*Notice - I switched around another world due to the fact one of the aspirations has a career that Teens can't do. Therefore, the world I have set now for February is Windenburg. Evergreen Harbor will be the world for October. This is still subject to change as before and only a guideline. Y'all can play the worlds in whichever order will work for you. :)
@Skeilah I missed that you'd posted Bryon's diary entry for today earlier around the same time I did. I love what he says about living in a tent. He really seems to be enjoying his new found freedom out in the wilds of Mt. Komorebi. At least for now. ;) Very cool that he was also able to celebrate New Year's Eve at the Festival of Snow with his new friends!
@permanentrose You're very welcome! Thanks for what you said about the relationship between Tessa and Josh! You're right, I think having her BFF by her side has helped a lot. As a result of spending so much time together and sharing such a life-changing experience, she has a big crush on him now. I'm guessing she doesn't look at him as a big brother anymore. It appears, so far, Josh might have stronger feelings for her too. We'll see...
I like your plans to help with not having very many packs! I wanted to point out though, there is a Mod to make vacation worlds liveable if you wanted to try it. I don't know who it's by though, I just read about it in another thread somewhere. I personally don't use Mods in TS4, but have nothing against them at all and used many in other iterations. They can be wonderful in situations such as this, or to simply enhance gameplay. :)
I thought about adding Magnolia Promenade as a world in the timeline, but I see it as more of an extension of Willow Creek for retail, even though I've had Sims simply living there a few times too. I think it's a great option for those missing packs. Perhaps, instead of doing a base game aspiration in that world, it might be fun to have a retail store instead for our Sims in substitution? It's totally up to you though, but thought I'd mention it as another option. You're more than welcome to simply do a base game aspiration instead, of course. :)
@SoulGal7 I really like the solution to the missing packs problem that you've suggested too! Very smart opting to substitute for similar aspirations you have available in your game and live in several neighborhoods in one of the worlds you do have, I love that! Perhaps I should put that in the Rules/Guidelines?
@Kanindota I wondered if you were planning something interesting by not showing River's face! Very intriguing! Good luck setting up your new WP account. I have one and needed a lot of help and time to figure it all out. I don't use it anymore though except to follow and/or like, comment on the stories of others I enjoy. It's the blog site of choice for most SimLit, but I personally find it a bit intimidating. o.O I'll update your challenge link after you've finished switching over to WP.
It does make it a bit harder to get things done by sending your Teen to school, but I ended up sending Tessa too since it was getting a bit annoying always implementing the cheats to keep her from failing and possibly culled. o.O Good luck to you and River, I'm glad you're having fun with my little challenge and look forward to reading more of River's journey. :)
@Ellupelluellu Thank you, I was so surprised, but pleased to see this challenge in the Friday highlights! <3 Great idea having Melody keep the same tiny house throughout the challenge, upgrading to higher tiers as she ages. I love what a lot challenge participants are doing to make this challenge their own! <3 You're welcome about the tip! :) And about your post for today, interesting how their school uniform keeps changing colors, eh? I wish we could just choose which color they get instead. I know there's a cheat to unlock the career outfits category in CAS and make our own, I wonder if there's one for the school uniforms too? I'll have to check that out.
Glad she finally met another teen! I personally don't really don't care for Wolfgang. He's *cough* missing from my custom template save. Did he swipe the chess board clean out of anger when he lost? I've had Hugo Villareal do that a couple times when he lost to my Sims. Silly Sims... ? Cool that she found some tomatoes too! Day 4 - Boy, she really, really doesn't like school. :D She had a very full day and found some onions! Her garden is coming along quite well, eh? What level fishing is she at now? Sturgeon is the best they can get at that spot, at least in my experience, but Tessa didn't start getting any until around Level 8, I think. The Always Welcome trait is one of the best reward traits offered in my opinion. \o/
