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MVWdeZT
Seasoned Traveler
2 months ago

Legacy Leader Attempt

A few years ago, I decided to try for this achievement -- 10 generations of 10 families. I set aging on long and decided to play each family for one Sim week at a time. I had a bunch of other rules, too. I never got the first set of heirs past childhood.

This time, at least my 1st generation heirs are all teens. I'm playing on normal and switching families every few days except when the heirs are teens. They each get to spend a week at high school and go to prom.

Rather than have each heir be a super-achiever, I'm easing up on their goals. Each infant aged up to be a top-notch infant, but only a few of my toddlers maxed all their toddler skills. I aged up children as soon as they completed an aspiration and maxed a skill. Teens that have an A will go to university; teens with a B will be aged up after prom and go into military service until they get a promotion.

As for marriage, moving out, etc., I have to be flexible. They can't stay with their parents. At the start of the game I put 6 Crick Cabana houses and 4 Agave Adobe houses in Newcrest. While I've made some of the houses larger, none of them are large enough to accommodate a second family.

I'm playing on a laptop so won't be taking many pictures - selfies when the heirs become young adults perhaps. Watch this space.

Below are my first 3 teens: Denis Lin, Serenity Finn (Summer Holiday's daughter), and Alainna Collier.

 

 

 

  • MVWdeZT's avatar
    MVWdeZT
    Seasoned Traveler

    Sorry, I tried to download their selfies, but they're not showing. And I can't edit out the links.

    Ah, here they are!

    • MVWdeZT's avatar
      MVWdeZT
      Seasoned Traveler

      Most of the heirs are the offspring of a created Sim and a townie. Denis Lin is the son of Dennis Kim; Serenity Finn is the daughter of Summer Holiday; and Alainna is Don Gooseman's daughter.

      Here are three more: 

      George Fischer, Cecilia's son from Henford-on-Bagley

      Ignatius Pancake, son of Bob and Eliza

      Marjorie Carlson, Nina Caliente's daughter.

      • MVWdeZT's avatar
        MVWdeZT
        Seasoned Traveler

        Here are my last four teens:

        Axel Faust, the son of Ullrike Faust and Maaike Haus,

        Nick McAfee, cloned from his mother Maia,

        Will Jaeger, cloned from his father Greg, and

        Oliver Crenshaw, son of J Huntington III.

  • Sounds like an amazing goal!! I'd love to do this. I've never been past three or four generations for any legacy yet, though, so I'm not sure how successful I'd be lol. So cool that you're on your way! 

    • MVWdeZT's avatar
      MVWdeZT
      Seasoned Traveler

      Thank you! The first time I tried this, I had aging on long, and quit while my first generation were still children. It is hard getting past the third or fourth generation, not sure why. 

      • WisdomBuilders's avatar
        WisdomBuilders
        Seasoned Hotshot

        For me, it's the ugly kids, 😂!  Like I'll have some really cute little sims and then suddenly all the next gen kids I can't seem to get attached to. I need to just stick it out and I'd probably get attached after a while. 

        (I edited out some comments about what ugly was in my eyes, but truly I didn't like myself when I said those things because everyone is beautiful. I think sometimes when we get bullied by a kid in junior high or find out someone betrayed us at our old church, people that remind us of them become what we think of as ugly. Anyway, I was just realizing why I might have thought some sims were "ugly".)