How do you play with rich sims??
At least once a month I get this great idea to build an opulent, rich, fancy family with beautiful clothes and an amazing mansion. Once I get done in CAS and building their home, I get stuck. I don't...
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First off, I never have them do nothing. Humans aren't meant to do nothing. My Cantrell family made their wealth from hard work. The Patriarch is a Shipping Magnate. So, he tends to business. His wife is an Artiste, so she paints and sells her work. Their second child and son is a Global Superstar devoted to his Music. So, he's always 'working'. Their eldest child and son joined the military. Their third child and son is a Surgeon. Their daughter married a Vulcan prince and is an Archaeologist of some renown herself, and is often authenticating artifacts, when not running after their five children. The youngest child and son is still a teen. He works on his homework.
In my Ancestral game save, both families were well-to-do, but they were planters for the most part. One ran an Inn, a Trading Post, Mills, wherein he was tapped to collect the taxes, and he had a Tavern. The other one had quite a complex surrounded by a stockade. Inside, he had a Trading Post, a distillery, a Black Smith Shoppe and he grew money crops; wheat; corn; cotton and rice. Yes, he was one of the very few who grew rice in the Shenandoah Valley in the 1700s. So, I send him to 'work'. Household A, the Dad is a programmer, besides fussing with his plants in the green house. Household B I believe is in the Business career track. The Moms don't work outside of the home, tending to the children, the laundry and the gardens when needed. It was a different world back then.
Basically all of this explanation to say, I make them live like normal Sims. They just have plenty of money to either repair or buy new, whatever they fancy. The houses are nicely appointed. And I like for my Sims to interact with each other and be a family. I'm still amused that no matter how many times I've restarted this game save, the parents follow their eldest children around. Boy from Household A married girl from Household B. They are teens and currently dating, if you will. He took her to the Discotheque in Windenburg because they both love to dance. Who shows up? First her father followed quickly by her mother. LOL This was autonomous!
In my Ancestral game save, both families were well-to-do, but they were planters for the most part. One ran an Inn, a Trading Post, Mills, wherein he was tapped to collect the taxes, and he had a Tavern. The other one had quite a complex surrounded by a stockade. Inside, he had a Trading Post, a distillery, a Black Smith Shoppe and he grew money crops; wheat; corn; cotton and rice. Yes, he was one of the very few who grew rice in the Shenandoah Valley in the 1700s. So, I send him to 'work'. Household A, the Dad is a programmer, besides fussing with his plants in the green house. Household B I believe is in the Business career track. The Moms don't work outside of the home, tending to the children, the laundry and the gardens when needed. It was a different world back then.
Basically all of this explanation to say, I make them live like normal Sims. They just have plenty of money to either repair or buy new, whatever they fancy. The houses are nicely appointed. And I like for my Sims to interact with each other and be a family. I'm still amused that no matter how many times I've restarted this game save, the parents follow their eldest children around. Boy from Household A married girl from Household B. They are teens and currently dating, if you will. He took her to the Discotheque in Windenburg because they both love to dance. Who shows up? First her father followed quickly by her mother. LOL This was autonomous!
