Here’s How to Change the Active Family

  1. Save your existing game.
  2. Open the game menu by clicking the menu icon.
  3. Choose Edit Town.
  4. On the left menu screen, select Change Active Household.
  5. Pick a house to switch to a new active family.

Can you play 2 players on Sims 3?

Due to the mechanics of story progression, the base Sims 3 game doesn’t allow multiple controllable families at once in a single neighborhood. This means, if you want your sims to interact, you have few options: Play in the same neighborhood.

How do you play two households in Sims 3?

Here’s how:

  1. Go to options.
  2. Select ‘Edit Town’
  3. There’s a button with two houses on it. Click it!
  4. You should be familiar with the options after that. It’s the same options you had when you started the game. You can create a new family, choose an existing household, or move in a household.

What to do when you cant switch houses in Sims 3?

Go to edit town, and save a copy of your household with house (so you don’t have to re-buy the house). Next, evict your family and bulldoze the house. Take the copy you made and put it in the previous house’s place. And Boom! you’re done. Hope this helps anyone else with the same issue. You helped me two years later lol thanks!

Why do all of my friends disappear in Sims 3?

Yes – all of your friends disappear, but are the same within the household only. Bit annoying! I think this happened to me after moving a non-town sim into the house. You are a hero. I was trying all types of things. The only negative is losing the family cemetery and family tree.

Why is my family tree not working on Sims 3?

@I-Yash If you still have a backup of your save, either one you made yourself or the automatic copy the game generates, you can try to fix this issue without losing your family tree.

What happens if you evict your Sims in Edit Town?

If you evict your sims in Edit Town but don’t save them to the bin, then save the house alone, bulldoze the lot, replace the house, and move the family back in, all without leaving Edit Town, your sims will keep their jobs and relationships, although they’ll lose their promised dreams and opportunities.