It’s fairly easy to set up – but there are some steps involved. If you are more interested in how MC settings work, I’ve posted mine here. You can have just run in the background, quietly updating your unplayed families or have it be an active participant. MC Command Center is a wonderful mod that adds story progression, disables culling, and basically allows you to tweak various settings of the game.
These instructions are accurate as of May 24, 2021.