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 prefer playing poor or at least smaller homes.
In a community there needs to be both some high and low though, so I have a handful rich families, too. Recently I even built a castle for a Duke and Duchess and their 3 kids. I loved the project, including a huge garden, and I might post about them on my blog later.
I don't play all my rich households from day to day, but anyway they have different goals. I think it's important to set what kind of rich family they are,then search for activities in the game that fits that bill. One family invest, they run a restaurant and a gallery, + they own stocks that I tend (adjusting value etc). Another based wealth on science, they are less occupied with how big their house is etc (although it s HUGE). The 3rd version is the noble families - I've got 2 of them. They have a few traditions and rituals, ie a certain ceremony taking place at a certain time, in my case when the Baron takes over the Duke title, there will be a ceremony.
Some rich families give an annual party, I pretend other high-society people will be eager to be on that guest list. So these families socializes a bit. They also try to have kids married, but I don't force anything. Just seeing it as a benefit to both families and making it easier to secure a high financial standard including whatever power they got.
Two of my rich families have live-in servants, I find suitable locals to get those jobs, normally until they start their own family.
All have a butler - some also have a maid, if needed.
All couples/heads are portrayed, so my game also have a top skilled painter at all times, doing this job. Photos make nicer memories, but I don't think they look as high class as a big painting...
All pay lots of focus on child raising, manners, responsibility and all that. To secure the family wealth and name, they need good heirs, and also those who will move out eventually, need to be very well mannered. A cool challenge I never paid attention to before, but that is quite cool in richer families. A child will normally grow up more skilled in a wealthy family, but of course there are rebels, too!
The Duchess arranges flowers for decorating certain tables in the castle. They need to be replaced after a while. It keeps her busy a few hours every day, and flowers is a nice gift when she visits other houses.
I need to find good ways to make enough money to pay those sky high bills though. Especially for the castle, the Duke isn't really having a regular job (I pretend he used to be in Military), and bills are §20.000+ every week(?)! I still need to fine tune the household a bit.
In a community there needs to be both some high and low though, so I have a handful rich families, too. Recently I even built a castle for a Duke and Duchess and their 3 kids. I loved the project, including a huge garden, and I might post about them on my blog later.
I don't play all my rich households from day to day, but anyway they have different goals. I think it's important to set what kind of rich family they are,then search for activities in the game that fits that bill. One family invest, they run a restaurant and a gallery, + they own stocks that I tend (adjusting value etc). Another based wealth on science, they are less occupied with how big their house is etc (although it s HUGE). The 3rd version is the noble families - I've got 2 of them. They have a few traditions and rituals, ie a certain ceremony taking place at a certain time, in my case when the Baron takes over the Duke title, there will be a ceremony.
Some rich families give an annual party, I pretend other high-society people will be eager to be on that guest list. So these families socializes a bit. They also try to have kids married, but I don't force anything. Just seeing it as a benefit to both families and making it easier to secure a high financial standard including whatever power they got.
Two of my rich families have live-in servants, I find suitable locals to get those jobs, normally until they start their own family.
All have a butler - some also have a maid, if needed.
All couples/heads are portrayed, so my game also have a top skilled painter at all times, doing this job. Photos make nicer memories, but I don't think they look as high class as a big painting...
All pay lots of focus on child raising, manners, responsibility and all that. To secure the family wealth and name, they need good heirs, and also those who will move out eventually, need to be very well mannered. A cool challenge I never paid attention to before, but that is quite cool in richer families. A child will normally grow up more skilled in a wealthy family, but of course there are rebels, too!
The Duchess arranges flowers for decorating certain tables in the castle. They need to be replaced after a while. It keeps her busy a few hours every day, and flowers is a nice gift when she visits other houses.
I need to find good ways to make enough money to pay those sky high bills though. Especially for the castle, the Duke isn't really having a regular job (I pretend he used to be in Military), and bills are §20.000+ every week(?)! I still need to fine tune the household a bit.
