How do I start a long-running game?
OK, i'll be honest. I literally can't play a household for more than a week, and whenever I read about people who have super long running games and i want to be able to do that too. Thanks xx Stella
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I don't play premmades, as a general rule. I did play Pinstar's Legacy Challenge, in which your Founder, and after that the Heir, has to marry a Townie. However, when I play my own storylines, I have way more fun. I have two game saves at the moment. One is my Ancestral save, wherein I'm playing my actual ancestors. They lived in the 18th century during the French and Indian War, Pontiac's War, and then the American Revolutionary War. Much of this can't be replicated, but I'm more of a character-driven consumer, if you will, so I have fun just playing these people. This is my rotation save. The family was HUGE in reality. So, I have two households at the moment. The eldest from each household married. Once this occurs, I have a tendency to forget I'm playing a rotation and tend to stick with them. He is the Rock Star of my family, at least I think so. He certainly was the most famous of his siblings. (Yes, I've had to, for various reasons, restart this game save.)
My other save is a futuristic save. One can understand why I loved the Into the Future EP in Sims3. Yes, I've played them in each iteration, since I began with Sims2. They are the subject of my mini-series below.
To suggest I'm fully invested in these characters is an understatement. They give me hours/years of enjoyment. I have to say, however, that in Sims4, it is the first time I allowed the Sims in my futuristic save to be born in-game. I created the parents from my singer Sim, whom I imported from Sims3 to Sims4. Once the girl was born, and aged to toddler I do believe I substituted the adult Sim I created of her into the family in full edit mode, so that she'll look like she should upon aging up.
This is how I play long-term.
If you play rotation style, set the active lot for aging, only. Then after a time, play the other households. This way you can control the age levels and keep them where you desire them to be. I began playing rotation style back in Sims2 because I was very tired of grandchildren of my Sims playing with the EXACT SAME Sims their grandparents played with. This allowed them to age up. I also liked to create my own neighborhoods and populate them with Sims I made. This way all of my Sims were played and became friends. It was fun.
My other save is a futuristic save. One can understand why I loved the Into the Future EP in Sims3. Yes, I've played them in each iteration, since I began with Sims2. They are the subject of my mini-series below.
To suggest I'm fully invested in these characters is an understatement. They give me hours/years of enjoyment. I have to say, however, that in Sims4, it is the first time I allowed the Sims in my futuristic save to be born in-game. I created the parents from my singer Sim, whom I imported from Sims3 to Sims4. Once the girl was born, and aged to toddler I do believe I substituted the adult Sim I created of her into the family in full edit mode, so that she'll look like she should upon aging up.
This is how I play long-term.
"Maggiedoll;c-16655211" wrote:
I do stick mostly to one game, but I haven't really played a legacy, so I don't know if that counts. I play with aging of played sims set to only active household, and move out the kids when they age up to YA. Then I kinda play whichever one interests me at the time. If I totally lose interest in a household, I set it to unplayed so it can go on doing its thing. (I use MCCC so that then the newly-unplayed characters can get married and have kids and whatnot.) It does mean that my multiple generations end up being the same age.. I keep thinking I should try having more generations living together so they all age, but it drives me nuts that I can't leave the lot without the other sims in the household abandoning what they were supposed to be doing.
I guess I effectively create a new game when I move out a YA and start playing them, just from the same family.
If you play rotation style, set the active lot for aging, only. Then after a time, play the other households. This way you can control the age levels and keep them where you desire them to be. I began playing rotation style back in Sims2 because I was very tired of grandchildren of my Sims playing with the EXACT SAME Sims their grandparents played with. This allowed them to age up. I also liked to create my own neighborhoods and populate them with Sims I made. This way all of my Sims were played and became friends. It was fun.
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