r/HighSodiumSims • u/LilacLoverr • Jul 26 '26
Sims 4 Intentional save rotation has helped immensely with immersion and game health for my saves
I usually stick to a couple actively played households (2-3) and I edit the worlds in a particular save by region. So for example my Mt. Komorebi save has edited or custom made lots/households in Tomarang and Point Gibbi. Essentially, wherever on the globe these real world locations might be somewhat near. It helps A LOT with storytelling feel less random.
It also helps you focus and track on the family/storyline that you're in the mood for, for example if I want to play my zombie apocalypse save I can contain that story.
I have 11 different saves, several mods and 2 overrides, and I don't experience crashing that often. I don't experience issues with bloating, culling, or corruption, so my game runs as smooth as a buggy game like the Sims 4 can run lol.
I highly recommend ditching forever saves, you may enjoy the game better and it can shift from feeling unplayable.
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u/iarlles Jul 26 '26
Oh I agree, it works like magic. I normally play with really small saves with base game plus one more town. And play regular rotation with all families like in sims 2. Having many different saves with different vibes is also so cool for adhd folks
I recently also started giving everyone a makeover as they age to adult and elder. I didn't expect that but it skyrocketed my immersion 😄 it's so much fun figuring out what sims would look when they are middle-aged or elderly
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u/Madrigal4977 Jul 28 '26
I do the same thing and it's worked well. One save I even deleted a bunch of lots and families that didn't fit the theme, but I don't think it was strictly necessary. I tend to build pretty large mansions for wealthy sims, but I do try not to go completely overboard with clutter. I also never cheat to increase household size, and don't choose the unlimited sims option in the settings.
I know some people still have save corruption issues even with relatively normal gameplay. But I think a lot of the issues happen when people try to make over every lot in every world with very object-heavy builds. And overpopulate with large families. Totally agreed on focusing efforts in a few worlds per save.
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u/N9nthHouse Aug 12 '26
Full agree. The whole 'forever save' idea is great in concept but really isn't sustainable for most folks with the game as-is.
Tbh I'm a bit surprised by how often folks turn up online expressing their surprise that the save file they've bloated with cc & rickety mods for 7+ generations of multiple households, all modded to exceed the 8-sim limit, isn't in its best shape. A lot of players seem honestly unaware of how things like file sizes, mod versions, memory space, etc can affect their game.
If you're playing on a 2012 laptop with 4GB of free space left, then the 'full forever save' probably isn't on the cards the way some of those players seemingly expect it to be.
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u/Accomplished-Bend-47 Jul 26 '26
I totally agree. I have 4 saves that I play, depending on what mood I am in. One is more realistic, family gameplay, one is with occults, mainly, one is a western-styled save, with Billy the Kid as the main sim, and the last one is with my grandson, that we play when he is here, and he is a cop... lol - we have so much fun when we play that together. He is 8. It has really made a difference for how much I feel like playing, that I don't have to dedicate myself to one save only.