Every once in a while while the twins where still toddlers Stevie would need to get out of the house. Shanon would stay home and tend the garden with an ear on the littles while Stevie would go for a jog, every time she rested she would pull out the cook book and read. In Shanon's opinion Stevie was just a bit obsessed when it came to cooking. Despite work hours the twins were well cared for and had plenty of activities to keep them entertained and educated. They both worked on their skills. Stevie tended to ignore the work related skills in favor of learning more cooking techniques. They took turns taking care of the twins, and chores, but Stevie wouldn't let Shanon anywhere near the stove. Shanon usually ate leftovers from breakfast for her midday break before going back out to work on the garden. She was really happy with how well her skill was developing, and was thrilled when she was finally able to plant some of the harder to grow plants. After much discussion the decision was made to have most of the concrete removed and a low water drought resistant grass sod was put down. Before they knew it it was time for the twins to transition. Stevie had to schedule the party later than planned due to unexpected overtime at work. Even though the twins were tired they were more than happy to stay up late for a slice of cake. Everyone who attended had a good time. On weekends Stevie would help water the garden. She instructed the twins to work on their skills. Stevie also let the twins know that Thomas was heir, because of his red hair. Polly-Anna didn't mind because it meant she was free to pursue her dream of becoming the best illustrated author ever. (guess who rolled their ltw early, lol) Thomas on the other hand didn't seem to have a clear goal for his future (I know otherwise ;) ) and frequently wandered around working on random skills or just getting underfoot. If underfoot he was told to go work out. When not out in the garden Stevie could be found reading cook books or watching cooking shows, which almost always resulted in a new dish for the next meal. It also resulted in a new refrigerator. Stevie suspected that Thomas might be insane since he would frequently argue with himself over odd little things, like whether or not to make the bed. Stevie and Shanon loved it whenever the twins slept in and they could have a quite morning together. Evenings the twins would work on their skills, while Stevie would read. Sometimes Shanon would watch programs on gardening. The twins wouldn't always wait for Stevie to cook a meal, especially when she insisted on waiting for a new stove to be delivered. Stevie and Shanon were happy that for the most part the twins got along well. Stevie got tired of scrubbing the tub, and upgraded it to self clean. When Stevie was at work and the twins were at school, Shanon enjoyed having the house to herself. The twins brought home friends almost everyday, and always did their homework without having to be told. "Thomas, do you know anything about your teachers missing desk lamp?" "mumble ... mumble ... mumble" Stevie could never find any evidence that Thomas was taking stuff and people who filed reports frequently called back a day or two later saying they'd found what ever had been missing in their mailbox. Shanon started hunting around the island for special seeds, explaining that she was sure she was missing a few plants. She also inspected the lot by the graveyard that she thought would make a good community garden. The day she mastered her gardening skill was the day city hall accepted her application to build a community garden on the island. Building a community garden is tricky. One thing I learned is that even if you own a community property you still can't plant on it. If sim will be planting the plants instead of using buydebug on a community lot the first steps are: make the lot residential in edit town mode, buy the lot, plant the plants you want planted, sell the lot back, go back to edit town mode to make the lot back to a community lot. It will also take several sim days for the plants to reach maturity from seed. (buydebug, would have been easier but now I have perfect plants anytime I want them. ;) ) For a community garden lot it will need to be zoned 'big park' (grumble, ea coding, grumble). Just as with the gym to reach one star you will need to meet a set of predetermined values: The built up value of the lot will be approximately what you paid for the lot (? untested theory, sim paid 12,000 for the lot; was expected to have a cash value of 12,000 built up). You will also need a minimum number of plumbing items, grill/picnic items (I placed extras which helped reach lot value faster.), after that it's up to you what to add to get the lot value up. When two of the special seeds yielded a death flower plant and a money tree Shanon was glad she'd put in the extra work. Stevie was convinced to take a break from learning new cooking techniques to celebrate the twins transition from child to teen. All Thomas would admit to after transitioning was that he liked working out, and chess wasn't to boring. Polly-Anna wanted to know if she could be a cat lady when she was older. Stevie shook her head, "sorry dear Pet's isn't installed on the players pc, you'll have to settle for bookworm." "Can you talk the city into building a library? That would be an awesome birthday gift." "That depends on your writing skill sweetie." "Hey mom isn't it your birthday too?" "What? Oh cr.. yeah it is." "Old lady" "I'll show you how not old I am" "ewwww gross grownups kissing, get a room" "Why I do believe we will" "Gross, moms ...." "Go to bed you two" "aww, no fun" "No fair it's the weekend, no school tomorrow, nyah" "C'mon, ignore them they're just being typical teens. Let's go find some privacy and you can show me just how not old you are, while the maids clean up the house since they're not tired." "Mmmm, I like your thinking." I stumbled on this while helping the twins clean using the 'hand of god' drag and drop. Toys from the toy box can be placed on the highchair. Gen 6 will help me test to see if toddlers will play with toys left on the tray. Life continued to be good for the Verde's. Shanon bought Stevie a bunch of recipe's as a belated birthday gift. Stevie was promoted to super spy at work right around the same time she maxed her cooking skills and convinced the council to allow a diner to be opened. The twins were continuing to do well in school, neither was all that interested in getting an after school job, and since money wasn't an issue they weren't pushed to. Sometimes Thomas would go to the gym after school, and sometimes Polly-Anna would go over to friends houses. "Thomas, what are you up to?" "Relax, I've checked the family tree she's not on it. See the hair isn't the same color." "You mean he's met a redhead who isn't a relative to some degree! Wow! Just Wow!" "I know ... I mean the player checked our degrees of separation 3 times before letting us hook-up and we were positive we were perfect for each other." "I think we need a new house rule no guests upstairs." "I don't think we need to worry it's not as if the player has woohooer or teen pregnancy options installed." "Still an ounce of prevention is a good idea." "Given Polly-Anna is also showing interest in dating, we'll just keep our fingers crossed that the player won't do anything untoward like install woohooer or enable teen pregnancy." Current overview of the island.
Also the glitches that had me worried have settled down, so hopefully there won't be a need to move the next generation away. Because I'm almost out of places for houses to go I've re-tuned story progressions immigration setting to 1.
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Generation 8 Goals
Martial Status: Second Chance Children: 2 Primary Career: Freelance Photographer Secondary Career: Education Secondary Career: Science Generational Goal: Fulfilled Miscellaneous Fun: Half-Siblings Lot's to Add: ? Science Center & Museum (aprox 250k simoleans) or ? Fishing hole & Science Center (aprox 200k simoleans) or ? Fishing Hole & Museum (aprox 150k simoleans) Generation 7 Goals
All gen 7 goals were completed before Thomas even moved out, or within the first sim week of game play. Marital Status: Step Children Children: 5/4 Primary Career: Culinary Secondary Career: Dumpster Diver Generational Goal: Idle Career Miscellaneous Fun: Luxury Lots to add: Bistro - Completed Day Spa - Buy (not partner) the rabbithole (no skill requirement). ($50,000) Times I've used cheats:
Gen 1: * Set family funds to $0. * Killed off Kylie's parents of old age. * Added Rufus to the family to move him to a different lot in town. Gen 2: * Had Natasha eat 3 life fruit to extend her age. * Used tce true to trigger Natasha's age transition from adult to elder and then to death. Gen 5: * Took the 3 possible heirs into cas, for YA headshots. Gen 7: tce + cas to change the last names of both girls to Verde when they became toddlers. Also snuck a peak at their YA stage to see if heir was going to be obvious or if a poll would be needed. Gen 8: Saying goodbye to Julia. And changing out the mailbox & trash can on the new home lot. Tce family funds to 0, shipwrecked = another broke start after camp set up. ;) Lastly tce add to family, while game was paused to add three households in addition to the Verde's to the island. Goofs! Oops! Oh Crap! * This applies to gen one but I didn't catch it until gen 3. I was supposed to have $140,000 and Buy the science building. I haven't decided how I'm going to handle this ... but I think I know what I'll be doing. :( Random Legacy Progress Past Generations
Generation 1 Goals
Completed All Goals Single Parent Children 2: 2/2 Career Science: Skill based Gardening 10/10 Fishing 10/10 Handiness 10/10 Gen Goal: Opportunist Misc Fun: Joker ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ Lots To Add Science: 3/3 Completed Grocery Store: Completed LTW Add: Wild Plants to Park - Completed Generation 2 Goals
Completed All Goals Single Parent - Completed Children: 2/2 Career: Education - Skill based - Completed Charisma 10/10 Logic 10/10 Skill Professor 31.45/30 Gen Goal: Fulfilled - Completed LTW - Professional Author $4,209/$4,000 Misc Fun: No Strangers ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ Lots To Add Career: School 2/3 LTW Add: Book Store - Completed Skill Add: Chess tables to Park - Completed Generation 3 Goals
Marital Status: Couple - Completed Children: 2/1 oops! Twins - completed Primary Career: Journalism - Completed Skill Based: Writing 10/10 Charisma 10/10 Secondary(Spouse) Career: Music (Classical) - Completed Skill Based: Guitar 10/10 Logic 10/10 Generational Goal: Expansionist - Completed Elder suite for Kyle Jr on the 1st floor Misc Fun: Gourmet 5/5 (old - 2/4) - Completed LTW: Illistrated Author - Completed Lots to Add: Career: Office Building - Maxed Charisma and Writing + $58,000 - Completed LTW/Skill Add: Library Writing + $36,200 - Not Completed ? Misc: Graveyard $26,200 - Completed Generation 4 Goals:
Gen 4 Completed all Goals Marital Status: Couple with help - Completed Children: 4/4 Career: Military - Completed Athletic 10/10 Handiness 10/10 Secondary Career: Law Enforcement (Super Spy) - Completed Athletic 10/10 Logic 10/10 Help's Career: Artist Painting 10/10 - Completed Gen Goal: Change of Scenery - Completed Misc Fun: Hands Off ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ Lots To Add Career: Military base - Completed Skill Add: Public Gym Athletic 10/10 - Completed Spouse Career Police Department - Maxed Logic, Athletics, and Painting (no money requirement). - Completed Since Zach their cousin lives in the house I'm using his maxed art skill, combined with Jamal's maxed skills for the requirements. Generation 5 Goals
Marital Status: Couple - completed Children: 2/2 Career: Law Enforcement (Super Spy) - completed Secondary Career: Farmer - completed Generational Goal: Hobby, or Obsession - completed Miscellaneous Fun: Fashion Diva - completed Lots to add: Community Garden - Max Gardening 10/10 & 24,600 - completed Diner - Max Cooking Skill 10/10 & $24,000 - completed Generation 6 Goals
Marital Status: Single Children: 2/2 Career: Criminal (Thief) Skill based - completed Athletic 10/10 Logic 10/10 Generational Goal: Perfectionist - completed Miscellaneous Fun: Live Your Trait - completed Lots to add: Criminal Warehouse - completed Library - completed |