"Arzekial;c-17422946" wrote:
Absolutely. I'd start playing again if I could play a single member of a household. Having to control a household of a spouse, mother-in-law, and kids for example not only gets tedious at times but sometimes just boring when you can control all their actions. Where's the drama? When I'm controlling all of them I never wonder how the kids are doing in school, whether or not the spouse is cheating or why the mother-in-law spends all her time at the Nahrwal Arms :D
That's what I'm saying! Where's the drama??? I wanna see how my kids will act if I remove the temptation to make them do exactly what I tell them too. Alas, I have no self-control. lol
"ChampandGirlie;c-17422986" wrote:
I might be in the minority but I play with all of my sims. I typically don't focus on one single sim but on all of them. That can be a challenge in a big household but I still do it. I use the pause button to then line up actions for them. If they autonomously decide to do something I might let them continue doing it but I generally come up with a series of actions for all of the sims.
I'll rotate from a big household to a smaller household when I want a break, but I guess I find it interesting or easy. If anything, it takes a while to fill up the needs of all the sims in bigger households, but I manage it. Sometimes I send them all out to a venue together. I guess I like managing groups of sims. Sometimes, I like the ease of playing a smaller household though.
I mentioned this elsewhere but I generally have some concept of what motivates any given sim. It sounds complicated but it isn't. "Here's Jane Sim, she's the mother of the household. After her much needed shower, breakfast and caffeinated beverage of choice she will either spend time with her family or enjoy a little time to herself. Does she have any chores to do?" Line up a series of actions and check on her later or glance at her as she's at some stage in the activities. If I have a specific plan then obviously that takes priority.
I stack up actions for my sims too but there's the rub, I then know exactly what they're doing. There's no mystery, no surprise... no DRAMA. lol
"UnknownGamer;c-17422992" wrote:
It would be interesting to have NPC family members but at the moment the AI seems rather borked for Sims I leave on free will.
NPC Toddlers, children and teens is a challenge I try, which works well with parenting skills and gives the children a sense of personality, but even then the free will AI isn’t that great.
Yeah, the AI system would probably require some tweaking but I have faith in the Sims Team.
