Play with Autonomy on or off? «12...Next Go

Yolee

How does everyone play their Sims? Auto on or off? When I leave Autonomy on I have to constantly correct the Sim's actions. Ill be cleaning the sheds and she will do that and then automatically go to the radio to dance. Im constantly having to redirect them. How do you all play? Thanks.

Yautjagirl

Unless I intend to use pose player or want them to stay still always with the autonomy on. Of course it annoys me sometimes, but I prefer it to seeing my sims stand and do nothing, especially when I play with more than two sims.

Kimmer

Autonomy on, definitely.
I wouldn't even play Sims if there were no autonomy. It would be like playing with dolls and I'm done with playing them already, I'm in my 50's.
I hate micromanaging Sims and I always try to avoid it as much as possible.

haneul

Autonomy on the highest setting it will go, always. I like for my sims to show some personality by doing things on their own.

Calico45

Autonomy on. I generally play a full household. If they cannot meet some basic needs on their own, it would be pretty miserable. Basically a uni run all the time.

I have to correct actions as well, but locked doors help (most of the time, depending on how odd the routing wants to be). Autonomy more or less always outweighs having to constantly micromanage every action of eight Sims.

Sharonia

I leave it on but use mods to fix the obsessives behaviors.

alan650111

ON! One of my biggest pet peeves that makes me want to tear my hair out is when a sim just stands in place. It destroys every last inkling of enjoyment of the game when they do that!

g01denswan

Definitely on. I dislike having to micro manage them. I wish they are more intelligent and take the initiative to do more on their own based on their traits, interests, needs and mood.

BlkBarbiegal

On, but because of the glitchy stairs I turned it off. But I did remove the stairs so I will try with it on again. When i play multiple sims, I usually focus on one sim a sim day and let the other sims do what they want.

EnkiSchmidt

Always off and in fact, I was very surprised when I joined the community in ca. 2013 and learned that I was in the minority.

Chicklet453681

Full Autonomy On! I don't like to micromanage, to me that's just like being in Second Life. In Second Life your avatar does absolutely nothing until you control it to do something, it will literally just stand in the place you stopped controlling it. That's not a game to me.

I want to watch my sims and see what they want to do, how they're feeling, etc. Now just because I have autonomy on, doesn't mean I don't cancel out things that I don't want them to be doing, and I also simply don't put interactive objects in their house that they're obsessed with. I almost never, ever have a stereo or radio in the houses, if they want to dance .... I'll take them to the bar. If they need to use a computer, I take them to a library or internet cafe. They need some fitness? .... off to the gym they go. Now if I could only release the stoooopid phone from their appendages! LOL

Olalla1986

I play with autonomy off for selected Sims. It saves time needed to correct their actions, with full autonomy on my game is running too wild. I used to play with full autonomy before, but I quickly realized that they will never do anything important or achieve anything without my input. I leave autonomy on for Sims I currently not control because I like when sometimes they surprise me with unexpected kiss or prepare coffee in the morning. Autonomy on is also a Pandora box, because it shows how generic and illogical Sims behavior can be (dislikes mischief, still dead set on doing mischief interactions). I play make-believe that they have independent minds and autonomy is my chief enemy here, lol.

calaprfy

Fully on. I was a bit peeved today when I lost a toddler due to neglect for the first time ever though because I left them alone.

Rouensims

I leave it fully on, but micromanage them too. I like some surprises and new ideas, but I also like control. Muahahaha. 🦹‍♀️

Babykittyjade

Fully off. I can't stand when sims do things that go against their personality I imagined for them. The only thing I wish is that we could select autonomy for a certain number of sims because I like big households and want some activity in the background but it's like all or nothing. The only way I solve this is my using a roommates mod to add as many roomates as I want. Makes it feel lively while still having my main sims under my control.

Atreya33

Mostly ON. I only recently started to turn it off on occasions but generally like to keep it on. My sims feel more alive when they do things on their own. I only turn it off when I have a toddler in the household and family members are constantly interrupting actions to look after the toddler. The other occasion is when I want to create pictures with pose player. ButI other than those situations I like it on.

MasonGamer

currently off. Use to play with it on, I miss sims being able to take care of themselves, But I was greatly annoyed when my characters weren't behaving the way I intended, so It's off. Maybe when they start behaving again I will.

BlueR0se

Off only for played sims, and for the rest of the household it's on. I don't want them starving/peeing themselves to death but I don't want to fight them about orders/commands.

Simmerville

I would be bored with most of my families if they all were waiting for my directions. So I play with auto on, but pause the game often to keep track. This works even for 8 sims households, parts of the day I don't even pause them, depending on if they all are home or not. I admit I occasionally cheat their needs, say when entering a new house during the night finding that they are all hungry and cooking/grilling, or if I'm arranging something special to happen and my plans get ruined because of very full bladder etc. It's find taking care of their bladder needs, but I rarely let it stop me from enjoying the more interesting assets of this game .

Yeah - free will is off for actively played sim.

angelbear

On for me. I love playing families some larger than others its nice to know they will somewhat take care of themselves why u am focused on one and do other things

Chazzzy

I play with autonomy on, reduces the amount of clicking that I have to do.

SimplyJen

BlueR0se wrote: »

Off only for played sims, and for the rest of the household it's on. I don't want them starving/peeing themselves to death but I don't want to fight them about orders/commands.

^ this

Pamtastic72

SimplyJen wrote: »

BlueR0se wrote: »

Off only for played sims, and for the rest of the household it's on. I don't want them starving/peeing themselves to death but I don't want to fight them about orders/commands.

^ this

Same, I often turn it off for the sim I am playing and let the rest of the house do what they want. I get tired of fighting auto queued actions on my played sim that make no sense.

Peral

On I want my Sims to irritate me and improve the stories, I only play off when it is for example a board meeting in the Landgraab company since it is practically impossible to keep Sims sitting around a table with autonomy on

comicsforlife

Autonomy on, definitely.
its what makes the sims fun for me

Quaay

Off for the selected Sim, on full for everyone else but I still do a lot of micromanaging.