Gameplay ideas?

"Jordan061102;c-16099577" wrote:
Start a family, have a lot of childrens, with Parenthood it's amazing! You can have wars between childrens.

Unfortunately, I don't have Parenthood. :(

Gosh, tell me about it! These threads are becoming so common now. @BethTS4 what packs do you have? Do you play solo sims, generations (so the same family tree) or family set ups? Might help us hone your ideas.

Well you could branch out, I have multiple saves with different things going on and I take a break when I'm not sure what to do with one.

In one save I play that with my guy we take turns controlling children and ourselves.

The next one is for the sim in my pic she's part of a legacy and her family has always given me trouble so I tend to move them save to save she and her father with half-siblings are the only ones. She has bounced between two guys and has kids with both of them she just can't pick and neither want to leave.

In another I played rotationally until I decided it was done I had a mix of families, happy, some with drama, cheating, lots of kids born there. That one is done I think.

Then I have one with aliens just making a family for them just had their first son, the story being they woke up among sims with a good bit of money as the woman is a princess and her love interest her butler. He chose to erase that fact from her mind, so she wouldn't see him as a servant they're good fun.

The last one with vampires pairing up Vlad with a woman that is something like his deceased wife returned to him and the goths...I did have another rotational one can't remember if I stopped that one or not but it's all fun for me.

Though when I can't think of anything I just take a break and do other things, watching machinimas gives me ideas too then I want to play again heh.

"hadklax;c-16099603" wrote:
Gosh, tell me about it! These threads are becoming so common now. @BethTS4 what packs do you have? Do you play solo sims, generations (so the same family tree) or family set ups? Might help us hone your ideas.

I have these packs: Get To Work, Get Together, City Living, Dine Out, Outdoor Retreat, Spa Day + a lot of stuff packs. :D
I play solo and generation too. I enjoy both.

Depends on the way you're usually playing, but right now I'm trying to rebuild the whole game I deleted every lot and family in every neighborhood and am creating my own households with unique stories and intertwining them with each other right now, This even keeps me occupied when I'm not playing TS4 lol

"BethTS4;d-926879" wrote:
So do you guys have any suggestions for a bored player? Any fun things that I should try? I've played a lot of challenges, but I got bored. I started to build up Newcrest (that was my latest project) but now I feel like I need a new way to play the game. :smiley:
What do you do when you get bored with the way you play the game?

I've tried so many things but still get bored quickly. Maybe when we get tropical vacations I won't get bored so easily.

When I get bored with something I set it aside and do something else. Why force yourself to do something if you don't have any joy in it. Take a break and the urge will come back to you.

Have you tried playing rotational? I find I lose interest more quickly with a single household, but can keep a multi-household game going pretty easily. With the still limited game play options, it can feel like same thing, different wallpaper at times, but the regular change of faces & scenery can also be inspiring at times. You can also have da variety of households vampires, aliens, a single sim who plays the field, a close-knit family, another family that can't stand each other, a criminal household, etc.... You could also create some households inspired by your favorite books, films & TV shows, that's always fun.

What I do is either take a few days make a week or two off or try something that you've never done before. I know a lot of people in the beginning of the game tried doing the achievements but I don't know if anyone really remembers them anymore. I'm assuming you've done the whole restaurant bit and got a restaurant to five stars? Try opening up a chain of restaurants and start from scratch. In one of my very old saves I just did that. She made so much money from her first restaurant she opened up a second location (one in Windenburg and the other in MP).

Create a single male sim and try to have him woo some men, I struggle all the time to get my male sims affections returned with another male. Maybe you'll have more luck, although it makes for some interesting stories