Legacy Play

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.

"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.

"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 tried to play a legacy once. I got the first generation of kids to have kids and then I abandoned it. Turns out I just like playing with cheats and no aging lol. But legacy challenges intrigue me and I love seeing other people’s legacies.

"permanentrose;c-17763067" wrote:
I tried to play a legacy once. I got the first generation of kids to have kids and then I abandoned it. Turns out I just like playing with cheats and no aging lol. But legacy challenges intrigue me and I love seeing other people’s legacies.

Haha, I know the feeling. The no-cheating rule was another main reason I knew I'd never stick with it. In my own personal rules, certain cheating is allowed, and in some cases is actually required. I mean, let's be real. There are only so many times one can do the same thing over and over and over again without going absolutely insane. :D