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AlHollandiyah
7 years ago

Challenge Blog: Rookie's Ultimate Sim Challenge

I'm going to do something that I will probably regret, LOL! I am a bored TS4 player that decided to get into TS3 for a while and I haven't played TS3 for more then just snooping around trying to get a feel of it, so I have practically no experience whatsoever. Which is ofcourse the perfect timing to take on a huge challenge like Llandros' Ultimate Sim Challenge. What could possibly go wrong?

For preparation, I am currently watching the first couple of videos Llandros made about this challenge (his season 1 playlist) to get a feel of what I need to have to start off with. And a couple of do's and don'ts. Then I will start by making my ultimate sim to be. I want to make a female sim because to me it is a bit cheesy to have to do "everything a sim can do" but rely on others (partners) to have the babies for my ultimate sim. No no, if you go all the way, you go all the way.

I invite anyone who is bored enough (just teasing) to follow this topic to feel free to comment on anything I post here. What did I miss, what shouldn't I have done, and what should I definitely not forget? And that starts right now with a name. Her last name is going to be Allstar, and I'd like a name with an A for a first name. Shout out any ideas you'd like to share with me!

I will be keeping track of my progress in this google doc, which is a copy of my TS3 Complete List, adapted to this challeng! Anything missing in either doc? Be sure to let me know!

As for all the ways of having a baby in TS3 that are mentioned in the Odds and Ends section: I made a more detailed list including the occult type of babies, and linking certain ways to the seasons in which you are the lifestate or live in the town necessary for that lifestate. You can find that list in my comment in the original topic and maybe in the future also in the original rules if Llandros decides to adopt my idea into his challenge rules.
  • iAMciane's avatar
    iAMciane
    Seasoned Newcomer
    7 years ago
    Alison, Alaina, Alyssa, Alexa, or even Aislin have a nice alliteration with Allstar. :smiley: Good luck!
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    mrcsdasilva
    New Traveler
    7 years ago
    That sounds exciting!
    I hope you manage to go over it. Sunset Valley is a nice place to start and there's a lot of room for everything.
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    AlHollandiyah
    7 years ago
    May I introduce Amber Allstar! I gave her an A name because I saw Llandros scrolling and scrolling and scrolling every time he needed to find his sim Lacey in a list, and with both names starting with an A that should simplify matters a whole lot! I also made her 'Amber' colored, because I love rainbow sims, I love all the colors I can pick in TS3 that I couldn't in TS4 and I simply want her to stand out from the main crowd! And because I can. I love being able to pick my own colors for everything but man does it take a lot longer to create that perfect sim then I as a former 4 player am used to! Here are screenshots of her head (with traits and ltw) and outfits!
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    AlHollandiyah
    7 years ago
    I moved Amber in to the smaller empty lot, and tweaked the settings of the NRaas Mods that I am using. Especially Saver is something that I simply LOVE! Ofcourse I am going to make an extra save when I deem it necessary, but this is also going to make an automated backup every sim day! So Very Usefull!
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    AlHollandiyah
    7 years ago
    So far I managed to play untill tuesday, 3 game days! On the first day I did the aptitude test, and she got a partial scholarship and 6 credits, probably because of her traits. So we enrolled into the bussiness major, taking on the max amount of points in two weeks. Which meant her monday was crammed with classes, and it was nearly impossible to do stuff in between. Tuesday was a better day for her. I am also working on her rebel influence, and her blog. The blog is going fairly well, with her social networking skill at 8 already, but charisma is still lagging behind.

    I still have to get used to watching everything at once, school, schedule, opportunities, the blog, getting to know people, and whatever there is to do more. I did turn back on my decision to not upgrade her dorm room, because I had the money and I thought it would pay off in the long run. So I bought her a proper bed that I will keep dragging around wherever she moves, and an all-in-1 bathroom. And I temporarily stored the bed that was in her room. Which is ofcourse in a dorm, because cheap and I want her to save money.

    Overall I think I am doing fairly well, but I am running in to 1 MAJOR issue: Of all people she has met there is not a single werewolf to be found. I saw witches & fairies, but that is not what I need right now. Any tips on that would be MOST welcome!

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    AlHollandiyah
    7 years ago
    So, in an effort to find a werewolf I decided to get the supernatural hangout and place it on an empty lot in the university world. I did manage to find 1 (and just 1!) werewolf, and by now we are best friends, but I still can't ask him for a bite. I hope that this is because he is currently not in werewolf form, and not due to some kind of glitch. It will take another full 2 days before it is full moon and I can test that out. I wanted to turn asap, but this way it will have taken over a full week. And then I still have to wait for 2 days untill I can transform! But hey, at least I can see it coming now.... I hope.

    Aside from that it is now friday night and she passed all her exams with flying colors. She also managed to get level 10 social networking, including the meet 25 sims challenge, and she is at level 5 charisma. She also maxed her Rebel Influence (thanks to Llandros showing how to protest and pull it off!) So for now I think I will spend the weekend on the next Charisma levels and social networking challenges, as well as getting the blog more followers! And getting bitten, please!!

    On a side note: saver is really a life saver in the game for me! Being kind off ocd-ish I have previously lost myself in freaking up about backups all the time, even to the point that I could never get a challenge of the ground properly. But this time not! I set up saver to make an automated save every sim day at 6 and 18 and keep a total of 8 saves. Now I get prompted twice a sim day to make a backup save and each time it automatically selects the next number out of 8, starting back at 1 after that. I haven't been able to play without any worries for so long it feels awesome! Do check it out if you play a huge challenge like I am doing! Or if you just like backups as much as I do!
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    AlHollandiyah
    7 years ago
    And there we are! After a full week, on sunday night, we finally found our friend Gus at full moon, being very wolfish! After asking him to bite her for 3 times, the 4th time this happened:

    That means that somewhere around tuesday evening she will have achieved our first supernatural goal, and can start working on Lycanthropy! Which is just as well, because she already had the social networking skill at 10, and she also have charisma on 8 now too. And she has also gained all but one challenge from charisma (which was more tedious then difficult with the transmogrifier app) and 2 of the social networking ones. Ofcourse, having just started, we are nowhere near selling 5 5star blogs, but hey, what we could do, we did!

    And that is me calling it a day for today! Please let me know what you like to see or what you didn't like, or any tips that you have for me! Or even just that you have read this! I love to share my progress in this challenge with other players, and I just know that other then copying what I saw Llandros do I am still quite the rookie and you probably have plenty of tips that I could learn from! Thank you very much for reading this, and see you at the next blog!
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    AlHollandiyah
    7 years ago
    No gameplay updates yet, but I did give Amber a minor makeover. The reason? In an effort to try to get my game to launch faster and play less laggy I decided to uninstall ALL CC, include all of the worlds, and only install the 2 lots and 1 item that I am currently using. When I have a need for another item I will install it at the moment I need it. And if I no longer actively use it I will sell it and uninstall it. I will also only install a world and it's included CC in the season that I am actually living in it. Seeing as Season 1 is in Sunset Valley there are currently no worlds that I need to have installed.

    And as it turned out, her hair was CC from 1 of the worlds. So I could go 2 ways: Find out where the hair is and try to download it. Meh. Or find another hairstyle. Which took me more then an hour, because I am picky. That also prompted me to tweak (just the colors of) her clothing a bit, so as to make it easier to see what kind of outfit she is actually wearing! Here is a collected screenshot of the result!
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    AlHollandiyah
    7 years ago
    After two days of waiting she finally turned into a werewolf for the first time! Other then that I played through another week, passed her exams on friday with flying colors and a possible A grade, and re-enrolled for the last term. Which will be easy compared to the first 2 weeks, as she only has 6 points left! Plenty of time to skill up on Lycanthropy, finish the 5th star of her blog and the 10th level of Charisma! Plenty of fun to be had! Screenshots!
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    AlHollandiyah
    7 years ago
    I am going to play her through her 3rd and final week of the Business degree! As she got a 6 point scholarship, and 36 points in the first 2 weeks, she only needs another 6. Therefore she only has 1 class on each day, and how amazing is this schedule for that? This means she will have a lot of time to hunt for collectibles and get her 10th charisma point!

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