Do you already have a particular sim or family in mind? Will they be moving to Chestnut Ridge? Are you starting fresh with a brand new sim or sim family?

I've already decided to have my main sim experience the fun of living on and running a ranch. She's currently in Willow Creek with the rest of the family but I've moved her out in the past to explore new packs.I'd like to combine farm and ranch living so we'll see how that goes.

My plans need some backstory for context. My current household consists of a witch (Dean) and his vampire girlfriend (Serena.) They moved to Henford to start a farm on the girlfriend's family property, which she'd previously lost decades ago to a fire. As farmers, they're beloved figures in town. But Serena becomes the Lady in Red, a mysterious figure who haunts the world of Henford and drinks the plasma of sims who cross her path. The plan is so have the townsfolk find out about Serena's dark secret and drive them out of town. So they move to Chestnut Ridge and start up a new farm there. Serena becomes a recluse who refuses to interact with others or leave the property, out of fear of being exposed and getting her family run out of town. But her gardening and desire to help out will lead her down the path to nectar-making. The family will start a vineyard and make their own luxury nectar brand. By then, they'll have had kids. Dean will buy a horse to try and cheer up the kids after their move. The daughter, Belle, will become a horse girl and enter competitions. The son, Tonio, I'm not sure about. I can see him becoming a teen criminal, but he might follow another path if the pack provides one.

Once i am done the generation i am on now(They are fashion people/interiors designers who live in San Myshuno) I will move their child into that world

I’m going to move my current legacy founder, Sasha, and her teen daughter, Kai to Chestnut Ridge. Kai will graduate early and move to Chestnut Ridge to learn about horses. She will have her mother tag along because they’re very close and she doesn’t want to leave her alone. I’m thinking they will both find love and happiness there. Kai will become a horse trainer and Sasha, a celebrity chef, will discover her love of nectar making and open a very successful restaurant and vineyard. The other option is that I use this other sim that finds out she inherited a ranch in Chestnut Ridge from a relative she didn’t even know she had. Without any family or friends tying her to her current location, she packs up everything and moves to the desert. She develops a love/hate relationship with one of the Native American townies and they run a successful ranch and vineyard together. I’ll give them two kids and a few horses, goats and sheep.

1. My criminal sim will be a wild west baddie, maybe run a bar.2. My old hippie outdoorsy guy will ride horses3. My nature loving kid will bond with goats4. I will paint horses to look like either My Little Pony Friendship is Magic Mane 6, or Bojack Horseman, with Mr. Peanut Butter as a werewolf. 5. I will make a werewolf ride a horse. 6. There will be a pancake/flapjack themed restaurant.

What Are Your Plans For The Horse Ranch EP?

SEREFRAS
Seasoned Veteran
2 years ago
So, besides my updates with the new animals for my previous households.
I’ve been brainstorming the idea of a new household that’s a mix blend of
“Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman” & “Outlander”.
I’ve always been a fan of Jane Seymour in Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman.?
And I remember reading all the novels of the Outlander series years before it became a TV Show. I’ve loved the stories of time travelling. Also, it was way so cool that the character of Jame just happens to be a Fraser from the same family line as me.?
Anyways, getting back to my unusual idea of the blend is because both Claire Fraser & Michaela Quinn were both Doctors. As for their husbands Jamie Fraser & Byron Sully, they both supported their wives as Doctors & they could both hunt. Furthermore, both couples were such wonderful parents.??
Bluegayle
Hero
2 years ago
@Ellupelluellu
Spoiler
Blues Brothers
I will never forget their rendition of Rawhide & Stand by your Man. LOL I should have said @Lenny_Ogg
dogzdinner
2 years ago
Just added a couple of english style stables to my Henford on Bagley lots......no reason that the cowboys should have all the fun!!
Babykittyjade
Rising Observer
2 years ago
Fun to read about what everyone is doing!
As always I will be using the same save and same sims. I'm moving three or four families to chestnut ridge.
One is my main vampire sim Sky, his best friend and the infant and toddler. Here is my attempt at a cow boy look for him.

Once there here he will meet native ranchers who can help him ease into the ranch lifestyle and learn how to ride horses!
Spoiler

I did create a new sim as a potential love interest for sky's best friend!

Since I rarely play romance I think a romantic storyline in the west would be fun!

However, the reason sky is moving to the west is for work. I always had him and his brother working as undercover investigators or police so now it's time to investigate a group of Aliens hiding out in chestnut ridge after their base in strangerville was uncovered. They will do any and everything to protect "mother" at all costs so they can be considered possibly dangerous.

The boy with the pink mohawk is my teen who was expelled from highschool. He joined these group of rockers and got infected by bizarre plants and fruits and became an alien.

Should definitely be an interesting time in chestnut ridge!!???I can't wait!! ???
AncientMuse2
Seasoned Rookie
2 years ago
A horse, a gal, and her sleeping bag.... and wherever the ~~wind~~ ~~tumbleweeds~~ wind might take them.

A rags to riches story. Cowgirl style.

.... and somewhere in between that, I'll be building a shiny new big ranch and renovating the world/prebuilds to my liking.

.... and the nectar maker is screaming "Tartosa Nectary & Vineyard!". So I'll be bulldozing that 50x50 wedding lot at some point too.

Some day in the future, in a galaxy far far far far far away, AncientMuse will finally finish all of her WIP builds she currently has on the go.

Some day indeed. :D
DarMill
2 years ago
i have a single girl iv been building money with and i might adopt a couple children after i get settled lol
lanlynk
Seasoned Adventurer
2 years ago
I've been playing around with a Wild West set made by Severinka. It has a saloon door, but it wouldn't work for me at first. I think the set was last updated in 2021. Using MOO and putting the door inside an arch, though, I was able to get the door to work--for the most part. It only swings inwards, even when sims go out. Not sure if that can be fixed or not. If anyone wants to experiment with this, let me know your results. I don't have any experience with creating CC for the Sims.

Severinka's Wild West Set
The set includes 9 objects: juice bar, juice bar shelf, barstool, saloon door, saloon board, piano, travel guide, sheriff hat (deco), photo collage.

Severinka also made several farm/ranch deco animals, including horses. I placed some horses at the bar in Strangerville just for fun and did a little renovating of the bar itself. Just anticipating when Horse Ranch comes out. ?

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I also found this interesting lot.
Wild West Town
Jadeleine
Rising Traveler
2 years ago
I have a farmer couple living in Henford. That couple will open a farmermarket type of shop/bakery. They are still at the very beginning of their farming but by the time Horse Ranch comes, I hope they already have children so they can immediately start practise riding etc and the horses are like natural addition to the other animals they already own. Then they will slow and steady build the rest of their dream farm and market. I love challenges and to make it even more interesting I will keep the lot challenges off-the-grid and simple living on.
SimplyJen
Rising Spectator
2 years ago
If LittleDica made a small western set including that darn saloon door I would be thrilled. These days I'm very picky about any CC and would rather EA content... but LittleDica makes some very nice maxis match content that is so polished. ?

Another thought I had is wanted posters. It's possible we haven't seen the swatches for them yet.
lanlynk
Seasoned Adventurer
2 years ago
@SimplyJen I have a few things by LittleDica. Furniture. Good quality. I don't use a lot of CC in general because then I'd have to keep up with too many updates! I mostly use tuning mods. But I heard that we probably won't have a saloon door in the Horse pack, so I went looking for a possible solution. A saloon door may be more difficult to code than we think. The folding doors EA gave us a while back don't open and close either; they're permanently open; they don't move. ?