JackalRiot
23rd Jul 2010, 05:35 AM
Prologue
You don't ever remember having a mother or a father. The only thing you remember was being raised in an orphanage until you were 16. That's when you made a run for it, in hopes of finding a better place out in the world. Ever since then you've been living on the streets, just taking each day as it comes. But living life on the street made you smart and quite clever. You figured that as long as you could keep yourself somewhat clean and groomed, there was a way to get a roof over your head, without needing that much money. Seducing other sims! With a little sweet talk here and a little kiss there, it was suddenly possible to get a warm meal and a nice bed for the night - and even a little wohoo to keep off the loneliness. But you are still a street kid at heart, so why settle down with one sim? They would probably just tell you what to do anyway, just like the people at the orphanage. So inevitably you end up being a homeless heartbreaker - what a challenge!
This idea started after I had watched the movie Spread (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1186370/). I had already tried making homeless sims, but this idea gave the whole thing more depth, seeing as it could be played with a story behind it.
I only have the base game, so to all of you who may have one or both expansion packs, you'll have to disregard them for the time being xD Or even better: make up additional rules! But since this is a homeless challenge, it should go without saying that you may NOT go on vacation or be self-employed!
But here it is! I hope you get as much fun out of it as I do ^^
BTW: I have made some PDF's for a better overview of everything, so feel free to use them - they are linked at the bottom of the page (:
Objective
Be the boyfriend/girlfriend of 10 different sims, while being homeless, but ultimately make something of yourself.
Goal
After you’ve managed to fulfill your “Lifetime Wish”, your ambition changes to build a proper life for your sim. You’ll need to build yourself a shag (i.e. only the cheapest necessities) and with time pick a sim whom you haven’t romanced yet and start a life with him/her. After you’ve gotten her/him to move in with you, she/you must foster an offspring. Meanwhile she/he may get a job, but you can’t get any form of job, before your child reaches the “Child” stage. Only when you have a household fund of 5,000 available simoleons at hand, can you begin to upgrade your shag with better items.
Rules
No cheating. No money or mood cheats. Custom objects are allowed, as long as their effects and price are similar to ‘official’ objects.
Aging and story progression must be on, but you are allowed to change the lifespan throughout the challenge as you see fit.
You can use mods as long as it doesn’t give you a significant advantage over a player without the mod.
Your sim for this challenge must be the “Active Household” throughout the whole challenge. So if you wish to take a break, you have to play in another saved ‘game slot’.
It’s your decision entirely when your sim ages up and if/or they get someone pregnant, you just can’t move in with anyone and no sim can move in with yor sim, before you’ve fulfilled your “Lifetime Wish”. At this point you’ll choose a new sim to make your offspring with and this will be your one and only family.
You may not get a job, before you’ve been the boyfriend/girlfriend of 10 sims and settled down with the 11th and your offspring has reached the “Child” stage.
When you have to pay entrance fee and the like, you must use the familyfunds cheats to subtract, this regards your future partner and child too.
You are not allowed to use cheats at any time of the challenge, except familyfunds, unless the game is glitching.
You are allowed to sleep anywhere, except if it conflicts with opening hours.
If you wish to purchase something, you have to go to either the art gallery (because you know a guy who can hook you up) or the police station’s parking lot (where they have auctions), depending on the price of the item. Walls, stairs, wallpaper and floors are the exception. ALL of the things you purchase have to be the cheapest in their category and also be the default color. That means the color they are, when you first click on their icon.
If the item you wish to purchase is 0-1,200§ you have to go to the police station, if it’s 1,200§+ you have to go to the art gallery.
While your sim is at either of these places you can go ahead and purchase what you want. Before you exit buy mode, you must put everything in your family inventory (Unless you are only purchasing items that are small enough for your sim to hypothetically carry to your lot, for example a fire alarm, a small lamp and so on. If you buy the “Mini Stereo”, guitar and/or laptop you are allowed to put it directly into your inventory). If you are making a pool, your sim must be standing at the police station, while you set it up.
When you exit buy mode, your sim has to travel by taxi (or car, if you have one) to your lot, before you can place the items.
You can only use your cellphone if you have 50§+. If you don’t you can’t make or receive calls. You also have to turn opportunities down, if you are offered them via your phone. This regards your future partner and child too.
With the exception of rocks and stones, you can’t use the sell function in your inventory. Same goes for future partner and child.
Only the listed “Lifetime rewards” are allowed to purchase with your points.
Traits
You can’t have both “Mooch” and “Kleptomaniac”. Otherwise, all traits are fair game as long as you get to choose the “Heartbreaker” lifetime wish. If you wish to modify your sim’s traits afterwards, you are allowed to do so, but only immediately after you’ve chosen your lot. The “Kleptomaniac” has the exeption that you may not interfere. You may not click to “Swipe something”. Only your sim may choose out of free will to swipe something, in which case you may not stop them. If they do swipe something, you may only sell it, if the value is 0-300§. Otherwise you must return it.
Allowed Lifetime rewards
This also applies to your future partner, but not your future offspring.
Fast Metabolism
Legendary Host
Fertility Treatment
Never Dull
Opportunistic
Fast Learner
Attractive
Super Green Thumb
Mid-Life Crisis
Body Sculptor
Acclaimed Author
Extra Creative
Collection Helper
Food Replicator
Setup
Purchase any empty lot (but make a note of the price, because if you later on choose to build on it, you’ll first have to pay that price. You are however allowed to plant seeds on the lot without any fee). Then use testingcheatsenabled and then familyfunds to reset your sim’s funds to 0§. Now teleport them to the fountain at Sunset Valley park. You may now begin the challenge.
Since this should be a somewhat realistic situation, I'll now list the different fees and opening hours, along with additional notes.
REMEMBER: Each fee must be paid each time you use the "service". So when you pay 30§ for visiting the gym, you will have to pay it again, if you go to the park and decide to come back again.
Places, opening hours, prices and notes
Gym
mon. - sun. : 5AM-11PM
Entrance fee : 30§
Gym provisions
Coffee, drinks,
juice, ice cream : 7§
Fridge food : 10§
Swimming pool
mon. - sun. : 6AM-10PM
Entrance fee : 15§
You are allowed to “Call over” sims, if you don’t have the simoleons to enter.
The fee only concerns the public pool in the city.
Theater
mon. - sun. : 1PM-10PM
Tour : 12§
Art gallery
mon. - sun. : 9AM-9PM
sunday : 10-18
Entrance fee : 40§
Buy stuff: price is 1,200§+
Not included: walls/wallpapers/floors
Remember: What you purchase only comes in the default color and you can only buy the cheapest stuff in that category. You can only upgrade, when you have a household fund of 5,000 available simoleons at hand.
Taxi
Ride fee from
10AM-6PM : 25§
6PM-10AM : 35§
Police station (auction)
mon. - sun. : 9AM-9PM
Buy stuff: price is below 1,200§
Also pool, no matter size
Not included: walls/wallpapers/floors
Remember: What you purchase only comes in the default color and you can only buy the cheapest stuff in that category. You can only upgrade, when you have a household fund of 5,000 available simoleons at hand.
Library
mon. - sun. : 8AM-6PM
If an elder sim or a police officer walks by while you are sleeping, you must wake up your sim.
Bookstore
mon. - sat. : 9AM-6PM
sunday : 10AM-4PM
This is also were you must go if you wish to sell any books.
Science center
mon. - sun. : 6AM-23PM
Rocks/stones must be “sold” here.
Travel to the building and then sell them via your inventory.
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Since all of this is a lot to keep track of, I have made a much better overview that you can download from my dropbox here:
Rules (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7493283/The%20SIms%203%20Challenge/Rules.pdf)
Allowed Lifetime rewards (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7493283/The%20SIms%203%20Challenge/Allowed%20Lifetime%20rewards.pdf)
Places - 12 hour clock (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7493283/The%20SIms%203%20Challenge/Places%20-%2012%20hour.pdf)
Places - 24 hour clock (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7493283/The%20SIms%203%20Challenge/Places%20-%2024%20hour.pdf)
It's 3 PDF's that are ready to be printed out on A4 paper, so feel free to use them - I know I do :D
If you have any questions or you see something that doesn't quite add up, then give a shout below! ^^
Oh, and btw, this is my first post and first time ever submitting a challenge, so be gentle ;)
You don't ever remember having a mother or a father. The only thing you remember was being raised in an orphanage until you were 16. That's when you made a run for it, in hopes of finding a better place out in the world. Ever since then you've been living on the streets, just taking each day as it comes. But living life on the street made you smart and quite clever. You figured that as long as you could keep yourself somewhat clean and groomed, there was a way to get a roof over your head, without needing that much money. Seducing other sims! With a little sweet talk here and a little kiss there, it was suddenly possible to get a warm meal and a nice bed for the night - and even a little wohoo to keep off the loneliness. But you are still a street kid at heart, so why settle down with one sim? They would probably just tell you what to do anyway, just like the people at the orphanage. So inevitably you end up being a homeless heartbreaker - what a challenge!
This idea started after I had watched the movie Spread (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1186370/). I had already tried making homeless sims, but this idea gave the whole thing more depth, seeing as it could be played with a story behind it.
I only have the base game, so to all of you who may have one or both expansion packs, you'll have to disregard them for the time being xD Or even better: make up additional rules! But since this is a homeless challenge, it should go without saying that you may NOT go on vacation or be self-employed!
But here it is! I hope you get as much fun out of it as I do ^^
BTW: I have made some PDF's for a better overview of everything, so feel free to use them - they are linked at the bottom of the page (:
Objective
Be the boyfriend/girlfriend of 10 different sims, while being homeless, but ultimately make something of yourself.
Goal
After you’ve managed to fulfill your “Lifetime Wish”, your ambition changes to build a proper life for your sim. You’ll need to build yourself a shag (i.e. only the cheapest necessities) and with time pick a sim whom you haven’t romanced yet and start a life with him/her. After you’ve gotten her/him to move in with you, she/you must foster an offspring. Meanwhile she/he may get a job, but you can’t get any form of job, before your child reaches the “Child” stage. Only when you have a household fund of 5,000 available simoleons at hand, can you begin to upgrade your shag with better items.
Rules
No cheating. No money or mood cheats. Custom objects are allowed, as long as their effects and price are similar to ‘official’ objects.
Aging and story progression must be on, but you are allowed to change the lifespan throughout the challenge as you see fit.
You can use mods as long as it doesn’t give you a significant advantage over a player without the mod.
Your sim for this challenge must be the “Active Household” throughout the whole challenge. So if you wish to take a break, you have to play in another saved ‘game slot’.
It’s your decision entirely when your sim ages up and if/or they get someone pregnant, you just can’t move in with anyone and no sim can move in with yor sim, before you’ve fulfilled your “Lifetime Wish”. At this point you’ll choose a new sim to make your offspring with and this will be your one and only family.
You may not get a job, before you’ve been the boyfriend/girlfriend of 10 sims and settled down with the 11th and your offspring has reached the “Child” stage.
When you have to pay entrance fee and the like, you must use the familyfunds cheats to subtract, this regards your future partner and child too.
You are not allowed to use cheats at any time of the challenge, except familyfunds, unless the game is glitching.
You are allowed to sleep anywhere, except if it conflicts with opening hours.
If you wish to purchase something, you have to go to either the art gallery (because you know a guy who can hook you up) or the police station’s parking lot (where they have auctions), depending on the price of the item. Walls, stairs, wallpaper and floors are the exception. ALL of the things you purchase have to be the cheapest in their category and also be the default color. That means the color they are, when you first click on their icon.
If the item you wish to purchase is 0-1,200§ you have to go to the police station, if it’s 1,200§+ you have to go to the art gallery.
While your sim is at either of these places you can go ahead and purchase what you want. Before you exit buy mode, you must put everything in your family inventory (Unless you are only purchasing items that are small enough for your sim to hypothetically carry to your lot, for example a fire alarm, a small lamp and so on. If you buy the “Mini Stereo”, guitar and/or laptop you are allowed to put it directly into your inventory). If you are making a pool, your sim must be standing at the police station, while you set it up.
When you exit buy mode, your sim has to travel by taxi (or car, if you have one) to your lot, before you can place the items.
You can only use your cellphone if you have 50§+. If you don’t you can’t make or receive calls. You also have to turn opportunities down, if you are offered them via your phone. This regards your future partner and child too.
With the exception of rocks and stones, you can’t use the sell function in your inventory. Same goes for future partner and child.
Only the listed “Lifetime rewards” are allowed to purchase with your points.
Traits
You can’t have both “Mooch” and “Kleptomaniac”. Otherwise, all traits are fair game as long as you get to choose the “Heartbreaker” lifetime wish. If you wish to modify your sim’s traits afterwards, you are allowed to do so, but only immediately after you’ve chosen your lot. The “Kleptomaniac” has the exeption that you may not interfere. You may not click to “Swipe something”. Only your sim may choose out of free will to swipe something, in which case you may not stop them. If they do swipe something, you may only sell it, if the value is 0-300§. Otherwise you must return it.
Allowed Lifetime rewards
This also applies to your future partner, but not your future offspring.
Fast Metabolism
Legendary Host
Fertility Treatment
Never Dull
Opportunistic
Fast Learner
Attractive
Super Green Thumb
Mid-Life Crisis
Body Sculptor
Acclaimed Author
Extra Creative
Collection Helper
Food Replicator
Setup
Purchase any empty lot (but make a note of the price, because if you later on choose to build on it, you’ll first have to pay that price. You are however allowed to plant seeds on the lot without any fee). Then use testingcheatsenabled and then familyfunds to reset your sim’s funds to 0§. Now teleport them to the fountain at Sunset Valley park. You may now begin the challenge.
Since this should be a somewhat realistic situation, I'll now list the different fees and opening hours, along with additional notes.
REMEMBER: Each fee must be paid each time you use the "service". So when you pay 30§ for visiting the gym, you will have to pay it again, if you go to the park and decide to come back again.
Places, opening hours, prices and notes
Gym
mon. - sun. : 5AM-11PM
Entrance fee : 30§
Gym provisions
Coffee, drinks,
juice, ice cream : 7§
Fridge food : 10§
Swimming pool
mon. - sun. : 6AM-10PM
Entrance fee : 15§
You are allowed to “Call over” sims, if you don’t have the simoleons to enter.
The fee only concerns the public pool in the city.
Theater
mon. - sun. : 1PM-10PM
Tour : 12§
Art gallery
mon. - sun. : 9AM-9PM
sunday : 10-18
Entrance fee : 40§
Buy stuff: price is 1,200§+
Not included: walls/wallpapers/floors
Remember: What you purchase only comes in the default color and you can only buy the cheapest stuff in that category. You can only upgrade, when you have a household fund of 5,000 available simoleons at hand.
Taxi
Ride fee from
10AM-6PM : 25§
6PM-10AM : 35§
Police station (auction)
mon. - sun. : 9AM-9PM
Buy stuff: price is below 1,200§
Also pool, no matter size
Not included: walls/wallpapers/floors
Remember: What you purchase only comes in the default color and you can only buy the cheapest stuff in that category. You can only upgrade, when you have a household fund of 5,000 available simoleons at hand.
Library
mon. - sun. : 8AM-6PM
If an elder sim or a police officer walks by while you are sleeping, you must wake up your sim.
Bookstore
mon. - sat. : 9AM-6PM
sunday : 10AM-4PM
This is also were you must go if you wish to sell any books.
Science center
mon. - sun. : 6AM-23PM
Rocks/stones must be “sold” here.
Travel to the building and then sell them via your inventory.
==========================================
==========================================
Since all of this is a lot to keep track of, I have made a much better overview that you can download from my dropbox here:
Rules (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7493283/The%20SIms%203%20Challenge/Rules.pdf)
Allowed Lifetime rewards (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7493283/The%20SIms%203%20Challenge/Allowed%20Lifetime%20rewards.pdf)
Places - 12 hour clock (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7493283/The%20SIms%203%20Challenge/Places%20-%2012%20hour.pdf)
Places - 24 hour clock (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7493283/The%20SIms%203%20Challenge/Places%20-%2024%20hour.pdf)
It's 3 PDF's that are ready to be printed out on A4 paper, so feel free to use them - I know I do :D
If you have any questions or you see something that doesn't quite add up, then give a shout below! ^^
Oh, and btw, this is my first post and first time ever submitting a challenge, so be gentle ;)