"MakoSims;12965256" wrote:
If you want families you don't play to have babies and stuff go to household management and add some kids into their household (preferably using the 'play with genetics' option so they actually look like the parents). It's not ideal but it works. I have townies who are the grandkids of the townies my game started with, which feels a lot nicer than the game continuously adding random strangers with no connection to anyone to the population.
That's a great idea; I've been moving households with either single Sims or just a couple of older Sims with no kids out into the Not in World population, then used the freerealestate cheat to add in some families with kids/teens (there were a couple in Unplayed Households and I found a few in the Gallery). My baby daddy Sim has been doing his part, but the problem is all his kids will be related to my Simself's family (except technically the ones that are adopted) and I want to make sure there are plenty of potential partners out there.
I'd like to see some sort of modified Story Progression, that would allow Sims to at least gain skills and job performance/promotions when I'm not playing them -- maybe even allow unplayed Sims to form romantic entanglements and have kids, or at least designate certain families to not get involved in outside relationships.
