Local Color - Legacy Challenge
Hi all, I'd been looking for a challenge like this, and couldn't find one, so I started playtesting this. I'm not finished the challenge, but I'm far enough along to have made some good revisions, an...
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Thanks @haneul it will be fun to have you reading along :)
Fishing alone is the most peaceful
https://i.postimg.cc/zXnV0rMb/11-11-22-9-47-26-PM.png
But fishing with a dog and toddler is much more adorable.
https://i.postimg.cc/52bjrrdP/11-12-22-5-38-38-PM.png
Please only open this spoiler tag if you wish to see several more adorable pictures of Portia in the sand.
I know fishing is a basic part of the game but I had just not gotten into it much, until this challenge. It's very peaceful getting Michael out there by the ocean. I don't know if I'd ever play TS4 *for* the fishing, but it is kind of cool seeing the different kinds of fish that come up. And of course using different bait which unlocks a much wider range of fish. And they can eat the fish too. This starter family is quite fond of the recipes that cost 0 simoleons if you have a fish or two as ingredients.
Portia's home is fairly bare-bones still, but the beach all around her is her playground, and when her parents are busy the dog is a great playmate. She's having a fine time as a Brindleton kid. Lucy can work as an athlete either in Henford or in Komorebi, Michael can write anywhere, and they have several nice places to go out to, locally.
The most challenging part of the challenge right now is developing the local relationship. It can be either a best friend or a romantic relationship, but it has to be with a sim in another household in the same world. We met the neighbors at the Welcome Wagon but they haven't come over as much as usual. Who is coming over? Hector Laurent. He met Michael at the museum, they became friends, and now he is doing that thing that your first friend always does in a new game and coming over ALL THE TIME. I guess when you're living on family money you can take a lot of plane trips. This is okay because Hector lives in Tartosa so Michael can't go to him. But, now Hector and Michael are best friends. So a local best friend for Michael is out. Lucy works enough hours that she hasn't had much chance to develop friendships yet, Portia hasn't been around for very long, and neither Lucy nor Michael want a romantic relationship with anyone besides each other. I like those interesting neighbors I downloaded, so I'm trying to get Lucy more connected to them, but it hasn't clicked yet.
Meanwhile, Lucy is pregnant again. You can play basketball while pregnant! I did not know this.
Welcome, Meg!
I decided we'd go drop in on some of the neighbors. Thanks to Neighborhood Stories, Brindleton Bay now has a bumper crop of kids. Did I mention Tayen Irving is family-oriented? Tayen Irving is family-oriented.
https://i.postimg.cc/xCcXRbDn/11-09-22-6-24-06-PM.png
That's her teen son, not a romantic partner, so presumably these kids are all adopted, thus probably not werewolves. (Did I mention Tayen is a werewolf? Tayen is a werewolf.)
Portia seems to get along very well with little Cassiel Irving! Maybe Portia will solve my local relationship challenge after all.
https://i.postimg.cc/90yF8dx5/Screen-Shot-2022-11-19-at-5-50-40-PM.png
Me too, Michael. Me too.
Fishing alone is the most peaceful
https://i.postimg.cc/zXnV0rMb/11-11-22-9-47-26-PM.png
But fishing with a dog and toddler is much more adorable.
https://i.postimg.cc/52bjrrdP/11-12-22-5-38-38-PM.png
Please only open this spoiler tag if you wish to see several more adorable pictures of Portia in the sand.
I know fishing is a basic part of the game but I had just not gotten into it much, until this challenge. It's very peaceful getting Michael out there by the ocean. I don't know if I'd ever play TS4 *for* the fishing, but it is kind of cool seeing the different kinds of fish that come up. And of course using different bait which unlocks a much wider range of fish. And they can eat the fish too. This starter family is quite fond of the recipes that cost 0 simoleons if you have a fish or two as ingredients.
Portia's home is fairly bare-bones still, but the beach all around her is her playground, and when her parents are busy the dog is a great playmate. She's having a fine time as a Brindleton kid. Lucy can work as an athlete either in Henford or in Komorebi, Michael can write anywhere, and they have several nice places to go out to, locally.
The most challenging part of the challenge right now is developing the local relationship. It can be either a best friend or a romantic relationship, but it has to be with a sim in another household in the same world. We met the neighbors at the Welcome Wagon but they haven't come over as much as usual. Who is coming over? Hector Laurent. He met Michael at the museum, they became friends, and now he is doing that thing that your first friend always does in a new game and coming over ALL THE TIME. I guess when you're living on family money you can take a lot of plane trips. This is okay because Hector lives in Tartosa so Michael can't go to him. But, now Hector and Michael are best friends. So a local best friend for Michael is out. Lucy works enough hours that she hasn't had much chance to develop friendships yet, Portia hasn't been around for very long, and neither Lucy nor Michael want a romantic relationship with anyone besides each other. I like those interesting neighbors I downloaded, so I'm trying to get Lucy more connected to them, but it hasn't clicked yet.
Meanwhile, Lucy is pregnant again. You can play basketball while pregnant! I did not know this.
Spoiler
https://i.postimg.cc/44HKHtQ1/11-11-22-9-26-32-PM.png
Sometimes Portia is helpful
https://i.postimg.cc/Dzz0vbzL/11-12-22-5-49-28-PM.png
Sometimes life is tiring
https://i.postimg.cc/zvhVmZGQ/11-11-22-9-15-47-PM.png
Beautiful women from around the world continue to come to the museum to be ignored by Michael
https://i.postimg.cc/Dw6m3c77/11-12-22-6-15-17-PM.png
Lucy got promoted! She doesn't love pompoms and dancing, but she'll work hard in hopes of that day when she catches the coach's eye and makes the switch to really playing ball.
https://i.postimg.cc/WbP4Dy32/11-15-22-7-01-15-PM.png
https://i.postimg.cc/44HKHtQ1/11-11-22-9-26-32-PM.png
Sometimes Portia is helpful
https://i.postimg.cc/Dzz0vbzL/11-12-22-5-49-28-PM.png
Sometimes life is tiring
https://i.postimg.cc/zvhVmZGQ/11-11-22-9-15-47-PM.png
Beautiful women from around the world continue to come to the museum to be ignored by Michael
https://i.postimg.cc/Dw6m3c77/11-12-22-6-15-17-PM.png
Lucy got promoted! She doesn't love pompoms and dancing, but she'll work hard in hopes of that day when she catches the coach's eye and makes the switch to really playing ball.
https://i.postimg.cc/WbP4Dy32/11-15-22-7-01-15-PM.png
Welcome, Meg!
I decided we'd go drop in on some of the neighbors. Thanks to Neighborhood Stories, Brindleton Bay now has a bumper crop of kids. Did I mention Tayen Irving is family-oriented? Tayen Irving is family-oriented.
https://i.postimg.cc/xCcXRbDn/11-09-22-6-24-06-PM.png
That's her teen son, not a romantic partner, so presumably these kids are all adopted, thus probably not werewolves. (Did I mention Tayen is a werewolf? Tayen is a werewolf.)
Portia seems to get along very well with little Cassiel Irving! Maybe Portia will solve my local relationship challenge after all.
https://i.postimg.cc/90yF8dx5/Screen-Shot-2022-11-19-at-5-50-40-PM.png
Me too, Michael. Me too.
