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The Grove Pack Legacy Challenge (Updated 3-31-25)
Hi and welcome to my return to sim story writing! I am doing my rendition of rosannatxt's "Pack Legacy Challenge." Below are links to Rosannatxt's Challenge and my story respectively. Thank you for stopping by and Happy Simming! Pack Legacy Rules and Guidelines James Turner Disable Packs Tool ------------------------------------ The Grove Legacy: Humble Beginnings Ch. 1 *Chapters 1-11 + Recap are out now!
The Jones Family Part 2: The New Tutor
The next evening, after hearing about the kids' poor grades, Tom and Sarah decided to have a family meeting. "Okay, everyone, we need to talk about your grades," Tom said, trying to stay calm. Harper slouched in her seat. "It’s hard, Dad. Everything’s different here, and I don’t understand why everyone else is doing better." Mark crossed his arms. "Yeah, I don’t like being the new kid. It feels like no one notices us." Sarah softened. "I get it, but you’re not alone. We’ll help you. We’ll find a tutor if you need it. And don’t worry about friends—they’ll come." The kids nodded reluctantly. Later that evening, while hiring a tutor, Sarah noticed their neighbors, Summer, Travis, and Liberty, having a barbecue across the street. "What do you think?" she asked Tom. "Should we stop by?"Harper and Mark exchanged uncertain looks, but eventually agreed to go. At the barbecue, Summer greeted them warmly. "Glad you came by " Liberty, who was playing with some other kids, waved at Harper and Mark. "Hey! Want to play soccer? I’ll teach you." Harper hesitated, then nodded. "Okay, sure." Mark grinned. "I’m in." The kids quickly made new friends, laughing and playing soccer. Meanwhile, Tom and Sarah chatted with Summer and Travis, enjoying the warm welcome. As they headed home later, Tom smiled as they reached their front door. "We’re just getting started, soon you will have wonderful grades." And with that, the family stepped inside, ready for whatever came next. Soon the tutor arrived and said,”Hi I’m Megan, nice to meet you!” “And old grandma?!” said both the kids.
The Whittaker Saga - 1960s (updated 04/01)
I was vastly inspired when reading the decades challenge, and as a history teacher, I could not stop myself from giving it a try. Of course, true to my nature or refusing to do things by the book, the first thing I did was break the rules. How? By creating as my protagonist a single, working woman living on her own! Gasp! Why? Partly because a story popped into my head, but also, partly, to honor the many women who - by choice or necessity - actually worked, and worked hard for their living in the 1890s. We tend to forget them, but the working women were there - from the hard working farmers that we often downgrade by calling wives, as if they weren't an essential part of the economy of the farm, to the working class women working as domestic help or in the factories where they were only payed half of a man's wages. So with that, I introduce Abigail Spencer, a single, working, middle class woman in 1890s Willow Creek: As middle class there is only a few jobs available to Abigail, that of governess or that of teacher. Abigail is therefore a teacher, teaching at Willow Creek Elementary School. She lives right next door to the school, in a small shotgun house with a few chickens and a patch of land to help her make ends meet (teachers really were not payed a lot during this time either). Obviously, her biggest goal in life is to find a husband, get married and start a family so that she won't have to work. (In fact, a teacher, as well as many other working women, automatically lost their job if they got married during this time.) But to get married, she needs to find a husband. Meet Willow Creek's eligible bachelors: Matthew Godeau: Matthew is one of the richest men in Willow Creek. A bit too old to still be a bachelor he lives with his widowed mother in Ophelia house (yes, eventually this family changed their names and became the Goths. Ophelia house is named from Matthew's mother). Pro: Matthew is creative, just like Abigail, as well as a romantic and would be sure to bestow lots of attention on a wife. He lives in one of the biggest houses in town, and is a wealthy business man. Abigail would have a good life with him. Con: His mother. Ophelia is a woman set in her own ways and she is not about to let some silly girl interfere with how she runs her house! Ophelia is mean, materialistic and an overachiever. She is not likely to see some middle class teacher as good enough for her son. Add that she has raised her son to be not only creative and romantic, but also incredibly self absorbed and the household may prove hard to be comfortable with. Joseph Whittaker: Joseph is a novellist, living in the stately Whittaker house, which with time, will be turned into the well renowned Willow Creek Archive. He has no mother (a definite pro), but two very young children. A son and a daughter, from a previous marriage. Pro: Joseph is a bookworm, just like Abigail and is sure look favourably on her past as a teacher. They are also both family orientated which means they are a good match in personalities and would likely find a lot of common ground. The house is ripe with books, and Joseph's two motherless children desperately need a mother to tend to their needs. With two live in maids it's a comfortable life focused on the family and the books she so loves. Con: Joseph very much mourns his dead wife, and keeps her picture on the wall over the fireplace. Can he ever truly love again, or will Abigail forever live in the shadow of the woman he loved and lost? Loyd Brennan: Loyd is the owner of Brennan's Groceries and Dry Goods, the biggest (only) shop in town. He lives with his sister Mary and their dachshund above the store. Pro: Loyd is outgoing and friendly and easy to get along with. He's self assured, but unlike Matthew, not self absorbed. He works hard and provides a good home. As a working man he does not mind a working wife, so Abigail would do more than sit around being pretty. He loves dogs, and anyone who does cannot be bad - right? Con: Living in a store would mean working in the store. There is no way the wife of a store owner is not in that store working along side her husband. Without money for a maid, this involves not just working in the store but running the household as well. The apartment isn't really big enough for a large family and unless Mary gets married, it's bound to be crowded. Then there is the fact that she and Mary does not really get along well. Paul Heydale: Paul is a farmer, living with his entire family at Garden Essence, a farm with a cow, chickens and a whole lot of crops. They're a tight knit family who works hard for what they have. Pros: Paul, like Abigail is both creative and family orientated. He dreams of becoming a painter rather than a farmer. By marrying him, Abigail would be wrapped up in a large family who would be there for her, something she'd never had before. His family is also very friendly, and Abigail teachers his younger sister and has already met and chatted with his mother and father and really likes the entire family. Con: Marrying a farmer would be a step down the social ladder, and the life of a farmer is hard! Is Abigail cut out for working out from early morning to late evening without ever more than making ends meet? And the house is crowded as is, with Paul's parents and two younger siblings (so far). Where would more children live? Is Abigail prepared for the hard life that accompanies this choice? Now I wanted to make a poll, but apparently you cannot do this in this section of the forums. So I'll leave you with a question instead - who do you believe Abigail will most likely fall in love with and why? Matthew Joseph Loyd Paul Finally, here is my Willow Creek in 1890: *** An important note about the future postings in this story: After trying and fighting the forum to get the posts up and running as they are supposed to work, I have now decided that it's simply too much work. Instead, I have started a blog that (hopefully soon) will contain all of the chapters from here and the old forum. I am currently at 1891 and moving forwards quite rapidly. Here the posts of each chapter will be replaced by a link to the chapters in the blog as I move forwards, though I will leave any comments as they are. The massive perk with this is that I do not need to worry about editing in all images manually, and the loading time will decrease enormously without them. The process of reading is also easier at the blog - and while the blog itself is in the wrong order, I have set up a list of all chapters in chronological order for new readers as well as a search function if you are looking for a specific chapter. Another perk is that I have some new options, like character pages where you can get a summary of each of the main character in the story (warnings for spoilers) and a separate page about the challenge, how time moves. I hope I will be able include a link to the family tree as well. It will take some time to get everything set up, and I do appreciate input in the process. I do promise that the story will go on, and hope you will keep reading it and commenting on it either here or on the new blog. Link to the blog.The Jones Family Part 1: The New School ( A Sims 4 Fun Story)
Characters of the family: Tom: 32 year-old, has the active, bro, and self-assured traits. Sarah: 31 year-old, has the good, foodie, and neat traits. Harper: 7 year-old, has the hot-headed trait. Mark 7 year-old, has the erratic trait. Takes place in Willow Creek, a lively town with friendly neighbors. Suddenly Tom heard a knock on the door. "Who is it?" Tom said. He opened the door to find his new neighbors. "Hi I'm Summer, this is Travis, and over there is Liberty. Welcome to Willow Creek!" Summer said. "Oh thank you, well come on in, enjoy yourselves... oh what's that?" Tom said. " It's a fruitcake, we brought it for you!" Travis said. "Oh how lovely!" said Sarah. Whispering to Tom, Sarah said, " I'm not really a fan of fruitcake." "Well... just pretend to like it, but I'm gonna eat some." Tom whispered. " We have to go, bye everyone!" Said Liberty. "Bye!" said the family. Meanwhile while Tom was eating he said, "Where are the kids?" "Oh no! They could be lost!" Sarah said. "Hi mom and dad!" Harper and Mark said. " Oh there you are!" Said Tom. "Don't you dare run away again!" Sarah said. "We were just outside on the playground." Said Mark. "Come on, let's get you signed in for your new school." Tom Said. "New School?!" said both the kids. "Yes you can make new friends." said Sarah. " Aww, I don't want new friends." said Mark. "Well you will have to get over it." said Sarah. When the kids finished school the next day, Tom said "How'd your grades go?" "Not good." said Harper. "We both got 20s on our school-work." Said Mark.
Cantrell: The Early Years, Part SIX
Life Moves in Circles, a Cantrell: The Early Years, Part Six Update Erik came back into the house. He placed the newly collected eggs into the fridge and then listened hard. Is that somebody at the front door? He walked through the entrance hall and heard it again. Pulling open the door, he was surprised to see a small girl standing on his front stoop. “Hello, may I help you?” he asked. “My Daddy died,” she began to sob. “It was just him and me. Mommy died in a car crash when I was just a baby.” “Oh, honey, I’m so sorry to hear that. Does anybody know you’re over here?” “I told them I was going over to see you. That you lived right here in New Henford.” “What do you want me to do for you?” “I’m being adopted out.” At first Erik thought she was asking him to adopt her, then she said, “Can I have your autograph before I have to go? That way I can remember I used to live near you.” “I’m so sorry you have to leave, but I’ll tell you what. It’s really going to be okay. Come here,” Erik said, giving the child a warm hug. “Bad things happen in life sometimes. You just hang onto all those great memories you have of your daddy, focus on those.” “And of course you can have my autograph, it would be my pleasure, what’s your name?” “Margaret,” she said. “To my good neighbor, Margaret, love Erik.” He said as he wrote. “There you go, how’s that?” “Ah, super thank you, you’re the best!” Handing back the signed photo, he reached down and shook her hand. “Take care, Margaret. I’m so happy we met.” Going back inside, Erik found Kayleigh upstairs feeding Jamison. He stood and watched for a moment. “My schedule appears to be free for now. How about if I give him his bath,” he offered. “Oh, would you? I think Andrew has blown out his shorts.” “I don’t envy you that. Come on, ‘Tigger’, let’s get you bathed. Lighten Mama’s load a bit.” After giving Jamison his bath, Erik took a moment to line up a sitter. “Hayleigh, are you and Regina free tonight? About five-thirty? Yeah, we have the big screen upstairs. You can watch the Show from there. Thanks. Sitters are lined up,” he told Kayleigh. “Oh, that’s right, tonight’s the night, isn’t it? I’ve been so focused on Christmas, I all but forgot.” *~~*~~*~~*~~* “Andrew doesn’t at all like pumpkin, but he does like rice porridge, you can give him that. Jamison isn’t sitting quite yet, so he gets a bottle,” Erik instructed on their way out of the door. “Well, Jamison, you’re like your Mama, aren’t you. Late bloomer,” Regina said, holding him out from her as she spoke. Then she cuddled him into herself. “Break a leg, Erik, and you two have some fun.” Beaming into the front lot of the PBP Studios Lounge, they stood amidst the others gathering for the event. “Kayleigh, Mom’s here,” Erik said as he walked off to greet Louise. “Mom, so good to see you,” Shortly thereafter, the group made their way up to the third-floor studio for the awards show. Holding her hand as they sat in chairs, Kayleigh gazed over at her husband, “You’re hands are a bit clammy. Why are you so nervous? You’ve been here before.” “It was an experiment. The whole album. I think I may have gone off of the rails with it a bit.” “Nonsense, it’s beautiful. I think it’s your best one, yet. Oh, and there’s the music.” “And yes, it’s that time," the Host sad, rubbing his hands together. “For bringing such aural beauty to the ears of Sims around the world . . .Tonight, is the Big One, folks. The fourth. Tonight we recognize the Album of the Year. Voters are expected to consider the quality and artistry of the collection of tracks as a whole which distinguishes it from record of the year, which is a single track. It also honors artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales, or chart position. Tonight is special, as we sit on the precipice of a possible Clean Sweep. I can’t believe my hands are shaking,” the Host admitted. He tore at the envelope with a vengeance until the paper gave way and the card inside was freed. He read it quickly. “Ladies and Gentlemen, please recognize the Beethoven of our time. . . Erik Cantrell for his second Clean Sweep of his incredible career! His latest Album, Collision is truly a work of art. Come on up, Erik, I can’t think of another more deserving artist.” Erik took the stage and leaned into the microphone to say, “I can; Arthemise Grover, Amy Henderson, Tyler Brickyard, Xavier Holland, all very fine artists in their own right. I couldn’t have been in better company. Please join me in applause. Each are truly gifted.” Leading the way, Erik’s clapping brought the audience along. Their applause. generous. Erik stood holding the heavy Starlight Accolade and smiled as he dipped his head downward. “I have a bit of a confession to make. I got busted a few years back. Yes, working on the very sound greatly acclaimed by the Academy on this album. You may recall Collision, the title song. That was my trial balloon, if you will.” Erik shook his head and grinned. “I have since learned to never work on my music out on the balcony overlooking the ocean on a too warm summer night. It was three am. While it didn’t sound that loud to me,” Erik used his hand to illustrate as if going over and under the waves, “Apparently sound travels in the dead of night, filling up the void. Amazing. As for the sound of it, who knew then what I had just stumbled across? “The magistrate I went before seemed to take no interest as he all but threw the Book at me. I was effectively disturbing the peace. Gratefully, it only cost me a fine and a huge bruise to my ego. Oh, well Life does take us into various circles to shake us up a bit. It’s all good. But you can bet I will never, never, ever work outside again. Despite the heat. I have learned my lesson." With this, the audience laughed. “I would like to thank the Academy for the votes. My gratitude to my entire crew over at Taygeta Studios. Ryan Ricks, my record producer, you’re the best. Toby Gleason, my recording engineer. Likewise. Michael Perry and Richard Foreman who expertly oversee the mixing. This is Team Erik for which I so appreciate their combining of talents to help me achieve my recording goals. Couldn’t do it without you guys. Thank you so much. Please give a hand to these guys, who have been with me from the very beginning.” “Don’t mind me, I’m the father of twin boys. My dear wife and I have all but forgotten what sleep is. And this whole honor is a tad overwhelming, to say the least. So, if you’ll forgive me, we need to leave and rescue the Aunties who are bravely sitting for us. Thank you again.” “Goodnight, Everybody.” All for now, thanks for reading!Sims 4 Restaurant Build Challenge
Your job is to build the best can make. You don't have to have any packs but you can use them if you want to. Dine Out is also not required, just do your best. When you finish send me the link and I will check your build, each restaurant build is 1 point. No Packs Required. Feel Free To Use Move Objects. Always Do Your Best. No CC (Custom Content) or mods. Feel Free To Use Money Cheat. (If not in free build mode)Share Your Newest The Sims 4 Creations Here!
I thought I would add this spot to The Sims 4 Lots and Sims 4 related items! We have one kinda like this set up for The Sims 3 That SimGuruHydra set up for us! It is simply a place to showcase your newest TS4 creations!! So please share in this thread all your newest creations for The Sims 4!! I thought it would make it easy for everyone to see what everyone is creating in The Sims 4!! Please don't forget to add your Hash-Tags Or Origin ID, & Download Links, so people can find you and your builds/creations in the Gallery!! Please Feel Free to Share all your Sims Creations here, Rooms, & Sims also!!! We would love to see all of your wonderful creations!! Start the Sharing Please!!! This Link will get you to each post in the thread, That has creations!! Thank You sweet Rose!! forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/12810566/#Comment_12810566 Rosemow's Weekly Challenge Link Here! forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/815547/one-room-one-week-one-theme/p1
Build-n-Share #191 **Spring Designer Showdown**
Welcome to BNS 191: Spring Designer Showdown Spring is here, and it's time to celebrate nature and sustainability! Your sims want to celebrate spring with an outside party. Your task is to design a space that seamlessly blends the elegance of a garden party with the principles of eco-friendly living. Build a greenhouse or gardening space with room for either an indoor or outdoor party. The garden/greenhouse must be both functional and decorative. It can be any kind of party - tea party, birthday party, wedding reception, something else entirely. Whatever type of party you pick, it needs to be designed for hosting spring gatherings with seating, dining and lighting. The focus should be on eco-conscious design, with sustainable features and practices. Note: Eco Lifestyle is not required. If you don’t have the pack, use your imagination. CC is absolutely allowed. The Brief: Budget: $75000 Lot size: 30x20 or larger Build a greenhouse or garden space Set up a party area with seating, lighting, and decoration. The party should evoke the spirit of a celebratory spring gathering. Guests will need at least one bathroom Include at least three sustainable elements (e.g., solar panels, compost bins, upcycled furniture, rainwater collectors, vertical gardens). Use a spring color palette. Optional Bonus Objectives (You don't have to do all 3) : Integrate small surprises or “Easter eggs” into your design, such as hidden gnomes or bunny statues. Blend vintage and modern design styles by using repurposed materials. Incorporate unique vertical space features, such as living walls or hanging installations. Remember to include the hashtag #bns191 with your build so it can be found. Entries are due by Wednesday, April 30, 23:5:59 New York Time/EDT BUILD OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM CHALLENGE #191: Spring Designer Showdown FORUM ID: ORIGIN ID: NEW LOT LINK: LOT COST: GALLERY COST: TOTAL COST: (Lot cost plus gallery cost) LINK TO ENTRY SLIDESHOW: ENTRY DETAILS: (Tell us about your lot.) CREDIT FOR CC/RECOLORS: SPACE FOR PICTURES:(No more than 2 please) Facebook: (optional, makes it easier to tag you.) Twitter: (Optional, makes it easier to tag you.) SIM ENTRY FORM CHALLENGE #190 - A Bar in the Woods FORUM ID: ORIGIN ID: HOUSEHOLD: LINK TO ENTRY SLIDESHOW ENTRY DETAILS: CREDIT FOR CC/RECOLORS: SPACE FOR PICTURES: (No more than 2 please) Facebook: (optional, makes it easier to tag you.) Twitter: (Optional, makes it easier to tag you.) ROOM ENTRY FORM CHALLENGE #190 - A Bar in the Woods FORUM ID: ORIGIN ID: ROOM: (Link to where the room can be found on The Gallery) GALLERY COST: LINK TO ENTRY SLIDESHOW: ENTRY DETAILS: CREDIT FOR CC/RECOLORS: SPACE FOR PICTURES:
Crumplebottom!
Have you ever been minding your own business and a grumpy old lady show up yelling at you. Not just that, she whacks you with her old lady bag! Well that's good old Missus Crumplebottom. She hates public affection. I ended up turning her into a vampire against her will because she hot me three times on a date. That got me thinking. Why not invite her over and mess with her. First I tried to make friends with her but that proved impossible despite my many friendly traits. So I went with the inevitable. I froze her. yup, you heard me. I froze her with my freeze ray. I left her that way too. She deserved it. Now, the devs have a heart and made it where Sims eventually defrost when you freeze them. It was fun while it lasted though. Grabbed a nice shot of Frozenbottom before she left. She deserved it.
Well this will be 2.0
Remember that fixer upper farmhouse I shared a few weeks ago that I was going to have my Sim renovate? Well I'm doing it again, this time with a fixer upper even worse than the last. The difference is I'm going to actually play in this house once it's renovated. The story I have going for this house is two of my Sims, Teddy and Kelly, a young engaged couple, decided to start their new lives in Henford on Bagley and since Teddy is a rancher at heart, he decided to run a ranch. The thing is they are young and broke so they only had enough money to buy this run down piece of junk farmhouse. It's poorly lit too as you can see. XD This isn't my build, credit goes to Vejrupperne on the gallery. This is their build. So without further ado, the before pics. What a mess. Unlike last time, I will renovate this house from funds they get from selling the junk on the lot, like if I get money from any of the trees or fencing or fruit that's on the lot, etc. Kelly is a painter so she will help out too with money. They will get married and start their family AFTER this house is fully renovated, and nicely furnished.
**Creations by masajo** **Jackdaws**
Hello and welcome to my showcase thread :) Here you will find my creations from The Sims 4, which can be found in the Gallery. My Origin ID is Cevans1962 Gallery Link Facebook Page Twitter Please feel free to leave any comments or feedback. Any advice, suggestions or criticism would be very much appreciated. Thank you for visiting 😀
The Bachelor Challenge
I wanted to attempt to complete one challenge each month this year. We'll see how that goes. I missed January and got sick during Valentine's week which is when I wanted to start this challenge. Oh well. So, this month of love, I'm doing the challenge of "love??", The Bachelor. I've never played this challenge before. I will use the rules from The Sims Challenges. I will post here and also on my site, Nocturne Mystique (episode list on the link). I have all Eps, Gps, Sps, and got the Grouchy trait plus some CC traits. I will not use any of my CC traits. Every Sim must have one of the three Romance type traits: Romantic, Lovebug, Romantically Reserved. The Bachelor will have Romantic and Lovebug traits. I will decide the Bachelorettes romance trait by spinning a wheel online. (I have a mod that gives me 5 trait slots in CAS. My Bachelorettes will have 3 traits plus a Romance one, but my Bachelor will have 4 +1). While creating the Bachelorettes, I changed my mind about using Unflirty as I don’t want to put anyone at a disadvantage right off the bat. Also, I'll probably put more screenshots on my site's version than on here because I'm not sure what the max storage is here (and I've noticed sometimes the images hosted off-site don't show up). I'll try to keep it as essential as possible without taking away the fun. So, if you crave more screenies they'll be over there. And I'll have links to previous and next episodes at the end of each post plus an episode list below. The longer threads get the harder it is to navigate (at least it is for me) and want to make this as easy as possible. Now onto the show!Rosemow’s Rooms Showcase
Hello everyone! :) I have been uploading rooms to the Gallery containing walls of paintings that my Sim has painted in the game and photos that my Sim has taken in the game. They are all NO CC. Just as a tip, you can check if creations contain cc or not, because only NO CC creations can appear on the online website version of the Sims 4 Gallery. The link to my section of the Sims 4 Gallery online website version is https://www.ea.com/en-au/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/browse?category=all&searchtype=ea_origin_id&sortby=newest&time=all&searchquery=rosemow&max=50&maxis=false My user name on Origin is rosemow I would be so very delighted if you would like to use my paintings and photos in your homes, venues or rooms! <3 :) I will post new rooms in this thread when I upload them :)Share Your Newest Sims 4 Creations
A place to come share your creations Come join in the fun everyone, and Share your Newest Sims 4 Creations here, don't forget to add your pictures and links to make it easy for everyone to find your wonderful creations. Share Your Sims Households Sim Pets Sims Lots & Rooms and enjoy seeing what everyone makes! Thank you for sharing BreeMiles
👽 Miller Legacy 🛸
Sul sul fellow simmers! The Miller Legacy is my first Legacy Challenge and the way I found to explore the (for me) new The Sims 4 game in the moment I decided to buy it. It's the translation of what I originally posted in Italian here, and the new chapters are being posted on my blog here. I'd also like to point out that this legacy is currently being shared also on the parallel Sim Creative forum. This small forum has practically the same template as the old one and is not buggy, making it a very cozy place where to share the old conversations we used to have in the former Creative corner. I suggest you to give it a look! ;) Back to the introduction, with this legacy I'm basically novelizing what happens when I'm playing my game, introducing as many mysteries and issues to overcome for my sims as I can. For sure, the Miller's are not a family like the others. I'm not a fan of too strict gaming rules, thus my main rule is just: "reach generation 10 without cheating". This legacy is definitively more story-driven than rules-driven. So I'm not taking track of points in any way, often instead of choosing traits or careers randomly I choose what I think would be funnier for me to play or better for the story progression, I often move the family to new houses (not built by me because I'm a horrible builder) and so forth. In particular, I'm taking a lot of freedom about a certain cat, but also in that case I found a way for doing it without technically being cheating. As for the heir, I don't follow a strict rule but just choose the one for which I can imagine the best character development and who can give more in terms of story progression. The only rule I'm following in that sense is that I want every heir to be the biological child of the previous heir, because I'm curious to see how the genetics algorithm in TS4 work over a 10 generations span (consider this as a small experiment :P ). The full story index (beware, it's long!) can be found HERE. I'm closing this premise here because I don't want to spoil the story, so I wish you a pleasant reading through the most mysterious sides of this game ;)
A Mermaid's Tale | Series2 Episode6 | The Rise of The Black Hearted Daughters
After Sirena kidnaps Ava and Enzo, Sirena and Lorelei begin their reign of terror, while Meredith tries to rescue the other mermaids, until everyone is forced to go into hiding. But when Kai realises that his mother and aunt aren’t who he thought they were. Will Meredith and Caspian find a way to rescue Ava and Enzo and finally defeat Lorelei and Sirena? I hope you enjoy this episode, and don't forget to let me know your thoughts in the comments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3TZYEL9avY
My Sims 1 Save File Progress
I've been working on recreating The Sims 1 in The Sims 4 and it's still quite a work in progress, but I'd like to share what I have done so far. I had shared some already on another post where I had started playing as The Newbies, but I've added some more since then so I decided to make a new discussion for it. I started with Neighborhood 1 and decided to place it in Newcrest. I'm using 20th Century Plumbob's map replacements. We'll start with Lot 1: 1 Sim Lane - The Jones Family You know the saying? Keeping up with the Joneses? Well, the Jones family are doing pretty well for themselves. Or are they? Every family has their quirks. Edward works in business, Barbara is a stay at home mom, and Bobby is doing well in school. Sounds perfect, right? I guess we'll have to wait and find out.Sims4 Alone Toddler Challenge
Of course you are probably thinking "You can't make a household in Sims 4 without a teen or adult." Well.. How about trapping the parent in a room! (That might sound.......weird, but if you kill the parent the toddler goes away forever) Make sure to give the parent a fridge, toilet, bed, trash can, and shower. Set money to zero by typing the cheat: money 0. Of course all toddlers need food (everyone does), so to start you can make the parent grab food out of the fridge, and then quickly exit out and he should place it somewhere. Drag the food to the toddler's inventory and the toddler can eat. You should probably stock up on food so the toddler is always happy... But he won't be always happy without... attention! Tell the toddler to talk to strangers and he will be fine! Of course the toddler will also need sleep, so....... while the parent makes money (by painting or doing whatever in his room) the toddler can sleep on the ground. when the parent has enough money you can put a bed outside of the room for the toddler. Toddlers also need fun so with the money you can buy toys, while you wait to make money, make the toddler play in plants or wander around. To give your toddler a bath, buy a bathtub outside of the room for the toddler and ask strangers for a bath. The goal is to wait until the toddler grows to a teen. When it is a kid feel free to buy a fridge outside of the room so the kid can eat, or make him harvest fruit and eat it. You should be all set! Good luck with your toddler!👶👍
The Apocalyptic Terrarium Challenge
https://i.imgur.com/0YigVCO.png APOCALYPTIC TERRARIUM CHALLENGE https://i.imgur.com/597PNy8.png This challenge requires Eco Lifestyle, Cottage Living, and the Romantic Garden Stuff pack. Could you play this challenge without those packs? Maybe, but it would fundamentally change the challenge and make it way less fun. Disclaimer: I made this challenge entirely from my own brain! I specifically did not search up other apocalypse style challenges while I was making this so I wouldn’t inadvertently copy someone else's work. If this bears any resemblance to someone else’s challenge, then hey, we’d probably get along! You’re welcome to take elements of this and make your own challenge. PREMISE The apocalypse has occurred, the world has ended, and your Sim may be the last Sim alive. Fortunately for them, a luxury fallout shelter was being built right next door! Unfortunately for them, the builders prioritized the luxury gardens rather than the self-sufficient survivalist utopia. Your Sim finds themself deep underground in an unfinished fallout shelter, with nothing but a few workbenches, seed packets, and a mysterious well that seems to whisper to them as they sleep… Can your Sim rebuild the world from their post-apocalyptic terrarium, or will they succumb to the fallout just like everyone else? https://i.imgur.com/5t6gehA.png PARTICULARS This is an open-ended hardcore Sims challenge where your Sim starts with very little to their name, and must claw their way to surviving the apocalypse, rags to riches style, with nothing but some leftover construction materials and a mysterious wishing well. This challenge requires an understanding of the Sims Eco Lifestyle gameplay, as well as Sims gameplay in general, in order to thrive. If gardening and fabricating weren’t hard enough, the wishing well whispers in their ears, demanding sacrifice. Every Sunday, Sims must make a donation to the wishing well and make a wish. Results of this wish cannot be reloaded. Your Sim starts alone, and can ONLY acquire partners by wishing through the wishing well. Your Sim may never have contact with any outsiders, because everyone else on the planet is probably dead. Your Sim must grow their own food, and can only acquire furniture through fabrication, building at the workbench, and dumpster diving. Lastly, every day you must generate a number between 1 and 100 (googling “pick a number between 1 and 100” will do it for you). On a 1, you must kill a Sim. The wasteland is cruel. BUILDING GUIDE (AND GALLERY ID) Building the setting for this challenge is limited to some strict layouts and objects. I’ve detailed them below, or you can place my pre-built shelter from the gallery, which uses only the required packs and which comes with all the items you need. The Gallery ID is InkyGrimalkin, and the starter shelter is on the front page. If you want to build your own shelter, read on! Author's note: Apparently trying to place the gallery lot on a smaller lot size will sometimes cause the basement levels to not appear. If that happens, turn moveobjects on and try again. I tested this on a 40x30 lot and it placed correctly the second time around, although it still forgot to put the roof on over the top. Just slap a roof on that baby if it happens to you. Begin on the largest lot size. I prefer to bulldoze the park in Oasis Springs and turn it into a residential lot for that apocalyptic vibe. You may use any flooring, wallpaper, doors, windows, walls, roofs, fences, and other build mode items that you wish, so long as they don’t affect your Sim. You may place any lights that you wish, but remember that your power supply is limited to start. Build a lush garden underground (using the "moveobjects on" cheat to place trees and bushes, and “grass” flooring). Build a small, enclosed ladder down to the garden, and a small room to the side. https://i.imgur.com/wuRlTaa.png Example layout In the small side room, place a Fabricator, Dumpster, Recycler, Candle-maker, Easel, and a Woodworking Table. If you have the knitting kit, you may place a knitting basket. In the garden, place the Whispering Wishing Well, one large garden bed, and an insect box. When the game goes live, you can purchase either kind of insect for the insect box. Above ground, place two dew collectors and two solar panels. https://i.imgur.com/HCwJN1U.png I prefer to place a glass domed roof over the top of the garden, to allow my Sim a rare glimpse of sunlight. And for that terrarium vibe. Your Sim does not start with a toilet, bed, shower, or sink. The ground is your bed and your toilet! Purchase one packet of starter vegetables, one packet of starter fruits, and one packet of starter herbs. Place those wherever you wish. . Lastly, in the challenges section of the lot traits, select Off-the-Grid, Reduce and Recycle, and Simple Living (optionally, if you have city living or Island Living, Quake Zone and Volcanic Activity make for some good ambiance). You may use any positive lot traits you wish, but I recommend Homey to start. Great Soil and Natural Well are allowed. CREATING A SIM Start with a Young Adult sim. You may play any occult besides a vampire. You may choose any aspiration that you wish, but remember that many aspirations cannot be completed when you cannot leave your lot. You can choose any trait besides Freegan (too easy). I recommend Genius (for the focused trait, leveling handiness and gardening) and Creative (for creating paintings for our lord and savior, the wishing well). They can wear any clothing that you wish, but create one extra outfit in any slot that contains as much coverage as possible (full body suit, gloves, hat, boots, etc.). This will be used to brave the nuclear wasteland to repair any malfunctioning solar panels/dew collectors. https://i.imgur.com/JYsmQC9.png My Sim wearing the mask from Island Living. If you don’t have Island Living, the fullest coverage will do. They must wear this outfit every time they go outside. Use the cheat freerealestate on to purchase the shelter for your Sim, and once inside, use the cheat Money 0 to remove all your Sim’s money. The challenge officially begins. Author's note: If you click on the wishing well and there's no wish for romance option, you are experiencing a bug! Scroll to the bottom for my workaround. TL:DR: They need to have known at least one Sim before they can wish for romance. You can simply meet someone on the street and never talk to them again to make the wish for romance option appear. RULES No cheats may be used except the initial set-up cheat and those used to fix bugs (moveobjects is okay). No mods that offer unfair advantages may be used, but mods that add realism are encouraged. Your Sim must “unlock” items using the dumpster, woodworking bench, and fabricator. You cannot buy items directly unless specified. The dumpster contains many helpful items, such as beds, showers, TVs, counters, toilets, etc. You may keep any item in reasonable condition, but must place items in the world before selling them (to remove their extra value). Anything you get from the dumpster can be sold OR recycled. - Once you have unlocked a particular version of an item (say, the “Post Modern Shower Stall”), you may use that item in place of any future item you get of the same type. - For example, if you scavenge two showers, and you like one of them better, you may sell the one you dislike and replace it with an identical version of the one you prefer if you can afford it. This is an option rule for ~aesthetic~ purposes, mainly because I hate a kitchen with eight different counter types. You cannot freely place as many showers as you want, unless you have that many showers to give in exchange. - The dumpster does not appear to be able to generate bookshelves, so whenever you want a different style of bookshelf you may “trade” a fabricated bookshelf for a purchased one. - You may freely change the swatch of any item. - If you reach the point where you desperately want one particular furniture or appliance to really tie the room together, you can directly purchase that item if you trade one equal piece of furniture (chair for chair, fridge for fridge, etc.) AND you use the money cheat to remove 30,000 Simoleons (in addition to the cost of the item). If you want to replace a burned item from the dumpster, you must remove $5000 Simoleons from your reserve in addition to the cost it takes to replace it. Choose which items you want wisely. Every day, or 7 times on a Sunday, you must generate a number between 1 and 100 (googling “pick a number between 1 and 100” will do it for you). On a 1, you must kill a Sim, provided you have more than one young adult or older Sim in the household. If you have only one YA+ Sim in your household, you must delete a bed of crops. Every Sunday, you must make a donation to the wishing well of as much as you can afford (if you have $4099 simoleons, you’re donating $1000. $5001 simoleons, you’re making a 5k donation. 5k is the maximum), and you must make a wish. You cannot reload after a bad wish. The wishing well is life. - Optionally, you may make as many additional donations to the wishing well as you would like (of a minimum of 5000 simoleons), any other day of the week. This rule is in place as a safeguard, in case your luck is bad and you’re simply not getting a romantic partner via the once a week wish. - I suggest making a holiday out of donating to the wishing well so you don’t forget. https://i.imgur.com/Ah86Y4l.png The wishing well generating a romantic partner for your Sim. Spouses can ONLY be obtained by wishing for romance from the wishing well and hoping the wishing well generates a Sim for you. If your pair of Sims is incapable of having a child on their own, you may edit either Sim in CAS to allow pregnancy, and if your new soulmate is not flagged for romance/woohoo, you can change their orientation. You may not adopt or create a science baby. The wishing well provides. You may edit your spouse’s appearance in CAS, but not their traits. When the wishing well generates a Sim for you, move them in immediately. There's nowhere else for them to go, after all. - If your Sim is abducted by aliens and becomes pregnant that way… sure, why not. - Children can be obtained by wishing from the wishing well, but it’s recommended you wish for a partner and have children that way. Children born from the wishing well are not counted in the end total or point scoring. - There is a very small, but not impossible, chance that the wishing well will give you a ghost soulmate on a very bad outcome. If losing a challenge due to random chance is not your cup of tea, you are allowed to delete the ghost sim or humanize them with cheats as you see fit. - You may not bring in any money from marrying your wishing well spouse. You may not purchase any infant/toddler furniture, including cribs and beds. These must be earned via the criteria in the “milestones” section. If your pregnant sim goes into labor and does not have a crib, they cannot go to the hospital and must wait the labor out. All your childrens’ traits must be randomized. Living in a shelter makes for erratic Sims. You may re-roll only if it’s a trait that is not applicable to isolated underground living (like Child of the Ocean). All Sims must live for half of their normal lifespan before you can age them up early, rounded up. So for example toddlers must be 4 days old (out of 7), teens must be 11 days old (out of 21). You may only age up Sims if you can make them a cake, otherwise they must age up on their own. You may “banish to the wasteland” any Sim you don’t like by moving them out. Once that Sim leaves you may never talk to them again. No phone calls, no visits. They are gone. You must pay your Sims’ bills. Consider that disappearing money to be morale slipping away in this unforgiving world. You may not leave the neighborhood for any reason (specifically, the neighborhood as loaded around your lot-- no traveling via phone/map), and no Sim can come visit the lot for any reason. You must keep your outside doors locked for everyone but your household. You must ignore any neighbors that knock on your door; they’re not real. Your Sim cannot have a job, and they cannot order deliveries. You may not grow plants or house animals above ground. The atmosphere is too dangerous for them. For children/teenagers, you may use any mod of your choosing to prevent them from attending school, or you can make every day on the calendar a “holiday” to keep them home. If you absolutely cannot prevent them from going to school, you can let them go, but they cannot socialize while they are there, and they can attend no extracurricular activities. We’ll pretend they’re out scavenging. It’s a harsh world for children. You MAY build upon the space you are in by creating new rooms, and continue to use any doors, windows, fences, wallpaper, paint, and lighting for those rooms. You may furnish those rooms only with items you scavenge or create. You may size objects up and down freely, and use item movement cheats. You MAY gain money by selling anything you create, including paintings, wood craft items, candles, crops, etc. You may purchase any build mode plants and rocks, so long as they do not offer any benefit to your Sim, to spice things up. You may not purchase medicine when your Sim is sick. Power through. Your Sim may leave the shelter to perform repairs on the power-generating objects, and to fish or collect collectibles, but may not speak with any Sims they see on the outside. If a Sim approaches to speak with you, you must return to the shelter. They are figments of your imagination. Your Sim may not use the phone/map to travel: they are limited to collecting and fishing in the area directly outside their lot. Your Sim may not use Social Bunny or Plopsy, or the phone outside of gameplay necessities. Do not answer if it rings. There’s no one out there. Your Sims may create a club, using only members of their own household. Your Sims may wear whatever clothing they wish– we’ll just say the fabricator is very good at clothing. You must turn down the game if it offers to give your Sim the Freegan trait. Your Sim does not actually enjoy this life. If you get money tree seeds from the dumpster, you must delete them/sell them and use the money cheat to remove the profit. You may NOT purchase a money tree as an aspiration reward. Aging must be kept on, on a normal or short lifespan. MILESTONES By using the money cheat to remove 15,000 Simoleons, or once a week beginning two weeks after you start the challenge, you may purchase one skill item or one children’s item (such as a chess table, activity table, nesting blocks, high chair, etc.). By using the money cheat to remove 40,000 Simoleons, or once every three weeks beginning one year after you start the challenge, your Sim may “find” an animal in the wasteland. This can be a stray cat or dog, a chicken, a cow, bee box, another insect box, a llama, etc. You may scavenge (purchase) basic items needed to care for these animals, such as the chicken coop or a dog food bowl, since these items cannot be crafted. Animal aging must be kept on. You may incubate chicken eggs freely and “trade” animals for meat. By using the money cheat to remove 5000 Simoleons, or once a week, you may purchase one skill book… provided you have a bookshelf. Every time you donate 5k Simoleons to the wishing well, you may purchase a power or water generating object (provided you can afford it). https://i.imgur.com/Sji01VE.png STARTING TIPS: WHAT THE HECK DO I DO? This challenge is meant to act a bit like Minecraft’s Skyblock– a contained world with endlessly generating material that allows you to build out and create your dream. Using the Reduce and Recycle lot trait means the dumpster is no longer bottomless, and will fill with trash. Dumpster diving for deals and meals will pull random items from that trash. Of course, you need trash to fill the dumpster. Trash will accumulate in a few different ways, among them uprooting plants, repairing broken items, or discarding a dish instead of washing it. (What’s the lore reason for getting a TV from a discarded plate? Er… slightly malfunctioning matter replicator?) To start, much of the initial challenge will be simply keeping your Sim up. Eating harvestables barely fills hunger and may make your Sim sick. (Eating the LAST one of any harvestable means you won’t have access to that particular vegetable again for a long time.) Without a toilet, shower, or bed, your Sim will be in a constant state of misery. Dumpster diving is gross. As your Sim gains fabrication and woodworking skill, they will unlock items to furnish their home. Gradually, life will improve for them. How far can you take it? How successful will your Sim be in this world? It’s all down to you and your resourcefulness. https://i.imgur.com/OOBif9z.png POINTS CALCULATION AND END GOAL This challenge is meant to be more open-ended, to challenge you to see what you can make from nothing. That said, there are two potential endings to this challenge. The first, Repopulate the Earth, occurs when your Sims have birthed twenty-five children in total (children made from the wishing well do not count). This can occur all in one generation (poor mama) via banishing children to the wasteland, or over the course of multiple generations. The second, A Whole New World, occurs when your tenth generation reaches adulthood. Your tenth generation discovers that the world outside has been rebuilding, and there’s more people out there than your Sim has ever seen in their life. The world outside the shelter is strange and alien, full of things your Sim has never heard of (a movie theater? A grocery store?), and they are ill-equipped to handle it. It’s up to you whether your Sim forges out to explore the unknown, or retreats to their shelter to live out their days in isolated safety. POINTS SCORING +10 points the first time your Sim has full needs and no negative moodlets after the first day +20 points for every skill your Sim raises to max level +20 points when your Sim gets their first lifetime partner +10 points for every Sim baby that is born (wishing well children don’t count) +50 points for every child that survives to adulthood +20 points for every animal you acquire +20 points for every Sim that dies an elder +10 points for painting a portrait of a Sim (limit 1 per Sim) +5 points for every Sim that you banish to the wasteland +10 points for every fully-furnished room you create +50 points when the 5th generation is born +50 points when the 25th child is born +100 points when the tenth generation reaches adulthood Here is a google docs link to the challenge for reference. Optional, Recommended Mods MC Command Center and UI Cheats Extension to manage glitches Any of BrazenLotus’s mods to allow your Sims to create sugar, wheat, and other food/crafting options so your Sims aren’t limited to mushroom soup all the time. If you download the wheat/flour making mods, you are allowed to trade any appliance in exchange for the mill. Lot 51’s Free-Range mod, which allows you to place invisible markers in place of a massive stone barn for your cow. Those stone barns look really weird in a fallout shelter. https://i.imgur.com/XO1tRhq.png Better living underground Fixing the 'No Romance' Bug Edit 6/30/23: After some more testing, it appears this bug is tied to your Sim not having formed any prior relationships before trying to wish, which is probably why it's only noticeable when you're playing an isolation challenge! This has an easy fix-- before you send your Sim down into the shelter, have them meet someone on the street. It's kind of annoying, but if you have MCCC you can clear the relationship once your Sim gets their soulmate-- or you can just say that this is someone they knew from before the apocalypse. Fix number two below still works, but if you delete the Sim instead of removing them from the family, your sim will no longer have any relationships and won't be able to wish again. Weird stuff. - I initially thought this was only a bug that happened to me, but I've had a few people comment on it since so I figured I had better share my workaround. For some reason, some Sims do not have the ability to wish for romance on the well, and this bug often overlaps with being unable to initiate romantic interactions with other Sims-- not that you'd notice, being stuck in a fallout shelter. There are two potential fixes. Fix number one: If you're using a Sim that was on the gallery or used in another game, they may have the hidden 'skeleton' trait from Jungle Adventure, which prevents romance. To fix this, open the cheat console, type testingcheats on, and then try sims.remove_buff Buff_Skeleton and traits.remove_trait Trait_Hidden_Skeleton_ServiceSkeleton. See if the option to wish for romance is now there. Fix number two: If the skeleton blessing thing wasn't the problem, my strange little workaround that seems to help is to type in cas.fulleditmode and then go into CAS with your Sim. Save them to the gallery, and then download them into the household so you have two copies of your Sim. This often 'shocks' the game into letting one or both use the well for romance. Figure out which of them has the 'wish for romance' option, and then banish/delete the other one. Many thanks to Aelaer, who has provided a lot of very valuable feedback on this challenge and helped me refine it.
