#27
10th Aug 2022 at 12:12 AM
Last edited by AndrewGloria : 10th Aug 2022 at
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Well I've never changed the Maxis limit, so 8 is still my limit for the number of controllable playable Sims living on a residential lot. I've occasionally had 11 or 12 controllable Sims when playing a Simlogical school. That was on my old netbook, and was probably getting close to its limit. I twice had to move the family out, clean up the school, and move the head teacher's family back in.
On the whole though I like to play a wide variety of household types and sizes. I play single Sims living alone, Sims living in communes, gay couples, polyamorous groups of Sims, friends sharing a house, Sims living with relatives, . . . and just occasionally a conventional "nuclear" family with mum, dad, and two kids.
I make liberal use of the Pause button, and of course I make more use of it when playing large households than small ones. I have no hang-ups though about playing single person households. Playing small households gives me more opportunity to get to know individual Sims better. And living alone doesn't necessarily mean that they're lonely. My Sims tend to have lots of friends, and they frequently invite them round. Living alone doesn't even mean sleeping alone; especially not if you're a Romance Sim (as many of my Sims are). One of my female Romance Sims, Veri Short, living in the Via Veronaville, currently has two male friends (also in the modelling line) staying the night with her. She put each of her male model friends in a separate double bedroom, and then swapped beds half way through the night!
[EDIT] Is her life boring? She doesn't think so, and neither do I!
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The Veronaville kids are alright.