Don't always want to play as my sims spouse and children. I moved my sim's wife in as a roommate, don't know if she will share the bed, or if roommates will be romantic. The kid is still young, so they are in household. When they are teen, to my knowledge they can become a roommate, too. Wasn't far into it yet. Can anybody tell what this was like for them. Aware wife will go out some times, have parties.

They will be romantic with one another if they have the romance bar up. I had one of my sims' boyfriend move in. He slept in the same bed with her and everything. They had a kid and he'd even help with childcare autonomously. He'd leave for work and come back home at the same time everyday (he was one of the sages of magic). It was kind of weird having him in the same house but not actively playing him. I will say though, ever so often, he'd call and ask her out on a date when the were already watching a movie together on the same couch...He also brought random friends over too

Also...if you have Jungle Adventure...you can ask the temple skeleton to be your roommate. They will move in....and remain in their skeleton form! That was a really fun gameplay let me tell you...

I love using the roommates system for that, my sims have had their partners as roommates many times and it works well. They just sleep in the same bed and do their own thing.

I love doing this too. I usually like to only play one adult sim at a time. Before the roommate system I would often have spouses live in different houses and just give them a key. But this works much better.

"BettyNewbie1;c-17862690" wrote:"Evilyn_1007;c-17862680" wrote:I love doing this too. I usually like to only play one adult sim at a time. Before the roommate system I would often have spouses live in different houses and just give them a key. But this works much better.Awesome. How do you get them to stay? My roommates move out for seemingly no reason.Roommates will leave if they're having trouble fulfilling their needs. Sometimes I upgrade their beds, plumbing, etc. to help with this.They also move out when aging up. I don't know why, but they'll say it's time to move on, or something like that. I discovered this the hard way when I was building a nursing home full of 'roommates' and I wanted them all elders. So I aged them up. They'd move out immediately every time. However, if your sim has a high enough debate skill, they can beg the roommate to stay.

Roommate system for family members.

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Sarabeth6701d
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
They will be romantic with one another if they have the romance bar up. I had one of my sims' boyfriend move in. He slept in the same bed with her and everything. They had a kid and he'd even help with childcare autonomously. He'd leave for work and come back home at the same time everyday (he was one of the sages of magic). It was kind of weird having him in the same house but not actively playing him.
I will say though, ever so often, he'd call and ask her out on a date when the were already watching a movie together on the same couch...
He also brought random friends over too
Sarabeth6701d
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Also...if you have Jungle Adventure...you can ask the temple skeleton to be your roommate. They will move in....and remain in their skeleton form! That was a really fun gameplay let me tell you...
Onverser
5 years ago
I love using the roommates system for that, my sims have had their partners as roommates many times and it works well. They just sleep in the same bed and do their own thing.
BettyNewbie1
5 years ago
"sarabeth2984;c-17862588" wrote:
Also...if you have Jungle Adventure...you can ask the temple skeleton to be your roommate. They will move in....and remain in their skeleton form! That was a really fun gameplay let me tell you...

ROFL!
evilyn_37
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I love doing this too. I usually like to only play one adult sim at a time. Before the roommate system I would often have spouses live in different houses and just give them a key. But this works much better.
BettyNewbie1
5 years ago
"Evilyn_1007;c-17862680" wrote:
I love doing this too. I usually like to only play one adult sim at a time. Before the roommate system I would often have spouses live in different houses and just give them a key. But this works much better.

Awesome. How do you get them to stay? My roommates move out for seemingly no reason.
janyses
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"BettyNewbie1;c-17862690" wrote:
"Evilyn_1007;c-17862680" wrote:
I love doing this too. I usually like to only play one adult sim at a time. Before the roommate system I would often have spouses live in different houses and just give them a key. But this works much better.

Awesome. How do you get them to stay? My roommates move out for seemingly no reason.

Roommates will leave if they're having trouble fulfilling their needs. Sometimes I upgrade their beds, plumbing, etc. to help with this.

They also move out when aging up. I don't know why, but they'll say it's time to move on, or something like that. I discovered this the hard way when I was building a nursing home full of 'roommates' and I wanted them all elders. So I aged them up. They'd move out immediately every time. However, if your sim has a high enough debate skill, they can beg the roommate to stay.
TTNcreates
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"BettyNewbie1;c-17862690" wrote:
"Evilyn_1007;c-17862680" wrote:
I love doing this too. I usually like to only play one adult sim at a time. Before the roommate system I would often have spouses live in different houses and just give them a key. But this works much better.

Awesome. How do you get them to stay? My roommates move out for seemingly no reason.

Make sure you have extra beds. If you have a couple in your house a double bed is not enough. You have to get one extra bed even if they both sleep in the double. If not roomates will move out because they font have enough space.
CaprianaB
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I want to try this with my sim's BF. Does anyone know if it will work to build a small basement with only a bed and no access just to have an extra bed in the house?
BettyNewbie1
5 years ago
"CaprianaB;c-17862951" wrote:
I want to try this with my sim's BF. Does anyone know if it will work to build a small basement with only a bed and no access just to have an extra bed in the house?

From the sound of the other comments, yes. I'm going to make a guest bedroom, or size down a bed, hide it.