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Does the new "Maximum Sim Count" stop culling?
ByondTime89
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So, in the new patch something called "Maximum Sim Count" was introduced, the details copied from the patch notes are as followed:
A new Maximum Sim Count option can be found in Gameplay Options.
* The “My Households” panel in the Manage Household screen allows easier management of which households are considered important. Households placed in this panel are protected from being… deleted.
* The “Maximum Sim Count” option specifies the number of protected Sims allowed. If the limit is reached, existing households need to be unprotected before new ones can be added.
* The limit can be changed and does include an “Unlimited” option, although this setting is not recommended as it may cause performance issues or other undesirable behavior.
Because these households are "protected from being deleted" does that make them safe from ever being culled?? Does this apply to the entire household line, like ghosts of ancient ancestors or just the ones currently in the family that are active?? I'd be very interested to hear what others make of this and whether it improves your game play or not.
A new Maximum Sim Count option can be found in Gameplay Options.
* The “My Households” panel in the Manage Household screen allows easier management of which households are considered important. Households placed in this panel are protected from being… deleted.
* The “Maximum Sim Count” option specifies the number of protected Sims allowed. If the limit is reached, existing households need to be unprotected before new ones can be added.
* The limit can be changed and does include an “Unlimited” option, although this setting is not recommended as it may cause performance issues or other undesirable behavior.
Because these households are "protected from being deleted" does that make them safe from ever being culled?? Does this apply to the entire household line, like ghosts of ancient ancestors or just the ones currently in the family that are active?? I'd be very interested to hear what others make of this and whether it improves your game play or not.
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Agree. It's like no point of continuing a generation.
At a certain point, I'll probably be ok with culling some of my ghosts. I have no problem with culling townie ghosts. If I could just keep the tombstone as an object, I'd be ok with letting my ghosts go unless I specifically marked one to be saved.
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Now we get a message if we do not interact with ghosts saying that their sprit is weakening and that sims need to visit their resting place to keep them in the physical world. I have several who are threatened to be deleted. I play on long, and I don't tend to age up sims early, it happens very rarely. My count is set at around 100, since I also play legacy style with only one to two other households that are just there for when I get bored of the legacy at this point.
I saw on one of the Guru's twitters that ghosts DO count towards the "max count" but they get put in a separate "hidden" folder before they get culled, so if you favorite them they won't get deleted. Same for any household you favorite.
Your telling me! I'm up to generation 25 and my sims count was over 700, algood now though with the new patch!
If i were to fill "My Households" with 200 sims... would that stop new townies from spawning?
Considering I saved Currently existing townies/NPCs to "My Households?"
My Mood:
No, it would not stop townies from spawning.
There are two separate counts happening, one visible to you and one not visible to you:
- The "My Households" count is the number of Sims protected from culling.
- The other count is of total population, dead included; when it passes 575, culling is triggered.
There is no way to stop townies from spawning: they are often needed for game mechanics. The only thing you can do is reduce the number spawned with mods that nudge the game to use more of your own townies. I believe most are broken (and not yet updated), except MC Command Center.I usually play with that ticked on, but the more Sims I have marked "played" rather than unplayed, the more the game will need to create townies. I end up okay with it if I take the time to fix them in CAS and get rid only of ones I don't feel like fixing, knowing more will turn up anyway. If you make Sims and evict them to Not In World, they might be more likely to be picked up by the game for walk-by roles and NPC tools too. The trick to getting fewer townies seems to be having lots of unplayed Sims available. But it will only ever be fewer, not none.