Legacy Play

"catmando830;c-17762855" wrote:

"DoloresGrey;c-17762853" wrote:
You mean the legacy challenge?
I know there are some on modthesims but I am not sure whether they are up to date with Snowy Escape or not.

No, I don't want to do a challenge, but I would like some guidelines on how to do a Legacy play successfully.

Can you explain your question a little more? If you're not doing the challenge, you can play a legacy however you want.

A legacy is just basically multiple generations of one family. There really aren't any guides outside of challenges. You can do whatever you want.

I'm just starting what I'm calling a Megacy (Mega Legacy) where I'm starting with 10 young adult sims (5 males, 5 females) in Willow Creek. My goal is to "discover" each world per generation. For example, generation 2 will "discover" Oasis Springs. I'm playing around with rotational play as well.

The idea isn't all my own, lots of credit goes to Pleasant Sims on YouTube. Although, I'm not doing an integrated economy or the strenuous rules she uses.

@catmando830

legacies are just a personal thing. You have to set a goal for yourself. What do you want to accomplish in X number of generations? Once you answer that, then you can figure out who would be heirs and what traits to give the kids.

This is from Carl's Sims 4 guide. And also you asked the question that I was actually mulling over in my mind after the discussion we've been having in the How Many Households thread. So thanks for putting it into words and spurring me on to start researching.

I think I'd like to change up this idea a little...

Instead of making the heir the eldest child that meets certain criteria, I think I'd rather make the heir the youngest since the eldest would likely be moving out and starting their own lives before I died anyway. So they'd likely have their own place and family while the youngest would possibly be left with nothing...

Of course, making the eldest the heir would require them to live at home and the youngest to get out before I shake hands with Grim. So interesting ideas, I think...

And on an unrelated note: So what does the grandchild of Grim call him? Grimpa, of course. :lol:

There really isn't any right way to play a legacy. I'm currently on the 3rd generation of a legacy i'm doing. Mine is a matriarchy where the oldest female is the heir. If that sim doesn't have a girl then the heir is the next eldest girl in the line and so on. Right now, my current heir Corinne only has a teenage son and is halfway through her adult life stage. Her older brother Conner is having a girl with his wife soon so she may be my next heir if Corinne doesn't have a girl. So you can pretty much play it anyway you want.

"NorthDakotaGamer;c-17762909" wrote:

"catmando830;d-985436" wrote:
Is there any kind of guide on how to do the Legacy play properly?

The legacy challenge can be considered a just bit of guidelines, not necessarily an actual challege with strict rules. It has options for how to choose an heir and other such suggestions as you play. From there, you can just play how you want to play and set your own goals.

Exactly this. When I first heard of Legacy challenges I found the general idea intriguing, but I also know myself. I knew I'd never stick with it if I was required to play only one family for the duration, so I made up my own rules. My main save consists of more than one legacy-style family, and I play them in rotation with a number of other families that I don't really follow specific rules for. It's worked out great for my personal playstyle. :)

I play all my families legacy style, not the challenge. I mostly just consider legacy play to be playing families through generations. I only have one rule and that’s for the first born child to be the one that will be the heir of each generation. I have this rule mostly just to stop me always choosing a female heir cause I know I will do that if I don’t set a rule about it. :D

I consider legacy play is just a regular family play where you pick heir for the next generation

I play legacy however I please. I play rotationally. I am at gen 13 right now. Heir gen 11 is the founder of my decades challenge at the same time. Once my decades challenge is done, I will continue with that legacy and I will play differences in the family tree challenge. There are no boundaries, really. You just play for generations with that family. Whether it is rotationally or you just pick one heir, it doesn't really matter. You can set goals or you don't have to.
I would suggest rotational style play, because it is most versatile and you can't get bored. The reason why is that you rotate between families where they are on different level of money, career, age, hobbies, friends or even lifestate. So you experience always something different and new. And the best part is that if you add your sims to clubs and set their gathering place and then visit that place with another of your sims, then you will meet your other sims because they will gather there. I hope it makes sense, lol.
Also, if you can't stick with one families for multiple generation I suggest that you keep track of your family by creating a family tree for them. I use the plum tree app and it works perfectly for me. This is my sims' family tree . It is up to date and it is so motivating to see how my beloved family has been expanding.
Anyway, the most important rule of any gameplay is: have fun, don't force yourself and play your way so it makes you happy! Happy new year :)

You mean the legacy challenge?
I know there are some on modthesims but I am not sure whether they are up to date with Snowy Escape or not.