I play a rotational game, but I don't follow any rules and just keep adding sims to my game and then I forget the others and why I created them. I tend to be all over the place in my game and lose interest because I just don't know who to play or why I should play them.
I've decided to narrow it down to about a dozen households to rotate through, but need to be better on "rotating" so I make sure I get back to them.
The only rule I am putting on myself is to rotate at 6Pm every Sunday night. What other rules do you rotational players use? And do you have any other tips to help me keep focus on my world? I tend to start playing and then add side characters for their particular story, and then it just keeps going from there! I have ALL these sims in my world that are connected in various ways, but I've lost the plot. lol
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So I set up a goal for every Sim: complete aspiration step, get promoted, level up a skill - that sort of thing - before I switch to another household.
Works for me because character and story building is what I play for.
It varies for every family every rotation so hard to even call it a rule.
Guess my main rule is not putting any pressure upon myself
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There's so much I haven't even touched on in the game or experienced. And some of the new content is perfect for some of those sims I made long ago. I've had this save basically since Sims 4 came out. I need to buckle down and get back to some of them. I love them all and that's why they are still in my game.
Otherwise I play until my sims don't seem as interesting (then rotate) or I have a new idea I have to do (that happens way too much).
That's the thing! I'm not finding any of them interesting. Even though I've left most of them off with plenty to do and work towards.
still haven't done the tombs
still haven't even touched the acting career
haven't touched conservationist
haven't touched toddlers or parenthood
I don't know what's wrong!
Set seasons for 28 days
Only play 7 households
Pick a different world for each household to live in
Rotate at 6 am after 4 days, that way each household gets played once per season
Have a variety of sim combos, like a single sim, a couple, different family sizes, different age groups, different jobs, different interests and traits
Keep a scrapbook record in OneNote or similar with pics and important points, a page per season per household, to look back and remind you next time you rotate.
I was putting off jungle exploration till later for a long time - turned out I love it and go digging through ruins every time I don't know what to do.
Thought I'd never enjoy playing an Evil Sim - came up with a cool character - now I love her.
Never took particular interest in premades until introduced some of the most peculiar ones into my households - now I love playing them.
Or maybe you need a good break from the game - this happens to everyone I think
I've narrowed it down to 12 households and they are in different worlds. Most of them are single sims and there are a few couples. I know I should try family play, but I get so bored as soon as kids come because I hate that they are forced in to school. I want the kids at home. Or some of them anyways. Maybe we will get homeschooling some day...with a farm pack. Or a school pack. Options! We need options!
And yes, I picked up a notebook so I can start writing down what I want to do with who. And where they left off and why I need to get back to them.
I really have enjoyed reading the comments from other Simmers. It's always cool to see how other Simmers play, especially rotational. I'm reading the comments and thinking that I could probably benefit being a bit more organized.
There’s a shorter school hours mod.
There’s a no school mod.
MCCC also lets you choose to not go to school.
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I do play through my rotation, but I spend different amounts of time with each family. It depends on what I want to accomplish and how long they hold my interest. Roommate type households might get one or two days. If someone is pregnant, I stay with them until the baby is born. Extended family in different households may be played back and forth a bit.
When I am absorbed in a storyline, I spend a longer time. I just finished up the Bro household, and it no longer exists. Joaquin moved in with Candy. Some days I played as Joaquin and some as Candy or her sister. Sergio, his former roommate, remodeled the house and married Siobhan Fyres. This involved playing as one or the other for several days, getting Sergio acquainted with her family, and visiting Sergio's former roommate and his new family. I then ended up having to redo the entire wedding day because I accidentally (I swear!) killed both Sergio and Siobhan on their wedding night. And I couldn't deal with that.
Now that I have my goals accomplished with them, I will move on to someone else.
I need to rotate often. Otherwise I get easily bored due to the lack of depth in gameplay, interactions between Sims, lack of traits, lack of careers and bare bone personalities.
Other rule is, and I think it is very important (for me at least), I have my household listed on an actual paper. In numeric order.
Just an example:
1. Pancakeses
2. Zests
3. Iggy Pancakes
So one week I play with household number one, than on Monday I switch to household number two, the other Monday I switch to household number three... Whenever I create or split household I have to write it down on the bottom of my list. So if Pancakeses had another YA son named John and I wanted him to live on his own I would have him under 4. John Pancakes.
So righ now it is week number one, it is Wednesday and I want to move out John. I do it via manage households. I leave him and get back to him when there is the proper time - week number 4, Monday.
I do it this way because I play with aging on and I keep it on only for my active household (for townies every week number 1) so the aging is not messed up and everyone ages when supposed to.
I play aging off for all the rotations until the last one and then turn it on while playing so that all the households age exactly the 2 days that I played them.
I sort them by Alphabetical order to keep them in the same order so I don't miss anyone haha
@telemwill You make a good point about pregnancies. I would have to make an exception and stay with that house until the baby is born.
I've always played aging off in my game, but maybe down the road I will attempt aging on for active household so that I get some semblance of time passing in the game. And especially for playing families, I think it would be needed.
Thanks again guys, for the tips. I'm definitely going to write down where I left off with them when I rotate. I think I need to remind myself where I am heading with each house. I often forget when I spend too long with any particular sim house.
I play 10 households, and I have a point system: 1 pt for each level of a designated skill, 2 pts for maxing a skill, 1 pt. for promotion (improved grades for kids count), etc. Each time a household gets 10 pts, I move to the next. I control only one Sim in each household, except on the first day in that household. At 100 pts, I switch control to the heir, who is usually a young adult by then and ready to marry, have children, etc.
Trying All The Things might help boost your interest level and freshen up the game for you. Try the things you haven't tried yet.
BTW, what is the tombs?
That's a lot of sims in one save. 80 is the most I've had in a save.
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