Let's Play The Sims 3: Legacy Challenge

[Rising Phoenix]

I haven't played the ghost hunter profession just yet...seems like a lot of fun.

Great Update.

Quick question. Does anyone remember the name of the mod that removes the reaction to ghosts? I.e. a mod that prevents Sims from removing their action list to react to wraith grandfather wandering through the house at 3 am...

[Squark]

Hmm... I don't know of one, although I haven't come across that problem either (then again, both of my encounters with ghostly anscestors in recent memory began when I spotted the ghost and told the Matriarch of the family to go talk with her mother or to spend some time with her ghostly husband, and I suspect telling a sim to actually interact with a ghost prepares them for seeing it enough that they'll just treat the ghost normally.

EDIT: Oh, one last thing. New outfits for Stella to wear at inappropriate times!

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Stella's ghost hunter outfit

Stella's swimsuit without the Sarong

Something for date nights

A more whimsical choice for formal wear

And a more practical outfit for tinkering

Also, Jared Connor's current outfits that you haven't seen yet.

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Jared's formal wear, tweaked to better suit his casual personality

An outfit for athletic purposes

And, a swimsuit.

[Rising Phoenix]

Hmm... I don't know of one, although I haven't come across that problem either (then again, both of my encounters with ghostly anscestors in recent memory began when I spotted the ghost and told the Matriarch of the family to go talk with her mother or to spend some time with her ghostly husband, and I suspect telling a sim to actually interact with a ghost prepares them for seeing it enough that they'll just treat the ghost normally.

It kinda becomes a problem when you have 3 cats and the two first founders buried on your lot...

hhmmm...maybe I should do a let's play as well...eventually...

[Draconi Redfir]

Married on the first date. These guys don't waste time do they?

[Deme]

I really like her tinkering outfit and formalwear.

[Squark]

Married on the first date. These guys don't waste time do they?

Technically, the rough estimate is that the standard Sim lifespan is 1 day=1 year (Granted, this leads to some stupid stuff like 3 year pregnancies and 30 year old high school students, but it works for the overall total lifespan). So it's not totally unreasonable.

In general, founders in legacy challenges tend to have very fast courtships, simply because the challenge emphasizes having large numbers of kids, which is difficult to balance alongside a job if you don't get right on it.

EDIT: Wow. I mixed up the Frio brother's first names. Okay, let me set the record straight.

Connor Solaris (ne Frio) is an aspiring author and soon to be Father (Oops, spoiler! ) He's a bit of a loner, but ultimately a good guy.

Jared Frio is chef who can't seem to stay in a steady relationship, already has one illegitimate child he takes no responsibility in raising, and has managed to get himself a new girlfriend while his ex was still pregnant. Unless the breakup was caused by him cheating on Claire, which I'm not entirely discounting yet.

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Oh, by the way, meet Oort, Stella's Teddy Bear.
So... the rest of day 4 was kind of uneventful. Jared is learning to paint

You call that painting? My baby sister can paint better than that!
Ow.

Ow.

Okay, you're not a baby. Please stop hitting me, sis.


Connor is making good progress on his first book.

He also planted a small garden with the seeds every first level gardener somehow finds in their pockets.

Jared meanwhile, invited His girlfriend out on a date to the community center.

Now where are those two going?

Well at least Jared lets the lady go first...

Oh dear. I have a bad feeling about this.

What the? That was not there a second ago!

JARED! THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE WORK SAFE!

Much better

Or not...

Wait a second. Was that the nooboo music box I heard?

How does she do that??

And, it's time to go to bed.
Day 5:

In order to invent things, people need scrap. So, naturally, Stella heads out to the junkyard to salvage some stuff.
For some reason, I don't think she was feeling too well that morning.

She certainly seemed in a hurry to get home.

Connor finished his first novel. The Girl Who Came From the Stars proves to be surprisingly popular, despite, or perhaps because of some confusion over the fact that it's not actually a science fiction novel.

After rummaging through the junk yard, Stella is predictably filthy, and needs a shower. Still not feeling well, Stella?

Stella decides to tinker in the basement with her newfound scrap.

Welding? In a sarong? Who would be so insan- Oh, right.

And... It's... a doohicky. Called the smasher, apparently.

Jared finished his first "painting" by the way. Here it is, hung up in his tiny outhouse.
Some Apple pancakes for dinner (I really need to send Jared out grocery shopping)
, and it's off to bed.
*snore* Must... Stop... Invaders... From... Crystal... Cove... *snore*
Tomorrow, Stella. Tomorrow.

Stella, what are you doing up at this time of night?
I don't know. I feel... funny...
Yay! I'm going to have a nooboo!
Why are you still wearing those shoes?

And... Who on earth wears heels to bed?

So, nooboo (baby) names. If I recall, we were going with a space theme for names, so here's a couple of names.

Girl: Andromeda, Antennae, Cassiopeia,
Boy: Kuiper, Orion, Draco

[Draconi Redfir]

I say that for the moment we stick to the baisics.

Girl: Luna, Gia
Boy: Sol, or maybe Titan.

[Rising Phoenix]

I say that for the moment we stick to the baisics.

Girl: Luna, Gia
Boy: Sol, or maybe Titan.

I like this. Going with the space theme:

Girl: Uranus, Astrid, Nephenee
Boy: Kronos and um... Comet? Cannot think of another proper boy's name that's space related.

[Deme]

I'll vote Luna for a girl, Sol for a boy.

[Bunny of Faith]

I'll vote Luna for a girl, Sol for a boy.

Bugger. I'd like to suggest names, but Luna is an awesome girl's name and Sol is an awesome boy's name. I vote these two!

[Squark]

I like those, too. What I'm thinking of doing is grouping each generation's names up by some category, so the first generation can be Stuff in the Sol System, while the second generation might be Constellations or Galaxies, the third might be stellar phenomenon, the fourth might be gas giant moons, and so on and so on.

[Draconi Redfir]

ditto if my suggesting them doesn't already count

[Ksheep]

Another potential male name: Phoebus (sun god)… or maybe Phobos (Martian moon)?

[Squark]

Update may be a few days, as I'm waiting on a couple of modders to update their mods to 1.36

[Rising Phoenix]

Anyone else notice that update 1.36 significantly makes the game slower?

My launcher installer application and exiting the game now have to run for significantly longer and sometimes crash...

Also the Diesel stuff pack is decidedly meh. At least it has some good clothes for guys, which is the only reason I got it for.

[Squark]

Update 4: Stella is Pregnant

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So, apparently, patching the game cancels all the queued actions for your sims, so Stella got to tell Connor about the baby before they went back to sleep.

After getting up and having a nice breakfast, Jared read the pregnancy book he had in his inventory when he moved in.
"Because the expecting mother is now carrying perhaps as much as an additional 30 pounds, she may experience back pain, as well as swelling of the feet." Huh.

So, this was in the book, Connor?
Yes, Stella

And was this also in the book?
Nope.

Connor is more than a little excited about the fact that he's soon going to be a father. Personally, I'm not sure he's going to feel anything at this point of the pregnancy.

Who's going to be a little genius?

There's no way the baby answered him. Is there?

After Connor is finally finished obsessing over Stella's barely visible baby bump, he decides to examine his new wedding ring. Aww...

Meanwhile Stella gets to work fixing Connor's laptop. I thought he was the practical one?

While Connor tends the small garden, Stella finds a copy of Connor's first book in the mail.

A friendly game of Chess between two newly-weds.

Oh, remember how I promised Stella she could design the baby's room? Well, here it is. Well, at least she didn't go too crazy.

Finally! Jared goes to pick up the stuff the household needs to make something that is not pancakes!

You know Stella, you really ought to read that book, too. It's really quite informative.
That's a great idea. I'll pick up another baby book while I'm out at the bookstore, too!

Oh, right. I forgot about that. Stella got a call yesterday from the book store, asking if she would help clean up the DIY aisle (Apparently people have been trying the techniques in the books out inside the store!) They've offered to pay her for her time, and she can claim any interesting scraps of wood or metal she might find.

His laptop fixed, Jared is now free to begin work on a new book.


After a brief chat with his Girlfriend, Jared heads off to work. You know, I really ought to buy him a better bed. He just can't get enough sleep on that slab of rock I bought Stella back when she was poor.

A couple hours later, Stella is 200 dollars richer, has a nice pile of scrap to tinker with, and she's purchased another book about pregnancy for Connor to read.

Connor finishes his second book, The Life and Times of Benny Madmen, while Stella is out. Apparently he's got a talent for writing novels, because his new novella tops the bestseller list.

I really ought to get Jared to make these guys something that is not breakfast food.

You're right, this really is a great book.
I told you it was, dear.
You know, it says something here about foot rubs...
Well let's see what we can do, then.

After work, Jared decides to invest most of the rest of the household funds into purchasing the diner where he works.

Apparently Jared left his stereo on, because, well...

"Laughing like Children, Living like Lovers, Rolling like Thunder-
Under the Covers. And I guess that's why they call it the blues."
Huh. I never would have pegged Jared for an Elton John fan.

Good night, Stella and Connor.

Good night, jerkface.

D'aww...

By the time they wake up, Stella's belly has expanded quite a bit. Connor thinks Stella looks radiant, but he's a bit biased.

Wow... the baby's going to be here soon, I think.

Who's our little genius?

Oooh, Ooh! Maybe he can become an Astronaut and visit Crystal Cove and fight the Space Weasels!
There are no Space Weasels in Crystal Cove, dear.
That's what the Space Weasels want you to think...

Stella then visits the library to study the finer points of ghost hunting. Did you know you can get promoted just for reading books while on Maternity Leave? Well, Stella can, anyway. She's been promoted to Spirit Sweeper, the fourth rank of the ghost hunter profession. Only 6 more to go, Stella!

Jared decides to check how his most recent attempt at trolling went.

Ha! Troll fail!

Hey, Zelda, you want to come over?
Sure, Jared

While Jared is inviting his Girlfriend over, Connor works on his third novel, a sequel to his recent bestseller. Despite the general tendency of sequels to be worse than the original, Benny Madman Goes to LA sells just as well as the original, and gets excellent reviews from the critics.

So, this is Zelda Mae, Jared's girlfriend. She's a party animal and a bit childish, as well as more than a little flirtatious. She's also very easily impressed by just about anything, but apparently she has a green thumb. She's currently employed in the Music industry, where she hopes to make it big and become a Rock Star.

Some light flirting turns into...

Oh my.

She said yes, by the way.


Stella gets to work on new inventions.

Behold! The Drinking Llama! ...

Yeah, this thing's completely useless

More useless contraptions!

I have no idea what this new thing is supposed to be.

Apparently Connor is keeping his wife's new thingamabobs above his work station. He's a braver man than I, apparently. I wouldn't let those things near me. In other news, Connor's fourth novel, Pineapple Stroodle, is well underway. What it involves... I have no clue, to be honest.
And it looks like Stella finally made something useful! The baby is sure to love it.

I have got to get Jared to make something for you guys to eat besides pancakes and waffles.

And to the right, you can see Stella's latest invention, the Tentacle Wind-up Don't get too excited, it's not a toy. It just sits there.


And... Occasionally moves on its own. Backing away now.

A discussion of Stella's career prospects.

Some cuddling...

And... Stella's water breaks. Like most Sim fathers, Connor can do nothing but wave is arms wildly and dance in place.

He's so useless right now in fact, that Stella had to drive herself to the hospital. Connor came later, in a taxi.

Meet Sol Solaris!

Hi, Sol!

A picture of the new family. D'aww. Wait, Sol's not in this picture. It is now much less cute.

Welcome Home, Sol.

Oh, and here's Sol's room now fully decorated.

D'aww...

So cute...

Cuteness overload. MY brain cannot handle so much cuteness.

Error: Cuteness Overload. Please Reboot the Penguin

Error: Cuteness Overload. Please Reboot the Penguin

Error: Cuteness Overload. Please Reboot the Penguin

*Penguin Rebooted*

For the record, no, that last picture is not the two of them working on another one. It's just a celebration.

EDIT: On the matter of Zelda; I'm currently of the opinion that Jared should marry her and move out after he's reached Cooking 10 (And thus fufilled his usefullness, and by that point Stella and Connor should have a steady enough income to support themselves. However, we could, if you guys want, move her in. She works at the wrong time, so she doesn't help with baby duties, and few of her traits are very useful to us, and she'd take up room for more babies (and Heir #1's spouse, for that matter), especially if she got pregnant, but then again, I have been pretty hard on Jared.

[Deme]

Eh, we can move him out when he's gotten the best fridge, sure.


Anyway, fingers crossed for little Sol taking after his momma!

[Pie Guy]

I think our protagonist just built a perpetual motion device...

[Draconi Redfir]

no idea what to do with Zelda. We could maybe build a seccond house on the propperty to house her and Jared, and they and their kids could become the caretakers of Stella's.

[Winter_Wolf]

How evil-slavemaster do you want to get? You could bring in Zelda and subjugate her into nanny service. On that note, can we have a household sim actually marry a townie and NOT have them move in? I've never tried. Zelda could also boost gardening when she's not changing dirty nappies.

Plus she's got that childish trait going for her, great for playing with kids. And does she really want to be a super musician, or is it just what she's doing now? Maybe you'd be doing her a favor by bringing her in and having her switch careers. You can always boot their family later. After squeezing the last bit of usefulness out of Jared and taking what you can from ZM, dump them on the curb like last week's trash without a penny or place to stay. *Evil cackle* 'Course I'm not sure what your exact legacy challenge rules are, so YMMV.

Guess who has a wolf/dog companion and likes to torture sims. This guy <---.

[Squark]

Eh, we can move him out when he's gotten the best fridge, sure.


Anyway, fingers crossed for little Sol taking after his momma!

Well, he's already as brave as she is, but on the other hand, he's clutzy enough I don't think we want him inventing things. Don't know about the hair yet.

[Draconi Redfir]

The hair is the most important part! Any child not posessing the founder's green hair can not be the one true heir!


I also vote that any girls we have be named Lun. It's a shortened Luna yeah, but i know someone who loves kids and is named Lun

[Squark]

Sorry about the delay. Working on a particularly large update, but the game has bugged out and won't let anyone touch Sol for some reason.

[Rising Phoenix]

Sorry about the delay. Working on a particularly large update, but the game has bugged out and won't let anyone touch Sol for some reason.

Ouch. Have you tried the cheat resetSim?

Barring that you can get mastercontroller +mastercontroller cheats from nrass industries and try resetting via that.

[Squark]

Ouch. Have you tried the cheat resetSim?

Barring that you can get mastercontroller +mastercontroller cheats from nrass industries and try resetting via that.

I found out that the bug only affects the snuggle, feed, play with, and change diaper commands, not hold, and that it doesn't affect the baby at all once the sim has the baby in their hands. I've got the screenshots now, I just have to go through them, sort out which I'm going to use, and actually write the post.

[Winter_Wolf]

I found out that the bug only affects the snuggle, feed, play with, and change diaper commands, not hold, and that it doesn't affect the baby at all once the sim has the baby in their hands. I've got the screenshots now, I just have to go through them, sort out which I'm going to use, and actually write the post.

Weird. Is this something you only noticed after patching to 1.36? Or have you held off on doing that? Does it affect any other babies that you're aware of, or just lil Sol?

I haven't actually played since patching--4x eats up almost all my gaming time these days--though going into my building/construction world for a spell hasn't yet displayed any major screw ups, even with the mods I use, and I use a LOT of them.

[Squark]

Apparently it's been showing up since arround showtime, although this is the first time I've encountered it. Update is coming along, but I have 234 screenshots to wade through.

[Rising Phoenix]

Apparently it's been showing up since arround showtime, although this is the first time I've encountered it. Update is coming along, but I have 234 screenshots to wade through.

I've had a bug where the Sims cannot pick up their infants at all... ResetSim usually fixed it, but it came back after a bit.

Thankfully I haven't encountered it after installing Nrass mods.