Trade Off - TS4 Game-play Challenge by EQCreations
Introduction: The Trade Off challenge borrows elements from other game-play challenges. It is a type of rotational challenge with members in the same household. It begins simply with two Sims that can only be controlled during assigned time frames. More on that later but first how about some background to get your creative storytelling juices flowing.
Backstory: The letter was handwritten on stationary embossed with a strange logo. The envelope has only your name and the logo with no return address. Thinking it is just junk mail you toss it in the bin but then take it back out again when you realize the writing was vaguely familiar. Was it from someone you knew? Just what kind of prank were they trying to pull? "You have been selected for a special project." Yea ... sure. Not going to fall for that trick. As you glance back down at the letter a phrase catches your attention "... and a vast fortune awaits when the assigned tasks are completed". Hmm this could be worth investigating even if it is a fake. "Just wait til I find out which of my friends sent this" you say thinking out loud. You decide it could be worth a good laugh and quickly make note of the address and arrange transportation.
Your story starts here: Who sent the letter? Was it an old friend or family member? Why was it sent to you ... for what purpose? There will be someone living on the same lot with you. Are you related, old colleagues or a previous romantic interest or perhaps an enemy from your past or a total stranger?
Finally finished the challenge! Yay! \o/ Took a lot longer than it should've, but that was my own fault. It was the first week of Spring, so it took almost 7 weeks. Here's Zack after returning home when he got his final promotion to Level 10 in the Body Builder career. He's now Mr. Solar System. lol Don't know why that's the ending title for his position, sounds more like something for the Astronaut career, but meh...
https://i.imgur.com/W3bVTnr.png
And here's Aubree's final stats as well. In addition to what's shown, she's achieved the Painting (of course), Musician and Fabulously Wealthy aspirations. She was working on the Computer Whiz (I think? Whatever one requires programming/video gaming) aspiration, but hadn't gotten very far since one of the levels required her to join the Tech Guru career. I didn't want her to quit the Painting career since she's Level 10 and on the cusp of getting another promotion. I wonder how many levels they can go before promotions stop.
I think the Fabulously Wealthy aspiration is glitched, at least in my game, because they've never gotten any interest payments based on their household funds. That was supposed to be the once a week reward, I thinik, but it hasn't happened yet and it's been weeks since she achieved that aspiration.
https://i.imgur.com/hQ7KNuH.png
*Notes - I had a couple glitches happen these last few weeks. Aubree called to chat with Josh while sitting at her computer desk and got stuck that way. They talked and talked and talked and it didn't look like she was ever going to stop since all her needs were dropping in the red and she was on the phone for hours. I ended up using debug to reset her. I hope that wasn't against the rules? I was in control of her at the time.
When I wasn't controlling her, while Zack was at work, she ran outside to shovel a snow pile over in the public neighborhood area surrounding their lot next to a fishing pond. After she shoveled the snow pile, she made a snow pal and then started playing video games on her phone. Inbetween gaming, she'd stop and clap her hands at the snow pal, over and over and over. She was stuck again. This time though I waited until Zack got home from work and sent him to retrieve her by asking to woo hoo in a bush. Thankfully it worked. *whew* Thought I was going to lose her out there since she was getting very hungry.
Zack got stuck for hours and hours on the treadmill once too when I wasn't controlling him, but thankfully once his energy tanked into the red, he stopped and went to bed. Unfortunately, this all happened only a couple hours before he was scheduled for work so when he got home, he collapsed. The only time either one ever passed out from energy failure.
The one consistent glitch that happened to both of them was when they would come home from work. They would stand outside where they'd spawned on the lot for exactly one hour and 17 minutes. Every.Single.Time! Why? I think the Devs need to tweak that, it shouldn't happen that way, they should immediately go inside and do something.
The couple has now moved to the Domus Familiaris lot in Sable Square. I remodeled it a little in Manage Worlds to remove all the furnishings first and had them keep their stuff to use in their new home. One of the bedrooms has been changed to be a hobby room for them with all of Aubree's painting rewards and a new treadmill for Zack. I got rid of the workout machine because Zack was getting WAY too muscle-bound in my opinion. Hopefully he can reduce those muscles a little bit. I like muscles on a man, er, male Sim, don't get me wrong, but... not THAT much. lol
I bulldozed their old lot after putting everything in their inventory, so if anyone had possibly wanted it, I'm sorry, it's gone... o.O
Anyway, still not sure if I'll use them in Strangerville or not. I might just use Josh since he's a Super Sim or see if starting Rags to Riches style with a brand new Sim would work. I LOVE the look of that airplane lot with the hidden bunker inside. Very Cool! I can see myself perhaps using another Sim I have too that's already somewhat paranoid, a conspiracy theorist and lives in an underground bunker. He'd be perfect for it. We'll see, it all depends on if I win a copy of the GP how soon I'll get to play. So I have time to think about it.
But enough about that, here's a few outtake screenshots that happened since the last time I posted. Oh and @Faoiltearna I haven't uploaded my Sims to the Gallery yet, but if you still want them, let me know and I can do that. Thanks so much for creating this challenge @EuphorialQueen I've had so much fun playing it and will definitely be trying it again. Only next time I'll use Sims with a lot more opposite traits. ;)
I sent Aubree to the Spice District to look around while Zack was at work one day and she met up with Josh who was busking with a guitar. Now both she and Zack are good friends with him.
https://i.imgur.com/VFqGvPH.png
One day when Zack came home from work when I was controlling Aubree, I sent her outside to serenade him with her guitar. They're both in inappropriate attire for the season, but I have the game settings set so the weather doesn't affect them. They were too into each other to care about being cold anyway! I love the looks on their faces. <3
https://i.imgur.com/hbYlvEE.png
And in this one too, makes me smile and go "Awww" every time I look at it. So cute how my big, strong body builder is being reduced to a puddle of mush by his lady love. <3
https://i.imgur.com/vUYNJzb.png
After this, they were both very flirty and Aubree got a whim to woo hoo with Zack. They couldn't though, even though they both had double beds because it wasn't a Sunday. So to improvise and give the young lovers a place to go, I bought them a woo hoo bush and placed it outside. Wasn't sure if they'd be able to use it in Winter, but, didn't seem to be a problem. hehe
https://i.imgur.com/Q1R1s04.png
Lastly, here's the final floor plan of their house at the end of the challenge. It's mostly just a little bigger with a very few added objects; chess set, closet, a guitar for Aubree, the bush and a couple more chairs around the kitchen table. Plus most of their career reward objects. Aubree's ended up much more filled out than Zack's. I updated just about everything over time too.
The only decorations are a couple photos in Aubree's bedroom and she also has a few of her paintings that I liked and had her keep to display. Zack had one career promotion poster to decorate his walls. Poor guy... I really don't think he cared though, all he wanted to do was work out and dance. lol
"Hermitgirl;c-16972591" wrote: Grats on finishing! They are both beautiful sims. I'd love it if you put them on the gallery @Karababy52!
@Hermitgirl Thank you! Okay, next time I go in game, which will be a bit later tonight, I'll upload them to the gallery. Do you want them with their current skills and such or fresh from the beginning? I always save the tray files of any Sims I play right after they've been created so I have them that way too.
"Hermitgirl;c-16972591" wrote: Grats on finishing! They are both beautiful sims. I'd love it if you put them on the gallery @Karababy52!
@Hermitgirl Thank you! Okay, next time I go in game, which will be a bit later tonight, I'll upload them to the gallery. Do you want them with their current skills and such or fresh from the beginning? I always save the tray files of any Sims I play right after they've been created so I have them that way too.
@Hermitgirl Alrighty, will do! BTW, thanks for asking, no one has ever personally asked me to upload any of my Sims before. The only Sims besides my Adam Lambert Sim (adore that man and his voice) I have on the gallery are Sims required to be uploaded as part of a contest/challenge or a casting call. I don't upload to the gallery very much anyway despite having TONS of builds/Sims. lol
Not because I don't want to share, I just had a really, really old laptop and a bad internet connection so going on the gallery caused my game to horribly lag and inevitably crash. That's not a problem anymore though, Thank God! I still always play my game offline out of habit though. *shrugs* Anyway, thanks again, you made my night! <3
EDIT: Good Lord! I sure say 'though' a lot, don't I? LOL Oh well... :p
"Karababy52;c-16972643" wrote: @Hermitgirl Alrighty, will do! BTW, thanks for asking, no one has ever personally asked me to upload any of my Sims before.
Yes, skilled please! I'm looking forward to having already skilled Sims with jobs (I'll add jobs to them once I get them settled in place) roaming around the neighborhood. :smiley:
If the link doesn't work for whatever reason, I also used the hashtag #TS4TradeOff so you might be able to find them that way. Thanks again for asking for my Sims!
I'm going to grab them tomorrow, just logged out need to sleep to play more tomorrow lol... did you put your's up too @Faoiltearna? If you did tell me your ID or how to find them. My origin is the same as my name here. I love the idea of having these sims for townies because I kind of know them now :).
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