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I’m Rina, and my blog is primarily for gameplay posts, challenges I’ve created, and occasionally a download or two. My cc finds / archive is at @lysiablr-cc​. I am wcif-friendly and take challenge / sim requests.

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my challenges

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whimsy update to-do list:

randomizer variant rules

revise pack icons to be abbreviations

updates for packs

crystal creations (& other kits?)

lovestruck

life & death

At least 2 - 3 new generations, one of which will probably be a new final generation that focuses on rebirth

Recommendations for building a legacy mausoleum or something similar

Adding goals / events to generations with occult features, like the one where you write books about occults

businesses & hobbies

more other general updates

mermaid generation (after 29)

consider making a notion / xtiles version of the rulebook

mod recommendations

- Would it be allowed to have gen 4 do both a day job and freelancing?

- Is it allowed to change the partner's career later or should they stay a manual laborer for the entire gen?

Hiya!

I think both depend on your storytelling style. Do you want to play sims who are more all-in on their specific profession paths, even if they don't make as many simoleans? Or would you rather that they change over time or work multiple jobs to make their dreams happen?

Even more beyond 30!? wowza!

Some ideas I'd like to add (but haven't yet) include...

fairies / mermaids / more occults in general

a gen focused on teen life

a gen where you have two siblings competing for heir

gens based on book genres (???)

Hiiii there!

I would love to update it, but just haven't had the time! There's a lot on my summer to-do list for work in between the school year, but I'll try to fit in an update in between as well.

Hiya, anon!

In this kind of case, I'd say it's more true to the spirit of the challenge to have the first generation end now. The way the challenge was originally written, the generation only runs as long as the heir is alive - ghost / afterlife / rebirth gameplay came afterward, and I haven't yet incorporated it into the overall challenge.

I think I would probably follow this logic:

The title of heir passes to the next-living Sim eligible to be an heir, regardless of age. (Typically a child, sibling, or potentially a cousin if you have to go back a generation and down another line.)

Go through the end results of the deceased generation as if it were time for succession, and grant the new heir whatever bonuses are earned for the end conditions.

You may then continue to raise the new heir through childhood, etc. and will begin the next set of goals / storyline for the new heir at the time of succession indicated in the generation.

If there is no living Sim in the family tree who is eligible, then you can go through the afterlife gameplay to achieve rebirth with the current heir, then continue where you left off.

It doesn't matter if you keep the ghost-sim around and play with them; they just aren't considered heir anymore, and progress toward their goals now ends for the sake of bonuses, etc.

So in your case, check for your "end" conditions with your current heir now, play with & raise the new heir normally (even if you make an adoptive family for them to be taken into), and begin the second generation's goals at the specified time for succession.

helloooo anon!

plans? yes! a reasonable timeline? weeeellllll...........

tl;dr - even though I am finished with grad school, life has found other ways to continue making me Very Incredibly Busy, so I haven't had the bandwidth to update the challenge in ages (let alone even play the game)

the good news is that I'm planning on doing a big fresh start kind of update to my game, so that should (hopefully) pare down the number of mods I have to update every time the game so much as opens. the bad news is that it doesn't really help me confirm any kind of timeline for when I will have changes made to the challenge.

Good question, anon! I'd say they don't have to stay put. If a generation specifies a world, stay in that world. However, if it specifies a living situation, you may move them out / around the neighborhood as it feels appropriate for your particular story.

Hello, anon!!

Thank you so much for playing and enjoying the legacy so much, that makes me so happy! (Probably better for a new save anyhow, with TS4's track record of corrupting saves 😂)

My guess is that most of the new generations will appear toward the latter end of the legacy, with more minor updates earlier - such as goals, but not ones that would change the generation in any significant way. You could probably even pick back up at Gen 8 and still be fine by the time I get around to updating! Ideally, it'll be this summer, now that school is nearly over.

Aaahhh, thank you so much! That's so kind of you!

Hello! I am SO sorry it took so long to reply - I've been so busy with school lately.

Hi anon! It's not dumb, but I think I need a little more clarity on what you mean by 'replace an image!'

If you are trying to change out the photo of a sim, you can just add the new image into the file on a new layer. You can also right-click an existing smart image layer and choose to 'Replace Contents.'

I typically use clipping layers to shape an image, which attaches the selected layer onto the layer underneath it. Right-click the layer, then choose 'Create Clipping Mask.'

It should make your layer look like this.

This will make your image clip into the shape of the circle, like so.

If you are asking about how to replace the various icons - likes & dislikes, aspirations, traits, moodlets, etc. - you can find those on L'Universims. (Note: Site is in French.)

try to play chess in the park, sim got abducted by aliens

came back feeling woozy

cat ran away

turns out the sim is pregnant via aliens

she called her boyfriend over to tell him the news

she doesn't realize she's pregnant (bc aliens ofc)

walks across the street to play chess again

BOYFRIEND GETS ELECTROCUTED AND DIES

cat comes back