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LiELF
Legend
10 months 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.


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  • I play in rotation. i just started a new save, so I hadn't dealt with any old relationships yet. Yesterday for the first time, I played the Goth family which I imported from my old save. I pictured them as having a steamy relationship, as in the Adams Family.

    While their romance bar was full, their attraction level was neutral. This was because they had no turn-ons and turn-offs set. Usually when I start playing a new family I do that first thing, so I had to go back into CAS and add those. 

    Also they were romantically unsatisfied with their relationship. This was fixed with some passionate kisses and reciting love poetry. I did install a mod by Lumpinou which prevents romantic satisfaction decay by time alone. It can still decay by game play however. 

  • SheriSim's avatar
    SheriSim
    Seasoned Ace
    10 months ago

    I play rotational, and as long as you have built up a fairly high romance and or friendship I don’t think you will have to worry about it.   I read some time ago that high friend ship or romance keep it from decsying very much.  Also, a high enemy will keep it from decaying too.  I believe they did this to keep sims from being culled. 

  • LiELF's avatar
    LiELF
    Legend
    10 months ago

    Thank you, I appreciate the response. Yes, the satisfaction meter is the thing I'm worried about. 

  • LiELF's avatar
    LiELF
    Legend
    10 months ago

    That's great to hear! I will consider getting the pack then, maybe when the Reaper stuff is over. I'm always afraid that they forget about rotational players, ever since Discover University came out, which is very tricky to play with multiple households. 

  • It's only me perhaps , but I love the pack to bits and have not yet seen ant romantic decay on its own (okay if not playing some sims in simyears, but that decay has always been there). 

    First of all your couples only get that romantic satisfaction meter when you play them.  So not all in my save even have it yet. 

    But however I did test and played a week with other couple, returned to my sweethearts with full romantic satisfaction, it was unchanged. I saw them every now and then at communitylots, but they were all loving to eachother , so I saw no reason why it would even go down. 

    So, my answer is no, I have not found out playing rotationally having effect on my already married and in love couples.  

    My rotations are pretty loose and fast tho. from day to max 5 days.

  • Well, I dont actually know, cause I havent tested it. But tbh I cant see that happening, so far relationships only went up/down when I was actively playing that household, I dont think the game does anything with inactive households (not counting neighborhood stories), especially when it comes to relationships.

    Also from what I learned it's the romantic satisfaction meter that you have to "work on", if it is high enough their romance bar will increase over time on its own but Im guessing (again) this will only happen when the household is actively played.

    Right now one of my couples has a high romance satisfaction, Im about to play a different household for the reaper thingy and then come back to them, can report if anything changed later. 

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