So in the stream they said we can have roommates if you live in any residential lot.But do you have to be a student at University?I seriously hope they expanded this feature for everyone.

No you don’t, you just request one via phone and you can choose from 4.

"RoseGuts;c-17304664" wrote:That's good to hear. I am hoping the roommates are similar to that of the ones in Sims 2 The Apartment Life, where we did not just automatically control them. They would come and go as they pleased.That's exactly how they said they would be in the stream.

For dorms, your roommate sims can't be asked directly to be roommates, nor use the new system to look for roommates. Dorms will be populated automatically with roommates because they're classified as "university housing". The only way to use the roommate system would be to change the classification to "residential". Which I believe can be done to the dorm buildings, but if you're using it as "university housing" specifically, then the roommates will populate automatically.

"catloverplayer;c-17305032" wrote:I m worried about the dorm having 10 sims living in it. Normally only 8 are allowed. I'm concerned that this will cause extreme lag.If it does, you can edit the dorms to have fewer beds in it and then you'll have fewer roommates. I don't think it will cause a major lag though, since they're NPCs and the game doesn't need to dedicate as many resources to knowing what they're up to and their needs or anything else. The same way Patchy or a gardener or a maid appearing doesn't (or shouldn't, I've never experienced it) cause lag on a lot.

"catloverplayer;c-17305032" wrote:I m worried about the dorm having 10 sims living in it. Normally only 8 are allowed. I'm concerned that this will cause extreme lag.I mean there aren't any issues when going to community lots so there shouldn't be.The ultra speed probably wont work though.

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somewhsome
6 years ago
"darrenfroggy;c-17307783" wrote:
"JediMuppet;c-17307600" wrote:
So if you can have 9 room mates in a residential lot my question is can I move my one Family member out then invite all the family to be roommates? Would be cool to only play one will in a family.

I believe so, yes. You can ask any Sim to be your roommate directly (also possibly *while* they're living with you, at least the gurus said that in the LS but I wanna test this) so family should be possible too.

Gurus also said sims can reject if they have kids or "other responsibilities". So I think it's more likely that a single sim will accept, married sims may not want to be separated from their spouses or other family members.
simmyfroggy
New Spectator
6 years ago
"somewhsome;c-17307784" wrote:
"darrenfroggy;c-17307783" wrote:
"JediMuppet;c-17307600" wrote:
So if you can have 9 room mates in a residential lot my question is can I move my one Family member out then invite all the family to be roommates? Would be cool to only play one will in a family.

I believe so, yes. You can ask any Sim to be your roommate directly (also possibly *while* they're living with you, at least the gurus said that in the LS but I wanna test this) so family should be possible too.

Gurus also said sims can reject if they have kids or "other responsibilities". So I think it's more likely that a single sim will accept, married sims may not want to be separated from their spouses or other family members.

Oh yeah, true, sorry, forgot about that. It's only YA and up Sims that can be roomies, I think, probably since they need to contribute to bills. Maybe teens?
So the whole family won't be an option if kids and younger are part of it :(

(time to have more coffee before answering things)
paradiseplanet27
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
"Phantasi33;c-17307604" wrote:
"HotSusielu;c-17307537" wrote:
After watching a couple of YouTube videos from simmers who were able to play university early.. it appears after moving into a dorm (on top of penthouse) some other sims are added to your household? Is this true for all the dorms.. I only want to be responsible for the sim I send to university.. I thought they would add random sims to populate the dorm and they would go about there business..

Those sims were added to the household because the dorm was already being occupied by those sims. Simply remove the sims you don't plan to play by entering the cheat teastingcheats true, shift click the sim you don't want and click remove from family. Those sims will then become normal NPCs and do their own thing. And random sims will be populated in the dorms based on the number of beds available.

You can just evict them beforehand in the Manage Worlds menu; click on the occupied dorm you like, and the household will popup with options in the bottom-right corner to evict them; easy-peasy.
AaronRulz78
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
What is the max amount of roommates you can have?
LoveMcQueen
6 years ago
@AquaGamer1212 idk do you have a source?

I just really need to know for sure that you dont have to be a university student to have roommates before I allow myself to get too excited.
catloverplayer
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"aaronrulz;c-17304699" wrote:
What is the max amount of roommates you can have?

1 if it's residential and 10 and dorms.
catloverplayer
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"LoveMcQueen5683;c-17304728" wrote:
@AquaGamer1212 idk do you have a source?

I just really need to know for sure that you dont have to be a university student to have roommates before I allow myself to get too excited.

They confirmed it on the livestream. SimGuruAzure was one of them that confirmed. You can either place an add and up to 4 sims will visit your house daily to see if you want to add them. You can also ask a sim to be your roomate. On the latter some will move right in but some if they have a child won't.
indiasparks
6 years ago
I have asked this but I got different responses so i am confused- if i have my sim in a dorm could i replace the automated npcs by asking other sims to be my room mates, but they would stay as npcs as well? I know we can do this in houses but can we do it in the dorms?
catloverplayer
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I m worried about the dorm having 10 sims living in it. Normally only 8 are allowed. I'm concerned that this will cause extreme lag.
somewhsome
6 years ago
"catloverplayer;c-17305032" wrote:
I m worried about the dorm having 10 sims living in it. Normally only 8 are allowed. I'm concerned that this will cause extreme lag.

I think they meant you can have up to ten sims. Minimum is four.