Hi,Could anyone offer me advice on Sim Culling?I've seen it mentioned a few times around here but I've failed to find full information about it...I currently have four active households (1 in San Myshuno and 3 in Britechester). I have disabled the automatic filling of homes with NPCs so each neighbourhood has its pre-made families only (Willow Creek, Oasis Springs, Newcrest, Windenburg, Britechester, San Myshuno, StrangerVille & Sulani). I have the default setting for maximum Sim numbers which I think is 80(??).What is Sim Culling and when / how does it occur?Will Sim Culling affect my played households (4) or my unplayed but currently placed households (original pre-mades)?If the answer to the second question is "Yes" - How to I prevent the culling of my played or pre-made Sims? :'(

Sim culling happens when the game reaches the max number of sims allowed. What I do to prevent a sim from being culled, and not allowing the game to decide, is I will make the number of sims allow set up unlimited. This way I can choose who I want to go or to stay. Regardless if you have that set to that or not, what you do to protect certain households from being culled (or deleted) is to click the little heart (make it a solid color). You can see this in Manage Worlds.I read somewhere that the game allows up to 800 sims (as of Island Living) before culling kicks in. That also includes sims in the hidden household bin. This is something you can not see, unless you have the MCCC mod. Hidden household would also be animals, ghosts, and other service sims.

There is also a No Culling mod.https://sims4.cc/download/no-more-culling-by-dark-gaia/

I use the MCCC mod to stop culling in my game.

"LaBlue0314;c-17603972" wrote:Sim culling happens when the game reaches the max number of sims allowed. What I do to prevent a sim from being culled, and not allowing the game to decide, is I will make the number of sims allow set up unlimited. This way I can choose who I want to go or to stay. Regardless if you have that set to that or not, what you do to protect certain households from being culled (or deleted) is to click the little heart (make it a solid color). You can see this in Manage Worlds.I read somewhere that the game allows up to 800 sims (as of Island Living) before culling kicks in. That also includes sims in the hidden household bin. This is something you can not see, unless you have the MCCC mod. Hidden household would also be animals, ghosts, and other service sims.@LaBlue0314 Thanks for the info! Do you know whether the game keeps generating NPCs or does it generate those necessary to facilitate appropriate numbers of "Townies" and service Sims and then stop?I'd like to think the game would Cull Townies before Pre-mades!

"Rouensims;c-17604017" wrote:There is also a No Culling mod.https://sims4.cc/download/no-more-culling-by-dark-gaia/"Sharonia;c-17604018" wrote:I use the MCCC mod to stop culling in my game. I appreciate the responses but I am trying to avoid using mods in my game :)

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LaBlue0314
Rising Scout
5 years ago
Sim culling happens when the game reaches the max number of sims allowed. What I do to prevent a sim from being culled, and not allowing the game to decide, is I will make the number of sims allow set up unlimited. This way I can choose who I want to go or to stay. Regardless if you have that set to that or not, what you do to protect certain households from being culled (or deleted) is to click the little heart (make it a solid color). You can see this in Manage Worlds.

I read somewhere that the game allows up to 800 sims (as of Island Living) before culling kicks in. That also includes sims in the hidden household bin. This is something you can not see, unless you have the MCCC mod. Hidden household would also be animals, ghosts, and other service sims.
RouenSims
Seasoned Traveler
5 years ago
There is also a No Culling mod.

https://sims4.cc/download/no-more-culling-by-dark-gaia/
Sharooonia
New Spectator
5 years ago
I use the MCCC mod to stop culling in my game.
alwe15
5 years ago
"LaBlue0314;c-17603972" wrote:
Sim culling happens when the game reaches the max number of sims allowed. What I do to prevent a sim from being culled, and not allowing the game to decide, is I will make the number of sims allow set up unlimited. This way I can choose who I want to go or to stay. Regardless if you have that set to that or not, what you do to protect certain households from being culled (or deleted) is to click the little heart (make it a solid color). You can see this in Manage Worlds.

I read somewhere that the game allows up to 800 sims (as of Island Living) before culling kicks in. That also includes sims in the hidden household bin. This is something you can not see, unless you have the MCCC mod. Hidden household would also be animals, ghosts, and other service sims.

@LaBlue0314 Thanks for the info! Do you know whether the game keeps generating NPCs or does it generate those necessary to facilitate appropriate numbers of "Townies" and service Sims and then stop?

I'd like to think the game would Cull Townies before Pre-mades!
alwe15
5 years ago
"Rouensims;c-17604017" wrote:
There is also a No Culling mod.

https://sims4.cc/download/no-more-culling-by-dark-gaia/

"Sharonia;c-17604018" wrote:
I use the MCCC mod to stop culling in my game.

I appreciate the responses but I am trying to avoid using mods in my game :)
LaBlue0314
Rising Scout
5 years ago
The game does not stop generating NPCs, but there are mods that will slow them down.
alwe15
5 years ago
"LaBlue0314;c-17604463" wrote:
The game does not stop generating NPCs, but there are mods that will slow them down.

Sorry, what I meant was, once NPC positions are filled, it'll stop, right?
Sharooonia
New Spectator
5 years ago
"Alwe1507;c-17604492" wrote:
"LaBlue0314;c-17604463" wrote:
The game does not stop generating NPCs, but there are mods that will slow them down.

Sorry, what I meant was, once NPC positions are filled, it'll stop, right?

As far as I can tell it never stops without mods. I could be wrong though.
LaBlue0314
Rising Scout
5 years ago
It doesn't stop.
drake_mccarty
5 years ago
"Alwe1507;c-17604492" wrote:
"LaBlue0314;c-17604463" wrote:
The game does not stop generating NPCs, but there are mods that will slow them down.

Sorry, what I meant was, once NPC positions are filled, it'll stop, right?

I believe new NPCs are generated whenever you load into a new area.