Forum Discussion
mightyspritesims
4 years agoLegend
Ok, that makes sense to make it challenging. I agree that it's often realistic that someone gets a degree in one thing but then they can't find a job in that field. Also, poor Becca is a Language and Literature major, so that's extra realistic for her :'(
It turns out that the lot challenges I'm finding the most challenging are the combination of Off the Grid and Grody. Grody gives a chance that you'll get sick when you eat, and Off the Grid adds on a chance that you'll get sick from eating a harvestable. Now that the fruitcake is gone, he has plenty of harvestables, but most of the time those make him get sick and have to spend the next several hours running back and forth to the bush, which sort of kills the rest of the day. Poor Clarence.
https://i.postimg.cc/fRS8q8YV/poor-clarence.png
It's also quite challenging not to be able to sell anything "into the void". So far Clarence doesn't have the option of selling anything except harvestables and fish, since he can't afford a sales table. Or I guess he could have if he hadn't bought the guitar-- but playing the guitar for tips is his other way to make money. I do like this challenge though because I think it's the selling-into-the-void income that makes things like gardening and painting feel financially overpowered!
It seems to me like the Reduce and Recycle trait is more of a bonus than a challenge. The trash can and surroundings get gross, but he gets lots and lots of bits & pieces. I should use this lot trait for all my fabrication sims. On the other hand, I was surprised to find out that the Cat Hangout trait is not a lot challenge. I think I saw it in a list of lot traits on someone else's challenge where you deliberately start on a disgusting lot and the cats are part of that. I had actually given Clarence the Friend of the Animals aspiration just assuming he'd come across a lot of cats.
Apparently however he can "bond with flies" at the trashcan?!
It turns out that the lot challenges I'm finding the most challenging are the combination of Off the Grid and Grody. Grody gives a chance that you'll get sick when you eat, and Off the Grid adds on a chance that you'll get sick from eating a harvestable. Now that the fruitcake is gone, he has plenty of harvestables, but most of the time those make him get sick and have to spend the next several hours running back and forth to the bush, which sort of kills the rest of the day. Poor Clarence.
https://i.postimg.cc/fRS8q8YV/poor-clarence.png
It's also quite challenging not to be able to sell anything "into the void". So far Clarence doesn't have the option of selling anything except harvestables and fish, since he can't afford a sales table. Or I guess he could have if he hadn't bought the guitar-- but playing the guitar for tips is his other way to make money. I do like this challenge though because I think it's the selling-into-the-void income that makes things like gardening and painting feel financially overpowered!
It seems to me like the Reduce and Recycle trait is more of a bonus than a challenge. The trash can and surroundings get gross, but he gets lots and lots of bits & pieces. I should use this lot trait for all my fabrication sims. On the other hand, I was surprised to find out that the Cat Hangout trait is not a lot challenge. I think I saw it in a list of lot traits on someone else's challenge where you deliberately start on a disgusting lot and the cats are part of that. I had actually given Clarence the Friend of the Animals aspiration just assuming he'd come across a lot of cats.
Apparently however he can "bond with flies" at the trashcan?!
Spoiler
https://i.postimg.cc/C1grqbBz/flies.png
It didn't go his way, but I wonder what would happen if it did!
Knox invited him over and showed him how to use the recycler. Knox also initiated Clarence into the ways of the dumpster diver. Clarence found some fish and chips.
"This fish and chips is very poor!"
"Hey, divers can't be choosers!"
https://i.postimg.cc/qM5mGP6f/poor-fish-and-chips.png
Clarence found a dollhouse in the dumpster, which he finds charming, and decided to keep it.
Maybe he'll learn to fabricate at Knox's at some point. Or, I don't know, that might be too much work for a Slacklater... Ooh, maybe candle making would be a good use for the bits and pieces? There's a candle maker at Knox's as well.
Clarence played at the Open Mic at Club Calico. He wandered around the docks afterward. Which is how he met Yogi. It was just beginning to snow (it gets colder in fall in Brindleton Bay) and Clarence decided to adopt Yogi and get her out of the freezing cold!
https://i.postimg.cc/KvqWHKVH/adopting-yogi.png
The lot now looks more like I anticipated it would look. Clarence now has an outdoor shower, a dirty litter box, and hasn't cleaned up the welcome wagon dishes yet.
https://i.postimg.cc/4y488Z1G/lot.png
He did take Becca out on that date... to the Von Haunt Estate gardens. It was lovely. They had their first kiss and she's his girlfriend now.
https://i.postimg.cc/Yq9nYr9f/date.png
Her traits are Active, Romantic, and Bookworm. Perhaps Clarence could get into reading too? He did also join the Avant Gardes since Maaike invited him. Oh, and he decided to ask Maaike to just be friends. Better for everyone.
Clarence has begun building a house, brick by brick. He picked up some candles in jars and some pita and olives from the bar next door, and set up as lovely a semi-outdoor banquet as he could for Becca... and asked her to marry him.
https://i.postimg.cc/R0rXkwTX/proposal-house.png
She slept over, in the tent of course.
In the morning... aw girl, if you go through with this there will be a LOT of this in your future... good luck kiddo
https://i.postimg.cc/MGRrH9GC/aw-girl.png
"If I live off the grid, what's the point of paying the bills?" asks our favorite slacker.
https://i.postimg.cc/zGyQZzYX/come-at-me.png
Come at me, Landgraab Utility Company. Go ahead. Turn off the utilities. It makes no difference to a Slacklater.
Clarence bought a fishing sign for his pond and stocked it with fish, so now he doesn't have to run across the neighborhood to fish, but he does have to run partway across the neighborhood to grill the fish. He is also making more use of the pub in Henford after his daily trip to sell harvestables and fish at the stand-- both ordering cheap meals at the bar, and using the pub kitchen to prepare food using his harvestable ingredients. I think his next purchase is going to be an off-the-grid fridge and counter. Oh, and something to power the fridge... hmm
https://i.postimg.cc/C1grqbBz/flies.png
It didn't go his way, but I wonder what would happen if it did!
Knox invited him over and showed him how to use the recycler. Knox also initiated Clarence into the ways of the dumpster diver. Clarence found some fish and chips.
"This fish and chips is very poor!"
"Hey, divers can't be choosers!"
https://i.postimg.cc/qM5mGP6f/poor-fish-and-chips.png
Clarence found a dollhouse in the dumpster, which he finds charming, and decided to keep it.
Maybe he'll learn to fabricate at Knox's at some point. Or, I don't know, that might be too much work for a Slacklater... Ooh, maybe candle making would be a good use for the bits and pieces? There's a candle maker at Knox's as well.
Clarence played at the Open Mic at Club Calico. He wandered around the docks afterward. Which is how he met Yogi. It was just beginning to snow (it gets colder in fall in Brindleton Bay) and Clarence decided to adopt Yogi and get her out of the freezing cold!
https://i.postimg.cc/KvqWHKVH/adopting-yogi.png
The lot now looks more like I anticipated it would look. Clarence now has an outdoor shower, a dirty litter box, and hasn't cleaned up the welcome wagon dishes yet.
https://i.postimg.cc/4y488Z1G/lot.png
He did take Becca out on that date... to the Von Haunt Estate gardens. It was lovely. They had their first kiss and she's his girlfriend now.
https://i.postimg.cc/Yq9nYr9f/date.png
Her traits are Active, Romantic, and Bookworm. Perhaps Clarence could get into reading too? He did also join the Avant Gardes since Maaike invited him. Oh, and he decided to ask Maaike to just be friends. Better for everyone.
Clarence has begun building a house, brick by brick. He picked up some candles in jars and some pita and olives from the bar next door, and set up as lovely a semi-outdoor banquet as he could for Becca... and asked her to marry him.
https://i.postimg.cc/R0rXkwTX/proposal-house.png
She slept over, in the tent of course.
In the morning... aw girl, if you go through with this there will be a LOT of this in your future... good luck kiddo
https://i.postimg.cc/MGRrH9GC/aw-girl.png
"If I live off the grid, what's the point of paying the bills?" asks our favorite slacker.
https://i.postimg.cc/zGyQZzYX/come-at-me.png
Come at me, Landgraab Utility Company. Go ahead. Turn off the utilities. It makes no difference to a Slacklater.
Clarence bought a fishing sign for his pond and stocked it with fish, so now he doesn't have to run across the neighborhood to fish, but he does have to run partway across the neighborhood to grill the fish. He is also making more use of the pub in Henford after his daily trip to sell harvestables and fish at the stand-- both ordering cheap meals at the bar, and using the pub kitchen to prepare food using his harvestable ingredients. I think his next purchase is going to be an off-the-grid fridge and counter. Oh, and something to power the fridge... hmm
About The Sims 4 Creative Corner
Share screenshots, stories, builds, custom creations, mods, challenges, and funny moments in our Sims 4 Creative Corner.9,378 PostsLatest Activity: 45 minutes ago
Community Highlights
- SimGuruKuxiku5 years ago
EA Staff (Retired)
- SimGuruKuxiku5 years ago
EA Staff (Retired)
- SimGuruKuxiku5 years ago
EA Staff (Retired)
Recent Discussions
- 23 hours ago