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So what DO roommates actually do?
TOLKIEN
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So I'm building some spaceships for self contained lot (as in sims never leave spaceship/home lot during their travels) and for larger ships I picture it having large amount of sims on board but I will only control like 4-6 (allowing for kids, ect). So my solution was to use the Sims 4 "roommate" mechanic to fill up the ship and specifically by using a mod that "lets you chose" your roommates thats the only roommate mod I know off.
As I'm not very familiar with the Sims 4 roommate system so my question is - how do roommates act within a home?
Maybe just a yes and no to these questions and any suggestions how to make them be more "alive" if needed.
Do they,
die?
age?
eat?
flirt?
woohoo with your sims?
woohoo with other roommates?
use items on lot based on their traits/disklikes, ect?
do they just eat sleep and talk?
can they get married?
get pregnant?
can u date them?
do they cook?
do they leave for good after x amount of days?
anything else?
And is there any mods u recommend to improve roommate behavior?
thanks
As I'm not very familiar with the Sims 4 roommate system so my question is - how do roommates act within a home?
Maybe just a yes and no to these questions and any suggestions how to make them be more "alive" if needed.
Do they,
die?
age?
eat?
flirt?
woohoo with your sims?
woohoo with other roommates?
use items on lot based on their traits/disklikes, ect?
do they just eat sleep and talk?
can they get married?
get pregnant?
can u date them?
do they cook?
do they leave for good after x amount of days?
anything else?
And is there any mods u recommend to improve roommate behavior?
thanks
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In my experience they use objects based on their traits (I had an active roommate who was constantly playing basketball), and it's actually better to have some hobby/skill-building items, otherwise they can get bored and move out. They can also move out because their needs are too low, and sometimes there is nothing wrong with the house, roommates are just acting stupid and refusing to take care of themselves.
They do cook, but they have an obsession with white cakes I think... At least it was a thing a year ago. And they can bring food from nowhere.
Actually, roommate sims have a certain bunch of hidden traits that determine their behavior.
https://forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/comment/17312724/#Comment_17312724
As for mods, I can recommend littlemssam's Choose Your Roommate, it doesn't change their behavior, but makes a process of choosing one easier. Also it can increase a roommate cap to 20 I think.
I just consider it a feature. I haven't used it that much but it is good to have there in case you want that. They pay rent as well. If you have a spare room with a bed, you can add a roommate. I only use it with specific households. I have also made my own playable roommates which I've sometimes done if someone was having a hard time finding love.
In the end I opted out of buying the pack.
It plays even better in residential lots. When my sim was in Uni, he didn't love or hate his roommates but the family mentioned below is a completely different story. I've also had many roommates in many households in many saves and enjoyed them much more than the ones at Uni.
My roommate in the family I'm playing now is the father of the toddler twins of my main sim (probably why my main sim's wife left him), things got a bit out of control. Anyway, I saw him one time at the climbing wall but never saw him climb it. I've found numerous white cakes started be few actually completed. I usually have my sim just throw them all away since we don't get that "wasting food" moodlet in Sims 4.
He's never left a passive aggressive note (other roommates in other households loved to leave them) but he has twice said that his needs were not being met. The first time was after I assigned him to my main sim's bed when the wife left with the father of her second child. When he complained, I assigned him back to the bottom bunk in my sim's eldest son's room (an alien child from abduction) and he was happy again.
Later, he complained again that his needs weren't being met (by the way, he's a merman and we live in Willow Creek so yeah talk about needs not being met). I assigned him to the bottom bunk in my sim's daughter's (the only child he shares with his wife) room. I immediately reassigned him to the bottom bunk in the boy's room and his needs were once again met.
So it appears to me that if they complain about their needs, play a bit of musical beds and they'll reset.
have you tried "talking up sim" between the two to see if that encourages them to visit the local dumpster? How romantic?!?!
Agreed!
OP - unless you are looking to add a horrific violin soundtrack to your spaceship, I’d pass on inviting them aboard!
Roommates act as household member count, so if u have 6 sims than u can only have 2 roommates. However their are some basic mods that have been around since forever to increase household limit that also allows you to have more roommates (since its increasing hte household limit which in turn increases how many roommates u can have)