How Do You Get Two Sims Together, If They Don't Live on the Same Lot?

[McChoclatey]

Hey guys, can you help me? I kinda have this problem: I pre-created my Sim's love interest and have moved them into town. I made their house next to their fated loved one, and was really expecting their neighbor to show up when the welcome-wagon came by. I assumed that if I moved their houses closer together, they were more likely to pass eachother on the lot or at least show up for eachother in the welcoming committee. But the Sim didn't show up, the neighbors were completely random from different sides of town. I didn't want it to come to waiting for the Sim to pass on the lot randomly as the days went by-Most of the time, it's just townies that pass, there are a few rare times that a Sim that I've created would come onto the lots of other Sims.

I know that I could just move them in together, but I want the Sims to have separate lives before meeting (and plus, I would feel like I'm "cheating" since moving a Sim in gives the original household an extra 20,000 Simoleans).

So, how do I get them to meet each other?

[GEGNER]

Based on my experience house proximity has nothing to do with the welcome wagon nor walkbys. It's random.

Your options are either to camp on a community lot until they pass by or use BoolProp to make them meet (I think). Phaenoh also has a phone book item which lets you look up sims individually too. :u

[Clashfan]

Without using any sort of mods or cheats? You pretty much have to keep going to community lots hoping they show up or wait for them to pass their house. Another way would be to give them both the same jobs and hope one brings the other home from work or stalk the chat line on the computer in hopes they sign on.

Failing that there is this great mod http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=445336 which will allow you to call them on the phone. There are dozens of other mods that would let you teleport them in to your lot or a community lot but Phaenoh's mod is probably the most straight forward method.

[McChoclatey]

Okay, thanks! :)

[NollemD]

If the addition of 20,000 simoleons the only thing that hinders you from putting those two Sims together, then you may just move one household in another household and deduct -20,000 simoleons with the familyfunds cheat in the neighborhood view. Refresh the screen, and you can see the deducted value. Plus, this method also allows your two Sims to be acquaintances and roommates with each other.

Another method is more random and undetermined: you send one Sim out on a community lot and hope that the other Sim appears on the community lot as a visitor. Then, you may allow the two Sims to hang out with each other and return home. Go on a date, eat dinner, watch a movie, and have some fun time together.

[Aegagropilon]

I had that problem with Atlantis and Cassini since they're both so shy (it didn't help that Atlantis was a YA at the time and Cassini an elder, so I couldn't just move them in together from the start). I ended up having a sim that knew both of them invite them over at the same time so they'd meet.

[McChoclatey]

These are all really good suggestions, guys-Thanks a lot! :D

[Peni Griffin]

Play other playables to increase the chances that someone will meet both of them; large families are good for this, because they'll run all over your community lots meeting the world. Then that playable can have them over at the same time - either a party, or just invite them over, or make them part of the same social group and go on outings.

If you get really desperate, use the teleporter cat to get them onto the same lot at the same time; but I find it very rewarding to use my sims to make connections.

[selfmadequeen]

The inSIMenator has an object that comes with one of the downloads called The Summoner (it looks like a cardboard box) and I use that to make Sims meet.

[Bellasaurus]

Phaenoh's Phonebook is fantastic, but you don't get the 'Met so&so' memory. I know some people don't like those memories clogging up the panel but I do! It always kinda bugs me when I use this to set up a pair of sims & they remember their first kisses and all that, but don't remember meeting their soulmate in the first place!

[punkrockgoth1988]

Honestly I usually just send my Sims out to the community lots if the Sim I intend for the ones I'm playing fail to show up. However, as my hood developed, I stopped getting townies in the welcome wagon and more playable Sims began to come home with my Sims from work/school. The thing is, I've never been too picky about who my Sims get into relationships with. I seem to recall that one Sim in particular had dated a few girls before meeting the one that has now become his wife.

However, not everyone plays like I do, so go ahead and get that mod if you're so impatient to set your Sims up.

[starryeyedSim]

It is really easy to get two Sims to meet in the beginning. Let's say you don't have any Sims in the hood yet (custom hood).

You move in a Sim, O.K. save and exit to neighborhood view as soon as they are standing near their mailbox. Go into the main view and move another Sim into the hood near them (right across the street might not work but a house down (one inbetween will most of the time) so they might be part of the welcome wagon. Save and go back to the first Sim to play and to see which Sims show up in the welcome wagon.

If that fails, make a community lot near both Sims houses. Send your playable to the store or whatever, the other Sim may not show up yet so go home. Save and switch to the other Sim just long enough to send them to the same store. This makes the game start forcing that Sim to show up on that community lot, often. Have them hang out there for a little while, go back home, save and then return to your main Sim's house.
Go to the store, the other Sim will show up or still be there. It tricks the game.

It sounds like a lot of work but really it isn't. When I wanted Sims to show up Downtown a long time ago, I did this a few times with certain Sims all the time, and they would show up often.

[Mrmo]

It can be quite tricky to get two sims together. I had a problem when I did try to get one of my sims together whit Antinio monty (Veronaville). The two sims did never meet. She did not pass hes house and he never passed hers. When he went to community lots she was not there and so on. Finelly I (playing her) was able to find him in a park.

What I'm saying is what it can take a lot of time to get two sims together so don't give up.

[AlexandraSpears]

If you have University, send them both to college first. If you put them in different dorms, it's still good...because your Sim can access the college directory and call any Sim on campus whether they met them or not (hint--good for if you want to get your Sim into a Greek house).

(On the plus side, you'll have $40K between them when they graduate, plus money they earn from good grades.)

[LilGeek]

Phaenoh's phone book is my tool for that kind of situations. Call up, invite over and BAM! makin' friends :D

Of course this is not very "realistic", but a whole lot more convenient than camping out on community lots >_>

[A.G.Doren]

You could also put them both into the same career, increasing the odds that they will meet. Another option is playing more playables increasing the likilihood of them meeting through mutual friends.

[dameautour]

If you do decide to try to have them meet through other playables, I find weddings to be the best for matchmaking purposes. This is because Sims can invite anyone they have ever met to a wedding and they'll show up. Even their worst enemy will come.

I have this problem with trying to get Sims to meet in natural ways all the time. If you play both households then one will surely walk by the other's house sometime. Just gotta hope the homeowner is at home.

[AlexandraSpears]

I also have the Sim Manipulator (http://simmanipulator.forumotion.com/). You can spawn anything on a home or community lot, such as a spawner...and you can spawn whatever Sim you want with it, so they'll actually show up at that lot.

[TychoH]

Phaenoh's phone book is my tool for that kind of situations. Call up, invite over and BAM! makin' friends :D

Of course this is not very "realistic", but a whole lot more convenient than camping out on community lots >_>
You can call it an arranged date/meeting :P .

My Sims met their future spouse most of the times by just bringing them from school (or their brother/sister brings him/her from school) or by using Phaenoh's phone book. They almost never met their new spouses as an adult.

[crocobaura]

If you have OFB, you can have one sim own a community business and then you can visit that business with the other sim.

[AlexandraSpears]

If you have OFB, you can have one sim own a community business and then you can visit that business with the other sim.

Even if they have a home business it would probably help.

I've done the community business thing myself to get two Sims to meet.

[crocobaura]

Yes, but with the community business you know for sure that they are going to be there when you visit the lot with the other sim. It works even if your sim is only employed by the community business owner. With home businesses you more or less just wait and hope the other sim will show up and it's too time consuming if you only want them to meet each other.

[Firelira78]

If you don't mind being 'cheaty', I think Inge Jones Teleporter Cat (Simlogical.com) is the fastest way to get various sims on one lot. Just click Summon - the family name of the sim - the sim's name. You also can get rid of unwanted sims too in just a second with the "zap" fearure.

There was a Romance sim in my neighborhood, who got permaplat after his LTW of 20 simultaneous lovers was met. But then, I wanted him to settle down with one of the girls and break up with the rest. I summoned all the lovers in the Romance guy's lot, including his intended wife. I made him kiss her in front of the other 19. So many 'twangs' simultaneously rang in the air. I then zapped his intended and let the other 19 deal with him. You can guess, what happened next. :)

[Julieryc]

If you don't mind being 'cheaty', I think Inge Jones Teleporter Cat (Simlogical.com) is the fastest way to get various sims on one lot. Just click Summon - the family name of the sim - the sim's name. You also can get rid of unwanted sims too in just a second with the "zap" fearure.

There was a Romance sim in my neighborhood, who got permaplat after his LTW of 20 simultaneous lovers was met. But then, I wanted him to settle down with one of the girls and break up with the rest. I summoned all the lovers in the Romance guy's lot, including his intended wife. I made him kiss her in front of the other 19. So many 'twangs' simultaneously rang in the air. I then zapped his intended and let the other 19 deal with him. You can guess, what happened next. :)

Agreed about the teleporter bush/cat if you don't mind cheats.

As for the other, SimBlender is useful to remove romance flags if you don't want to have to deal with jealousy and hatred resulting from the fury of 19 scorned women. I imagine that poor Sim had to guard his trash can really well after breaking all those hearts!

[Darby]

I usually have sims hang out at a community lot in order to meet someone specific. (The Apocalypse Challenge well taught me how to exploit community lots, and I'll have sims spends several days at a time on them, when necessary.)

I like the idea of having mutual friends introduce sims to each other, though. I'm using an age mod that extends adulthood to 42 days, so there's more time for them to find intended mates now, which helps.

Anyway, another aid that some might consider is TwoJeff's Find-a-Mate Crystal Ball. http://www.simbology.com/smf/index.php?topic=15.0
It works like the Gypsy should (but doesn't), and would be effective for finding a CAS playable that was specifically intended to be highly compatible with another playable.

[Amalia81]

Phaenoh's phone book is my tool for that kind of situations. Call up, invite over and BAM! makin' friends :D

Of course this is not very "realistic", but a whole lot more convenient than camping out on community lots >_>

You could just pretend your sim met the other person online. :Pint:

[cappyboy]

As for the other, SimBlender is useful to remove romance flags if you don't want to have to deal with jealousy and hatred resulting from the fury of 19 scorned women. I imagine that poor Sim had to guard his trash can really well after breaking all those hearts!

Hello, Fifth Infantry Division? This is Don Lothario. I just broke up with half the town of Pleasantview. How much would it cost to have you guys come over and guard my garbage can? :)

But seriously, Julie, very useful nugget about SimBlender. There have been many times I wish I could break up the superfluous college flings once the sim had graduated and they'd served their purpose.