Is it possible to play as one sim in a household?

[Paddy]

I'd like to roleplay as my own character rather than try to role-play my entire family, is this possible where I can play as just myself while the others are controlled by the Ai?

[AkuNaRahman]

you can, but since the A.I is somewhat dumb I think it would be better to control them all.

[City Builder]

Technically, all the sims are controlled by the A.I. but you can set the autonomy in the settings but I believe that sets it for all the Sims that are in your household and can't be set per sim, unless you're playing with just one sim in your household. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong...

So while you can give orders to yourself sim, you may find that you need to do that with all of the household sims from time to time else they get themselves into trouble like not studying their employment craft to better themselves at work and even with a neat trait may just leave the filth laying around to a certain degree, not going to sleep at a proper time etc.

[The Living Darkness]

The best way to go about it is to really have the one character control the house. For example, lock the kitchen. When your character ready to eat have them make a family meal and then call everyone to it from the dinner table. Also I would recommend having at least one of the sims you dont play with the neat trait.

Another important thing to remember is the way sims sleep with autonomy. Sims by default will only nap during daytime hours, starting at maybe around 7pm and ending at maybe like 3 or 4am. During those hours a Sim will go to bed if they are tired otherwise they just take a nap without your direction. If they work a night job like criminal then they will sleep during the day I seem to have noticed. If you keep that in mind you can help them sleep. One good way to do that is again, lock bedroom doors or the wing of the house with beds until your main sim is ready for bed. If sofas are all in places with stereos on then sims will not be able to nap during the day. They will try then wake up immediately. Also keep them away from coffee.

But yeah if you follow the idea of one Sim really controlling the household schedule then you should be fine. Also Sims that dont have jobs really will do fine with autonomy. Kids can be micro controlled through the parenting skill. Its alot of work for the player but yeah a parent can get their kid to do basically anything with enough parenting skill.

Quick edit: dont build a pool unless your lot has geothermal heating hehe.

[Paddy]

So far it is working out OK, I play as myself while my son and wife do their own thing, I interact with them regularly but leave them to the Ai which does ok at managing them

[Viking Noble]

I’m currently playing Toddler to Riches.
I created a single mother that is a runaway and living with her toddler in a shack that is in the wooded lot that is in Glimmerbrook. But instead of playing the mother raising a kid, I am playing the child and only play the mom to tell her to pay the bills.
(playing with game set to long life, with toddler and children not being money earner I started with the motherlode cheat but to offset that I made a lot haunted)

To add to the challenge/story, have the child be occult from its father side, and that being the reason why the mother is a runaway.
When the child started school, I had the mom start the cooking career, but I’m not doing anything to help her advance in it.

It has been a fun play;
my character started as a Vampire toddler named Von Volf, as a child found the cure, as a teen made and cured himself.
Currently my teen is learning magic so him and his mom can be immortal.