The Random Legacy Challenge - A Late Night Spin Off.

[GigaRevival]

I always write on the spot, but I have a mental outline of what I want to happen, based on the roll, sim's personality, and my own inspiration.

Ditto... except I'm only finishing up Chapter Twelve as we speak, so I haven't encountered any issues with writer's block as of yet. But knowing me, I most likely will at some point (and probably soon) and do a hulk smash on my keyboard a few times before I come up with anything remotely interesting.

I wish I had the patience to sit down and plan out my legacy, but most times I get my ideas from actually playing (especially since what I have in my head is often far too ambitious for my amateur picture taking abilities and bork-o-rama computer).

[39CBones]

Now, I think I'm going to make an update. I haven't had time to do it lately...

[ReyaD]

I had a bit of a block while planning out Chale's generation (or at least the first half), but as soon as I saw teen Faith I knew what had to be done. I just hope you guys like it too. >_>

Ebec: Originally I was planning for Alejandro to skip town after his birthday, but maybe I'll keep him and Simone around. I really do wanna see what their kids look like after all.

Buckley: Man if you're only on ch. 56 you've got a looong way to go before you meet my two boys. xD Alejandro is born in ch. 77 and Chale in ch. 79.

[AJH]

I am just wondering, how far ahead do you all plan your legacy stories? My heir just turned teen, and I had to quit my game because I have no idea what I want to happen next. It's not really writer's block, as I don't have a problem writing the story. I just don't know where I want the story to go. Anyway, I'm thinking that if I wasn't so scatterbrained I would have written an outline like some of y'all did. And then I wouldn't be having this problem, lol.
I've got an overall idea of where things are going, and some details are decided but most of it I just go with how things feel when I'm playing

[AJH]

I have to choose between THESE two for my heirs. I know I have a story planned for Chale, and I know I can't see Alejandro as a cop... but I just can't bear to have Alejandro disappear into the obscurity that is the life of a YA spare!

I feel my heart breaking. < / 3
They are both very cute, but since you've got a story planned for Chale then I'd go with the suggestions that you just keep Alejandro in the picture once he's moved out, maybe even set up some conflicted family dynamics between the two?

[Anarathiel]

Hello!

I just returned to England! Coming home to the aftermath of nationwide riots how fun.

I trust everybody enjoyed my posts while i was away?

[39CBones]

I've got my third chapter up, hope you like it :)

http://piersonlegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-13-i-think-i-can-stay-another.html

[calisims]

I am just wondering, how far ahead do you all plan your legacy stories? My heir just turned teen, and I had to quit my game because I have no idea what I want to happen next. It's not really writer's block, as I don't have a problem writing the story. I just don't know where I want the story to go. Anyway, I'm thinking that if I wasn't so scatterbrained I would have written an outline like some of y'all did. And then I wouldn't be having this problem, lol.



Colleen, I don't plan very far ahead at all. Sometimes I'll know what I'm going to do for the next generation as soon as I roll it (and I only roll one gen at a time, when the current gen is pregnant with the first), and sometimes I don't know what I'm going to ahead of time at all, and just play and see what happens and what ideas comes from interacting with the neighborhood.
I never planned for Demond, for instance. When teen Sheridan was approaching his birthday, I decided he would be recruited by whoever was the highest ranking Sim in the crime/thief career. And that was Demond, a neat, vegetarian vampire who happened to have been married to a cop.

Welcome back, Anarathiel! I hope you had a great time. I did enjoy your updates while you were away.

[Anarathiel]

I had a nice 4 chapter buffer now i have to build it all up again D:

[calisims]

LOL, I never have a buffer, I write and publish immediately. And here's my update, Chapter 55:

http://fosterenmity.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-55-leaving-home.html

The next update will come soon, maybe even today, because I have the pictures. For once I am a little ahead of my blog. But not for long.

[NutsAndDolts]

Yay, and Enmity-Maldonado marriage. =D

I loved Vito.

[AJH]

My saves have screwed up again :(

When I load any of them (including the backups) my home lot has turned into a blank square and disappears entirely if I go into town view

[ReyaD]

Eeek. I don't have any ideas for what could be causing that or how to fix it, AJH. But good luck.

I have an update~! Ch. 85: Inherently Evil

http://starrsimslegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/ch-85-inherently-evil.html

Next update might not be tomorrow... sort of fell behind schedule yesterday. My bad!

[Anarathiel]

AJH: Exit Sims 3. go into the Sims3 folder and delete any .package files that have Cache in the name (eg compositerCache.package) these files will be created as soon as you start playing your game. Play the game and cross your fingers.

[Anarathiel]

UPDATE: chapter 12

http://sharprl.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-twelve-prom-birthday-and.html

[calisims]

Ii have another update, which catches me up to my game. Chapter 56:

http://fosterenmity.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-56-past-is-now-your-future.html

I'l be off to read the other updates now. :D

[AJH]

AJH: Exit Sims 3. go into the Sims3 folder and delete any .package files that have Cache in the name (eg compositerCache.package) these files will be created as soon as you start playing your game. Play the game and cross your fingers.
Alas I've already tried that one with no success :(

I've got one back up I haven't tried yet which somehow dates back to 20 July (all the others are from today)

[laceyharkness]

I have a second chapter up, yay!!! So far I think I'm having fun with this legacy. Though we all know attention span of a gnat.

Chapter the Second: http://randomlegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-two-dawn-is-breaking-light.html

[GigaRevival]

Since I am having a hang-up publishing my last three chapters, I decided to focus my energy on getting Rob and Mya up for download; if anyone is actually interested. ;) (Although I will admit that they look quite different w/o all the CC...)

http://dennislegacy.blogspot.com/p/sim-dump.html

I promise I'll get these chapters up as soon as I get an opportunity. Time to read other people's updates in the meantime! Hurrah!

Also, off to buy a new computer desk... I accidentally hulk smashed (i.e. ran into violently) my old desk. Thank goodness I had the sense to save my computer instead of myself as everything went crashing to the ground (and landed on my foot). Priorities. :up:

[AJH]

I've decided to start again as the only save I could resurrect went back too far for me to be prepared to play up to the point I was at again.

First two generations rolls are as follows:
Generation 1:
Single
Number of children: 1
Primary Income: Culinary
Generation Goal: Deadbeat Parents
Misc Fun: Joker

Generation 2:
Couple
Number of children: 2
Primary Income: Farmer
Secondary Income: Day Care
Generation Goal: Hobby, or Obsession
More Fun: No Strangers

Just need to think up a story to start the new game off with

[GigaRevival]

I've decided to start again as the only save I could resurrect went back too far for me to be prepared to play up to the point I was at again.

First two generations rolls are as follows:
Generation 1:
Single
Number of children: 1
Primary Income: Culinary
Generation Goal: Deadbeat Parents
Misc Fun: Joker

I feel strange saying (typing) this, but deadbeat parents will be a fun/interesting roll for Generation One. Off to a good start, I say.

Sorry to hear about your game issues though. I hope everything works out this time. *crosses fingers*

[CinderEmma]

I got deadbeat/joker for gen 3, how ironic :P I think deadbeat is a fun roll to start with too, I hope that this one lasts for you.
I'm working on my update, I'm staring at the pictures again XD

[ReyaD]

I dread having deadbeat parents... but I suppose it could make for an interesting (and possibly depressing) generation. I mean, I love Kiwi_Tea's deadbeat generation. Its awesome!

[Redhead Creations]

I would love deadbeat parents just for the fact that you don't have to do anything! Haha

[CinderEmma]

I would MUCH rather deadbeat parents for this next generation then perfect, 5 perfect children would be insane!

[AJH]

I dread having deadbeat parents... but I suppose it could make for an interesting (and possibly depressing) generation. I mean, I love Kiwi_Tea's deadbeat generation. Its awesome!
It's certainly got the potential to be interesting, although it'll be hard not doing anything for the toddler - I usually read them all the books and get them to do the peg box & xylophone in addition to teaching them to walk, talk & use the potty.

I'm pondering the idea of having my generation 1 sim be insane & have that as the basis for why he/she isn't doing anything for the poor kid.

Quick question though - the rules say it's the opposite to perfect children but only specifically mention the toddler stage - what about then child & teen stages? Is my child/teen allowed to do his/her homework etc?

[Redhead Creations]

I'm not sure how the official rules go, but the way I would play it is that anything the kid does autonomously is alright, but I wouldn't manually have the kid do anything like that. In fact if/when I roll that, I'm going to treat the kids with a "hands off" approach and not manually make them do ANYTHING and have them fend for themselves needs wise, even. Yeah, I can't wait! Hahaha

[Buckley]

I'm not sure how the official rules go, but the way I would play it is that anything the kid does autonomously is alright, but I wouldn't manually have the kid do anything like that. In fact if/when I roll that, I'm going to treat the kids with a "hands off" approach and not manually make them do ANYTHING and have them fend for themselves needs wise, even. Yeah, I can't wait! Hahaha

What an evil laugh, Red. I love it, lol. :)

The way I read the deadbeat parent rule is that the kids really aren't supposed to do homework. You aren't allowed to have the opportunity to choose any of their traits (with the exception of pregnancy as that is "a bit random and out of your control"), so if they do all their homework (autonomously or not) and go to school in a good mood, they will work their way up to an A, thus allowing you to choose their traits. However, if you want them to do homework, you could always sabotage school in other ways, like going in a horrible mood, etc.

I think the main point is just not to let them reach that A, so you won't have the opportunity to choose traits. But that is just the way I interpreted the rules. Play it how you want, Ali. (And, btw, I can't wait to read your new legacy. Too bad about your game save. I really quite liked your story.)

[CinderEmma]

I agree with you Buckley, I'm pretty sure there was a discussion like 50 pages ago where a member was annoyed that they kept on having to cancel their sim's autonomous homework, so I believe it's not supposed to be done.
EDIT: For clarification purposes, the member had the deadbeat roll XD You don't have to cancel autonomous homework otherwise, unless there's another rule I can't think about that requires that

[NutsAndDolts]

The rule is phrased like, you can't be allowed to choose their traits. If they do well in school, you will get the option to choose their next traits.

I hate deadbeat parents. It's like random traits, except difficult.

[CyyKosis]

Severed has this mod which is perfect for the deadbeat roll... but we'll have to ask for clarification on whether it works with the new packs and patches.

http://severedsolo.blogspot.com/2010/08/no-autonomous-homework-fixed-for-114.html

[Buckley]

Update! Chapter 14: As Time Goes By

http://thewestfamilylegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-14-as-time-goes-by.html

So, I started looking through my pictures, and I got over my writer's block. This chapter focuses on the childhood age, which I found to be a surprisingly fun stage for this generation.

[CinderEmma]

In general I've been having so much more fun with my children, especially with the twins being able to play with each other all the time. I mighthavemissedafewpictures because of it XP

[ReyaD]

I usually love the childhood ages but I had to speed through the twins and Ally's childhoods because I wanted to get to the heir. And then I sped through Chale's childhood to get to Alejandro's YA birthday xD. Aaargh. Even when I try to fix my pacing its still horrid.

[CinderEmma]

I'm going slow with the teen stage because I don't want Isa or Irish to change. Plus I need to figure out more details with Isa's plot, now that she's going to be a spare.

[ReyaD]

I FINALLY got the material for my next chapter, so I might just be able to update tomorrow! Oh gosh I was sooo overly anal for this chapter xD. I actually had the scene description written out in a play by play list. And checked each off as I got a photo (or three) for it. So I'm really hoping the end product comes out as good as it sounds in my head. I had to upload a mod or two to get it to work.

Now I'm off to edit and write... *Hat -> Side* Lets do this.

[CinderEmma]

I stayed up to make an update :) It's not a filler, but it's not really an action packed chappie either. It's a character development chapter, I think. :)

http://marlinlegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-thirty-five-life-is-what-you.html

And I hope your chapter is as awesome as you want it to be, if not awesomer Cece :) This chapter went better then I thought it would be, so I'll try to pass on my good luck to you!
Good night guys, hope you enjoy the late night update!

[ReyaD]

The more I think about it, the more I want to officially "switch to gen six" after this chapter. But theres no real way to announce it since this isn't a diary style story. Do we have any rules for switching generations? I know someone (Nuts, I believe) mentioned that the YA birthday was just a convenient spot, but are there any actual rules about this?

[GigaRevival]

The more I think about it, the more I want to officially "switch to gen six" after this chapter. But theres no real way to announce it since this isn't a diary style story. Do we have any rules for switching generations? I know someone (Nuts, I believe) mentioned that the YA birthday was just a convenient spot, but are there any actual rules about this?

I hope not... not that it would necessarily change what I have already been doing.

I technically started my Generation shift once Olive hit her teenage years, since I felt that is where a lot of her character development began (plus, I'm kind of getting bored with Generation Uno... sorry Mya and Robert, time to move on!).

I'm interested to see what the consensus is though. :)

[Anarathiel]

Ugh! It's the holidays and i'm too busy to play sims, what nightmare is this?

[calisims]

The rule for Generation switch at YA has to do with any ongoing goals you have. So, if you have a goal/Misc fun that you have to do every week, or every day, you have to do it until the heir of the next generation reaches YA (you are of course free to continue doing it until the previous generation dies, but it is not required).
Other than that, it's a very fluid challenge, you can be starting to work on the next gen's goals while still working on the current generation, and you can continue working on the previous generation's goal after the next takes over.

[ReyaD]

Ah... Okay well either way I may end up breaking a rule somewhere. xD Ah well. Not like it'll be my first time, right?

Ch. 86 : http://starrsimslegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/ch-86-another-party-to-remember.html

That should be the last one for Louna's generation. Next chapter should be more focused on Chale (And May) and what he's up to.

I swear this is the longest chapter I have ever written! SO happy with it!

[AJH]

Got myself a plan for my new legacy, I've downloaded the updated version of Riverblossom Hills so once I've got that adjusted to my liking I'm going to create my founder plus a family in one of the EA towns and take some pics to give her a bit of a back story before moving her and the appropriate starter money to Riverblossom Hills (unless anyone thinks that'd be breaking the rules)

[ReyaD]

Actually, AJH I'm doing the exact same thing for my next legacy's first generation. So I'm really hoping thats NOT against the rules xD. Just as long as you don't use that background to skill like crazy, etc.

[AJH]

Actually, AJH I'm doing the exact same thing for my next legacy's first generation. So I'm really hoping thats NOT against the rules xD. Just as long as you don't use that background to skill like crazy, etc.
The background won't have any skilling at all, just various pictures to explain where she comes from and why she is where she is

I just hate starting with a blank sim who has no family history, I like them to have a bit of a family tree and an identity

[calisims]

Yeah, your legacy founder should have no skills, no lifetime happiness points or rewards, etc.

[CinderEmma]

It's kind of fun to not have a solid mother and father for the legacy founders :) I allude all the time to these imaginative sims, which gives the legacy founders a bit of leeway when describing them :) I mean, there's no way to disprove that Ned comes from a Native American/Chinese culture blend, despite no proof of either parent existing :P

[Redhead Creations]

Which, should be easy to take away with MC once you move them into RH, right? (At least I *think* you can pretty much remove any skills or points to start fresh?) If all else fails, you can always move in a clone, then they'd be fresh.

I got my Monday update! It was originally going to be pretty short, but then decided it was too light and combined two chapters together, so, I hope you enjoy!!
http://cagleylegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-2-part-7.html

[CinderEmma]

Yeah, you can take away skills for sure with MC, and I believe you can clear lifetime happiness points :)

[calisims]

Yeah, you can use MC or use a separate clone for the legacy hood to start with clean founder.
Also, make sure they start with just the amount of money they get when first being placed. 16,500 for a single, I forget how much for a couple (18,500?)

[CinderEmma]

Or less if you want a challenge :)
I thought it was more then 18.5k, next time I play I'm going to check the exact price :)

[laceyharkness]

Woot Woot. Chapter Three! I'm on a roll with this legacy...we'll see if this continues

Chapter the Third: http://randomlegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-three-crack-in-smile-but-shes.html

[calisims]

Or less if you want a challenge :)
I thought it was more then 18.5k, next time I play I'm going to check the exact price :)

I just checked in my game, and in my bin Foster & Carey have 18,500 to move in with. Some of the premade couples have 20k. That includes the Glover family, which are two non-romantic roommates, so being married isn't what's giving some of them the extra money. I'm guessing EA gave more money to their library premades for whatever reason, but if you create two YA/As in CAS you get 18.5 to start.

[Buckley]

Have you all ever had a teenage Sim autonomously start snubbing your Sim? One of my heir's friends is "snubbing" my heir, and every time I try to interact with him, they get into a fight. He goes through that whole "talk-to-the-hand" motion, and then refuses to interact with my heir. I don't know how to get him to stop snubbing her. Damn teenagers and their cliques, lol.

[GigaRevival]

Woot! *Finally* was able to recover my missing pictures, so now it's time to chug away at Chapters 10, 11, and 12. It feels like it has been FOREVER.

@Buckley: I have had that happen too. Except in my case, it was my teen's boyfriend... I just broke them up to save myself the time. lol. Ah, young love. :faceslap:

[Anarathiel]

Well, it looks like i have no update for today! Damn holiday D:

[CyyKosis]

Update!!! I hope it seriously confuses any guesses at my upcoming plotline :)

http://sperierandomlegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-14-falsely-false-promises.html

[GigaRevival]

Chapter Ten is *finally* finished. After resetting Mya into oblivion trying to recover lost pictures and having to re-do the entire chapter after it was accidentally deleted... I officially wash my hands of Chapter 10.

I hope everyone likes it because it certainly was a lot of effort!

http://dennislegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-ten-denniss-are-menaces.html

*Also, got my new computer desk and it is suave. Definitely the sexiest piece of furniture I own. I will now be simming in style.

[NutsAndDolts]

Chapter 14 is up.

http://archlegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-14-impasse.html

The focus on Donoph is not necessarily indicative of who is heir.

[CinderEmma]

I'm trying to find a good computer desk, it's hard to find the right one!

[Buckley]

Ugh! I am SO upset! My legacy game keeps lagging and crashing, and I have no idea why! It is just my legacy, too. I am going to go try to figure this out, but I am preparing for the worst. I may need to move my legacy family to a different town.... ARGH! I dread uprooting my family, but I will do what I have to.

Speaking of which, what did you have to do to make Barnacle Bay playable Nuts? I remember hearing you talk about it a while ago, but I can't remember the specifics. Were you able to add late night lots somewhere?

[Redhead Creations]

Oh, no, Colleen, that's terrible!!! I hope it doesn't have to come to moving. Do you have twallan's error trap? Ghats been known to make some save games retrievable.

I think Nuts had to put down gem/bug/whatever-was-needed spawners as barnacle bay doesn't come with many. Also, any EP lots (ambitions/Nightlfe) would have to be added as well.

[CinderEmma]

I had to do that in the middle of gen. 2, remember how the family moved because of Ned's dementia? Totally made to explain the sudden move right after moving to a new house. I find making sure the population isn't overcrowded really helps. Try killing off a few townies, and that could help?

[teal_moonshine]

Gen 3 is done and dusted... I'm onto Gen 4 and I MIGHT be able to get at least part way into Gen 5 before I leave to the middle of nowhere... My soon-to-be-housemate has refused to let me use his laptop for the Sims, so I'll be having massive withdrawls.

Anyhoo... Charlie had 4 kiddies like he was supposed to, all bar one got Gwendolyn's (Bojangles daughter) purple hair... Felix, Gemma, Harley and Hayden.

Felix will take over and his rolls are:
Mixed Single, 2 Kids, career in Science, 5 star Celebrity and Random Traits

And as per usual: Pics of the offspring:

[GigaRevival]

I'm trying to find a good computer desk, it's hard to find the right one!

Oh, I searched for a good four days (non-stop) before I found a lovely one from Ikea that just happened to be on sale.

I'm with you though. It was seriously difficult to find a stable, cheap, but still attractive desk that I knew would actually last in my chaotic household.

By the way... totally moving on to your legacy to catch up! :D

[Redhead Creations]

Is it really sad that I thought you guys were talking about an IN GAME desk?? *sigh*

[ReyaD]

xD Just a bit, Redhead.

I'm posting tomorrow's update early. Tomorrow is my younger sister's birthday party so we're driving down the the states for the day. Which means no computer for me. *Pouty face*

Sort of a heavy chapter, but it gets happy at the end.

Ch. 87 : http://starrsimslegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/ch-87-grieving.html

[Micaela926]

my computer crashed so afraid my legacy is on hold until I can replace it :(

[NutsAndDolts]

To make Barnacle Bay playable, I followed Calisims' example and used the Late Night City Hall, which meant I could bulldoze the military base and police station. I plopped Plumbob Pictures backlot onto where the Military Base was I think, and turned the police station into a little playground. I threw out the salon since it just loads my game with salon working NPCs, and I refuse to play a stylist again because of the glitches, and I can use MC for tattoos. I also deleted the fire station because I experienced so many bugs with Ashby, I don't feel like doing that crap again either. Though she never got all the emergencies I wanted. ;.;

I added premade houses onto empty lots on the windy roads outside of "downtown", so people would have places to live. I went in and edited many existing houses so they'd have cribs and extra beds. I think I bulldozed a house on the "main street" so I could build a Fusion Lounge there, and later I added Crypt Club (downloadable from MTS here) closeby. I re-did the Wanderer's Watering Hole so it would actually function as a Local Watering Hole.

And yes, I added spawners. because Barnacle Bay appeared to only have two. I mostly added bugs to very wooded parks and metal and gem spawners at the beach, where they might wash up or something. Later I went and deleted some, though, since I found Barnacle Bay has more spawners than I thought. If you rolled collector and didn't add any spawners, though, your collector will not make any money in Barnacle Bay compared to Riverview or Sunset Valley.

Several of Barnacle Bay's residents are already old when you start the game. I immediately used MC to give them babies, to continue their bloodlines.

[Buckley]

Oh, wow. You did a lot of work to Barnacle. Thanks for the walk through. Those tips are going to prove invaluable if/when I am forced to move my family.

[CinderEmma]

Yeah, I'm looking at an Ikea one, I just want one that isn't monstrous huge, somewhat cheap (it's a birthday gift though so I don't have to go for the cheapest, yay!), one that has a good amount of shelves, and some surface space. Yeah, I'm picky, but I do got a month and a half to look!
In game desks kind of suck too, there are only a few really good ones :P
I'm glad you're starting my legacy Giga :) I always forget how weird it is that I can read all the legacies so quickly :)

[Redhead Creations]

Emma, we also have the pleasure of being in on a lot of the beginning of the stories. I think with the exception of Melissa, I didn't have do do a whole lot of "catching up", which I could imagine would look daunting when attempting to read all our 12 or so blogs! I'm just happy when I can see that someone has read a chapter, haha. It makes it feel worth all that work!

[AJH]

Ok, got my founder created and a batch of photos for her back story created

Am feeling rather mean :(

[Buckley]

I know what you mean, Red. When I first joined, I was like OMG SO MANY BLOGS! But I really enjoy them, so it wasn't a big deal. I am still trying to catch up with Cece's. I have about 20-30 more chapters to go, lol. And I need to read BE's too, when I find the time.

My game is running a bit smoother now, but I have no idea why. I did kill off some people, Emma, and I deleted some extra crap clogging up my game. The crashing still bothers me though, as I don't know what's causing it. But, I'm crossing my fingers that it doesn't make the game unplayable.

[NutsAndDolts]

Chapter 15 is up.

http://archlegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-15-dates-with-death.html

I expected to get all the way to prom, but the chapter was getting so long...

[calisims]

I have an update, Chapter 57:
http://fosterenmity.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-57-ready-or-not.html

[ani_]

These are the last four chapters of the legacy, still in generation 2.

1 (http://anisdwelling.blogspot.com/2011/06/binder-round-6_26.html) , 2 (http://anisdwelling.blogspot.com/2011/07/jones-brown-round-6.html), 3 (http://anisdwelling.blogspot.com/2011/08/binder-round-7.html), 4 (http://anisdwelling.blogspot.com/2011/08/jones-brown-round-7.html).

It's a bit odd having a legacy where the starter and the heir don't even know each other. But Jenny moved out of the legacy house before Demeter was born, that's why they have no relationship (I don't think they have ever even spoken).

Thankfully there is no greater power making sure the rules are followed or I get punished because Tobias for example, is not doing any of the things he's suppose to do. He's suppose to be a teacher and throw parties every week, but he just hoboes around and fishes. I hope I can keep Demeter's rules followed up more strictly.

[Buckley]

My fifteenth update. I'm really getting somewhere with this legacy.

http://thewestfamilylegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-15-teenage-dreams.html

[calisims]

LOL, ani, there are no challenge police here. You may not be following the challenge rules strictly, but it's great that you've been inspired by them to spice up a generation you were bored by.

[CinderEmma]

Agreed with Melissa, though it would have been awesome for your sim to get the teacher job, never go, then get fired :P I've always wanted to have my sim fired from a job!

[ReyaD]

Serenity was almost fired from her job as a teacher. xD She only ever got to lvl 8 cause she kept rolling a wish to quit her job or no go, so I had her call in sick almost every other day or just not go. Plus the line up for the school was just insane, so half the time she wouldn't even get into the school anyway. So... *Shrug*

Anyway... *Yawns* Stayed up til two am playing... and then got up at eight to edit. I wish I didn't care about this story so much...

Ch. 88 : Teen Party Proposals http://starrsimslegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/ch-88-teen-party-proposals.html

I won't lie. I was giddy throughout most of this chapter.

[CinderEmma]

XD You're so silly Cece :P Admittedly I sometimes stay up for sims too :)
So, I just want to ask something guys. I found a cute house here on MTS that reminds me of my old childhood home because it's yellow XD But it requires OLS, I have all the EPs it needs but not that. It'll just replace the OLS stuff, right? RIGHT?

[ReyaD]

I... believe so. But don't quote me on that, cause I honestly don't know.

[CinderEmma]

I hope so, I'm going to install it and freaking pray to the sim god and goddesses on this one!

[Redhead Creations]

I'm pretty sure that's how it works. I believe that almost all items from SP's are basically clones of basegame items, so it'll just replace the SP object with the basegame object it was cloned from. That's how I ended up with a lot full of mounted fish once, because I was missing something that the creator had used. It was quite funny, but somewhat annoying having to go through and remove them all. =)

[CinderEmma]

*Hugs and virtual kisses Red in sheer happiness*

[Anarathiel]

FINALLY!!! Chapter thirteen is up!

http://sharprl.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-thirteen-meat-blue-hair-and.html

[Anarathiel]

Fail pic:
Okay so when Flint turns teen, Isobel puts him in one of the afterschool clubs. I took the pic a little too quickly methinks.

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb404/Ekmidenisi/Screenshot-326.jpg

[GigaRevival]

Fail pic:
Okay so when Flint turns teen, Isobel puts him in one of the afterschool clubs. I took the pic a little too quickly methinks.

I've had that happen before too. It always makes me laugh. Since my settings on low rendering, stuff usually takes forever to show up in-game. The most common issue I have is sometimes my sims will be floating in mid-air when they are *supposed* to be sleeping on a bed (not to mention getting to see their crazy contortionist-esque sleeping positions!). :lol:

[Anarathiel]

I've had that happen before too. It always makes me laugh. Since my settings on low rendering, stuff usually takes forever to show up in-game. The most common issue I have is sometimes my sims will be floating in mid-air when they are *supposed* to be sleeping on a bed (not to mention getting to see their crazy contortionist-esque sleeping positions!). :lol:
I had that a couple of times, I think the worst one is hair fails. On toddlers, the hair goes flying and on a NPC teen, the hair was at stomach height.

[Anarathiel]

Guys, I need help:
Nevermind. Ignore this.

[Buckley]

I think I am losing my sanity. I have had to replay this one scene over, and over, and over again. My game keeps crashing whenever I try to save, and I have no idea what is going on. And my loading times are taking FOREVER! It takes my computer less than 5 minutes to load up a new copy of Sunset Valley or Twinbrook, but when I try to play my legacy, it takes like at least four times as long.

*Sigh* I think I am going to go ahead and move my generation 3 heir to Barnacle Bay. I thought up a story for her move, if I can get my game to stop crashing long enough to take some pictures. I actually only need 1 more day (in Sim time) to get to a logical point for her to move, but I'm not looking forward to doing this to my family.

I am considering playing generation 3 as if it was generation 1. For story purposes, my heir's parents (generation 2) won't be coming with her, so it kind of makes logical sense that she would start out with very little/no money. Also, I don't know if I can claim that she's generation 3 because my generation 2 is not going to have time to complete their goals. Frustrated doesn't even come close to describing how I'm feeling.

Hmm... On second thought, maybe I should play her as a legitimate generation 1. Use the story and pictures from Riverbossom Hills as her back story, and then start a new legacy with her as the founder. That would suck though, because I got all the way to chapter 15. Hmm... Decisions, decisions.

[calisims]

Colleen, I feel your pain. I had to move my family in gen 4 of my McDermott legacy because of crashes.
That's a tough decision to make, I wish you luck. Whatever you decide, I look forward to seeing the story continue.

[ReyaD]

Don'tcha just hate it when your game refuses to do what you want? I have to throw out an hour's worth of playing because Faith's pregnancy keeps getting reset after the first day. INSTANT BABY IT IS, DANG IT.

I just hope this issue doesn't stick with her through life, or I might have to put in a new clone of her. *Pouts* Has anyone else had trouble with teen pregnancies being reset? I mean, I hear the lullaby and I've even tried pollinator, but still nada.

Stupid... planning... all for nothing... *grumbles* I suppose it goes without saying, but I'm not going to be able to update tomorrow. Faith just threw all my plans out the window.

Buckley your news just breaks my heart. I love your legacy, and I'm happy you're going to at least try to save everything and start in a new town. Its the characters I love. A city is just a city. I hope Bea likes pirate jokes!

[teal_moonshine]

I had the same problem with teen pregnancy... Then I realised I hadn't enabled the teen pregnancy option...

[Anarathiel]

Chapter Fourteen!

http://sharprl.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-fourteen-revenge-and-birthday.html

I hope when i do a teen pregnancy, i dont get any glitches or anything like that, i think it would crush my hopes of ever reaching gen 3

[Anarathiel]

I love this! I can now play sims 3 on my tv! I hate the xbox version so i just got a vga cable!

[GigaRevival]

Chapter Eleven is finished!

http://dennislegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-eleven-whole-mess-of-birthdays.html

Definitely a filler, but I'm happy with it. Olive turned out to be friggin' beautiful so I'm excited to get Gen Two officially on its way... but that is jumping the gun just a bit. Also, Snuffle is adorable! He definitely didn't break the pretty children trend (don't get used to it though... I tend to get some scary looking ones, which I fully expect in the future).

[Redhead Creations]

Cece, that's terrible! I haven't tried any teen pregnancy on my playable sims, the only ones that have been pregnant so far were through story progression. Sorry Faith isn't cooperating with your story!! =( I don't know why, but I feel somewhat responsible. HAHA

Ana, that's pretty cool that you can play on your TV, I'm sure that looks amazing!!

I'm going to start working on my next update now, hopefully will have it up in a bit.

[Redhead Creations]

Double posting again - my apologies!

Got another chapter up! A nice little surprise. =)

http://cagleylegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-2-part-8.html

[Anarathiel]

Ok guys, I'm seriously confused! One certain teenage pregnant girl has lost all of her body apart from her head and feet!

[NutsAndDolts]

That happens because the game doesn't have a body for a pregnant sim that isn't a YA or Adult woman.

[CinderEmma]

The only glitch I had with teen pregnancy was that she didn't switch into her maternity clothing, and when I went into the Stylist and fixed it, it was fine. I'm sorry you're having problems Cece.
When the sim is a floating head, you may not have CC teenage pregnancy clothing in your game. Have you tried adding some more CC teen preg stuff, maybe the stuff you did install aren't working?

[Anarathiel]

thanks guys. ima go download some maternity clothing then :)

[CinderEmma]

No problem :)
Sorry I haven't posted a new chapter yet, I'm struggling since I just don't have enough pictures of the twins as children, and a whole plot sequence will probably have to be removed as I just don't have any pictures of it :( It's making me sulk!

[Redhead Creations]

Yeah, Emma, I've had that happen too. Realize I didn't get the pics I want. The only way through is to just put up what you got and keep going and focus on the next thing. You can do it! =)

[calisims]

I have an update, Chapter 58:
http://fosterenmity.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-58-if-i-made-rules.html

Warning! Shirtless dude! :D

[ReyaD]

Calisims: YES! FANSERVICE! I was waiting for those photos <3.

I actually managed to get quite a ways into the story with only a few hours of playing, so I managed to get enough for today's chapter and most/all of tomorrows (Still have to edit and write).

Ch. 89 : Criminal http://starrsimslegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/ch-89-criminal.html

Oh and I usually update my family tree to reflect where I am IN game (because I tend to lose my notes quickly) so always be warned for possible spoilers when you click it.

[Redhead Creations]

Yay! New chapter! But Cece, I think there is a typo in the 3rd sentence of the last paragraph. The name in the sentence is wrong. =). Don't want to say too much for those that havent read it.

[ReyaD]

xD Thanks Redhead. I just caught it and fixed it. I get random moments where I can't focus my eyesight, so when that happens I can't edit my writing. I tend to just have one of my sisters edit if the need arises but I just wanted this chapter done with so I didn't re-read it.

... I'm going to go do that because now I'm paranoid for other typos.

[Redhead Creations]

I do that ALL the time, I've gone back and found so many typos in my own chapters, and I even read through them TWICE before publishing. (In fact, I just fixed one a second ago, haha). I usually don't mention other's typos because I don't know how they'd feel about it, but this one had the chance to be kind of confusing, so thought I'd mention it. =) Hope you didn't mind!

[CinderEmma]

I'm the opposite, I make sure my family tree is accurate to where I am in the legacy :P
I have a really good memory for stuff like that, so I don't need notes and stuff. I won't be posting pictures of other sims besides the family, spouses, and child. No aunts, uncles, mother-in-laws, etc unless they're part of the Marlin family, though I'll put all names in :)

I swear I posted this, but it doesn't seem to have posted...luckily I had it copied, just in case XD

I find typos all the time in my work, I tend to edit my chapters for about 10 minutes after I post a chapter :P I write very slowly too, making sure I reread what I write. But sometimes you just need to reread it in blog/printed (depending on what piece of work it is) to make sure it's "perfect".

[ReyaD]

My excuse for simple typos or awkward sentence structure is that English is my third language. I even speak with an upper class english accent if I get stressed out or embarrassed. Stupid british teachers...

Its actually so sad that I don't know any cockney or english slang. It'd be so much fun to freak people out by switching accents half way through a conversation...

I keep wanting to give one of my characters an accent. The closest I got was Kori. Her mannerisms are closest to how I talk in real life so its wasn't that hard.

[NutsAndDolts]

You speak English very well, Reya.

http://archlegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-16-get-me-drink-would-you.html

Here's my latest chapter.

[CinderEmma]

You should be proud to know 3 languages, I've been trying to learn French (My town is very bilingual and close to many French speaking towns) since I've moved to Ontario in Gr. 3, and I just can't get it. I don't know if it's because my English is stronger then the typical person and so to balance that out, I struggle to remember anything French or whether I can't practice any French at all because my family is completely English except my sister in law, who's bilingual but isn't a great teacher. Anyway, for all my rambling, I'm saying that being trilingual is awesome, and I'm quite jealous :)
And I completely agree that your English is awesome, I would have never guessed that English isn't your first language. English is supposed to be a b**** to learn, though I think French is pretty awful too :P

[ReyaD]

Aaaw. Thanks guys. I'm happy to know my english is passable enough to fool people online xD.

I was born in South America, so I grew up speaking Spanish, and then moved to Canada and took french emersion instead of english school because my mom already spoke french. Then I finally started learning english when we moved most recently. It really was a b**** to learn. I found French easier because its so similar to Spanish, but that said I'll sometimes randomly slip into spanish when I speak french, or french when I'm supposed to be speaking spanish.

Is it sad that I only just learned this year that those things you put on the end of ponytails are called "Hair bands/ties"?

... This is all just making me want to write a foreign sim into the story even more. Maybe for gen 8...

[teal_moonshine]

People see Australian as being a completely different language on it's own... We have a lot of similar slang as cockney rhymes so if you want to know any in particular I probably know it, even if it's a slightly Aussie version of it...

I'm jealous about everyone knowing French... It's top of my list of languages to learn... Along with German and Russian...

[ReyaD]

xD Quite a few of us are Canadian, thats why we speak french. Its part of the school curriculum. I love french. its such a beautiful language.

Also: Totally jealous, Teal. I think the Aussie accent is the sexiest accent out there. I love going up to Whistler in B.C. Half the residents up there are Australian and the guys are just soooo attractive.

[teal_moonshine]

Oh yes the fellows are very pretty... Especially the tradies... And yeah oddly enough, us Aussies are obsessed with Canada, I plan to have a working holiday over there eventually.

[Anarathiel]

Awesome updates everybody! I think I have now caught up with what i missed while i was on holiday.
Here's my next update: Chapter Fifteen P.A.R.T.Y
http://sharprl.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-fifteen-party.html

[Redhead Creations]

Emma, I'm with you, I try to keep my family tree current to where I am in the game. I would hate to spoil anyone's surprise. =) Though, for extended family and "in-laws" I'm keeping them current to where I am in-game, so deaths and kids and stuff are updated, because that would be far too confusing to keep "extras" in the current timeline.

Unfortunately I don't know any other languages. =( I took Spanish for three years in high school but that is pretty much all gone now. I'd love to try learning it again or even Italian. Someday! =)

[Anarathiel]

I speak French and am doing it as one of my highers at the moment. I wish I knew Italian too!

[GigaRevival]

@Redhead: I've got you beat. I took Spanish all four years of HS and then two years in College... and I *still* couldn't grasp it. The real kicker is, I live in a portion of the US that has a large Spanish-speaking population and I would often practice with them and they would commend me on being so good with the language after only taking it for a few years, but I was definitely at the six year mark at that point. I just went along with it. :poker face:

Also, totally had this crazy storm blow through last night and my neighbors house got struck by lightening... which somehow managed to blow our fuse. I was on the effing computer at the time and heard a loud pop only to find my charger had exploded. Time to get a new computer charger... :faceslap:

[Anarathiel]

Unlucky with that storm Giga. How much will a new charger cost you?

[teal_moonshine]

My dad used to tell us we'd get electrocuted if we played the computer in an electrical storm... Scare tactic so if we had a power surge we wouldn't fry the computer...

On another note, my legacy has ended cos everything has been packed away for the move, lucky too because I ended up with an Error: Code 12 so, The Doe's will be reinvented in a few months.

[GigaRevival]

Unlucky with that storm Giga. How much will a new charger cost you?

Precisely $68.49. Gadzooks that's a lot of money! Well... since I'm taking all online classes this semester, I guess I sort of have to invest in a new charger. Poo.

My dad used to tell us we'd get electrocuted if we played the computer in an electrical storm... Scare tactic so if we had a power surge we wouldn't fry the computer...

Haha... good tactic though! I was lucky my computer wasn't fully hooked up (I had unplugged the charger from the computer about two minutes before the lightening strike) so the only thing that was damaged was the charger since I was far too lazy to unplug it from the socket. 'doh!

On a side note: Olive just had this hilarious glitch where she was floating above everyone else, but was still interacting with them. Whenever a sim went to hug her, they would hug her foot. 0_0 I wish I had taken a picture of it.

[CinderEmma]

Don't worry Teal, while my French is probably better then somebody who doesn't speak French at all, I'm horrible compared to almost anybody in my town. I can count all the way to about 50 before I start forgetting some of the numbers (though I'm sure a refresher would make that easier, it's the first 16 that are the hardest), I know enough that I can say I don't speak french well (Je ne parle pas Francais bein), though even in that simple sentence I wonder if my grammar is correct. I know a lot of individual words, but it's hard for me to add them up. I think I would be better if I could connect what's in my head to what I say, because my writing French is soooo much better then my oral French and I can't even try to listen to somebody speaking in French. Even for people who aren't bilingual, most of them can do better then me. Admittedly, I did live in BC until gr. 3 (where you start learning French the year I moved away), then I started taking French with the rest of the class in gr 4 after some introductory French games. And I took it and fought with the stupid language until I finished with my mandatory gr. 9 French course, which is almost as many years as you Giga. If you count the numerous summer attempts at tutoring me, it would probably be more.
And the most I did learn was in gr. 9, I did have some horrible French teachers in elementary school.

[musicalgirl2010]

Hi Everyone! I didn't mean to be away so long but computer issues plus real life things got in the way. But I am happy to announce my new legacy! I started writing on generation 2. Generation 1 was just not inspiring me.

http://theviaurandomlegacy.blogspot.com/

[ReyaD]

If you can speak one of the roman languages (Italian, Spanish, French, Portugese) it becomes very easy to speak them all. I've been known to read a book in protugese if they didn't have the spanish version.

Giga that sounds like an awesome glitch xD.

Also: I know its short... but I really didn't want to go too much past this point because then the chapter would have to be insanely long and I didn't want to take away from the events in this chapter. Ergo, Ch. 90: http://starrsimslegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/ch-90-oh-baby-baby.html

[Aqua_Violet]

Ebec don't beat yourself up, everyone's brains are a bit different. Some people have no problem learning lots of languages, other people can't learn any language other than their first language. It's a lot harder to learn another language after you're a toddler, too.

[CyyKosis]

I only know English, but can understand written Spanish and spoken as long as it isn't said too fast. I took 7 years of it (1 MS, 4 HS, 2 Uni) and went to immersion camps for months at a time in my HS summers, but now that it's been some time since learning it every day, I've lost my mediocre ability to speak it.

[CinderEmma]

I'm not really beating myself up, I love that I'm good with English, it just sucks that I lose a bunch of job opportunities here because I'm not bilingual

[Anarathiel]

Well there is always google translate

[ReyaD]

Aaargh. Stupid heir roll xD. For Chale's children I rolled second child for heir, so it would have been Ximena but I changed it to his third child for plot sake... and now she's just sooooo adorable that I can't help but want to go back to my original roll.

I really wish I could make decisions... and then stick to them.

[CinderEmma]

It doesn't help when you're stuck in Quebec trying to get directions XD
Have you seen what the 3rd child looks like? Honestly, if you're attached to 2nd child, try to think of the best way to make the plot work for that child :)

[musicalgirl2010]

And here's chapter 1 It's kind of filler but it sets up some important plot points.

http://theviaurandomlegacy.blogspot.com/

[Anarathiel]

I have the next two chapters written out! I so want to post them both now, but I shouldn't.

[CyyKosis]

I wiiish I had the next two chapters written out, but I'm stuck staring at my game (literally paused when the last picture was taken in ch. 14). I'm so excited about my story I can't play cause I can't decide what to do first!

[Anarathiel]

Write down your ideas then choose the one you like most and do them in that order. I had a sort of plot line going from halfway through ch 15. I really want to show you guys how it happens, but then it will be over way too soon and it will all be forgotten about in no time at all

[ReyaD]

I'm half way through ch. 92 xD. I might post double tomorrow because its a fun chapter. Sheridan's a good grandpa.

Is it sad that I'm already planning for my next legacy?

[Anarathiel]

Not really, if you've planned this one out beforehand.
I might do a double post today actually. here is

chapter 16: Crystal finally becomes a YA
http://sharprl.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-sixteen-bffs-and-gfs.html

My brother walked in and saw me looking at the edit posts page with the comment numbers and was like, "wait a minute, people actually read this?"

[Redhead Creations]

Ana, that's cute! Tell your brother that heck-yeah people read it!!!

Though, my stats page is all broken. I haven't been getting post stats since I put up my last chapter, so I can't tell if anyone is reading mine unless they leave a comment, heh.

[Anarathiel]

I can't tell if people are reading it anyway, how do you do that. I can see whether somebody has commented obviously which is why i get paranoid if i don't get any comments.

Edit: nevermind, I just found it XD

[Anarathiel]

Redhead: I think it only shows your ten most viewed posts, or at least that's what mine looks like it is doing. Try changing between Day Week Month and All Time

[ReyaD]

Same thing is happening with my stats page, Redhead, so I'm guessing it's a bligger issue. It makes me sad... I like knowing what chapters are popular, and what chapters needed more advertising. By the way, thanks for Faith. Her genes are AWESOME.

[Redhead Creations]

Yeah, mine usually did that, but it's showing no views at all, I did some research and found that it's a known blogger bug. I hope it clears up though, because it's kind of sad to see that "No stats yet, check back later" message. =(

[EDIT] Aww, sorry to hear that about your stats too Cece, it's a pain, isn't it? Though I'm glad Faith is working out for you and your story, that makes me very happy!!

[ReyaD]

I think I've taken... ten photos of Ximena for no reason other then because she was being cute.

[Anarathiel]

well why not, if something's pretty take a photo. I never take enough toddler photos because i don't generally take photos that i don't intend to put in my story.

[CinderEmma]

I take a lot of photos, but usually with a purpose. However, if the sim is being cute, I can usually incorporate a picture or two to show them off without derailing the plot :)

[ReyaD]

Thats just it though! I rarely ever take photos that I don't think I'll need. xD I've actually missed two plot related photos (but I just caught them later during a re-do) because I was busy following Ximena around and cooing over her. Even my sisters have been watching me play because they love her.

Dangit. I'm going to have to change the plot, aren't I.

[Anarathiel]

Plot twists and changes are half the fun!

[CinderEmma]

I take a lot of pictures only because I pause a lot anyway. Mainly because I get distracted easily, especially if I decide to play music or play solitare while playing sims 3. Don't ask how I multitask like that, it's insane!). Plus I don't always have a definitive plot (I mean, I recently decided that Irish had to be the heir or else I would be miserable the whole gen.), so I need alternative plots. Still, I miss stuff too, I kind of went into a "zone" for 3 sim days of the girls' childhood, so no pictures exist :P

[Anarathiel]

I play games while playing sims as well. I thought it was only me who gets distracted like that.

[CyyKosis]

I do that sometimes... like lately I've been playing xbox at the same time cause I wanted to replay a game that recentlyish came out with some DLC. (DA2 if anyone was wondering)

[GigaRevival]

I do that sometimes... like lately I've been playing xbox at the same time cause I wanted to replay a game that recentlyish came out with some DLC. (DA2 if anyone was wondering)

How is the new DLC? I've been thinking of buying it... but I want to wait a bit until I get some feedback. I'm currently replaying Origins so I have a new save to carry over to DA2 (it will be my fifth playthrough of DA2 and sixth of Origins... I'm a little obsessed).

Now on topic: Olive's boyfriend just disappeared... a-freaking-gain. I'm almost at the point of just killing him off and having Olive find someone else. LOL. I've seriously rage-quitted at least three times today because of him... Dag-nammit!

[CinderEmma]

No way could I play my PS3 or my Wii while playing sims, I get too absorbed. I already forget about my sims game a bunch of times when I get really into a round of cards :P

[Anarathiel]

I used to do that, but now my laptop is hooked up to the tv, i don't do it any more.

Hey guys, with teen pregnancies, does the next generation (generation two) start when the kids are born, or when the heir ages up to YA?

[Anarathiel]

I have an update!
Chapter Seventeen (now you will understand why i have the teen pregnancy questions)
http://sharprl.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-seventeen-uh-oh-were-in-trouble.html

[CinderEmma]

I would say majority of it when the child is born, though if there are things you can't do (like rabbithole jobs) until YA, you'll just have to wait. That's what I did anyway, I cancelled Nathalie's newspaper subscriptions right away and the bus service was cancelled for the teens.

[CinderEmma]

I'm hoping it's just because it takes a few minutes to load or something, but the lack of avatar is because my new avie pic of my favourite Jack Yeats painting (and the horse in the painting shows my enthausim that's starting to grow for sims 3). If it doesn't load, I might have to go back to the lame scrabble pic, I'm bored of it!

[Anarathiel]

I think I'll count it as the start of generation 2, but will still make them go to school.

find a new one! Thats what i did *swish swish*

[ReyaD]

Hey Redhead, my stats page is back up and running. Try checking yours.

I have a volunteer experience tomorrow morning so I won't be able to update in the morning. So here's ch. 91.

Ch. 91: New Life http://starrsimslegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/ch-91-new-life.html

[teal_moonshine]

I'm already having Sims withdrawls... They're packed away and I've been ridiculously bored... Also, being asleep while everyone is conversing sucks...

[Anarathiel]

I know what you mean teal...i normally am asleep, but it's only because i couldn't sleep a wink last night that i was still online.
Cool update Reya, i hope my teen pregnancy won't look like it's copying yours.

[teal_moonshine]

Yeah it's 6:15pm here, and seeing as I'm between like 12 and 17 hours ahead, you guys all talk when I'm snoozing lol... But I do look forward to reading everything when I wake up

[Anarathiel]

where are you, as far as i'm aware everybody but me is in canada!

[teal_moonshine]

I'm in Australia. In the state of Queensland. Sub-tropic climate. Soon I'll be in the outback though, vast expanses of red dirt and nothingness.

[Anarathiel]

nice, i appear to be completely opposite to you here in england then

[teal_moonshine]

A good 9/10 hours behind... Being so far ahead makes my 2 cents seem random if I comment on something everyones been talking about lol...

I want to go to England, just because it's so different than here, but I've heard you poms are divided on how much you like us Aussies

[Anarathiel]

lol i have an aussie cousin!

[teal_moonshine]

Woo! But I've heard people say they hate Australians in England, that we're annoying and whatnot... Ah well

[Anarathiel]

I've never heard that, some people are pickly about accents, but they're fine with indians and nigerians

[teal_moonshine]

It might be because we all seem to have an upward inflection in our voices so it's like we're always asking a question... Plus we're nasally.

[AJH]

Woo! But I've heard people say they hate Australians in England, that we're annoying and whatnot... Ah well
Only when the Ashes are on ;)

[teal_moonshine]

Two way street when it comes to the Ashes

[Anarathiel]

Flint is the heir generation two has rolled, you can see the roll on my generations page on my blog

[AJH]

Two way street when it comes to the Ashes

Just the way it should be... :lol:

Got the prologue done for my new legacy:- http://clemetislegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/prologue.html

Warning - this is not going to be a happy generation

[teal_moonshine]

Nothing like starting a story with doom and gloom. Makes for some interesting reading.

[calisims]

How is the new DLC? I've been thinking of buying it... but I want to wait a bit until I get some feedback. I'm currently replaying Origins so I have a new save to carry over to DA2 (it will be my fifth playthrough of DA2 and sixth of Origins... I'm a little obsessed).

Now on topic: Olive's boyfriend just disappeared... a-freaking-gain. I'm almost at the point of just killing him off and having Olive find someone else. LOL. I've seriously rage-quitted at least three times today because of him... Dag-nammit!

I got the DLC, but still haven't played it. I'm doing a new playthrough of DA2 for it, but I want to save the DLC for after the Nathaniel encounter in Act 3.
And I've still got more playthroughs I want to do of Origins to have new saves to carry into DA2. LOL, I want to get a drunk Alistair in one of them.
I'm playing on PC, though, so I can't play DA & Sims at the same time.

[AJH]

Nothing like starting a story with doom and gloom. Makes for some interesting reading.
This whole generation is probably (almost certainly) going to be doom & gloom I'm afraid...

[ll]

I was really annoyed when I realized that EA had made the prom rabbithole based. But I wanted a "real" prom, so poor Ryder got to be my venue-testing guinea pig.


Wilde Legacy Update: Chapters 48 and 49 (http://wilde-legacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/wilde-legacy-chapter-48.html)

[Buckley]

Wow I was away for 3 days and I feel like I missed a week's worth of discussion, lol. I got the stomach flu and have been trying to work up the energy to get out of bed. Now that I'm feeling a bit better, I'm off to catch up on updates, so I apologize for any oddly timed/delayed comments. :)

[AJH]

Got chapter one up now:- http://clemetislegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-one-new-start.html

Not entirely certain what I'm going to do plot-wise as yet but the general flavour of this chapter is probably going to persist for most of the generation

[CyyKosis]

Giga, to be honest I haven't gotten there yet... I'm guessing it's leveled to where your characters are at but like Melissa I'm waiting until act 3. I did accidentally see part of it when I walked in on my boyfriend playing it without realizing it. From the brief time I saw it before plugging my ears and evacuating the room (I'm weird like that, can't know anything before I read or play or watch) it looked pretty interesting.

Anarathiel, I'm not in Canada either :)

[Redhead Creations]

Glad you're feeling better, Colleen!! We seem to be missing Martin as well, I guess he finally did take that break he was threatening to take...

I'm not in Canada, either. Just south of the border. =)

[GigaRevival]

Decided to procrastinate on my paper and get Chapter Twelve finished.

http://dennislegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-twelve-little-older-little.html

^^Olive "sort of" gets in trouble; Sybil gloats; Robert briefly contemplates adult diapers before finally becoming an adult (I didn't realize how far apart he and Mya are age-wise... Oh well), and gets a special surprise.

Whew. So many birthdays in a short span of time definitely made me flustered there for a bit. My aorta almost exploded when I thought I had to re-do everyone's birthdays due to a glitch. Thank goodness for Twallan's Overwatch and Error Trap...

[GigaRevival]

Giga, to be honest I haven't gotten there yet... I'm guessing it's leveled to where your characters are at but like Melissa I'm waiting until act 3. I did accidentally see part of it when I walked in on my boyfriend playing it without realizing it. From the brief time I saw it before plugging my ears and evacuating the room (I'm weird like that, can't know anything before I read or play or watch) it looked pretty interesting.

I'm the same way, hence not reading the reviews online. I did that for DA2 and spoiled almost everything about the game before I got it. I'm officially staying away from reviews for Deus Ex (although I already ruined it), Mass Effect 3, and Skyrim because all three games seem to have reviews solely based on giving away major plot details (*shakes fist wildly in exasperation*).

With that said, I'm now super curious about the DLC. I might read a review anyway just to satiate (sate?) it. :rofl:

[CyyKosis]

@Giga, Yeaa I'm not reading them either, just having my boyfriend read them and tell me the non-plot points xD I'm also excited for at least ME3 and TES cause the previous ones rocked :).

@Red, I'm just south of the border too... I've lived in the US my whole life but always within either a mile away or at the max an hour away. I swear my town is filled with more Canadians than Americans, and I'm not exaggerating. Not that I mind though, just makes work a bit harder having to deal with both currencies.

[AJH]

Just amended my blog to include a picture of my current heir (if you can call generation 1 an heir) along with her traits & favourites.

Possible spoiler:- contains details of my current sim's traits
I've discovered this evening that playing a grumpy, over-emotional sim is far harder than I expected it to be!

[CyyKosis]

Okay, didn't someone just have an issue with missing screenshots? I'm currently freaking out trying to find about 40 that were taken yesterday but can't! I tried taking a new one and it saved it as screenshot-386 where the last one in the folder is screenshot-345. Obviously it thinks they are there but I can't find them by searching. I tried to search the thread but it kept saying the verification was wrong when there isn't any.

[ReyaD]

sometimes they're just moved around. Trying searching your computer for the missing numbers. Thats what happened to me during Louna's perfect party.

So I finally figured out how to use pages. xD I added a page on my blog with the past generations, their rolls, the link to their first chapter and a download link. I am very proud of myself for that. I couldn't figure it out for the life of me last time.

[GigaRevival]

Okay, didn't someone just have an issue with missing screenshots? I'm currently freaking out trying to find about 40 that were taken yesterday but can't! I tried taking a new one and it saved it as screenshot-386 where the last one in the folder is screenshot-345. Obviously it thinks they are there but I can't find them by searching. I tried to search the thread but it kept saying the verification was wrong when there isn't any.

Yep. That was me. Reya gives good advice... mine were unfortunately lost forever. I had to replay through the last three chapters.

Here's to hoping you have better luck!

[CyyKosis]

Well, I found them... in an odd way. They don't exist if I open the screenshot folder, but if i search for a screenshot that is missing and then chose to open the file location (which is the exact same screenshot folder), I can see them all, at the same location when I just open the window, I can't. It's weird. They exist but don't at the same time.

[ReyaD]

Exact same thing happened to me. (Try scrolling to the very end of your folder. Thats where mine showed up later).

[Buckley]

Thanks for the advice about the Crypt Club, Nuts. And all the tips about Barnacle Bay. I've been working on it off and on today trying to make it more legacy friendly. I added a bunch more houses and clubs and stuff, and now there are only 3 empty lots left. And I haven't even built a starter house yet.

Ugh, I still don't want to abandon my legacy in Riverblossom. I love Riverblossom Hills, and I am sad to leave it. I've been trying to think of a clever way to just plop my current legacy family in a new RH, but it's not going to happen unless I completely start over. Which would suck. This is me pouting, by the way. So, off to Barnacle it is. Actually, I'm wondering about that new town, Hidden Springs or whatever it is called, but I don't know how much it's going to cost and if it is a stinker like BB was (pre-renovation) then I'm not even going to bother with it.

Still considering my options though, which means no Sims for me until I figure out my next move.

[CyyKosis]

Figure out your next move?! Literally :) Ahahaha puns. I am easily amused.

Mine still haven't showed up but I'm keeping that folder open until I've posted the chapters including those photos... which probably won't be until later tonight or tomorrow.

[ReyaD]

So I've been playing around with worlds and i found a nice one on the exchange, but it has no residents. I was going to fill it with characters from stories and literature (including some of my original stories). Would anyone object to me filling it with some of the characters from your legacies? / Does anyone WANT me to put their characters in?

[Buckley]

Figure out your next move?! Literally :) Ahahaha puns. I am easily amused.

Lol Maddie. The pun was unintentional, but I'm glad it brought you some amusement. :lol:


So I've been playing around with worlds and i found a nice one on the exchange, but it has no residents. I was going to fill it with characters from stories and literature (including some of my original stories).

That is such a fun idea Cece! I wish I had the time and ambition to do something that creative. I would love to take a custom world and fill it with my favorite characters. I can't wait to see how it turns out!

[CinderEmma]

It's a good idea :)
I'll update sometime, I'm just going through a bit of a rough time right now. I just can't focus enough to finish my chapter.

[Redhead Creations]

Cece, what world, if I may ask? (And you're free to use whatever characters of mine you want).

Colleen, Twallan has something called "The Porter", it let's you move multiple families from one neighborhood to another without them losing their relationships. That might be useful if you want to move into a duplicate RH. Then again, it might be useful for any neighborhood move. =)

Emma, I hope you're feeling better soon! *virtual hugs*

[ReyaD]

Redhead: Neverglade http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2507660 I'm worried it might be a bit small... but eh. I can always limit pregnancies and have a lot of depressing generations xD.

[CinderEmma]

Thanks Red :)
Cece, you're allowed to use any of mine, I plan on sharing Irish and Isadora as soon as they're adult in my game too :)

[Redhead Creations]

I've heard very good things about that hood! I can't wait to see pics of it if you post them!

[ReyaD]

I'm already working on a master list of families and when I want to add them. xD (After all, I have a LOT of favourites, so I can't add them ALL in Gen One.)

Oh and can anyone walk me through limiting immigration? I can't figure out what you guys mean by immigrants from a "bin". I have some of twallan's mods, but all my immigrants are still ugly vanillas.

[Qwerty126Alex]

Great Idea :)

[teal_moonshine]

I had a incredible *cough* idea about making families to do with Greek or Norse gods... Then I realised there's lots of confusing parts (and incest and weirdness) in the legends... I think it'll end up being more of 'these families are loosely based blah blah blah'. My imagination is a little too active I think...

[Buckley]

Cece, with twallan's story progression you have the option to turn immigration on or off. Under the NRAAS main menu (I usually use city hall but whatever works for you) click on Story Progression/General Options/Lots/Immigration and set the immigration pressure value to something greater than 0. That will activate immigration in your town. If you don't want any immigration at all, keep the value at 0. But once you set the value to a positive number, a whole bunch of other options become available under the immigration tab, such as chance of bin offspring. If you want immigrants (and adoptions) to be the genetic offspring of the sims in your bin (instead of plain old EA vanilla sims), then make sure that percentage is high. I personally have my "chance of bin offspring" set to 100 and my "chance of random offspring" set to 0... because I don't want vanillas in my town. But that is just my preference, set your stats to suit your needs.

Anyway, I hope I didn't just confuse you more. Basically, if you want your immigrants and adopted children NOT to be vanilla, you need to have your immigration pressure value set to higher than 0. Once that value is set to your liking, just go in and adjust your "chance of bin offspring" and your "chance of random offspring".

Twallan's forums explain the immigration thing pretty well, if you just browse the story progression discussion. Also, he discusses immigration in his FAQ about story progression, found here: http://www.the-isz.com/nraas/index.php?showtopic=102

Actually that last choice does a better job explaining than I did, so be sure to check out that link, if you're still confused.

EDIT: Forgot my main reason for posting. Whoops! So, I have been doing some research and I am considering Anne Arbor as a place to move my family to. I don't think any of y'all use that town for your legacy, but I would be curious if anyone has experience with it or any of the My Sim Realty worlds.

[ReyaD]

I think thats a great idea, Teal. In the story series I'm writing most of the characters are related into one giant family... but I had to split it into four different families for Neverglade xD.

I sure hope you go along with your idea. I'd love to see the sims you come up with.

So far I have... eight families for Neverglade. Just have to add one or two more of my own character families before moving onto picking my favourites from each legacy. I just with ChloroformDreams was here. I wanted to ask her about uploading Clementine...

EDIT: Thanks so much Buckley! That's such a load off.

[CinderEmma]

http://marlinlegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-thirty-six-push-boundries.html

Update! There's a bit of sexual humor, but not too much. I think just enough to be funny, not crude.

[teal_moonshine]

After a monstrous amount of research and some loosely based interpretations (and no incest) I'll eventually get them up and running. Expect manly hairy men.

[ReyaD]

xD Yay for hairy men! I had a few sims based on mythical creatures a while back... maybe I should add one or two to Neverglades. Medina was quite the lovely succubus.

[Buckley]

CDreams makes such pretty Sims. Your descendant of Alucard (I apologize, his name evades me at the moment) was SO gorgeous Cece. Although Chale is quite handsome too.

Teal, I love manly hair men, lol. I've always been fascinated by Greek mythology, so I'd be excited to see the sims you create. Wikipedia would be my best friend in a project like that.

[teal_moonshine]

A few succubi never hurt anyone... Well maybe they did. Not the point.

[EDIT]: Manly hairy men are my favourite. And I'm the same. Completely obsessed with mythology. I would have done Aboriginal Mythology (called The Dreamtime) but they're all animals so... Also, wiki is always my best friend, especially at 2 in the morning.

[ReyaD]

Got that right Buckley... speaking of Alucard spawn... would you be willing to upload Bea and Ethan? I'm only trying to pick two (or so) sims from each legacy so that I don't get overloaded (Or make anyone sad) and it took me FOREVER to decide between Lily or Bea xD.

If you don't want to, I'll understand. I'm not planning on using any as main characters really since my gen one for my next legacy is a couple. I just want all these characters as genetic material because I am SO bored of everyone having nicer looking heirs then me.

EDIT: ... Already have a problem with my plan. Even with my planning I've already hit 12 families. And I've only used six legacies. I have nine active legacies on my list, but I think I might be missing a few.

[CinderEmma]

Hey, mine's pure luck Cece, you should see some of my other sim's offspring. I feel so bad for the Koi-Koi family (an alien family I have with dark blue skin and fire black/orange hair in the genetic pool), they were such cute children and tots but mutated as teens and Y/A 0_o

[Buckley]

Sure, I'd be happy to Cece... if I knew how, lol. Also, as Bea is being a (*spoiler*) cranky pregnant teenager right now I don't know if I can clone at the moment. But if you want them for genetic fodder (not sure if that is the right word, but whatever) I can upload them at some point in the future.

And you're welcome to Ethan, but seeing as he is just Melissa's Meadow and CDream's Alucard mixed together, his genes are not unique. (And hah, I won't be sad if you don't use my characters. I enjoy seeing everyone else's characters cameo in your legacy too much for me to want mine to take their place. :))

[ReyaD]

Its been a while since I posted my last list of active legacies, can you guys tell me if I'm missing any? (Also can someone re-post this somewhere?)

(Alphabetic Order)
- Cagley Family Legacy (http://cagleylegacy.blogspot.com/)
- Foster Enmity: A Random Legacy (http://fosterenmity.blogspot.com/)
- Marlin Legacy (http://marlinlegacy.blogspot.com/)
- Moonstone Manor (http://kirajmpmoonstone.blogspot.com/)
- Sharp Legacy (http://sharprl.blogspot.com/)
- Sperie Random Legacy (http://sperierandomlegacy.blogspot.com/)
- Starr Legacy (http://starrsimslegacy.blogspot.com/)
- Talliway Family Legacy (http://talliwaylegacy.blogspot.com/)
- Tamsin Knox: Random Legacy (http://tamsinknox.blogspot.com/)
- The Archers of Barnacle bay (http://archlegacy.blogspot.com/)
- The Dawson Diaries (http://dawsondiarieslegacy.blogspot.com/)
- The Swift Random Legacy (http://severedlegacy.blogspot.com/)
- The West Family Legacy (http://thewestfamilylegacy.blogspot.com/)

Honourable mention:
- McDermott Random Legacy (http://mcdermottrandomlegacy.blogspot.com/)
- The R&R Legacy (http://r2simslegacy.blogspot.com/)

Buckley:
To clone you just go into stylist or CAS and pressing the little folder button (By the sim avatar I believe) click "Save to (I think it says bin)". Save something, anyway. And then it'll be in the EA folder where you put Meadow and Alucard. Either way I can wait for those two. I'll put them in whenever you have them. Not that I'll be starting this legacy for a month I'm guessing xD. I have a LOT of planning to do before that...

[GigaRevival]

So I've been playing around with worlds and i found a nice one on the exchange, but it has no residents. I was going to fill it with characters from stories and literature (including some of my original stories). Would anyone object to me filling it with some of the characters from your legacies? / Does anyone WANT me to put their characters in?

I have no problem with it... that is if you actually *want* to download them.

That sounds really fun though. I hope you make a blog to keep us updated. ;)

[GigaRevival]

Its been a while since I posted my last list of active legacies, can you guys tell me if I'm missing any? (Also can someone re-post this somewhere?)

(Alphabetic Order)
- Cagley Family Legacy (http://cagleylegacy.blogspot.com/)
- Foster Enmity: A Random Legacy (http://fosterenmity.blogspot.com/)
- Marlin Legacy (http://marlinlegacy.blogspot.com/)
- Moonstone Manor (http://kirajmpmoonstone.blogspot.com/)
- Sharp Legacy (http://sharprl.blogspot.com/)
- Sperie Random Legacy (http://sperierandomlegacy.blogspot.com/)
- Starr Legacy (http://starrsimslegacy.blogspot.com/)
- Talliway Family Legacy (http://talliwaylegacy.blogspot.com/)
- Tamsin Knox: Random Legacy (http://tamsinknox.blogspot.com/)
- The Archers of Barnacle bay (http://archlegacy.blogspot.com/)
- The Dawson Diaries (http://dawsondiarieslegacy.blogspot.com/)
- The Swift Random Legacy (http://severedlegacy.blogspot.com/)
- The West Family Legacy (http://thewestfamilylegacy.blogspot.com/)

Honourable mention:
- McDermott Random Legacy (http://mcdermottrandomlegacy.blogspot.com/)
- The R&R Legacy (http://r2simslegacy.blogspot.com/)

ll's Wilde Legacy is missing.
http://wilde-legacy.blogspot.com/

My legacy is at Chapter Twelve currently if that counts towards being considered for the active list. (Dennis Legacy)
http://dennislegacy.blogspot.com/

That's all I can see. ;)

**I really hope no one is offended that I am suggesting their legacies to be added to the list. :|

Edit: Deleted AliH's as its no longer active. :cry:

[AJH]

So is AliH's Faenala Random Legacy.
http://faenalarandom.blogspot.com/
Alas that one is now defunct due to a game-breaking bug :cry:

I've started a new one, but it's only as far as a prologue and chapter one so far

[GigaRevival]

Alas that one is now defunct due to a game-breaking bug :cry:

I've started a new one, but it's only as far as a prologue and chapter one so far

:( I'm sorry to hear that. I just went through and caught myself up on the Faenala Legacy. LOL. I've been reading your new one too though... so all is well.

Get to 10 chapters already! :rofl:

I'll add an edit so Reya isn't confused.

[Anarathiel]

good morning all! I have another update coming right up for ya!
Gretchen gives birth on the same day as Blossom's ballet recital, will the recital get messed up by the baby's birth?
http://sharprl.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-eighteen-i-dont-think-i-can.html

[NutsAndDolts]

Chapter 17 is up.

http://archlegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-17-most-popular.html

At 33 pictures, it is short but important.

[Anarathiel]

33 pictures short?! Sheesh, i consider in my posts 24 to be the average! I never can bring myself to post more than 26 without hesitating.

[NutsAndDolts]

Short for me. I usually go over 40.

Your avatar makes me extremely dizzy by the way.

[Anarathiel]

You don't like the swish? I can go change it if you want...but i'm on my nan's computer...oh well, she won't notice if i quickly go download something.

Edit: I'm going to change this again later! I don't particularly want this pic but it will do for now

I wish i had my laptop with me so i could carry on playing, I really want to be able to advance, i nearly caught up with myself on that last chapter but i can't write any more at the moment because my pictures are all on my laptop

[Anarathiel]

Geez I'm so bored! I want my laptop :cry:

[ReyaD]

ll's Wilde Legacy is missing.
http://wilde-legacy.blogspot.com/

My legacy is at Chapter Twelve currently if that counts towards being considered for the active list. (Dennis Legacy)
http://dennislegacy.blogspot.com/

That's all I can see. ;)

**I really hope no one is offended that I am suggesting their legacies to be added to the list. :|

Edit: Deleted AliH's as its no longer active. :cry:

Ah shoot! I actually had both your legacy AND the Wilde legacy on my list but they weren't checked as active. Totally my fault. I'll go put a checkmark on them now...

[ReyaD]

Double post...

I has an update! Ch. 92 : Adorable! http://starrsimslegacy.blogspot.com/2011/08/ch-92-adorable.html

I really hope Ximena stays this adorable throughout life. There's no backing out of this storyline now.

[calisims]

I have an update, Chapter 59:
http://fosterenmity.blogspot.com/2011/08/chapter-59-hey-hey-help-is-on-its-way.html

[Anarathiel]

Yes! I'm back home! Now to go take a cool pic in sims. What i'm gonna do is have a pic of whoever the active generation is in my blog :D

edit: i've resized a pic of Flint (one i really like) to the required size but the system doesn't seem to like Flint as much as it liked Crystal!'
editing my edit: never mind got it to work!

[NutsAndDolts]

I love your new avatar Anarathiel. <3

[CinderEmma]

My new avatar is of my cat Granger :) He's named after Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series, as both my sister and I are in love with the series. And yes, you see a bit of my hand there, he would not cooperate so I kind of had to nudge him into a good pose :P I suppose he didn't mind the ear scratching too much either :P
Good updates everyone!

[NutsAndDolts]

Uck... I finally get a little while to play, and the game crashes on me twice. Now I have to do all that work to the house AGAIN.

[calisims]

Squee! *kitty kisses for Granger* Such a sweet kitty.

I love cats. :D

[ReyaD]

Ouch Nuts. Any idea what the glitch might be?

Luckily Neverglade seems to be working great for me so far. I had to add some Ambitions buildings, but I took a page from Cali's book and decided against adding a salon. I won't have many sims as it is. xD

It's actually really fun filling an empty town! I get to make my own stories and everything for the characters. Still, it'll be a while before you guys get to see any of it. I'll just tease for now. <3

[CinderEmma]

I love cats too, he's a big boy (23 pounds the last time I checked) but so lovable. But like any cat, he's moody as heck, wanting his way or the highway. Still, he's my big baby :D

Glitches suck Nuts, I hope you can fix them!

So are you making a new legacy/story for us to read about the Neverglades Cece? I can't wait to read it!

[NutsAndDolts]

Well, the first time the power went out. So it wasn't the game's fault.

The second time it crashed when Donoph tried to go to his first job. =(

[CinderEmma]

Aw, hopefully try it again, maybe try the backup file if it persists. Maybe the game just got cranky when it died the first time from the power outage? Not that computers have feelings...*hides from glaring computer screen* And if all else fails, kill Donoph :P Okay, so I just love seeing sims die, that doesn't make me evil! *crackles madly*

[ReyaD]

Hmmm.... maybe try the job on a different day? Or send him early if he used the carpool (Or carpool if he drove himself). Good luck, whatever the issues was.

@ebec: Yep! The Sabo Legacy is up after the Starr Legacy. I'll probably start posting when I'm in gen 9 or gen 10 of the Starr Legacy. I'm just starting early because I have LOT of work to do before starting game play...

[Buckley]

Aww Granger! What a pretty boy! (And big! Holy cow! My cat Chance is like 11 lbs. 23 lbs is a lot of cat to love! ;))

And lol, Nuts CAN'T kill Donoph. I love Donoph. His eyes are beautiful. Don't even suggest such a thing Emma. :)

[NutsAndDolts]

I don't want to kill anyone!

[calisims]

When I want to kill someone, I go play Dragon Age. Or Mass Effect. Sims, not so much.
I hope you get your game sorted out, Becky. I had a nasty glitch recently where all the Sims disappeared from the relationship panel. When I reloaded, the UI was completely missing and I couldn't click on anything in game.
I had to go back to an earlier save, I lost about a Sim day. But at least it's working.

[Redhead Creations]

Sounds like we're all having fun. I've spent the whole day trying to pinpoint the source for my game freezing every time I go into the decor section of the buy mode. I haven't been able to add/change anything in the house for at least a month.

I've taken out all my CC and am slowly adding it in bit by bit, restarting the game, checking for the freeze, quitting, repeating. Ugh, I've been at it for at least 5 or 6 hours. Not fun!!!

[ReyaD]

Well if you want to take a break, Redhead, you can upload Cecile for me. : D (I sort of realized I have a lack of young males in Neverglade. Woops!)

[NutsAndDolts]

Someone asked for a clone of Donoph. Since I just loaded up my game again today, here he is, as promised.

I went through and removed custom content so he's not looking as fabulous as usual.

[ReyaD]

*Clears throat*

YOINK!

[GigaRevival]

Someone asked for a clone of Donoph. Since I just loaded up my game again today, here he is, as promised.

I went through and removed custom content so he's not looking as fabulous as usual.

That was me! Thanks. Downloading right now!

You'll probably see him in my legacy in the future. ;)

[Redhead Creations]

Well if you want to take a break, Redhead, you can upload Cecile for me. : D (I sort of realized I have a lack of young males in Neverglade. Woops!)

I think I've solved the issue. Though I have no idea how, as all I did was take out all my CC and put it back in a bit at a time... I ended up putting *everything* back in, but the freezing didn't happen on the last load-up. So, I'm flabbergasted, but as long as the game runs, am happy! =)

Here is Cecil for Cece. hehehe As with everyone else's Sims, he's in basegame hair/clothing so not quite as fabulous as normal, but I trust you and anyone else who takes him to fix him back up. =)

[ReyaD]

Woop! Thanks Redhead. That makes ONE male teen xD. He probably won't be into guys in Neverglade... the other four teens are all girls.