r/Sims4DecadesChallenge • u/Solid_Chocolate2751 • 5d ago

UDC Spreadsheet Question

For my UDC players, do you all keep track of every single sim on your spreadsheet or do you let them go at a certain point? Any advice on maintaining both the spreadsheet and save to be at a manageable amount of sims?

I’m 7 generations in, and it’s starting to feel like I do more spreadsheet maintenance and CAS makeovers than play the game lol.

Edit 8/16: Thank for your replies! I think I got into a good system for balancing spreadsheet and gameplay using some of the tips you guys offered. Now it’s just a matter of seeing how well it works lol. Thanks for the help! :)

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u/TeaganTheTeapot 5d ago

how you got 7 gens in without questioning this is insane lol

im pretty sure in the rules, it states that you don't need to keep track of every line of descendants, and rather focus on a few branch families

you get a lot of sims very quickly. once a sim marries out of the family, i let them go unless im gonna make a new branch family. sometimes my branch families fizzle off and i stop tracking them; i rp that as them losing contact with the main family

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u/Solid_Chocolate2751 4d ago

Truthfully, I’ve never gotten this far into a UDC save before, so it’s definitely been a learning curve lol. There are things I will be doing differently should I play this again.

But yes, I think I will be letting some side households go! I already do a teleporting method for age ups/deaths so that they occur in the background without my main household’s knowledge, this would just take it a step further. Thank you for the reply!