I blame eugenicists and population control! I chose a huge lot and built a very big house, with lots of rooms, bathrooms, living rooms, bedrooms, children's rooms, music rooms, etc... I wanted 'generations to live in my mansion'... I wanted the elderly to mix with the young, like in real life! I sought a unified existence within one lot... Too many 'carbon footprints'? Now I read somewhere that the original 'SIMS' only allowed 8 Sims in a household... I mean, I have a 5ghz processor, 32GB of RAM, a graphics processor that recreates 'reality'... I thought this was a new engine? An 'evolution' of the franchise? Anyway, looks like I'll have to swap between households, saving, loading, saving again and loading again... Since the beginning of time, Sims have evolved! They are more than they ever were... Or is the 'new engine' just a tacked-on upgrade? Since the beginning of time, Sims have evolved! They are more than they ever were... Or is the 'new engine' just a tacked-on upgrade? I feel your pain. I've heard others discuss how this game is still built for the 32-bit format over the 64-bit many of us have. The great thing about Sims 4 though is you're not just limited to one household -- you can have 8 Sims in one house and another 8 in the house next door, then switch back and forth and have the two households interact with each other that way. Personally, I have trouble keeping track of my households of 4 Sims -- don't know how you folks with 8 or more do it. Personally I feel like that is plenty I usually go with 2 grandparents, 2 parents, 2 children, later add a spouse for one of the children and then let them have a child. It's cool to have great grandparents on the lot! That being said, there are mods out there that will make that all go away. MUAHAHAHAHAHA I used one in TS2 and briefly in TS3 for a story I wanted to tell. I don't use mods in TS4, personally, but I'm sure someone will be able to point you in the right direction. Edit: SimsVIP showcased this mod awhile back. Then go back to household 1.... From discussions about rotational play, people playing that way tend to switch households about every Sim week. And unless your Sims never leave home, you're going to hit loading screens anyway. It's not much more than that to switch households. I save every Sim day regardless; it's faster than taking a Sim to the gym even. Remember that this game was built to work for as many Simmers as possible after the disaster that The Sims 3 was. There is a mod to increase the limit and I feel that's a fair compromise. Why do people with low end computers use that as the end all excuse for sims? How is penalizing us with good computers fair? Why couldn't they raise the limit to 12 or 15, at least, and people with low end computers know what they're computer could and could not handle and play to what you CAN PLAY. Why is most people ready to let the modders pick up EA's slack? Why do people with low end computers use that as the end all excuse for sims? How is penalizing us with good computers fair? Why couldn't they raise the limit to 12 or 15, at least, and people with low end computers know what they're computer could and could not handle and play to what you CAN PLAY. Why is most people ready to let the modders pick up EA's slack? I have a low end ancient computer and I've never once thought the game should be limited to just what I can play. Seems easy enough to make 8 a default setting with the ability to raise the number in an options menu. I know when I play Sims 3 and am using my Sim that makes all his money from tips that I can have 20 - 30 Sims dancing, cooking, eating, having conversations, running off to the rest room when needed... So I have to question the people who claim that 8 is the limit so that people with slower computers can play the Sims. I just believe the decision was made for other reasons. Why do people with low end computers use that as the end all excuse for sims? How is penalizing us with good computers fair? Why couldn't they raise the limit to 12 or 15, at least, and people with low end computers know what they're computer could and could not handle and play to what you CAN PLAY. Why is most people ready to let the modders pick up EA's slack? I have a low end ancient computer and I've never once thought the game should be limited to just what I can play. Seems easy enough to make 8 a default setting with the ability to raise the number in an options menu. I know when I play Sims 3 and am using my Sim that makes all his money from tips that I can have 20 - 30 Sims dancing, cooking, eating, having conversations, running off to the rest room when needed... So I have to question the people who claim that 8 is the limit so that people with slower computers can play the Sims. I just believe the decision was made for other reasons. Of course there is no lag because it does not have the features that would cause lag, however the limit of 8 sims does contribute to one's thinking that slower computers cannot handle a great amount of processing. It is only one of many reasons that it is set up that way Sims series never scaled up or down like some other games do in regard to specs with an exception to graphics and that is one problem where one group is benefiting where as another is not. For some people if a game cannot scale up to use specs efficiently it is a turn off. Can I say I really find a game that only contents are added and no features superior to one that has worthwhile features, I would have to say no. Right now I look at Sims 4 as a game made for a tablet but it is able to be played on a PC but with some add on purchases.
