Sims 3

Legacy Sim – Planning the 2nd Generation #TS3 #TheSims3

stargrace July 14, 2013 No Comments

That’s some good parenting, right there in the screenshot.

So my first generation legacy sim (the founder, as it were) has been pretty busy. She fell in love with a mime and wasted no time in working on the second generation. Since at first she was having issues (ahem) conceiving, I decided to purchase the fertility treatment lifetime reward. This (of course) backfired slightly because when she finally did give birth, she had twin baby girls. Thank goodness it wasn’t triplets.

Thus Emily and Jessica were born, to bring on the 2nd generation of legacy sims. Remember the idea is for me to make it to 10 generations, so I’ve still got a very long way to go (and some entertaining game play along the way, of course). Once the babies were born the husband sim decided to take little Jessica to the fair, where he promptly left her on the ground outside of the photo booth so he could go play a game of horseshoes. His wife thankfully was none the wiser when he returned home later on, or my little sim family may have been short one member.

Speaking of members, I decided that it wasn’t quite busy enough with four sims to look after – so they adopted a dog. A little puppy, named Lucky. I figure the kids can look after it as they grow up – even though I know it will be my founder sim doing all of the work.

Having twins means my founder sim hasn’t been back to work in quite some time but she’ll have to start going soon. I’ve thought about letting her work from home for a while, or not working at all, but having two incomes is pretty important still. I managed to expand the house so that the kids have their own room and I even have a living room now, but none of the items in the home have been upgraded, so they’re using plywood couches which can’t be very sanitary.

So far the two girls have had it pretty easy. Which means they didn’t have to get saddled with negative personality traits. I have my worries that when it comes time to send them to school and their next traits are based on how well they’ve progressed in using the potty, learning to walk, and talking, we may have issues. There are just not enough hours in the day to get everything done.

At least no one has died yet.

Legacy Days – Falling in Love with a Mime #TS3 #TheSims3

stargrace July 11, 2013 No Comments

I was starting to get a bit frustrated at the lack of progress my Legacy sim was making, but I think it was due to my short play sessions, so today I sat down for a good chunk of time in the evening and tried really hard to progress the storyline, which as you can tell by the screenshot above -worked!

That’s right, I am now finally on my way to starting the second generation of legacy sims. Although I will admit, right now, I’m also incredibly afraid. See, my little sim was having issues meeting anyone. She was asked on a few dates and almost every single guy said he was involved with someone else. Go figure!

Eventually she met a nice man (who was single), began dating, and proposed. He shot her down four times before she eventually wore away at his dreams and he accepted. There was only one problem.

HE WAS A MIME!

Really?! A mime? A whole town of sims to choose from and she goes and falls in love with a MIME?! So the first thing she had him do after their private wedding was change jobs. Yep, that’s just the sort of woman she is. So Mr. Legacy sim is now a scientist. Much more respectable.

Since it took 5 tries to get engaged, of course it was only logical that it require the same amount of “woohoo” for her to get pregnant. Don’t let the Sims 3 fool you, there’s a reason it’s rated teen! Eventually on her last attempt I purchased the fertility life reward. Finally she was with child. Of course now she has a heightened chance of twins – or triplets. THAT is going to be fun. Not.

She also fell into a bit of luck, which was really nice. First of all Christmas happened, and she got a bonus from work. Not a huge bonus, but enough so that she could work on the house a bit and attract her mate. The igloo outside serves as a second bed, so he had a place to sleep while they were courting. Once they were married they received a bit more money as a wedding present, again not a huge amount, but just enough to renovate the house and add an actual bedroom – with a bed. They also now have a kitchen table, and some chairs. Oh, and some windows, lets not forget how important those are.

Entertainment is a bit lacking, but with a baby on the way (or two, or three?!) there’s not exactly much that can be done about that yet. I think the legacy sim has a grand total of $10 right now and the house worth is still at $0. Ouch. I have no idea how I’m going to afford a crib (or multiple cribs), a high chair and any baby stuff. If social services comes and takes away the child because I can’t care for it then my legacy isn’t going to get very far generation wise. Maybe if I have triplets they’ll just take one away? Maybe I can sell one? We’ll just have to see..

Legacy Family – Day 4 (I Have Walls!) #TS3 #TheSims3

stargrace July 10, 2013 2 Comments

I have walls! Sort of. My little legacy sim is starting to move up in the world. See, winter is coming, and as much as my sim enjoys sleeping outside on the lawn, it’s starting to get mighty cold out there. Before too long snow will come, and my sim could potentially freeze outside. I don’t want the legacy to be over before I even get started!

She finally got a promotion from a dish washer to a spice runner. I am not exactly sure what is involved in a spice runner job, but it pays more and that’s what matters. I’ve been trying to get my little sim into a relationship because that’s the whole point of this legacy family, being able to play through 10 generations, but so far she’s having absolutely no luck at all.

Above she’s pictured sleeping on the floor at a friends place. This was before I had walls, and I had to leave because he kicked me out. Come on, what are friends for if not to crash at their place?!

Now that I don’t have to worry about freezing to death, I can focus on her relationships and friendships, as well as work. Because her moods tend to sink due to the weather I’m hoping she’ll be able to get a few more promotions, earn a bit more money, and maybe one day get an actual house instead of just a toilet room where she unrolls her sleeping bag.

So far the game has been incredibly fun playing this way. Oh, and yes, I removed my stove so I could afford the wallpaper.

As always, happy gaming no matter where you find yourself!

Legacy Family – Day 3 #TS3 #TheSims3

stargrace July 2, 2013 3 Comments

I managed to get another session in with my legacy family (or rather, founder, she’s not in a family yet). It’s very slow going but I believe that’s the point. Because she doesn’t have a real house yet it’s difficult to keep her mood up, and she requires a good mood for her job – as such she has yet to be promoted but I think that may be happening the next time I play which would be great because you always get a little bonus when you get promoted.

This was the hardest play session so far because it was leisure day and she had the day before and after off. That’s a lot of days with no work, and no money. I ran to the festival grounds to try to participate in some hotdog contests and hopefully win some tickets which I could then use to buy a handful of items and sell them back to a vendor. I really want walls. However, it turns out eating hot dogs is not my forte. I came in second both times (and there was only myself and one other participating) which gave me 5 tickets, enough for the lowest prize which I immediately sold. I had roughly $160 to my name and walls are really expensive.

I left the fair and headed to a local fishing hole, which as luck would have it came with a grill where I could make hotdogs for no cost! I filled up on these and did some fishing. All my hard work really paid off when I caught two minnow that sold for $5 each.

Getting there. Slowly.

Back home after three days of eating hot dogs and fishing adventures. I was getting tired of the dishes piling up on the table I owned since I had no sink, so I got rid of the table and chair and decided I could sit on the ground to eat. I purchased a sink. Now I can at least do my dishes, brush my teeth, and wash my hands. I had just enough money left over to afford a SINGLE wall, and put a toilet against that wall. I tried just purchasing the toilet which did not work at all. You must have a wall.

So there it sits. In the middle of my housing lot. A shower. A single wall. My toilet. A sink. A stove. A fridge, and my trusty sleeping bag.

Isn’t life great.

Legacy Family – Day 2 #TS3 #TheSims3

stargrace June 27, 2013 No Comments

Even though a new Sims 3 expansion is out (Island Paradise) I decided that I didn’t want to neglect my new legacy family too much, so I went back and started playing today. As you can see by the screenshot above things are not exactly going well for this little sim. I couldn’t keep going to the neighbours place to shower and forage for food, they kicked me out again and asked me to leave. I figure spending money at the store buying pre-made food is probably not very healthy or money wise, so I came to a tough decision.

It was time to get rid of my walls.

It almost looks like I downgraded since now I don’t have a house at all, but at least I can shower, eat, and sleep. So what if there’s a raccoon pillaging my fridge in the night and everyone can see into the shower.

Things started getting even harder from that point. First of all I work as a dishwasher, so I don’t exactly make a lot of money and my promotions are heavily influenced on the mood my sim is in at work. Of course with no walls barely any food and $3 to my name as you can imagine my mood is not exactly very high. I’ve gone to work twice, and made about $140 each time. The second blow came when I realized that it’s “Leisure Day” tomorrow in game which means no work at all. Normally that’s how my sim passes her time, since she sure can’t afford to do too much. Hopefully the festival is not too expensive, maybe she can even win a hot dog eating contest and come home with a snow cone machine or some other handy item that I can sell.

In the meantime, lets collect those dishes and was– crap. I don’t have a sink.