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Hi Guys, So, I´m pretty much a new player to the Sims4 and I´m still trying to figure out a lot of the game-mechanics, how to make beautiful builds, getting set up for making my first Legacy (no che...
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You might find this thread useful for inspiration https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Feedback/Share-Your-Newest-The-Sims-4-Creations-Here/m-p/11511696#M61947
When you're starting out you might find it helpful to download a build from the gallery when you're building and just familiarise yourself by giving it a makeover. That's what I usually say to my friends who start playing Sims.
I terms of bills, they're not toooo bad and if you have Eco Living you can use some of the energy saving gadgets. You can also purchase reward traits to reduce your bills. Just remember to pay them on the day you get them as the next morning power and water will start to be cut off.
If you want to make money the best way to supplement income is by planting flowers, etc. In a new save with low gardening skills a good way to do that is visit public lots just before 5am and wait until lilies and roses start to bloom as they generate a decent amount and are readily available in Willow Creek public lots such as behind the Blue Velvet/gym/museum. Harvest them and take them home. Plant a few of them and harvest them daily, if you immediately go into build mode as they bloom in your garden the flowers are worth more. Keep taking the plant into build mode and you will see the plant and flowers appear separately in your household inventory. Put the plant back in the ground, go back to live mode and repeat as many times as you can. At 6am they usually stop blooming until the next day. You'll find you've made quite a bit of cash as you sell the flowers from build mode. You can do that every day. As your skill increases you can graft and splice the plants to get more expensive flowers such as the expensive orchid, by splicing a Lily and a Snapdragon. Or if you have Cottage Living you can visit the market stalls and buy rarer harvestables to plant at home.
You can switch between lifetime aspirations to gather reward points as you go. The Curator aspiration is an easy one to start with. Collect flowers, break rocks you see on the ground, dig mud patches, fish, look for little logs with frogs. When you have found 2 frogs select them to breed and you can sell their offspring or keep breeding to expand the collection and find different species. You can sell what you find to make more money as well. Use the reward traits you can purchase to make life easier for your Sim.
When you spot a problem in your game you can pop on here, go to Bug Reports and take a look at the compiled list of reported issues. Or just ask a question on this page like you have just done.
Also, and I cannot stress this enough... always make a backup of your game and save regularly. Right now, with the ageing bug currently affecting the game you are safer going to Game Options and disabling the Ageing options. In Game Options also make sure you are linked to your EA account to make sure you get updates and Sims Delivery Express updates (SDX).
Enjoy!
So, I can't help you much with building; I have a niche and it's things with the words "tiny" or "cheap" in them! :D
I also don't know which packs, if any, you have, so ignore the suggestions that are for packs you don't have!
However, bills:
Bills are determined by your lot value, so if you're going to play legacy you're going to start out with a cheap lot, for the most part. If you have Eco Lifestyle, not following some Neighborhood Action Plans can increase your bills.
How to reduce bills:
- Save up for the frugal reward trait in the Rewards Store.
- If you have Eco Lifestyle, use Neighborhood Action Plans in your favor. For example, if you have green gardening you get a bill reduction if you have a bug house or bee box, for example.
- Look for build items marked "bill reduction" (I think these are also Eco Lifestyle)
- People recommend autolights. I would add have fewer appliances, if you can, and do the energy efficient upgrades if you can (is this Eco Lifestyle only?).
- If you play off the grid, you have no utility bills. (You may or may not find this item extreme, lol.)
- No, really, have every member of your household get the frugal reward store trait.
- If you live in Henford-on-Bagley, completing the Country Caretaker aspiration will give you cheaper bills in Henford-on-Bagley. (Cottage Living)
- There is currently a bug that power bills are higher in Mount Komorebi. Something to be aware of. (Snowy Escape)
- If you have Tiny Living, one of the smaller lot type perks is half bills!
I agree with everything @simsplayer818 said. If you have City Living, the romance festival has high-end flowers that you can harvest and plant on your home lot for free and this is one of my favorite get rich quick schemes. 😉 If not, yeah, across from the Goths, behind Umbridge Manor, there's a great little garden (although you have to be in the area for the plants to grow and have to be there at 5am for them to bloom). There are also Lilies in the neighborhood if you look.
Also, I don't know what careers you were going to give your Sims but when I was new I was surprised to learn that writers, painters, and gardeners make big bucks in the Sims. You do need to skill up so your books/paintings aren't bad, but...
Also, if you have extra reward store points from aspiration hopping (which I think is forbidden in the legacy challenge, alas) free services is THE BOMB. Perhaps fulfilling wants will let you buy it. It doesn't look like much, but: free pizza, free food delivery, free maid, free butler, free gardener.....
I'd be no good if I couldn't hop around different Aspirations. I often start with a big house to get me the Mansion Baron Aspiration and use the points from that to give my Sims a Steel Bladder. I complete the other money one pretty quickly (I've gone blank on the name lol) and get them the Savant trait to boost their skills rate, usually along with the Night Owl trait too. I add the Curator Aspiration for most of my Sims as it's an easy way to get points so I can get the Incredibly Friendly Trait and with that it's pretty simple to do the Super Popular Aspiration quickly. I often chuck in some Fishing Aspiration and some of the pack based Aspirations that go with City Living (but mine is bugged so I can only do the first stage), Snowy Escape, Island Living, Outdoor and Jungle packs for Example. My completed Sims usually have the Seldom Sleepy trait and Forever Full. The Always Welcome trait is very handy too.
My City Living is bugged so travelling to the Romance Festival is pretty much off the table for me and the plants and fireworks are bugged for me too! But yes it is a really great place to get flowers, paintings if there's a good selection and a few snow globes from cardboard boxes lying around.
I'm a builder but I'm rubbish at explaining stuff. I had to produce little mini guide books for my friends and email them in volumes lol. Starting with volume one "Building your McMansion!"
You can also have great fun editing public lots. I like to add ponds and vending machines. With Seasons I add a few ice/roller rinks. I add food stalls too but you have to pay to hire a vendor, still when your Sim is craving a lobster roll what can you do!
I've never played legacy but I usually start out with a big household of family members from different generations or a large group of friends in a house share. I build a big family homestead or flat/house share. I then split out one Sim at a time into their own household and play them individually. They keep their ties to their family or old roomies. If I've created a solo Sim I often add a family member in CAS later to keep their family going. I end up with family networks through my worlds.
Oh, yeah, I almost never play single Sim households.
I love editing community lots, too. I've given all the gyms pools and basketball hoops, and put toddler things at all the parks (the giant toddler jungle gym from toddler stuff, for example).
And I've found I love the nature aspirations. Honestly, anything that gets me off my home lot. Otherwise I'd just never leave! and there's so much more outside my home lot!
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