FireflyGamer107 / coolsim9999999 --- Monthly Building Challenge
There will be a new shell to furnish and tour before March 3, 2024. I'll write it tomorrow or the next day! :) On Twitch, I hold a building tour of builds you’ve created for my challenge. See the date below: I’m FireflyGamer107 on Twitch and Twitter and coolsim9999999 on this forum and in the gallery. I play The Sims 4 on the last Monday of every month (for now due to a shoulder and arm injury) and occasionally Stardew Valley. April room challenge: Construct a room for a circus tent house in which a prankster/jokester lives alone, he but loves to play tricks on his friends. Hashtag: #fireflyaprilfools Brief: Prankster/Jokester, Droll Trouble, has the Chief of Mischief aspiration, and will work on the Jokestar aspiration next. He’s a goofball, erratic, insider. His many friends are in his Jokes and Mischief club, which is held in his circus tent home! April 1 (April Fools day is their favorite holiday! Time to let loose with any jokes and pranks in this build! All packs and kits allowed --- last month was a very rare exception pack and kit wise. I will always tell you if there’s going to be an exception about packs or kits. Any décor style Info: From a house shell (please use the hashtag for that month which someone will make each month, please choose a room to create from that house shell. Feel free to add landscape and put activities in the yard of the house shell. For the house shell --- any size lot is fine. I was thinking of using a larger lot like a 50X50 lot. Make sure to give yourself credit for creating the house shell with a hashtag. The main areas of the house and outside landscaping/anything outside that isn’t a room could be a collab and will also be in the stream. This month, @JojoMOMSTER volunteered again to create the shell, but anyone in this challenge may add to the main areas. Then, everyone, please upload your rooms to the gallery with the hashtag: #fireflyaprilfools Room types: Kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living room, dining room, study, kids room, outdoor room --- or other type of room --- as long as we get each of the rooms above in the build. Of course, we may not always need a kids’ room. Also, I'll let you know how many of each room we need for the challenge. Please tell me which room you want to do as soon as possible. I will keep track of which room types are left. The hashtag for the whole challenge this month: #fireflyaprilfools, so please use that hashtag too so I can find everything. On stream, I’ll tour the house. However, I’ll nominate each room in the challenge for a Maxis fave. I’ll also be able to tell who did which room in the finished house. I'll post it in announcements on discord, on my Twitter and here on the TS4 forum! Hashtag: #fireflyaprilfools Deadline: Sunday, April 24, 2022 by 11:59 p.m. EST Tours on my Twitch stream: Monday, April 25, 2022 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST Any budget, lot type and packs or kits No Custom Content (no cc) allowed. You may use cheats to build or for your Sims to play test your build more efficiently. Hashtag: #fireflyaprilfools In addition, please post your rooms to the gallery using the hashtag. That way, I can easily nominate everyone for a Maxis fave! Entry Form: Forum ID: Origin ID: Gallery Name of Room: Gallery Link: Building tip feedback wanted? Creative notes about your room: Back Story: Images: Please Include: one screenshot showing most of the room A bird’s eye view of the room 3 to 5 additional screenshots of your room I’m really looking forward to seeing everyone’s rooms :)!SIMS IN BLOOM CHALLENGE - CH 1 - GEN 1
Meet DAISY BLOOM, our Generation 1 Founder. Challenge rules state that the founder has to have the Cheerful, Clumsy, and Loves outdoors traits, and that she has to max the wellness, fishing and gardening skills, complete the Freelance Botanist Aspiration, and have a job as a gardener. Likes the colors white and yellow. She can marry, but that sim must have the loves outdoors trait. My own additional rules are that Daisy must have a fully functional house with a basic bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and living area before she can move her potential spouse in. I also downloaded one of the Maxis pre-made spa builds in Newcrest. ~ ~ ~ Playing Rags to Riches in Spring (30 days). Moved Daisy onto a vacant lot - 2 Olde Mill Road in Henford-on-Bagley. She sold all the trees and rocks on her lot and got $648 simoleons. I then downloaded a 0 simoleon Abandoned Cottage (it's a debug house), and added the debug toilet/shower stall from the Jungle Adventure pack. I also placed a debug contemplative stool (rental) for meditation. (This actually works to increase wellness skill). Lot traits are Simple Living, Penny Pixies, Homey, Wild foxes and Off-the grid. With the funds she had from selling the rocks and trees on her lot, she bought a dumpster (her bed for now - lol), and an Always Has a Snack Bag. She also purchased 2 inground garden patches ($10 each). After this, she had $4 simoleons left. She then got a job in the gardener career. It was now time to make some simoleons to purchase some garden seeds. She found a frog, some upgrade parts, a MySims trophy, and did some fishing at the pond. The welcome wagon came and never placed the food on the ground. So whatever it was, they took it back with them. She then headed to Finchwick and did some fishing...during a thunderstorm...and egads, she was struck by lightning. Deciding that she had enough fishing, she headed to the Gnome's Arms Pub to see if there were any eligible bachelors who also loved the outdoors. She feasted on free chips and water and made several friends, but no-one with this trait. She napped on the couch in the Gnomes Arms Pub and so ended Day 1. ~ ~ ~ Notes: Sims in Bloom Challenge Rules - go HERE. Abandoned Cottage by Quakeers. I had done a preliminary run-through for this challenge and found it difficult to find sims with the loves outdoors trait. So, bearing that in mind, I randomly downloaded some sims from the gallery, and also used some of the pre-made Maxis sims for potential love interests. I moved them into an empty lot in Newcrest, so Daisy will randomly meet them. Here they are. From left to right - Barry Varner (by nengster65), Terence Thayer (by nengster65), Brenton Ferguson (by Gods Treasure), Edmund Leighton (by Rickchikchik), Tristen Palmer (Maxis pre-made), Rémy St. Feu (Maxis pre-made), Kurt Lumberjackson (Maxis pre-made), and Pierce Coombs (Maxis pre-made),
Share Your YouTube Channel Here! (Small YouTubers Only)
Hello! I just wanted to make this thread to share my YouTube channel and find some other small YouTubers as well! On my channel, I post lots of create-a-sims, speed builds, and I have the first part to the not so berry challenge coming soon! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCisGbg6UuFSsrvBwZ_m--dA You may also share your channel here and I will be subscribing to anyone that does <3 NOTE: You can only post here if you are under 500 subs! I want to give some attention to all the small channels out there, so please respect this. Happy simming!
Rebuilding Worlds Challenge: Vol. 3 (wip)
Starter Guide Create your founder/founders Select the starting world based on what packs you have available Choose a lot to either remodel or demo to rebuild When a new sim is born you must randomize their traits and aspirations Select a skill from one or both parents to pass on to the next generation each time a new sim is born Once the heir is old enough and ready to move on select a new world as their home (repeat steps 2-5 until you reach generation 10) Genetics Create a founder and friend a spouse from the general population who is genetically diverse from them OR Create a founding couple that is genetically diverse Then from generation two onwards choose their spouse from the Genepool The genepool can be foundherein the official doc Builds - Pick your starting world. Choose any lot and do one of the following: remodel the existing house as you see fit (this includes adding walls or basements to fit your family) download a house shell for that sized lot and decorate it use a floor plan for that sized lot and create your house free build your sim's dream home! These same options will apply to any of the future worlds. Once you have finished a generation choose a new world/lot to move to and start the process again :) You can go to any world you like! Pick your favorites, choose worlds you haven’t played much in before, or use a randomizer to pick for you. Optional Challenges pick one or all for funsies Try to stick to the following budgets when creating a home Small lot §40,000 - §50,000 (§20,000 - §30,000 for remodel) Medium lot §60,000 - §75,000 (§40,000 - §50,000 for remodel) Large lot §80,000 - §100,000 (§70,000 - §80,000 for remodel Keep the eye, hair, or skin color of the founder throughout the legacy When remodeling try to keep all the walls as close to the original floor plan as possible Have a trait(s) that a sim has to have to become hier or perhaps keep an occult going through all generations (ie spellcaster) Each generation has to complete a collection Roll for the number of children in each generation Decorate the houses/lot using as much of the relevant pack (to the world you choose) Turn Newcrest into a destination world filler with community lots by placing 1-3 per generation
Alphabet SuperLegacy Challenge Rules
This is a legacy challenge where each generation represents a different letter, and must explore all of the game play starting with that letter: aspirations, collections, woohoo spots, reward store traits, you name it. I already have athread for this challenge that has been updated through Crystal Creations. Since it was transferred from the old forum, it's very hard to update further. It's past time I added game play from Lovestruck to this challenge, so I'm starting a new thread. Here are the general rules: Ignore any objective related to a pack you don’t own. You can choose to skip a generation if your pack limitations leave it extremely short on content. I've removed three of the letters (Q,U,Y) from the challenge because they don't have much to do, even with all the packs. No cheat codes that help you move through your objectives faster. No rules about aging. No rules governing non-heirs. Just because one generation has something as an objective, doesn’t mean that other generations can’t do it for fun/convenience. If you don’t have at least three traits in the assigned letter, you have to randomize the rest. No self-discovery traits starting with a different letter. Each heir's name, and that of any pets they have, must begin with their letter. Likes and Dislikes: The heir can only have the likes/dislikes assigned to their generation. Color preferences are assigned when they age up to Child. From that point forward, all the heir's outfits will reflect their color preferences. If you decorate a space for them, you must consider their color preferences. Fashion and interior design preferences are assigned when they age up to teen (if you have those packs). From that point forward, all their outfits and decorated spaces will reflect their style preferences. Lot Traits and Challenges: The heir must have all of their assigned lot challenges equipped in all of their designated residences. If the heir has three assigned lot traits or less, they also must be assigned. If the heir has four or more lot traits, they have to change upwhich three are in play. The heir's transitional aspirations (the ones that decide the bonus traits) have to be aspirations from their generation, unless they don't have two aspirations. At the start of the challenge, the Gen 1 "founder" will be very young, so you will need to give them at least one parent.
Random legacy - McIntosh family part 1
I got inspired by videos of other simmers and decided to give random legacy challenge a shot. Oh boy, is it hard! Random really didn't like me this time: permanent barista career (or at least I think that it has to be permanent and no other income allowed? Or maybe I'm just a fool...), no helpers, idle careers (can't help w school or career/job), single with 3 kids. Okay, I don't have 3 kids yet, only 1 because I'll lose it honestly if I have all 3 kids at once 😭😭 Btw, I used a special website designed for this challenge apparently to random things but there are also lists with careers etc on some kinda sims forums. And you know what? There was no barista career in the list I've found... But I guess playing as barista and having no other income other than that is kinda fun. Fun because it's hard and I think I've never been challenged in Sims like that ('cause I never bothered to) The unlucky one is Janet McIntosh (name and surname were randomized as well as her appearance and style). She reminds me of Cassandra Goth, probably because of ponytails lol Janet lives in Oasis Springs and collects stuff every day, as per the random rule I got (but she can't sell her collection as far as I understand. Maybe I'm wrong tho?). She hates her job since she doesn't like any kinds of commitments and she's afraid that she will be stuck with it forever. Janet's not wrong on that one... Poor girl. She's also mean and mischievous, but that's fun. She's almost sworn enemies with Geoffrey Landgraab (I did that on purpose) and I personally cackle because of that. As for her third trait, Janet's romantic. Also welcome father of the family — Quentin what's his surname. Well, he's biological father of our dear heir Robin alright, but he can't live with them or be married to Janet, as per the rules (she has to be a single mom). Shame, because of Janet's encouragement Quentin changed careers and after being a nanny became an entertainer and could have brought us actual money :( Fun fact is that Robin must become an entertainer one day too, because random wished so (which is very interesting coincidence. Kinda like a plot element). And there's our little heir Robin. His present random aspiration is to be creative and he's an art lover (random was very consistent with that). He also was a top notch infant and a happy child, hooray! Despite the fact that their living conditions have always been less than satisfactory (they don't have an actual house, just the needed utilities and beds...). Let's see if I can survive for longer! lol Btw, I've already randomized what second gen rules are gonna be, which include: 2 kids; comedian career (secondary careers: astronaut, culinary); two live-in partners, at least 1 kid with the first one; sims have to get in fights at least once a week; teens in the family have to work AND max their part time jobs before 3rd gen starts, even if they will become young adults That's definitely easier and pretty entertaining, if you ask me! You know, Robin's mother is a meanie and all he ever saw was her getting into fights and badmouthing people. So... I guess it's logical he and his future siblings will get into fights as well. It's just fitting. And like I said, Robin's father works in entertainment too. Maybe we can imagine that our little boy decided to follow in father's footsteps? Even if he was an absent one. Fun fact: Quentin and Robin actually met each other because Quentin came on our lot to celebrate HIS birthday on the same day Robin became a child. Can't say why he chose our lot, I was honestly surprised when that happened after he invited Janet via phone 🤔Let's imagine he actually cares about his son (we all know tho that the reason he's not a top notch dad is purely technical...)
Skeilah's Stories [Updated August 16, 2024]
Sul Sul! In this post I'd like to introduce my Sims 4 families to you! First we have the Ridley family, which I started playing around May 2020. Second we have the Hampton family, who joined us in December 2020. On January 2021 I created the Ellison family and I played them until July 2021, but I brought them back on June 2024 to play a third Legacy challenge with them! Under here you can find a bit of information about my beloved families and their challenges. I will announce chapter updates in the replies, so I hope I can entertain y'all with that! Blog Home Page (for following purposes) About the Follow the Whim Legacy Family Tree The catch of this legacy is that the Watcher (=the player, in this case, me) can’t control the story. The heir tells their own story. You are only allowed to do the following things: • Follow the whims (=wants and fears) of the heir • Fill needs when needed • Follow aspiration goals • Complete work tasks or tasks on social events • Move the heir to another lot ONCE in their lifetime In this legacy, all offsprings, both adopted children or children from birth, from another species than human, all are eligible to become the next heir. Once all offsprings turned into teens, a poll will be opened, and everyone can vote for the next heir. Generation 1 Overview Chapters (completed) Generation 2 Overview Chapters (completed) Generation 3 Overview Chapters (completed) Generation 4 Overview Chapters (in progress) About the MySims Legacy Family Tree This legacy challenge is based on the MySims Legacy Challenge from alexia142, where every generation is based on a MySims Trophy that can be found through collecting. The challenge is LONG (20 generations), but so worth it, because every generation gives you new experiences. You must complete all of the Generation Goals in order to continue to the next generation. These goals are found on my blog, in the sidebar of every chapter. In this legacy, only children of the opposite gender to the current heir are eligible to become the next heir. The oldest, by order of joining the family, eligible living child will automatically take over for the next generation. No heir poll for this story, sorry :). Generation 1 Overview Chapters (completed) Generation 2 Overview Chapters (completed) Generation 3 Overview Chapters (completed) Generation 4 Overview Chapters (completed) Generation 5 Overview Chapters (completed) Generation 6 Overview Chapters (completed) Generation 7 Overview Chapters (in progress) About the ISBI Legacy Family Tree (to be added) The goal of an ISBI Challenge is to get through 10 generations of Sims while only controlling the so called 'Torch Holder', aka your heir. All other Sims that join the household must live on complete autonomy (except for free actions, explained in the rules onmy blog page). They can live (or fail) as they please. While you're trying to keep your family alive with only your heir in control, you have to keep a score. In this legacy, all offsprings, both adopted children or children from birth, from another species than human, all are eligible to become the next heir. A spinning wheel will determine how much pregnancies the Torch Holder (or their spouse) will have to go through, and when all kids are born, the spinning wheel once again decides who will become the next Torch Holder. Generation 1 Overview Chapters (in progress)👽 Miller Legacy 🛸
Sul sul fellow simmers! The Miller Legacy is my first Legacy Challenge and the way I found to explore the (for me) new The Sims 4 game in the moment I decided to buy it. It's the translation of what I originally posted in Italian here, and the new chapters are being posted on my blog here. I'd also like to point out that this legacy is currently being shared also on the parallel Sim Creative forum. This small forum has practically the same template as the old one and is not buggy, making it a very cozy place where to share the old conversations we used to have in the former Creative corner. I suggest you to give it a look! ;) Back to the introduction, with this legacy I'm basically novelizing what happens when I'm playing my game, introducing as many mysteries and issues to overcome for my sims as I can. For sure, the Miller's are not a family like the others. I'm not a fan of too strict gaming rules, thus my main rule is just: "reach generation 10 without cheating". This legacy is definitively more story-driven than rules-driven. So I'm not taking track of points in any way, often instead of choosing traits or careers randomly I choose what I think would be funnier for me to play or better for the story progression, I often move the family to new houses (not built by me because I'm a horrible builder) and so forth. In particular, I'm taking a lot of freedom about a certain cat, but also in that case I found a way for doing it without technically being cheating. As for the heir, I don't follow a strict rule but just choose the one for which I can imagine the best character development and who can give more in terms of story progression. The only rule I'm following in that sense is that I want every heir to be the biological child of the previous heir, because I'm curious to see how the genetics algorithm in TS4 work over a 10 generations span (consider this as a small experiment :P ). The full story index (beware, it's long!) can be found HERE. I'm closing this premise here because I don't want to spoil the story, so I wish you a pleasant reading through the most mysterious sides of this game ;)
Renovate My House...
You've seen those home renovations shows....so you know that not every house is ready for you to put your design spin on it, right? Some are worse than others..... :D So that is what this is about… Read the client brief, it will tell you everything you need to know about the needed renovation. There will be no winners......... this is just for fun and to challenge your creativity based on what someone else would want. BTW...use MOO when downloading my builds. ~~~~~~~RULES~~~~~~~ NO CC Give credit to those who created something you are using. Tag your upload description with the tag in the brief. Cheats permitted: bb.moveobjects , bb.showhiddenobjects , bb.showliveeditobjects, bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement, and your favorite to obtain the funds to do the build. Do not go over the budget. Delete any available money and use only what is budgeted, but whatever furniture and appliances you delete is bonus money but not walls cabinets, or plumbing, unless indicated in the brief. Maintain the lot size Do not change the exterior walls, unless indicated in the client briefing. Do not change the roofline, unless indicated in the client briefing. Do not change the interior load-bearing walls, unless indicated in the client briefing. T.O.O.L. permitted Playtest your reno, please. ******************* Entry form: (copy/paste to post) Origin ID: Link to the gallery: Link to more photos/slideshow (optional): Pictures: 1 top view (per story); 1 of your favorite room. *********************
My Black Widow Challenge
So the first post I will explain this challenge. Taken from: https://forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/916212/the-black-widow-challenge-with-extra-challenges ********************************* SETTING UP: ********************************* (A Quick Note About Gender Preferences For This Challenge: Yes, of course, you can play this challenge as any gender you choose to, and by the same token, you can also marry any gender you choose, so please change anything referring to man, male, he, or him... to woman, female, she, or her (and vice versa) according to your preference of how you want to play this challenge. The rules should still make perfect sense (for anybody wondering). Good luck with this challenge.) Life span must be set to normal. Start off with one Young Adult Sim. Give her the following 3 traits... materialistic, snob, and romantic. The aspiration has to be "Love" with a sub-category being The Serial Romantic. Move her into a lot/house and get her settled. NO Money cheats allowed!!! Meet a Sim and build your relationship until you can get married (All marriage should have a formal party, it's not a requirement though... it just add to the realism.) Have a Dinner party to show you're the perfect wife. (The Dinner party must at least reach a rating of "silver".) After the party, find a new romantic interest, and... move them in. Then, get caught cheating (ie. make sure your current hubby is very close/near-by, while getting "Romantic" with the new guy.) Kill off the Husband, marry again (to the new guy) + inscribe the tombstone with: {his name} “Died by Black Widow” Repeat this over again until you have 10 graves or more / 10 of them have died. Simple Right? maybe ....maybe not. Simply do so while following the "Rules" seen below. Hold on, before you start thinking its impossible... It"s not. I want you to know it's not easy, it's a Challenge... so it's not supposed to be. Also, I've created different difficulty levels, so you can definitely beat this challenge (on Novice, Normal, Specialist, or Legendary. Just choose a difficulty level at the bottom of page --- or just use the Normal rules (seen just below). ********************************* THE RULES: ********************************* 1st Option: You can choose to move into your husbands' houses. Keep all tombstones on the lot. You may even want to build an urn room. Remember, a "haunted house", in effect, is formed as you accumulate all the tombstones on your lot. OR, 2nd Option: Don't move into your husbands' houses. I really don't see why it would matter much to stay in just one house. NOTE: Please remember to keep track of all the killings, when using the 2nd option, because counting the tombstones at any time wouldn't be possible any more. ********************************* AFTER CHOOSING AN OPTION, FOLLOW THE LIST OF RULES BELOW ********************************* Life-span must be set to normal Stop aging on all households, except yours. No mods or cheats. Absolutely NO Money cheats allowed!!! You may use the resetSim cheat if your Sim gets "stuck" in an interaction or somewhere around town You can have as many love interests at the same time as you wish Having Kids is your own choice, but you can earn extra points (seen below) by having them The Black Widow may not have a job, all money must be earned by the men she targets.(exception: She is allowed to earn money by selling collectables that she finds... but only before she's married. ) Only marry single men. However, If you want to marry a married man, the only way allowed is to simply click on a household, and delete all other household members except for him. This is because of a glitch that makes it so that money will not transfer with a sim to your house if they previously had a family in their house (If a patch changes this, then you are allowed to ignore this rule). During the killing, don't leave the lot if you're choosing to kill by confining person to room etc. (leaving somehow allows them to escape) maybe a patch will eventually fix this. No repairing items, only the replacements of broken items are allowed Must max out Cooking skill Must max out Charisma skill VERY IMPORTANT: As New Expansion Packs, Updates, Etc. Are Released, These Rules May Make Less Sense Due To The Changes, Additions, Or Subtractions Made To The Game. Due To This Fact, You'll Need To Rely More And More On Common Sense To Help Guide What Should And Shouldn't Be Allowed or Not Allowed In This Challenge In Order To Keep In Line With The General Spirit Of The Challenge. ********************************* FINISHING THE CHALLENGE (Goals): The challenge is completed (on "Normal Difficulty Level) when: The Black Widow dies, and You max out the Charisma skill, and You max out the Cooking skill ********************************* ********************************* DIFFICULTY LEVELS: **** Novice: Finish the challenge, max either the Cooking or Charisma skills, both are not required for "Novice". Normal: Follow the directions above, Finish whole challenge before dying. Specialist: Complete both the challenge and Serial Romantic aspiration by the time the black widow is an elder. Legendary: Complete both the challenge and Serial Romantic aspiration by the time the black widow is an adult. ********************************* ********************************* SCORING: ********************************* REGULAR POINTS (For Novice + Normal) Add 1000 for achieving 7 or more graves 1000 reaching level 10 (max) in Cooking 1000 reaching level 10 (max) in Charisma 400 for every party with a silver metal or more 300 for every different color ghost that appears 200 per husband achieved/gained 200 per grave. 100 for every affair you successfully end in death. 100 each date 100 every child Subtract 300 for every partner that dies naturally. 200 for not reaching level 10 (max) in the Cooking Skill 200 for not reaching level 10 (max) in the Charisma Skill 100 for not throwing a dinner party 100 for every party ending with a bronze metal 100 for every kid taken away by the Social worker. ********************************* ADVANCED LEVEL SCORING: ********************************* SPECIALIST POINTS { These are for those going for the Specialist + Legendary Difficulty Levels. These are bonus points to all the above points. } Add: 2000 - For completing the Serial Romantic aspiration 3000 - For completing the challenge before becoming an Elder 3000 - For completing the Specialist Difficulty Level ( and becoming a Sims 4 Specialist ) Subtract: -300 - For every extra day you needed to complete the challenge after Elderhood began ** Congratulations you're now a "Sims 4 Specialist" !!!** LEGENDARY POINTS Add: 2000 - For completing the Serial Romantic aspiration 5000 - For completing the challenge before becoming an Adult 5000 - For completing Legendary Difficulty Level ( and becoming a Sims 4 Legend ) Subtract: -300 - For every extra day you needed to complete the challenge after Adulthood began ** Congratulations you're now a "Sims 4 Legend" !!!** **************************************** Source (credit): Simalot aka lotlot80 Link: http://sims4challengesrules.blogspot.com/2014/10/black-widow-challenge.html Sims 3 Source (credit): nene.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=362192
