Is it safe to delete the Michealsons (Growing Together)

I play in a very similar fashion. I evict or delete most pre-mades, whether or not there’s some kind of lore tied to them.
My towns, my lots, my sims, my stories.

These characters are just there for players who want to start off with an established narrative. Don’t worry, it’s not going to break your game, that would be ridiculous…

If these premades are required to maintain some kind of balance in game mechanics, the family will probably spawn itself back in (similar to werewolves? ) but I highly doubt it.

Fare thee well, Michaelsons, in my game our paths shall never cross again.?

@Atreya33 I also wanted their lot, so I evicted them to not in world. They still show up to be talked to (I assume, I haven't actually tried, but this should be the case) and I still got their lot.

I would be very surprised if you could get into trouble for deleting some premades. After all, if you play with them normally and allow them to age, they'll all die sooner or later anyway. San Myshuno has the Landgraab apartments, and they're functional even without the Landgraab family in your game. I imagine it's the same with anything that is named after the Michaelsons in San Sequoia.

Funny that you mention werewolves, @CAPTAIN_NXR7, because that's the one pack where I actually had a problem with special sims not respawning. I can't play with wolf packs in my main save because the leaders are gone, no one is taking over, and the cheats to appoint new leaders don't work.

But since the Michaelsons from San Sequoia don't seem to be important to anything but the lore, which is just text anyway, nothing like that should happen if they disappear.

You can delete any of the premades no problem.

Ok, thanks everyone. Next time I open my game, they are gone and will make room for my own sims.

I deleted them in another save no problem along with the Rhobles.

Kinda reminds me of Mimsy and Benard or npc's in Henford think they have some hidden trait to tell a narrative of sorts is all. They aren't special. Guess it renders the so called secrets just a bit useless other than a few things.

The first thing I always do with a new pack is relocate any commercial lots I'm keeping, turn everything residential, demolish all builds, and evict or delete any premades.

"GrumpyGlowfish;c-18247271" wrote:

Funny that you mention werewolves, @CAPTAIN_NXR7, because that's the one pack where I actually had a problem with special sims not respawning. I can't play with wolf packs in my main save because the leaders are gone, no one is taking over, and the cheats to appoint new leaders don't work.

If you have Get Together you can make a workaround. Create a club and only let werewolves be members. The packs are also in the gallery if you wanted to have them as townies.

"FatTribble23;c-18247268" wrote:
@Atreya33 I also wanted their lot, so I evicted them to not in world. They still show up to be talked to (I assume, I haven't actually tried, but this should be the case) and I still got their lot.

This is what I always do in every single world: evict the premades, not delete. I like having them wandering around for local flavor or in case I want to talk to them, but I'm certainly not going to let them sit on prime real estate.

I usually evict premades and place them in Other households.

"Atreya33;c-18247421" wrote:

"Amapola76;c-18247417" wrote:

"FatTribble23;c-18247268" wrote:
@Atreya33 I also wanted their lot, so I evicted them to not in world. They still show up to be talked to (I assume, I haven't actually tried, but this should be the case) and I still got their lot.

This is what I always do in every single world: evict the premades, not delete. I like having them wandering around for local flavor or in case I want to talk to them, but I'm certainly not going to let them sit on prime real estate.

Hmmm, you both have a point. I will keep this in mind when I want to use an occupied lot. But not sure if this will save the Michealsons in my save. Two years ago I already started a family with a totally different sim who is also called Celeste and named her children after celestial phenomenons. One Celeste is enough.

One other thing to keep in mind is that the premades don't usually look too weird... no eyeball rings, etc., and some are downright endearing even if I don't feel like playing them actively. I think most of the premades have the hidden trait for like, Sulani native, Henford native, etc. And it's my understanding that the game will automatically generate a certain number of random townies with that hidden trait to, so if you delete the premades, it creates even more of a vacuum for townie wierdness. So evicting them means, for example, I can use that huge residential lot in Mt. K., but when I go to festivals, I'm more likely to see that one snooty salaryperson dad instead of some dude with a Japanese surname who looks just like Colonel Sanders (literally the last townie I deleted in my game). Or if I go to the pub in Henford, I can still have a pint with old Moody and MacMillan, even if I coveted their land and gave them the boot.