Goal is to complete High school with a graduation with honours then enrol into university and complete the Academic aspiration. Have a house by the time you start your first job after university. A house has to have at least one bedroom, one bathroom, one kitchen and one lounge, if it’s bigger, it’s a bonus ;)
Start with a Teen sim
Aging on long ( we want to have fun not stress and feel chased so we don't enjoy the challenge)
Academic aspiration and any traits you want to pick
Move into Little Falls Nook in Copperdale
Place a little tent if you don’t have the pack you can place the cheapest single bed and build a 3x2 wall around it and place the cheapest door. This is to protect your sim from seasons, if you don’t have seasons then you can just have the empty lot and sleep on benches.
Testingcheats true and then Money 0
Follow to school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Go to the old style school Tuesday and Thursday (sent alone) this is to work around the progress bug we currently have in Highschool ;)
Only stay in Copperdale until you can go to university.
Not allowed in houses and other worlds but can use community lots including the High school
No jobs, but can collect collectibles and sell until you can make your own money with crafts you purchase eg easel or knitting basket. You are not allowed to use Plopsy to sell items and clothing to make money. Thrifty can be used, but you are only to sell outfits for double their amount they are worth, no more simoleons than that at any time. You can only sell one outfit a day.
No cheats for needs, but can use aspiration rewards if you want too
Gameplay options is up to personal preference. I will be disabling dust, the wants and fears and celebrity status.
We might adjust the rules as we play this as I did a quick play through with cheats to see if it can be done, it will be hard without cheating but I am sure we can achieve this with aging long. As with all my challenges, this needs to be fun for you, so if you need to adjust the rules to make it more fun for you feel free to do so.
This is my sim Miranda https://i.imgur.com/Wb6yh9g.png Her money is set to 0 after I gave her the little tent to sleep in to keep her save from season deaths
I hope you guys will enjoy this, I am starting this soon, not today though, I did the testing and setting up today ;)
@SoulGal7 Ali is doing so well, she is working so hard at university she will be done with this challenge lickety split :) I am going to finally load my game after this post as well. I had some technical issues with the new ea app and my two new kits, only one installed, was on chat with help the last two days to fix the other one and it finally downloaded. So I tested all my mods and is ready to play now. Got my ea folder off the external harddrive :)
@JojoMOMSTER I do hope the machine keeps living (touch wood) so far so good :)
@all. Going to load my game now. My ea folder transferred successfully, just not sure where I am gameplay wise with Miranda since the blue screen came up during my game ;)
Okie dokie, I played one day to be on the safe side ;)
Day 17 Wednesday.
Miranda woke up super hungry and only 914 simoleons in the bank. She went to school then made some money with her outfits lots of money :D and by the time she went to bed she had 26589 simoleons ;) When I load the game again I should be able to add a nice kitchen. I did give her a nice bedroom with the new pastel kit we got from the first outfit she sold ;)
Miranda woke up hungry just before she was due to go to school https://i.imgur.com/MDblwRc.png
She grabbed a quick meal and then went to all her classes, she even went to the exam prep after school (forgot to take a pic of that) https://i.imgur.com/eYMf1Ka.png https://i.imgur.com/HsQXANE.png https://i.imgur.com/FKbwhez.png https://i.imgur.com/LZcbPuD.png
During her second class she got the notification that Vlad wants to buy her outfit. She went home after the exam prep to sell it. https://i.imgur.com/HZwD4jd.png
I then gave her a room more stuff and a new look https://i.imgur.com/UVNA6lh.png https://i.imgur.com/LjzQCFS.png
Miranda painted a flirty painting and then went to go make another outfit https://i.imgur.com/uuxVoMh.png https://i.imgur.com/f06CB4O.png
She managed to get the outfit up to fire :) https://i.imgur.com/ulCwzk9.png
It sold before she even got to the grill to have some dinner https://i.imgur.com/4u2ks8b.png
She went home to sell it and then straight to bed very happy https://i.imgur.com/pDIBi4k.png https://i.imgur.com/NH4QPif.png
Still have the bug where even though she has sold the Trendi outfit she still showers and sleeps in it. I do hope they fix that soon.
It's exam day and Ali grabs some breakfast at the UBrite Commons. She repeats what she did last Friday, and places an apple under the UBrite statue. It disappeared again and she got focused! Yes! She still has some time, so she makes a last attempt at playing her violin and then it's off to her exams,
She picks her courses for Term 3, three core courses and 1 elective. This time I chose Xtreme Knitting for her. Might as well put that knitting basket to good use.
Ali heads back to the dorm to pack her suitcase and works on her presentation while she waits for Jacob to arrive. And when Jacob does arrive, he is so happy to see her. They head off to the train station together.
FUN BLOOPER! Alright, I think that Jacob might have a rival in this hunky roomie of Ali's who keeps following her, because he followed her to Moonwood Mill, too! I thought this was hilarious. But for story purposes, he's back at uni.
It was already late when they arrived at the Volkov residence in Moonwood Mill. Jacob ushered Ali into the kitchen and introduced her to his adoptive father, Kristopher Volkov, and their friend, Lily Zhu. Both Kristopher and Lily immediately liked Ali.
Ali joins Jacob in the living room and meets one of his other adoptive siblings, his brother, Kaiden. (Note: The original Volkov household has Kristopher, Lily and Jacob; however, the game decided to add some more siblings - 3 in fact - all boys! I didn't change anything about them, not even their names. I love that Kaiden has that hair with the braids in it.).
Jacob then gave Ali a tour of the upstairs. He showed Ali his adoptive father's room, and then his old room, which now held an extra bed. He told Ali that he now slept off the living room in a bed there.
Then Lily's room, which also held a basinet with his newest baby brother, Aiden. Apparently Aiden had a stinky diaper, but before Ali could react, Kristopher was there attending to the baby.
Jacob nodded his head, "Yes, father, I've already told her I was a werewolf, and it doesn't seem to bother her at all. She is...she is rather unique, father..."
Kristopher: "Yes, I can see that. And from what you've told me, also very talented. You know, son, with her talent, she may get many job offers in places far away from here. I don't mean to pry, but have you discussed that? Have you told her of your feelings for her? Of a possible future together?"
Jacob sighed: "We haven't really discussed the future, father. That is one of the reasons I invited Ali here for the weekend..."
Kristopher: "Just remember your responsibilities, son, and that you are the heir apparent to the Moonwood Collective..."
https://i.postimg.cc/05cK5FnP/son-i-trust-you.png
Jacob: "Yes, father." he replied and looked up when Ali entered.
Kristopher: "Ali, please sit down and tell me more about yourself. Jacob told me that you met in high school and went to prom together. He still has that photo of the two of you around here somewhere..."
After chatting for awhile, Kristopher said it was getting late and he had to be heading to bed. Jacob stood up and said he would show Ali where her room was.
Jacob and Ali walked out: "It's actually a little cottage all by itself, with it's own bathroom. It used to be my adoptive sister, Rory's room. It's small, but cozy."
Ali: "Oh, does Rory live somewhere else now?"
Jacob: "Yes. Unfortunately, she and my adoptive father had a falling out. She formed her own wolfpack and is the alpha of the WildFangs. She lives in a trailer on the WildFangs hangout. We can go visit her tomorrow, if you like."
Ali smiled, "Yes, I'd like to meet her."
When they were just about to enter the cabin, Ali pulled Jacob aside for a moment and gave him an autonomous kiss on the cheek, "Jacob, thank you so much for inviting me here."
Kristopher came up behind them and cleared his throat, "Oh, um, sorry to disturb you...I just wanted to ensure that you had enough warm blankets. This room hasn't been used in awhile..."
Jacob: "It's alright father, I cleaned it up the last time I was here, and Lily was kind enough to put some fresh linens in the room before we arrived."
Kristopher: "Well, then, all is in order. Have a good rest, Ali, and we'll see you in the morning."
Jacob opened the door for Ali and they sat on the bed together and started chatting non-stop. Jacob told Ali about his term and how he was doing in his courses, and Ali told him about her grades and the Art Society. Jacob had brought some grilled cheese sandwich leftovers and they were munching on them.
Ali stifled a yawn and Jacob looked at her, "I think that's my cue. It's too bad, I sort of wish I could spend the night with you..."
Jacob saw her expression and realized what he had said, "Er...I mean...you know...talking...I just want to get to know you and want you to get to know me...I want you to see who I really am...you know...all of me..."
Ali looked up at Jacob then and saw something in his eyes when he gazed at her. Oh gosh, was Jacob...was he in love with her?
They walked out together and Jacob held Ali's hand in his. "I'd better go. Ali, if you need anything, I'm right downstairs...okay?"
Ali nodded. She looked at Jacob and felt like Jacob wanted to say something else, but he just smiled and bid her goodnight and headed towards the house.
Yes, I know the rules of the challenge state that we can't travel to other worlds; however, I felt that because it was a special occasion, like Harvestfest, that Ali would be invited to share this holiday with Jacob's family. I could have had Ali and Jacob move in a house together in Britechester and do Harvestfest there, but decided that she was just going to stay in the dorms for uni and unfortunately, Jacob can't live there with her.
What happens when Vlad and other males by the female outfits? Are they seen wearing them even though they’re flagged as feminine?
Aww thank you <3 I am not very sure what will happen, I have seen several sims wearing outfits she has made, but not males so far ;)
@SoulGal7 what a super duper awesim update <3 The whole visiting Jacob and him being a heir is so interesting, is very excited to see how that will play out. The rule for not visiting other worlds and sims were mostly for the beginning stage so your sim does not "cheat" by eating and sleeping in other sim's houses ;) Your gameplay so far is amazing and very interesting to read :)
@all I am going to load my game now, a little nervous since while I was just browsing the forums and my laptop did freeze twice and I had to force shutdown, no blue screens though. I will just save very often while building her kitchen which is my next goal for the game.
Oh wow my laptop froze just as I finished saving. I have now restarted it and hope that when I load my game I will be able to play one more sim day. I furnished the kitchen, just need to make more money for the expensive fridge ;)
Miranda is doing well, she only needs a lounge and then graduate to complete the first part of the challenge. She started the day with lots of money but after the kitchen build she had 3430 simoleons. She sold some paintings and ended the day with 4155 simoleons, not yet enough for the fridge and lounge. I am playing a very basic game so although Miranda has a crush on Kyoshi I am not playing specific with it right now, I don't trust my computer, so just a quick day play, I will see if I might do something in the future ;)
School day went very well https://i.imgur.com/yOxc5ky.png https://i.imgur.com/i3247VA.png https://i.imgur.com/6j7MN3N.png https://i.imgur.com/T7fIVhM.png
Miranda went to make another outfit and grab what will probably be her last grill dinner outdoors ;) https://i.imgur.com/zjc4dj1.png https://i.imgur.com/eDUdWH7.png
She went home to tend to some basic needs and do a painting then straight to bed https://i.imgur.com/urkhmcw.png https://i.imgur.com/DUHo5Fs.png
I still haven't started >.< I load my game up and enter in CAS and just can't decide how I want my sim to look and traits and just get lost and exit before gameplay lol. This will be a sim I stick with for a bit, so I want to make sure I have fun with the challenge. But I also admit that I have a hard time sticking to a challenge >.< So lets see how this goes!!
But I love checking in and seeing the progress updates :)
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