a way for you to manage/control other Sims in your game without actually manually playing them yourself. It's a huge improvement from previous games. My favorite part is how you can simply add members of the families (especially kids) without having to go into the household and doing it yourself. It's a much easier way to keep your worlds alive. Also, unlike in Sims 3, if you see a very ugly Sim (whether it's their hairstyle, outfit, etc), you can easily change it using the 'Manage Household' option. In Sims 3, it was a lot harder to manage sims outside of your household. Sure, you can use the 'make over station' to do it, but that also reset their ages for some reason, so it complicated things more than it needed to be. The same happens if you try to edit a sim using 'TestingCheatsEnabled true'. 'Manage Households' is one main feature in this game that definitely does better than Sims 2 or Sims 3.

"Cupid;c-16417582" wrote:"Hermitgirl;c-16417552" wrote:Yes I know that... but I don't think you can just create homeless townies in managed worlds is what I was asking/meaning. You have to house them. The only work around is what I explained by hijacking an already made townie household. It's of course easy to put them on an empty lot and evict them also if you want them to be homeless.You don't even need to house them. After you're done creating, just press the X instead of moving them into a home and they'll be homeless. Great thanks ... always learning something :).

How does the "manage households" screen work?

22 Replies

JimG1972
8 years ago
Manage Households has every sim in your game....just have to switch tabs and filters to sort through different groups.
JanuaryGarnet08
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
You can also edit households with the pencil icon, move households in and out of homes with the truck icon, or evict Sims from homes you want to play which will place them into the "not in world" bin.
bsozz
8 years ago
It allows a certain level of control over the households in your save, although I wish it had a lot more functionality.
Hermitgirl
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
I don't think you can just create a sim to add a new family to townies with some button.. someone tell me if I'm wrong. What I normally do is because there are always townies that are generated for the game that I don't want... so I just go into their household and make a townie I want then delete the rest... or I clean them up or make them over in a way that suits me. You can of course also download sims from the gallery into a family there if you chose.
I also use managed worlds to easily move sims in and out into other households. Sometimes I might want a sim to even live with another family for awhile.. and as long as a placeholder is kept at their home or another family member I do that.
There are so many uses for managed worlds.
alan650
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
"Hermitgirl;c-16417452" wrote:
I don't think you can just create a sim to add a new family to townies with some button.. someone tell me if I'm wrong. What I normally do is because there are always townies that are generated for the game that I don't want... so I just go into their household and make a townie I want then delete the rest... or I clean them up or make them over in a way that suits me. You can of course also download sims from the gallery into a family there if you chose.
I also use managed worlds to easily move sims in and out into other households. Sometimes I might want a sim to even live with another family for awhile.. and as long as a placeholder is kept at their home or another family member I do that.
There are so many uses for managed worlds.

Yes you can create a new sim or family by clicking the "Create New Household to Move In" button on bottom right of map screen.
Hermitgirl
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
"alan650111;c-16417479" wrote:
"Hermitgirl;c-16417452" wrote:
I don't think you can just create a sim to add a new family to townies with some button.. someone tell me if I'm wrong. What I normally do is because there are always townies that are generated for the game that I don't want... so I just go into their household and make a townie I want then delete the rest... or I clean them up or make them over in a way that suits me. You can of course also download sims from the gallery into a family there if you chose.
I also use managed worlds to easily move sims in and out into other households. Sometimes I might want a sim to even live with another family for awhile.. and as long as a placeholder is kept at their home or another family member I do that.
There are so many uses for managed worlds.

Yes you can create a new sim or family by clicking the "Create New Household to Move In" button on bottom right of map screen.

Yes I know that... but I don't think you can just create homeless townies in managed worlds is what I was asking/meaning. You have to house them. The only work around is what I explained by hijacking an already made townie household. It's of course easy to put them on an empty lot and evict them also if you want them to be homeless.
PninaSimmer
8 years ago
"Hermitgirl;c-16417552" wrote:
"alan650111;c-16417479" wrote:
"Hermitgirl;c-16417452" wrote:
I don't think you can just create a sim to add a new family to townies with some button.. someone tell me if I'm wrong. What I normally do is because there are always townies that are generated for the game that I don't want... so I just go into their household and make a townie I want then delete the rest... or I clean them up or make them over in a way that suits me. You can of course also download sims from the gallery into a family there if you chose.
I also use managed worlds to easily move sims in and out into other households. Sometimes I might want a sim to even live with another family for awhile.. and as long as a placeholder is kept at their home or another family member I do that.
There are so many uses for managed worlds.

Yes you can create a new sim or family by clicking the "Create New Household to Move In" button on bottom right of map screen.

Yes I know that... but I don't think you can just create homeless townies in managed worlds is what I was asking/meaning. You have to house them. The only work around is what I explained by hijacking an already made townie household. It's of course easy to put them on an empty lot and evict them also if you want them to be homeless.

You can make them homeless if you have MCC.
kaeyresky
8 years ago
"Hermitgirl;c-16417552" wrote:

Yes I know that... but I don't think you can just create homeless townies in managed worlds is what I was asking/meaning. You have to house them. The only work around is what I explained by hijacking an already made townie household. It's of course easy to put them on an empty lot and evict them also if you want them to be homeless.

You don't even need to house them. After you're done creating, just press the X instead of moving them into a home and they'll be homeless.
Lustianicia
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
"Manage Households" is basically a way for you to manage/control other Sims in your game without actually manually playing them yourself. It's a huge improvement from previous games. My favorite part is how you can simply add members of the families (especially kids) without having to go into the household and doing it yourself. It's a much easier way to keep your worlds alive. Also, unlike in Sims 3, if you see a very ugly Sim (whether it's their hairstyle, outfit, etc), you can easily change it using the 'Manage Household' option. In Sims 3, it was a lot harder to manage sims outside of your household. Sure, you can use the 'make over station' to do it, but that also reset their ages for some reason, so it complicated things more than it needed to be. The same happens if you try to edit a sim using 'TestingCheatsEnabled true'.

'Manage Households' is one main feature in this game that definitely does better than Sims 2 or Sims 3.
Hermitgirl
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
"Cupid;c-16417582" wrote:
"Hermitgirl;c-16417552" wrote:

Yes I know that... but I don't think you can just create homeless townies in managed worlds is what I was asking/meaning. You have to house them. The only work around is what I explained by hijacking an already made townie household. It's of course easy to put them on an empty lot and evict them also if you want them to be homeless.

You don't even need to house them. After you're done creating, just press the X instead of moving them into a home and they'll be homeless.

Great thanks ... always learning something :).