Hi all, some of you may know me by now, been around for a while now LOL. You would know that I only use cc made by myself and avoid mods like the plaque, but recently the game is beyond repair buggy and frustrating. So little by little I started adding mods, and now I am wondering what else is out there that will help me enjoy my game even more. So lets share our tips and tricks and mods that help <3 I will start with the Get to work Drs career :)I use the better hospital staff so that my poor sim does not have to admit sims to beds and fix broken things all by herself while trying to treat patients. You can find it here https://simvasion.com/better-hospital-staff/?fbclid=IwAR3AlP0RreVYEFdGtTBvdqW-C40YfxX_vufC8nRXq_4XjdG80kySIZjV8TQAlso a lovely simmer directed me to this link https://www.patreon.com/posts/no-more-t-pose-60302707?fbclid=IwAR2WLUQheJpdXVBPtRGt41njA-QhIuw_ATZ38Glt2ij_OuCZPevd6JvahYU to fix our hospital births where the machine won't work and drs would stand in a t pose.We all know about the amazing mod by Carl for wedding stories that can be found here https://www.patreon.com/posts/62954976, but we will be getting a fix for those soon, but until then have the wedding of your dreams.There is also the science career that is completely messed up especially the invention constructor, but unfortunately I can't find any fixes for that, so would love if you guys add a me too here https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-GTW-Invention-Constructor-animation-displaying-over-sim-No/td-p/10536651?fbclid=IwAR2_4r-hlbCIgJp7z6IyjmdldXOzw66Aq6xJ7apA9vTSl33a5M45SGsOZ84 that has been an ongoing issue since last year July, so hopefully a friendly clever mod maker sees this post one day and help us fix it like the ones above <3Anyways those are the one's I use, please share yours, I am open to use mods if it makes my gameplay fun again, gosh can't believe I am actually saying that !!! but desperate times call for desperate measures ;) Happy simming everyone :)

I completely forgot about this one guys ;) It enables you to build the rocket ship again and upgrade it :)https://simvasion.com/rocket-building-fix/

For years, I have thought about this.One of the things that makes a game fun for me is that if I set a goal. However, it is hard to set a goal. So I have constantly thought about a goal randomizer. Have the computer generate you a goal. Will a sim get married? Will a sim learn a skill? Will someone die? Will someone get a divorce?Though I don't know recourses for this. Any website suggestions?

"EgonVM;c-18072826" wrote:For years, I have thought about this.One of the things that makes a game fun for me is that if I set a goal. However, it is hard to set a goal. So I have constantly thought about a goal randomizer. Have the computer generate you a goal. Will a sim get married? Will a sim learn a skill? Will someone die? Will someone get a divorce?Though I don't know recourses for this. Any website suggestions?A quick google gave me this https://spinthewheel.app/sims-4-spin-the-wheel looks interesting and like something you mentioned above ;) It also gives you the option to make your own wheel there as well @EgonVM :)

What I like to do as a rotational player, is not stay too long with a household to get bored. If I find I am staying too long and did get a little bored, I switch households and set some rules before I play the next, like I will plan to add 2 skill points, advance the career by one level, have the Sim make one new friend, makeover an outfit, visit another lot, renovate one room etc. Then once I'm done I leave, no matter how much fun I'm having, to a new house. I think the best time to switch is actually when you don't want to, because then I'm always having fun and most interested in the game. Sometimes when I can't decide what to do I just number worlds and lots in my head and then roll dice like on here www.rolladie.net

"Elliandre;c-18072830" wrote:What I like to do as a rotational player, is not stay too long with a household to get bored. If I find I am staying too long and did get a little bored, I switch households and set some rules before I play the next, like I will plan to add 2 skill points, advance the career by one level, have the Sim make one new friend, makeover an outfit, visit another lot, renovate one room etc. Then once I'm done I leave, no matter how much fun I'm having, to a new house. I think the best time to switch is actually when you don't want to, because then I'm always having fun and most interested in the game. Sometimes when I can't decide what to do I just number worlds and lots in my head and then roll dice like on here www.rolladie.net Is your rotational game different saves or one save with different households? I have yet to have more than one household in one save, I have not tried that yet. All my saves have only one active household that I play ;)

Lets help each other make the game fun again

48 Replies

mcrudd
Legend
4 years ago
I completely forgot about this one guys ;) It enables you to build the rocket ship again and upgrade it :)
https://simvasion.com/rocket-building-fix/
EgonVM
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
For years, I have thought about this.

One of the things that makes a game fun for me is that if I set a goal. However, it is hard to set a goal. So I have constantly thought about a goal randomizer. Have the computer generate you a goal. Will a sim get married? Will a sim learn a skill? Will someone die? Will someone get a divorce?
Though I don't know recourses for this. Any website suggestions?
mcrudd
Legend
4 years ago
"EgonVM;c-18072826" wrote:
For years, I have thought about this.

One of the things that makes a game fun for me is that if I set a goal. However, it is hard to set a goal. So I have constantly thought about a goal randomizer. Have the computer generate you a goal. Will a sim get married? Will a sim learn a skill? Will someone die? Will someone get a divorce?
Though I don't know recourses for this. Any website suggestions?

A quick google gave me this https://spinthewheel.app/sims-4-spin-the-wheel looks interesting and like something you mentioned above ;) It also gives you the option to make your own wheel there as well @EgonVM :)
elliandre
4 years ago
What I like to do as a rotational player, is not stay too long with a household to get bored. If I find I am staying too long and did get a little bored, I switch households and set some rules before I play the next, like I will plan to add 2 skill points, advance the career by one level, have the Sim make one new friend, makeover an outfit, visit another lot, renovate one room etc. Then once I'm done I leave, no matter how much fun I'm having, to a new house. I think the best time to switch is actually when you don't want to, because then I'm always having fun and most interested in the game. Sometimes when I can't decide what to do I just number worlds and lots in my head and then roll dice like on here www.rolladie.net
mcrudd
Legend
4 years ago
"Elliandre;c-18072830" wrote:
What I like to do as a rotational player, is not stay too long with a household to get bored. If I find I am staying too long and did get a little bored, I switch households and set some rules before I play the next, like I will plan to add 2 skill points, advance the career by one level, have the Sim make one new friend, makeover an outfit, visit another lot, renovate one room etc. Then once I'm done I leave, no matter how much fun I'm having, to a new house. I think the best time to switch is actually when you don't want to, because then I'm always having fun and most interested in the game. Sometimes when I can't decide what to do I just number worlds and lots in my head and then roll dice like on here www.rolladie.net

Is your rotational game different saves or one save with different households? I have yet to have more than one household in one save, I have not tried that yet. All my saves have only one active household that I play ;)
JaggidEdje
4 years ago
I started playing rotationally for the first time since TS2 with the new game I started over Christmas and have to agree with @Elliandre that switching households regularly helps to really keep the game fresh for me.

I'm playing all the households in the same save and started with just one simself like I always have, but then when his kids grew up I moved each of them into their own homes and continued playing all of the offspring. I also added in one orphaned teen vampire, one other townie household and adopted a witch into the family who is now living on her own as well.

As I move into the 3rd generation of sims in the game, I have 7 households in the rotation, all in the same game, and each is so different that it really keeps things fun and fresh. I have a witch, a vampire, famous sims, retail lots to run, restaurants to run, a CL farm to manage, and soon also the active careers of Scientist and Detective (once those sims graduate from university) all in the rotation.

I've particularly enjoyed the retail aspects with rotational play, because now one sim who makes potions, herbalism concoctions and candles is making money from sims in the other households buying her wares and the store that sells upgraded electronics, appliances and plumbing is making really, really good money selling them to the other households that don't do handiness.
It's pretty cool not having to do "everything" with each household to still benefit from the skills.

Edit: Geezus, I typed all that and forgot to get to the reason I actually replied. One more mod for the list, imo, because it makes running a Retail lot so much better by making the hired staff less useless: https://modthesims.info/d/648194/maxed-retail-dual-tasks-sure-sale-faster-staff-extra-hours-retail-prices.html
mcrudd
Legend
4 years ago
@Stormkeep do you play with aging on or off? I might give this rotational play a go, see what happens when I am not playing a household and return to them. Never done that in sims 4. Will they die and stuff like that? Oooh thanks for another mod to have a look at, I have not played retail yet, but that does look interesting for simmers who do :)
JaggidEdje
4 years ago
@mcrudd, what I do is set aging to "on" for active played household only, so the households I play only age while they are the household I am playing.
I leave aging off for unplayed households most of the time but turn it on while in just one specific household in the rotation, so that unplayed sims do still age at around the same rate as my played ones. It's convenient that the game has nicely split the aging setting options between played and unplayed households.

It actually works really well, though I do sometimes forget to turn the unplayed aging on when I first get back to the household where I'm supposed to do that. A couple of missed days on that aren't a big deal for me though, seeing as they are just unplayed sims anyway. I rarely forget to turn it back off though because regularly getting notices that other sims have aged is a really good reminder. :lol:
elliandre
4 years ago
@mcrudd I used to play with generations in Sims 2, but I don't do that in Sims 4 for some reason. Maybe I like having the Sims 4 elder grandparents around so much, I don't want any to die. And I like the ghosts to stick around too so I can revive them. I even turn animal aging off so my pet chickens don't die lol.

I had everything mostly in one save, but then my computer crashed and I lost everything, so I started to play more freely and randomly and not get attached to anything. I start and delete saves often now. For the most part I move all the premades and Sims I create or add from the gallery into a save and have unlimited households set there. I just switch households and keep aging off. Actually, I have a few nieces that play and I play on their computers with them often. I've always built up fun households and stories and challenges for them to play with. I also find that really fun too, just planning out and setting up things for others to play and then I end up wanting to play it too.

@Stormkeep Do you play with aging on or off? How do you like playing with the supernatural Sims? I think you mentioned before that you didn't play them much at first.
elliandre
4 years ago
@Stormkeep oh sorry I didn't see the above post where you said how you set up aging.