What's your game's population data?
So, I had a Last Exception in my game just now and when checking out the details, I noticed that there's a section in the last exception report with "population data". Which is pretty cool informatio...
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Ooooh, I love seeing this sort of data! I went and pulled the populations from three of my saves to compare, because each of the saves works very differently so the differences are kind of cool. You can also pull population data from MCCC without a last exception if you click on a sim, "sim commands," then look at logging. It can generate even more detailed logs than these. The files are saved in a text file in your mods folder.
Here's the save I've been playing in recently. It's on generation 9 of a legacy on normal-ish lifespans (YA was given an extra week to account for time at Uni). I dialed back the marriage/pregnancy chances because I didn't want the game marrying off all the single dudes before my sims could even meet them. This was a miscalculation on my part, because now the settings are too strict and the sims aren't reproducing at a rapid enough rate to replenish the save. A huge number of the unplayed sims are distantly related to my main family, although distantly enough that the family markers are long gone. The only reason there's even any sims unrelated at this point is because I've added a few families from the gallery. The neighborhoods feel empty with the number of sims so low. There's rarely any strangers walking by. No trips to Batuu, but I've had the duplicating Crumplebottom problem occasionally.
Here's a very different population. This was my rotational save on a 15 week rotation. The numbers are a little weird since I had only completed one rotation in this save, but due to some bugs all the played sims had been moved over from an earlier save. There's also a lot of YAs pulled from the gallery with the intent of letting MCCC do it's thing with them. This save feels comfortably full. My sims can go to different places and run into plenty of different sims. I'm pretty sure I went to Batuu, so I think that bumped up the hidden household sims.
Last but not least, here's a test save that I made last summer when trying to see how many sims I could get the game to generate by going to different places in about 24 sim hours. The save was empty save for the sages, my sim, the pre-made vampires, and two other random townies. It was pre-cottage living; when I opened the save today to pull the data, the game added all the CL pre-mades so the numbers are a little skewed. I was able to get the game to generate about 80ish sims just by going to Strangerville, RoM, university, and as many different lots types as I could think of.
Here's the save I've been playing in recently. It's on generation 9 of a legacy on normal-ish lifespans (YA was given an extra week to account for time at Uni). I dialed back the marriage/pregnancy chances because I didn't want the game marrying off all the single dudes before my sims could even meet them. This was a miscalculation on my part, because now the settings are too strict and the sims aren't reproducing at a rapid enough rate to replenish the save. A huge number of the unplayed sims are distantly related to my main family, although distantly enough that the family markers are long gone. The only reason there's even any sims unrelated at this point is because I've added a few families from the gallery. The neighborhoods feel empty with the number of sims so low. There's rarely any strangers walking by. No trips to Batuu, but I've had the duplicating Crumplebottom problem occasionally.
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Total Time Played: 04:05:15.880 day:3 week:72
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Total Sims: 274
Total Culled/Netherworld Sims: 103
Total Female Sims: 155
Total Male Sims: 118
Total Grim Reapers: 1
Total Babies - Female: 2, Male: 0
Total Toddlers - Female: 6, Male: 5
Total Children - Female: 4, Male: 1
Total Teens - Female: 6, Male: 4
Total Young Adults - Female: 47, Male: 34
Total Adults - Female: 31, Male: 40
Total Elders - Female: 17, Male: 11
Total Ghosts: 65
Total Homeless Sims: 151
Total Homed Sims: 55
Total Married Sims: 64
Total Pregnant Sims: 5
Total Sims in Hidden Households: 21
Total Aliens: 1
Total Alien Hybrids: 0
Total Vampires: 10
Total Mermaids: 0
Total Spellcasters: 0
Total Servos: 4
Total Cats: 5
Total Dogs: 0
Total Special Sims: 2
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Total Households: 117
Total Homeless Households: 103
Total Homed Households: 14
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Total Sims: 274
Total Culled/Netherworld Sims: 103
Total Female Sims: 155
Total Male Sims: 118
Total Grim Reapers: 1
Total Babies - Female: 2, Male: 0
Total Toddlers - Female: 6, Male: 5
Total Children - Female: 4, Male: 1
Total Teens - Female: 6, Male: 4
Total Young Adults - Female: 47, Male: 34
Total Adults - Female: 31, Male: 40
Total Elders - Female: 17, Male: 11
Total Ghosts: 65
Total Homeless Sims: 151
Total Homed Sims: 55
Total Married Sims: 64
Total Pregnant Sims: 5
Total Sims in Hidden Households: 21
Total Aliens: 1
Total Alien Hybrids: 0
Total Vampires: 10
Total Mermaids: 0
Total Spellcasters: 0
Total Servos: 4
Total Cats: 5
Total Dogs: 0
Total Special Sims: 2
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Total Households: 117
Total Homeless Households: 103
Total Homed Households: 14
Here's a very different population. This was my rotational save on a 15 week rotation. The numbers are a little weird since I had only completed one rotation in this save, but due to some bugs all the played sims had been moved over from an earlier save. There's also a lot of YAs pulled from the gallery with the intent of letting MCCC do it's thing with them. This save feels comfortably full. My sims can go to different places and run into plenty of different sims. I'm pretty sure I went to Batuu, so I think that bumped up the hidden household sims.
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Total Time Played: 15:40:59.440 day:3 week:16
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Total Sims: 685
Total Culled/Netherworld Sims: 2
Total Female Sims: 336
Total Male Sims: 348
Total Grim Reapers: 1
Total Babies - Female: 5, Male: 8
Total Toddlers - Female: 29, Male: 34
Total Children - Female: 10, Male: 16
Total Teens - Female: 25, Male: 16
Total Young Adults - Female: 120, Male: 106
Total Adults - Female: 114, Male: 120
Total Elders - Female: 30, Male: 45
Total Ghosts: 6
Total Homeless Sims: 536
Total Homed Sims: 142
Total Married Sims: 192
Total Pregnant Sims: 7
Total Sims in Hidden Households: 46
Total Aliens: 11
Total Alien Hybrids: 7
Total Vampires: 18
Total Mermaids: 17
Total Spellcasters: 23
Total Cats: 8
Total Dogs: 5
Total Special Sims: 1
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Total Households: 392
Total Homeless Households: 349
Total Homed Households: 43
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Total Sims: 685
Total Culled/Netherworld Sims: 2
Total Female Sims: 336
Total Male Sims: 348
Total Grim Reapers: 1
Total Babies - Female: 5, Male: 8
Total Toddlers - Female: 29, Male: 34
Total Children - Female: 10, Male: 16
Total Teens - Female: 25, Male: 16
Total Young Adults - Female: 120, Male: 106
Total Adults - Female: 114, Male: 120
Total Elders - Female: 30, Male: 45
Total Ghosts: 6
Total Homeless Sims: 536
Total Homed Sims: 142
Total Married Sims: 192
Total Pregnant Sims: 7
Total Sims in Hidden Households: 46
Total Aliens: 11
Total Alien Hybrids: 7
Total Vampires: 18
Total Mermaids: 17
Total Spellcasters: 23
Total Cats: 8
Total Dogs: 5
Total Special Sims: 1
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Total Households: 392
Total Homeless Households: 349
Total Homed Households: 43
Last but not least, here's a test save that I made last summer when trying to see how many sims I could get the game to generate by going to different places in about 24 sim hours. The save was empty save for the sages, my sim, the pre-made vampires, and two other random townies. It was pre-cottage living; when I opened the save today to pull the data, the game added all the CL pre-mades so the numbers are a little skewed. I was able to get the game to generate about 80ish sims just by going to Strangerville, RoM, university, and as many different lots types as I could think of.
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Total Sims: 124
Total Culled/Netherworld Sims: 2
Total Female Sims: 61
Total Male Sims: 63
Total Grim Reapers: 0
Total Babies - Female: 0, Male: 1
Total Toddlers - Female: 0, Male: 0
Total Children - Female: 1, Male: 6
Total Teens - Female: 6, Male: 5
Total Young Adults - Female: 30, Male: 31
Total Adults - Female: 20, Male: 13
Total Elders - Female: 4, Male: 7
Total Ghosts: 0
Total Homeless Sims: 84
Total Homed Sims: 40
Total Married Sims: 22
Total Pregnant Sims: 3
Total Sims in Hidden Households: 9
Total Aliens: 2
Total Alien Hybrids: 0
Total Vampires: 3
Total Mermaids: 0
Total Spellcasters: 18
Total Cats: 0
Total Dogs: 0
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Total Households: 94
Total Homeless Households: 78
Total Homed Households: 16
Total Culled/Netherworld Sims: 2
Total Female Sims: 61
Total Male Sims: 63
Total Grim Reapers: 0
Total Babies - Female: 0, Male: 1
Total Toddlers - Female: 0, Male: 0
Total Children - Female: 1, Male: 6
Total Teens - Female: 6, Male: 5
Total Young Adults - Female: 30, Male: 31
Total Adults - Female: 20, Male: 13
Total Elders - Female: 4, Male: 7
Total Ghosts: 0
Total Homeless Sims: 84
Total Homed Sims: 40
Total Married Sims: 22
Total Pregnant Sims: 3
Total Sims in Hidden Households: 9
Total Aliens: 2
Total Alien Hybrids: 0
Total Vampires: 3
Total Mermaids: 0
Total Spellcasters: 18
Total Cats: 0
Total Dogs: 0
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Total Households: 94
Total Homeless Households: 78
Total Homed Households: 16
