What Are Your Plans For The Horse Ranch EP?
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?
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- I for one am rarin' to try the 50 Foals challenge again! Back in 2011 I made it to two foals and promptly gave up ? Even if I don't wind up following any certain rules, I'd love to give it another go, because my goodness the foals we're getting in TS4 look so stinkin' cute.
In the meantime I'm getting my Sim(s) ready for the challenge! Coming up with a backstory as to what my Sim from the previous iteration of the challenge has been up to, and getting all the screenshots I can in the process lol.
Since some of us are sharing our Sims, I hope it's okay if I do as well! Also adding some screenshots from my old thread just for fun, I reckon!Spoilerhttps://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/0a849f3b-20ed-433d-bdf4-369c640eac1f/dg2rjup-2351b529-39ed-4148-8dbf-12f0aef27bd9.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzBhODQ5ZjNiLTIwZWQtNDMzZC1iZGY0LTM2OWM2NDBlYWMxZlwvZGcycmp1cC0yMzUxYjUyOS0zOWVkLTQxNDgtOGRiZi0xMmYwYWVmMjdiZDkucG5nIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.1yqdnakBuGg0Yw9yaL06k6JZGyW9FXYF9tQylGxFEUg
This is June Weston! Previous Appaloosa Plains resident and 50 Foal Challenge hopeful. Plus her dog Marky! And Liberty the horse too, of course. Unfortunately, Liberty and Marky won't be making it into the new challenge, but that's for another post entirely, haha!Spoilerhttps://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/0a849f3b-20ed-433d-bdf4-369c640eac1f/dg2rjvz-5c6d94f9-ed0f-484b-bfca-71dd553f0571.png/v1/fill/w_1280,h_194,q_80,strp/50_foals_backstory_strip_1_by_elemmele_dg2rjvz-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTk0IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvMGE4NDlmM2ItMjBlZC00MzNkLWJkZjQtMzY5YzY0MGVhYzFmXC9kZzJyanZ6LTVjNmQ5NGY5LWVkMGYtNDg0Yi1iZmNhLTcxZGQ1NTNmMDU3MS5wbmciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTI4MCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.RWMAr1A15x3wqnL4V_ra0KWDeN4PC55SDG483m0qOnE
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I'm doing a ten year time skip in her story (roughly), and I absolutely cannot wait to get her and her little one moved into Chestnut Ridge!
Haven't been this excited for a pack in a while, and I can't wait to see what everyone will create once we finally have it! ? - As a game pack I’d probably buy it. But as an expansion that costs probably twenty dollars more, to me it isn’t worth it just to have horses in the game. But to each their own. I understand many players have wanted horses for a long time so that’s just my opinion.
- Here are mine! :smile:
- I have a sim I made several years ago that I had really envisioned living on a ranch. I even made a Get Together club of "ranch hands" to come to his place and help out each day. But because there were no horses (or even cows) at that time, I had him live on a "farm" that was just a huge garden. And consequently I didn't really play with him much. I will probably have to wait quite a while before I get this pack due to budget reasons, but when I do, for sure I will be moving him and his ranch hand pals to Chestnut Ridge and getting them horses. Not sure what other uses I have in advance. I tend to start getting my creative ideas after I get my hands on the packs.
- Nice place for a vacation home.
- Alrighty, I've done some actual planning for the new EP finally. I only play one family, so originally I was thinking maybe someone in Gen 4 of my Holden family would be interested in horses, but honestly, I don't want to sign up for the large responsibility of taking care of that horse every sim day or having enough space for a horse on my main lot.
After much consideration, I'm changing the backstory of my Holden fam. Wade (my literal fav) and his side of the family will be from Chestnut Ridge and their wealth would come from their success in creating and selling nectar. I'm thinking Mr. & Mrs. Holden, Wade's parents, will own a decent sized property that acts as a vineyard and nectary (?). I'll likely have his parents own at least one horse, one sheep and one goat so my main Holden family can visit and play with the animals. There's a possibility I'll have Wade's daughter, Dallas, have the hobby of horse riding when she's a child because I want to take advantage of the fact that kids can ride horses in the game.
I restart my Holden family often, so I think this plan will work out. We'll see if the gameplay cooperates with my idea though. - Did anyone plan to play a city sim or young couple who inherits a Ranch with one or two horses and will need to warm to a ranch life in the country side? I might try this, with the "right" traits not going too well with it all (lazy, neat/paranoid should go well with horse manure, lol) I think it might be fun, and also be a nice way to get acquainted with both horse riding and CR community. Won't work well with me playing on rotation, but I guess when I get this pack I will play in CR for a full sim year.
- @Simmerville one of my story ideas was to have a city sim inherit a farm from an unknown relative. She’s high maintenance and I think her other traits were squeamish and foodie (I changed them to fit better with a “city slicker”). But I’ve all but abandoned that story in favor of continuing with my current family. But it’s definitely a great storyline with ranch/outdoor incompatible traits. I wonder how much effort it would take for self discovery to change her traits.
- My plan is to own a small ranch where I have a horse, sheep and a goat. And I want to make Nectar, this started me setting up the ranch and getting my fruit to the perfect stage. This also made me try to find alternative shelter for the plants (greenhouses cost a lot).
So I made a tunnel greenhouse, placing a gabled roof on the ground and then expanding it to look like a tunnel shelter, you just place a door at one end. The advantages are: it doesn't cost anything, the plants think they are in a shelter, the sprinklers act like they are outside, and it doesn't add anymore in taxes.
You can make it as big as you like, height and width. You can only place lights on either wall end so don't make it too long. You can plant the trees straight into the ground (preferably in the middle) or you can place them into containers. If you move or resize it you may loose the door and lights. I can't post pictures but it is very easy to do. This has made the gardening so much easier, and saved my sim a packet. She will need all her money to buy the animals. :D - Awesome @lori171957 ! I never thought of using the roof like this, will definitely try this on a farm or ranch lot!
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