How are all of you doing on your games? I'm enjoying mine. I like skill challenges and gardening, so this is right up my alley.
If anyone is interested, I went through and listed all of the skills and how many Sims have to master each to build all of the community lots.
6 Athletic (firehouse, spa, military base, police station, gym, stadium)
3 Charisma (city hall, school, corporate tower)
2 Cooking (diner, bistro)
5 Fishing (supermarket, bistro, pool, science facility, *beach)
6 Gardening (supermarket, park, hospital, bistro, science facility, *gazebo)
1 Guitar (theater)
4 Handiness (building, firehouse, military base, science facility)
6 Logic (hospital, military base, police station, school, science facility, *criminal hideout)
1 Mixologist (*water hole juice bar)
3 Painting (salon, police station, art gallery)
1 Sculpting (art gallery)
1 Writing (bookstore)
I decided that a Sim also has to master fishing in order to create a beach, master gardening to build the gazebo (in Glenvale County), and master mixology to build a bar.
* The beach, gazebo, bar, and criminal hideout (logic) are not required to complete the challenge. I am including them because they existed in Glenvale County before I bulldozed the town, and I want to build it back up to its original glory.
I am keeping to the original intent of the challenge, and am using some rules from the earlier challenge by @X8_Bliss (Natalie) to make my game more difficult. I started with just two children and started on a medium life span. The newer challenge allows for 2 toddlers, 1 child, and 1 teenager, and starts on a normal life span. I also turned off Nraas Story Progression and didn't build any houses until the first child was born.
Glenvale County has a community lot combining the grocery, bookstore, spa, and theater, so I have placed the grocery and bookstore on individual lots for now. The theater will also be placed on an individual lot as Serenity is at level 8 in guitar right now, but once I am ready to build the spa which requires athletics (Bryan has 5 in athletics), I will build the shopping center and remove the other three individual lots.
And just an FYI, if your community venue will not place on the lot it was on originally, it means there is something on the lot. Just save your game and bulldoze the lot one time. The lot should still be there, and you can now place the venue. If the lot disappears completely, and you can't add that size lot, just reload your game. Never bulldoze a lot without trying to add the venue (don't forget to change it to the type of venue). If you completely remove the lot, there is a chance that the size of the lot might not be available in edit town where you can add lots.
