The Sims 4 constantly generates new townies to fill specific service roles and make new friends for your Sims. But it can sometimes create way too many townies.
This can trigger the culling mechanism which can actually be a major problem if you’re doing multi-family gameplays.
How do I stop Sims 4 from generating townies?
You cannot stop The Sims 4 from generating new townies. What you can do is create your own townies, set them as unplayed and homeless, and assign them specific service roles.
You can also try to reduce the townie generation rate in The Sims 4 by installing MCCC. Use the Population Module and instruct the game to maintain the homeless Sim population to zero.
How to populate The Sims 4 world with your own Sims
- Start a new save
- Go to household management, and delete all pre-existing townies
- Import your own Sim families, or download them from the gallery
- Move some of them into households and leave most of them homeless
- Select a few Sims and max their skills to fill specific roles
- Download MCCC and use the Population Control settings to keep the townie population under control
You can tweak your MCCC settings in the following manner:
- Click on a computer
- Go to MCCC settings
- Set Open Houses to 100
- Max Homeless Sims to 0 (zero)
This will prevent The Sims 4 from generating new homeless bin Sims and moving them into households.
Depending on the venues available in your world, you’ll need chefs, gym trainers, bartenders, and so on. Use cheats to max your Sims’ skills instantly and assign them specific roles.
Assigning particular service roles to your Sims is crucial. This is a time-consuming task but you need to do it to prevent the game from generating new townies to fill those roles.
Even if you have MCCC or other mods installed, the game will keep generating townies to fill the roles that haven’t been taken by your Sims.
If you’re opposed to modding, this may not be the best solution for you.
What happens if I delete townies in Sims 4?
If you delete townies in The Sims 4, the game will generate new Sims to fill vacant roles. You’ll need to go into the Other Households folders and keep deleting the townies you don’t like.
This is not a permanent solution. It’s only a temporary workaround. You’ll need to manually delete redundant townies every time they show up in your game.
How does The Sims 4 generate townies?
The Sims 4 mainly generates townies to fill vacant jobs and roles in your world. When you create bars, restaurants, gyms, and other venues, the game detects new townies are needed to do the jobs required by the new venues.
When your Sim visits a venue and there are not enough Sims there, the game will generate new townies to take care of NPC assignments.
Are Sims 4 townies randomly generated?
Sims 4 townies are not randomly generated. The game gives them specific skills to fill specific roles and jobs in your world. For example, if you create a gym, the game will generate two gym trainers and max out their Athletic skill.
Conclusion
You cannot prevent The Sims 4 from generating new townies. You can create your own unplayed and homeless Sims and assign them specific roles or hope the game picks them to fill vacant roles and jobs. But that’s not guaranteed to happen.