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Legend

1 year ago

Lovestruck Relationships Question

Hey all, I've been wanting to get the Lovestruck pack, but have been waiting to see if they fix the bugs and if the game runs well before getting it.

One thing in the pack that I'm not sure of though, is the relationship decay of the romance meter, so I thought I'd ask the community. I play a lot of households in my main save, so if I switch to play another household, will the Sims I'm not playing have their relationships tank? From what I've seen, the feature is designed to make the player put effort into the Sims to keep their relationships in good standing, but I can't have all of my other Sims suddenly falling out of favor in their partnerships and marriages just because I'm not playing them. Have any of you found it difficult to play rotationally with this pack?

I've been wanting so many things in this EP for so long, but if it destroys all the work I've put into my Sims romantically, it's probably not worth it. 😟

Also, I do use MCCommand, so if there's a setting for this pack to prevent such things, I'd love to know.

16 Replies

Jehane40
Seasoned Ace
1 year ago
You can turn off autonomous breakups in the game's options to be on the safe side 😀
Jehane40
Seasoned Ace
1 year ago
Same. I play rotational with seven households total, each gets a whole Sim week. When I returned to my main household yesterday, their romance bar had declined to maybe a fourth - still pink, but it needed a lot of work to fix it. More work than doing the tasks for Grim, actually.
I had that happen before and figured fiddling with the options might do the trick - turning off jealousy, setting their stance on romantic boundaries to non-negotiable, tweaking likes and dislikes so they perfectly align and so on. But it seems that's only working when I stick with them instead of switching to the next household. I mean, it does make kinda sense that things get a bit rocky if they can't interact for six weeks straight (or longer, if there's a college Sim living on campus), but it's still a nuisance. And the constant fretting about being left alone? That's downright annoying, I mean, romance bar is at a 100 %, romantic satisfaction detto, they're perfectly compatible in a steamy relationship... but they're scared of the other one leaving? SO annoying, and I haven't found a way to fix it yet.
Miataplay
Legend
1 year ago
Dang.
Simmerville
Legend
1 year ago
Do anyone know if UI Cheat mod allows for cheating the drained romance bar back up, when returning to a couple after playing other houses? I use that mod often when I find it more fun to focus on other challenges than adjusting needs and relations etc. I still don't own the lovestruck pack, but is warming up.
LiELF
Legend
1 year ago
Ah! That's good to know as well!
Ellupelluellu
Hero
1 year ago
Yes , you can set those bars to anything with UI cheats.. right click romance bar and it asks the numbers to set it.