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2 years ago

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Reno your life or else.(pics and challenge update)

These usually aren't that popular for me the last time I did this was a few years ago it is pretty simple I think.

You need to fix up an old house while raising your family at the same time and no making things too easy.

Can live anywhere on any lot but you have to start in winter on long within the game definition, so long life 28 day seasons, start with a single sim or a couple. One in either situation must be a klepto, if cheating any traits just for fun parenting may only go to 2 and mischief to 4 or 5 makes it a little less dull but not really needed. you may only attempt twice every couple of days or once every day. Should you get caught you've lost that chance.

You need a bathroom and to section up the house a bit with a basic floorplan that can be changed but come on not just a box with openings. you can also place things that would be more entertaining to try and steal, all must be done before you actually play though this is time for editing, the final cheat is to clear out any money you didn't use throwing together a wrecked-by-time "home".

A single sim can get to know a love interest for a couple of days and look for collectibles only two travels a day and if you don't find anything no money.

No jobs allowed, or high-paying hobbies, only collectiables can be used for money, with frogs both sims can get two for breeding but they are locked in whatever you find you need to keep and only the results of the breeding may be sold.

While fixing up the house if the wallpaper is sold (seems to do that when adding a wall to a once halfway location) just put the exact wallpaper back to keep track of how much you really have, no easyouts. Speaking of capsules must be opened.

If pets are preferred one child must be born to the parents and raised in full because you need more hands for frogs mmhmm.

The first checkpoint is to last the Winter and see how far you get but if you have not completed the house you can continue it's not really a stressful thing just a road to follow. However, at most one sim year if you still haven't done it then that is a loss, just like any kids being taken away or unnatural deaths.

I mean not sure if anyone wants to try but I'll be sharing what I'm doing, also it goes without saying if you fish up something particularly valuable then you must keep it in the family inventory.

https://i.imgur.com/WgQiRE5h.png

https://i.imgur.com/2XJjMffh.png

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Reddestiny921
2 years ago
I thought I updated this last time, they have another bedroom and it is Winter 18, now I bet you thought this was done.

Why would it be easy, in reality just pacing yourself one season of crazy? Really not that hard, this is of course optional and I have not decided if it is for them but it has been a long time since I used that family.

Anyways surviving Winter is technically the main point, if the house is still not complete to your standards continue, but gen 2 should you choose the path is when you can change lifespan. The last time was my Howard's legacy and I shared them many times but still quite some time and many save files ago some of them are even still on the gallery.

List from this point on in the new house the eldest gets their own place but the two after must be anywhere else not too many paychecks allowed.
Gen 1( included because they need more struggle): when the first three moved out I had them have more kids and they all lived in the needs tlc apartment after leaving the house I built them once their creation was complete and acceptable. You don't have to build a house, you can use a premade one but what does a family of 8 really need? One bedroom and a bathroom to share, never a house that wouldn't make sense. :p :D
Gen 2: pick a random sim not in world to move in, change the settings now but at the time any opposite you can have kids with, romance them and work on having a kid within the next few days, in a better apartment with dead end jobs so you can't really afford to do much else. Don't focus on skills or tasks go in late come home early, you're not going anywhere.
Gen 3: Feel free to cheat some money if you like, only one parent works, be the unknown lover break up a relationship as you just pick the first person that walks past the house you are just barely hanging onto, maybe they'll have kids or something else what do you know it's love at first sight you swear. Make this newbie one of the occults, they should live forever to watch you fail....I mean they love you too.
Gen 4: break up a known marriage, I chose the Goths as I changed the aging as I said in the beginning so they had time even though Bella was older, then...I drowned her I think after she had a kid. It didn't matter because he was cheating on her with a coworker and they each had a kid, she was an alien, and they didn't stay together he kept the kids I just ignored them. Basically, you're a lost cause.
Gen 5: A break, kind of, you get to be normal....but wait you love two different people, by now you've learned you can't just coast you need money. both loves need a house, preferably right next to each other so you may have more kids with each and support them.
Gen 6: ends at childhood because they know they have no future, okay it wasn't that dramatic the family got so bugged I couldn't get any further but I was pretty proud of it.

Like I said I am plotting to see if I will save them and let them have the easy out or if it's time to mess up some generations for them, the family before them I was raising the kids beyond the house so they got off lucky and I'm not sure this one should. But if you happened to be enjoying this do stay tuned, I am remembering just how much fun it was to mess with their lives. The game was playing along, I still remember some of the gen 2 kids survived to elderhood until the wedding for gen 4 and they made their own decision, they passed one after the other right after he kissed his bride.

Sooooo see you when I decide.

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Reddestiny921
Legend
2 years ago
mmkay the upstairs has had a major update, now they are no longer able to fall to zero keeping bills in mind but you can drop lower in bits, the girls have a lot of milestones but I still can't naturally get crawling done, that said they have 8 days left until they are tots and with the house now only two rooms away from being complete, one room for each kid plus of the course the parents shared room, they have earned the right to tablets. However, you must continue to keep up on their relationship they can't just be on the tablet, fair I'd think.
https://i.imgur.com/r40brcFl.png
After almost an entire winter I found lemons will grow so I harvested them, as this is constant earning and only frogs are allowed at this point we sold all of them, it wasn't much but still money is money at this point.
https://i.imgur.com/zyD4Fejh.png
Moving right along, now it was time to add things to the museum and gallery we frequent the payment for that will be no hunting for collectibles or any swiping until the 21st. As we may have to fish if the bills come in, just in management. They may actually go to the next checkpoint as I mentioned in the first post and then in detail.

so stay tuned.
Reddestiny921
Legend
2 years ago
Okay so it has been a little bit, common with this part of the rinse and repeat nature of this bit but I was reminded they have the four extra rooms they needed and they are already at four family members. So working on the girls but their future siblings need a place to sleep. They are 8 days away from being toddlers that is when they will try for another kid. Think they'll get twins again? I have missed my little bad decisions family. Hehe, stay tuned.
Reddestiny921
Legend
2 years ago
Oh and of course new pack new rules, you may now eavesdrop-blackmail or break in four times if there is a failure you get only one extra try.
Reddestiny921
Legend
2 years ago
https://i.imgur.com/EBToie5l.png
Still doing our best but I swear these girls just love scooting, crawl you little gumdrop crawl!
:D
https://i.imgur.com/pr3Lucpl.png
No but they are good girls at least.
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I don't know if the secrets rotate but in keeping with the new rules we were eavesdropping since they were home, and she found out that Vanesha was aiding and abetting, shame shame, thanks for the money sugar.
https://i.imgur.com/zvB0UPZl.png
It was a rough go since she got caught the first travel pass trying to steal but she got something and while she mom-panics and little Raelynn celebrates all things life they are doing it.
https://i.imgur.com/Lqd5lenh.png
I know we've seen this but still an update 8 days left
https://i.imgur.com/Ehkv9sOh.png
And even though it's a little bare for decorations this is all they need for their family they have almost won, just a few more things in the last baby rooms. The verdict is in, since sims can't seem to take care of infants when you're off the lot this is a lot harder, cause she has to go and make sure they get fed so they get taken away, okay they might be protected from that but I don't want to find out and lose okay? Let's go we can do it, and Morgyn is having a crisis feeling unfulfilled. As their bad decisions pile on he is just itching to get a legitimate job to take care of his family, only if your wife finishes up the house honey.
Reddestiny921
Legend
2 years ago
Well I found you can catch a sketchpad by the oasis springs museum. Now couldnt sell it but Penny had a good swiping day so they have basically won by the 21st she is pregnant and I hope it is twins but now she may paint on her new sketch pad to get money though still no jobs what do they know about working?

Morgyn is also begging her not to leave him alone with their twins after they age up I think I may move to normal aging otherwise with my luck the save will be broken before I see hiw much things can change for them.
Reddestiny921
Legend
2 years ago
Alright so the family still gets the part two we'll see how many generations they get if they complete it or not but at the moment it's the slow stage of waiting for babies and working on the family's relationship with each other. That said I get some pics as they have made some more progress.
https://i.imgur.com/5LgyUnYh.png
Now, they are still pretty vigilant with babies but seems tamer now so they will do as i say without stopping to check what the infant wants..I hope they remove that or something because you don't want babies starving because mom won't stop putting them down to ask what they want. Still annoying just better. Morgyn was upset about the bathroom being messy and his fear I think but he will do everything he can for his little girls.
https://i.imgur.com/Oj1ybHKh.png
I just let them drop off the girls to take care of their low needs and thought my babies were having a good time together.
https://i.imgur.com/hFKApyIh.png
but Raelynn is just questioning how this annoying preppy girl is her sister, like it's almost 11 that's way too early for her to be all cheery...hehe.
https://i.imgur.com/DRdF5Okh.png
I noticed that Penny had wandered off when I had them nap on the floor and found her very literally pouting because she wanted to swipe something...really Pen-pen is it that serious? I let her go take one thing while the girls were busy because preggo is terribly irritating...lol. Mmkay I love her but still.
https://i.imgur.com/eAfYbXKh.png
They were a little overwhelmed checking on needs so I had to lock them in their room, at this stage if you have gotten to this you can cheat teleport and fill needs of the household freely because they are gonna be more aware with more kids. Anyhow she obviously went into labor and had Willow she is a witch, in the pants, and Sunset who is human. I locked them in their room so they would stop running to every cry, sleep training you guys have you heard of it? and she is already expecting, if she has twins again it'll be her last pregnancy for a while so feel free to influence the births at this point if you want, I want some boys dagnbabbit.

In four days the older twins will age up I'll turn it to normal for a bit but another allowed thing for a bit
(testingcheats on- sims.give_satisfaction_points 1500 - potion of youth.)for the parents because they are not done contributing to the bad decisions. I mean yes if you are bothering with wants you'll just have the points but they aren't really needed for the main focus these sims can be quite hopeless and don't always get what they want but you can't just let go of gen 1 too easy anyhow.

Hope you enjoyed next time I post the girls will be tots and naturally it'll be Spring for them.
Reddestiny921
Legend
1 year ago
Mmkay so after a hiatus cause of bugs and such I opened up the save again and was reminded they did complete the first half of gen 1's side it's the 25th winter will be over soon but the house is complete and she is pregnant again. If you don't remember they need six kids but since they completed the house early they can just continue on that path, and there will be an aging change for normal as we don't want to stay in gen 1 for too long. Also they are still earning only with Penny's skills as a klepto even when you move on to gen 2 and start the next steps. Infants being added is nice but it had a whole other level of difficulty to this challenge ha, so rules are lax with them as their skills can be buggy but sometimes interactions can stack and make the sims go stupid. Anyhow they still have four daughters, Deja, Raelynn, Sunset and Willow the first set of twins should age up before Spring and it'll be time to work on their family relationships more.
Just a reminder pic we've come so far.
Oh again as long as the rules aren't being tampered the new packs don't matter, however with the love pack instead of just picking someone off the street you can pick someone from the dating app and make them a twin if you have any buggy issues Like I did, such as them reverting to their dating app appearance before any makeovers. For now, they just have to raise their kids so gen 2 can move on.