Reset (Restart)-Itis Is Plaguing Me! RESOLVED

"NRowe;c-18145922" wrote:
I'm glad your feeling good again GalacticGal.

Myself, told you that I could be triggered with my own re-startitis at any time. The way my Mum and I share Sims is mainly through building. We have some super times where she builds a shell and then we both decorate to our own tastes. It can be something to see!
Anyway, we did that this weekend, on Key Point. The house (mine) looks awesome (if I do say so :D )
Unfortunately it's a bit out of Bonnie and Rylee's price range. :/
I'm also acutely aware that my game now features a santa, random vampires, incidental magic and a ghost that runs around acting like a regular human. One moment I'm totally loving that Bonnie travelled to the magic realm to learn how to wield magic simply to bring her lover to life. The next, I'm annoyed.

I see that the longer one plays, the more goes "wrong" with the story/game. I got upset when Neighborhood Stories split up my Glimmerbrook housemates {note to self, next time be more vigilant with NS settings!} Similar to your situation with Eric's kids.
I'm irritated that I didn't know more about playing a ghost and resurrecting one. I'd like to have that 'lore' down better, for example, in my mind the ghost probably shouldn't just be able to walk into the bank or be the random delivery person for your odd job nom noms (should they??)


Anyway, I'm staring a restart right in the face.

Go for it! It just might set you free, so to speak. Once I got off of the fence, thanks to those who responded with their opinions, I went with my heart and started a new save I call Flashback. Although, I do intend to marry the events in Flashback to the Redux save, I'm also having doubts about losing Thorne Bailey, Dirk Dreamer to NS. Carina (who in all fairness was 44 years into her Elderhood) and of course, losing Joseph, Sr. No wonder, Erik's kids are brats! They live in a world of doom and gloom! If I do continue on with Flashback, I'll make certain there are more days between his kids to help control the chaos. LOL I always turn aging off when I have kids in Uni.

This new save is incredible. Day one, Erik writes a phenomenal song, that gets nominated instantly. He ends up doing a photoshoot and that kicked him up to Notable Newcomer. then he wins the Karaoke contest at the highest point value Erik has EVER received, 87 pts. . The only thing troubling me is Kayleigh calls Joey to talk about something that was bothering Joey. To my knowledge, when and how did they meet? But, once she meets Erik, I'm sure the ship will right itself on that. He was also invited to promote a digital book on his Simstagram account. The lad now had a total of 21,000 Simoleons, including the photoshoot he did on Monday evening. This means he can cut an album on his own. I was hoping this is what would happen when I began the Redux save. That Erik didn't receive a nomination until he was already up there in stars. I wanted this to be a part of his rise to fame. So, if I end up following this one, perhaps, all will understand. I'll just have to see how it continues to play out. At the moment I've turned aging off. I don't want Erik to graduate until after he's spent the four years in hs. Not knowing what to expect, I don't know if the AI will go by age. The only other thing I can think of to do would be to lower Joey to Child, but still keeping him several days older than their only sister, and reduce Erik's days into this Teens to 0. I love MCCC.

"DaniRose2143;c-18146061" wrote:
@GalacticGal I'm happy you found a way to resolve your dilemma and not lose anything. Its moments like these where a second save related to the main story comes in handy. You can go back and recreate scenes that you missed, like my autonomous proposal, or doing flashbacks like taking Erik through high school and you don't risk messing up the main story.

Only problem is, the main story has become messed up. As I wrote below, I miss Thorne Bailey and Dirk Dreamer, both victims of NS. Plus, Joseph's loss was due to a mod I have since removed. I love Private Practice, but even though the modder added achievement awards to help guard against high and low blood pressure, I lost Joseph anyway. From the very first time I used this mod, my Cantrell family has been a target of both high and low blood pressure. Poor lean Erik had low blood pressure. His father and older brother suffered from high blood pressure. That's why I went around, this time, and gave all of them (I thought) the safeguards against these maladies. I was also vexed that the Child, Melodie, was diagnosed with high blood-pressure, which is why I decided to uninstall this mod. Joey had already gone through Med School and all the exams. Had I uninstalled it once he took the job offer to become a General Practioner at the hospital, Joseph may yet be alive. Carina, well, she was 44 days into her Elderhood. I installed the latest SOL and now regret the interaction that resulted in another pregnancy. This one wasn't planned for. :open_mouth: Part of my decision on what to do will hinge on how high school works. If we can send more than one Teen to high school, even if we can't control all of them, like we can in Uni, if they share the same dorm, I'll make it work. I'm now wishing Erik's kids weren't so very close in age. (I suppose, Kayleigh could have a miscarriage but she's now nearly into her third trimester.) It's a bit sticky. So, I'll have to take all things into account before I choose one save over the other. If I go with the new save, I'll make certain the babies are no less the seven days apart. Maybe a bit more.

"GalacticGal;c-18146055" wrote:
@keekee53 I don't mean to spread speculative thoughts about an EP that isn't even released, yet. I will make certain I tune in to the Livestream come Friday, or at least watch the recorded version. I placed a couple of questions in the thread asking for them, in advance of said Livestream. I just know how it worked in Get to Work, where I had two Sims from the same household in the Science career. I followed one to work, and the other was there, but I couldn't control her at all, just the one I 'followed'. Some of my concern is based on things prior. However, if you send students to the same Uni and have them live in the very same Dorm, you can control them, the way you do those in the same household, the dorm effectively becoming a household. Still, the NPCs like the Butler, can't be controlled. Hence, my concerns. I will take Erik through, even if Joey can't be controlled. I don't intend to play this new save all the way. I'm just wanting to explore HSY with Erik. I've figured out a way to marry this to the ongoing save.

Oh I didn't think you were spreading speculative thoughts. I have been thinking the same thing myself. I have a household with 2 teens and I play rotationally. So, I am already very concerned about how the gameplay is going to work. I agree with you and I think your concerns are valid.

@keekee53 Thank you.

"GalacticGal;c-18146074" wrote:

"DaniRose2143;c-18146061" wrote:
@GalacticGal I'm happy you found a way to resolve your dilemma and not lose anything. Its moments like these where a second save related to the main story comes in handy. You can go back and recreate scenes that you missed, like my autonomous proposal, or doing flashbacks like taking Erik through high school and you don't risk messing up the main story.

Only problem is, the main story has become messed up. As I wrote below, I miss Thorne Bailey and Dirk Dreamer, both victims of NS. Plus, Joseph's loss was due to a mod I have since removed. I love Private Practice, but even though the modder added achievement awards to help guard against high and low blood pressure, I lost Joseph anyway. From the very first time I used this mod, my Cantrell family has been a target of both high and low blood pressure. Poor lean Erik had low blood pressure. His father and older brother suffered from high blood pressure. That's why I went around, this time, and gave all of them (I thought) the safeguards against these maladies. I was also vexed that the Child, Melodie, was diagnosed with high blood-pressure, which is why I decided to uninstall this mod. Joey had already gone through Med School and all the exams. Had I uninstalled it once he took the job offer to become a General Practioner at the hospital, Joseph may yet be alive. Carina, well, she was 44 days into her Elderhood. I installed the latest SOL and now regret the interaction that resulted in another pregnancy. This one wasn't planned for. :open_mouth: Part of my decision on what to do will hinge on how high school works. If we can send more than one Teen to high school, even if we can't control all of them, like we can in Uni, if they share the same dorm, I'll make it work. I'm now wishing Erik's kids weren't so very close in age. (I suppose, Kayleigh could have a miscarriage but she's now nearly into her third trimester.) It's a bit sticky. So, I'll have to take all things into account before I choose one save over the other. If I go with the new save, I'll make certain the babies are no less the seven days apart. Maybe a bit more.

You have a lot more mods that effect gameplay than I do. I only have WonderfulWhims and MCCC, the rest are just script mods to stop certain autonomous actions. I wasn't aware of Private Practice. It sounds interesting but also a little too real for me. I'm a nervous mom to my sims as it is.

"DaniRose2143;c-18146524" wrote:

"GalacticGal;c-18146074" wrote:

"DaniRose2143;c-18146061" wrote:
@GalacticGal I'm happy you found a way to resolve your dilemma and not lose anything. Its moments like these where a second save related to the main story comes in handy. You can go back and recreate scenes that you missed, like my autonomous proposal, or doing flashbacks like taking Erik through high school and you don't risk messing up the main story.

Only problem is, the main story has become messed up. As I wrote below, I miss Thorne Bailey and Dirk Dreamer, both victims of NS. Plus, Joseph's loss was due to a mod I have since removed. I love Private Practice, but even though the modder added achievement awards to help guard against high and low blood pressure, I lost Joseph anyway. From the very first time I used this mod, my Cantrell family has been a target of both high and low blood pressure. Poor lean Erik had low blood pressure. His father and older brother suffered from high blood pressure. That's why I went around, this time, and gave all of them (I thought) the safeguards against these maladies. I was also vexed that the Child, Melodie, was diagnosed with high blood-pressure, which is why I decided to uninstall this mod. Joey had already gone through Med School and all the exams. Had I uninstalled it once he took the job offer to become a General Practioner at the hospital, Joseph may yet be alive. Carina, well, she was 44 days into her Elderhood. I installed the latest SOL and now regret the interaction that resulted in another pregnancy. This one wasn't planned for. :open_mouth: Part of my decision on what to do will hinge on how high school works. If we can send more than one Teen to high school, even if we can't control all of them, like we can in Uni, if they share the same dorm, I'll make it work. I'm now wishing Erik's kids weren't so very close in age. (I suppose, Kayleigh could have a miscarriage but she's now nearly into her third trimester.) It's a bit sticky. So, I'll have to take all things into account before I choose one save over the other. If I go with the new save, I'll make certain the babies are no less the seven days apart. Maybe a bit more.

You have a lot more mods that effect gameplay than I do. I only have WonderfulWhims and MCCC, the rest are just script mods to stop certain autonomous actions. I wasn't aware of Private Practice. It sounds interesting but also a little too real for me. I'm a nervous mom to my sims as it is.

Yes, and on the whole my game is much more fun than it was prior to the use of mods. I have MCCC, Road to Fame (for obvious reasons), SOL, (which I may remove because the Flashback Erik is acting strangely, it says he's an introvert :open_mouth: , I have Mortem, SNB, SNB-Bills, and a few small mods, one of which another player created for me so that Erik could take his Accolades with him to Uni, instead of having to buy them all anew. Another small one that removes the cool-down in between licensing songs and I think that's it.

Private Practice is a really cool mod, though. I installed it primarily because it changes how a Sim becomes a physician. They actually go to Med School (rabbit hole) and sit tests. They become Interns and when they've done that long enough, become a Resident. Once they become Senior Resident, they start earning a paycheck. During this time, they will at some point, receive a call to become a physician at the hospital. On the other side of things, you can send your Sims to an actual, physical clinic for a checkup' sick or just a checkup. You can have your Sims inoculated against flu, which is something I was doing for my Uni students. The hard part of this mod, is that when you first install it, everybody is sick. After a time, this eases off, but it is rough in the beginning. And, yes it's on the realistic side put out by SimRealist.

ETA: Forgot I also have PandaSama's Childbirth mod.

@GalacticGal Your game really is modded up. I got rid of a bunch a couple of months back when I did a big clean out. Mortem sounds like something that might be dangerous to my sims health so I don't know if I even want to know what that one does.? Speaking of deadly mods, Leonardo's sudden demise in my backup save reminded me I need to check to see that when I moved him into his own place in the main save that I turned off NS. I have it on for everyone except the main cast. Being a fringe character in UTTS is like being an actor wearing a red shirt in 24, you just know something bad is going to happen to them at some point.

SOL and Road to Fame are ones I've heard of but never really looked into. With Londyn being an actress, but just getting started, Road to Fame is something that I probably should take a look at. If there is a mod to remove the cooldown on songs there should be one for the cooldown on submitting books to Literary Digest. It's not the most pressing need because I can have Danielle take her time over the week to write her book and when she's done the cooldown is usually passed. Speaking of her books I haven't been paying attention to whether or not she's been getting notifications about nominations for a Starlight Accolade. I think they do one for authors or books, if I remember right. It's been a while since I played a novelist. And I just remembered, I don't think I looked for an updated acting gigs payout. I had one at one time but it got tossed because I think the creator wasn't updating it. Danielle is making around 1500 a day off of royalties for her 5 bestsellers and that's what they're living off of.

"DaniRose2143;c-18146670" wrote:
@GalacticGal Your game really is modded up. I got rid of a bunch a couple of months back when I did a big clean out. Mortem sounds like something that might be dangerous to my sims health so I don't know if I even want to know what that one does.? Speaking of deadly mods, Leonardo's sudden demise in my backup save reminded me I need to check to see that when I moved him into his own place in the main save that I turned off NS. I have it on for everyone except the main cast. Being a fringe character in UTTS is like being an actor wearing a red shirt in 24, you just know something bad is going to happen to them at some point.

SOL and Road to Fame are ones I've heard of but never really looked into. With Londyn being an actress, but just getting started, Road to Fame is something that I probably should take a look at. If there is a mod to remove the cooldown on songs there should be one for the cooldown on submitting books to Literary Digest. It's not the most pressing need because I can have Danielle take her time over the week to write her book and when she's done the cooldown is usually passed. Speaking of her books I haven't been paying attention to whether or not she's been getting notifications about nominations for a Starlight Accolade. I think they do one for authors or books, if I remember right. It's been a while since I played a novelist. And I just remembered, I don't think I looked for an updated acting gigs payout. I had one at one time but it got tossed because I think the creator wasn't updating it. Danielle is making around 1500 a day off of royalties for her 5 bestsellers and that's what they're living off of.

If you recall my funeral pictures? This is what Mortem lets you do. Have a funeral when someone dies on your lot. As for Road to Fame, currently it's broken. The modder just finished university, sat a test but won't know if he passed until next month. If he didn't pass, he'll have yet another semester to do. He's just now getting around to updating his mods. He's got quite a few, and I'm hoping very much that RTF will be among them.

The only red shirts I know that are in trouble are the characters wearing the red tunics in the Original Star Trek. I never watched 24, but that makes me think it's a tribute to the the Science Fiction show. :)

As for Books, once you publish them you should get an immediate notification to go to the next Starlight Accolades to see if you won. Before I learned how to have my Rock Star earn Accolades for his music, his father wrote a book and got the first Accolade in my game. :open_mouth: That was just so messed up. LOL