#im making this savefile a mix of every sims game & want it to be a base save i can boot up when i want to restart i.e. pleasantview!

[sunleaf-sims]

savefile stress tips

some things that‘ve helped me set up my save file & still play the game without feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or get caught in perfectionism lately! (as a neurodivergent bean ☀️)

have a test savefile where i make/edit townies and play them as i go/feel like it. this test save is „in the past“ , i.e. : ive started off finishing & playing bob & betty newbie, when my finished/base save file im working on is going to be Brandi‘s generation.

I can remove any sims from this test save that i know i want to be around in brandis generation- so they wont meet her parents at the age theyre supposed to be in her generation etc. I often get overwhelmed by the volume of townies & this also allows me to keep in townies i dont have much of a connection to and just see if stories develop with them naturally. those stories can then carry on down the generation to my Base savefile (for example the kids of townies i didnt care much for, could become beloved and then be in brandis generation) im also slowly aging down some townies & creating familys for them as i play to imagine what their life may have been like in childhood and give me more of a story idea on them for later. (for example the bffs are kids when brandi is a toddler, now. and their story has wound up interlacing with hers a little!) its fun to see what sims will interact and can give me some ideas for where things may be later on during brandis gen/savefile!

i have a 2nd semi vanilla/„low committment“ savefile. this one i dont make lore for or have any expectations for, its also to embrace the chaos of unplanned gameplay and just going along with the ride. it serves the purpose of letting me jump in with no thought/prep for events or just some one off gameplay or building when i feel like it, without feeling worried about how it may affect things or setting anything up etc. if something happens that i really enjoy, i can port it/note it down to include in my save later, in some capacity. Im also using this save file to explore the gallery and test out builds in gameplay to see if i like them in action, and just play generally very freely and carelessly when i feel like my test save makes me a but tense mentally!

i make frequent backups of my tray files(as anyone should ofc)- but after each time, i go through my tray files in game and delete any wips of households or builds, that ive since completed. this way, im keeping my tray files organized and know how much ive gotten done, without the confusion of multiple versions or duplicates! And then i can quickly place these into the Base save file (and back that up, too xP)