How to create a legacy and stick with it

Multiple Saves. I have a short attention span when it comes to families and I always have. Typically I move among 3-5 saves with different playstyles and families so that when I can't handle any more of one I can switch to another and continue their story. I tried rotational play within a save, but that doesn't work for me because I tend to get caught up in what I'm doing with a specific family and forget to go back and check on the first (who have moved on and up without me). So...I just make many saves so that they cannot move until I do.

@Mariefoxprice83 - Great thread! I'm doing my 2nd legacy challenge, and it's the original by Pinstar and I decided to do it with scoring on. I think all the tracking of stuff, bored me out, even though I did complete a lot of things in the game, which I probably would never have done (like collections). I made it to Gen 6 and just got tired. I haven't touched that Save since July and I'm just now ready to play it again. For me, I just let the game-drive each generation or I may pick a theme. I think in Gen 5, my heir was famous and I got to really explore the Get Famous pack and the acting career (I think it was new at the time). I try to keep each generation different. Gen 6 has been the most boring generation I've had (hence why I took a break). But the heir just died unexpectedly and I changed houses to Sulani, so getting my Gen 7 heir prepped (she's a teen) will be exciting. & there's been all these new packs out since I last played this legacy family....so it would be fun if one of my heirs married a spellcaster and they had spellcaster children. I may do a side story and send one of my spares to Uni!

Also, what I've done is lifted the rules a bit. I started the legacy challenge, rags to riches style so it's been fun to watch my legacy family's money grow. But having too much money makes things boring. I just got rid of most of my Sims money as I enjoy the money grind. & then the rule about staying in the same house for 10 generations.....I planned on that, as I built my own house....but my house glitched. My Gen 6 heir just died, so perfect timing for a change of scenery. I think I'll be finishing the challenge in a different world as I see fit, as I think changing houses/worlds keeps things interesting too. So in a nutshell, I do stick to most rules, but I bend the rules a bit too where it makes sense.

I know there are tons of legacy challenges out there that aren't so rule based and each generation has a theme already built into the challenge. Have you tried any of those (i.e. Not So Berry, etc)? What I've learned from doing this legacy challenge....is that I'm bound to get bored, regardless if there are rules or not. If I track generations, I get bored. If I just play and do my own thing (I like rotational play)....play how I want, no rules, no tracking of any kind whatsoever, I find that I enjoy that better & end up having a "legacy" family anyways, as I'll get pretty far. I do plan on finishing what I started with this legacy challenge since I'm heading into Gen 7 and so close to completion :)

"Sha2520032003;c-17346353" wrote:


I know there are tons of legacy challenges out there that aren't so rule based and each generation has a theme already built into the challenge. Have you tried any of those (i.e. Not So Berry, etc)? What I've learned from doing this legacy challenge....is that I'm bound to get bored, regardless if there are rules or not. If I track generations, I get bored. If I just play and do my own thing (I like rotational play)....play how I want, no rules, no tracking of any kind whatsoever, I find that I enjoy that better & end up having a "legacy" family anyways, as I'll get pretty far. I do plan on finishing what I started with this legacy challenge since I'm heading into Gen 7 and so close to completion :)

Maybe I'll look around at the challenges. :) The berry stuff doesn't appeal really but tech restrictions and stuff would.

Good luck with your legacy.

I caved in and started a new save. I removed all sims and residential lots from the island in Windenburg and placed my new sim in the largest lot. Meet Robin Wood, an aspiring gardener and self-confessed loner who was stranded on the island after a shipwreck.


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He is going to work on his woodworking so most of his furniture will be hand crafted, and his only income will come from whatever he can find on the island. So far he has found a few fossils. At the moment he just has a tent, a fire, a couple of tree stumps, and his woodworking station.

@Mariefoxprice83 Awesome! Such a brilliant idea. Good luck to you and Robin! I hope you'll update us.

"DoloresGrey;c-17347935" wrote:
@Mariefoxprice83 Awesome! Such a brilliant idea. Good luck to you and Robin! I hope you'll update us.

Will do. I am going to have to cave and buy him a bath or the outdoor shower because it's a pain forcing him to go to the Bluffs to wash every time.

I'm only on generation2 (close to starting generation 3) but what really helps me to keep going is writing chapters about what happened. I sort of "talk" to the legacy sims in those chapters and the positive feedback makes me love to play the legacy and "document" it in those chapters :)

"Queenarella;c-17347958" wrote:
I'm only on generation2 (close to starting generation 3) but what really helps me to keep going is writing chapters about what happened. I sort of "talk" to the legacy sims in those chapters and the positive feedback makes me love to play the legacy and "document" it in those chapters :)

Yeah, that's something I might do in the future. Right now I need to save my creative energies for a different writing project though.

There's no one solution that will really solve the problem of boredom. I think all challenges get boring for a while at some point.

For me, I feel bored when there's nothing going on for some period of time. I'll usually take a break from it for some weeks at that point, and pick a temporary goal when I return (maxing a skill, touching up the garden, etc) until an important event triggers.

I don't do anything that would lengthen the time to get to the next life age, like going to university or going on vacation.

"KayeStar;c-17348369" wrote:
There's no one solution that will really solve the problem of boredom. I think all challenges get boring for a while at some point.

For me, I feel bored when there's nothing going on for some period of time. I'll usually take a break from it for some weeks at that point, and pick a temporary goal when I return (maxing a skill, touching up the garden, etc) until an important event triggers.

I don't do anything that would lengthen the time to get to the next life age, like going to university or going on vacation.

I have to admit that university can feel like a very long time, particularly if you turn aging off to prevent the sims from spending half their life studying.