krazybabe135
12th Mar 2012, 01:09 AM
This challenge can easily fit any combination of expansions, or no expansions at all. Choose any neighborhood, and create two Sims, and parent and a child.
The parent Sim needs the following traits:
Dislikes Children
Mean Spirited
I also recommend these traits:
Grumpy
Slob
Evil
The child Sim can have any combination of traits, though I recommend at least one of the following:
Green Thumb
Mooch
Loves the Outdoors
Virtuoso
"Home"
Choose any size empty lot. Place the cheap outdoor bench, the cheap outdoor table, and two cheap chairs, then fill the rest of the lot with trees/plants/grass/weeds/rocks for a homeless look.
Once that is done, make your family have $50 or less using either the Familyfunds cheat, or buying things until you have that amount and then putting the purchased items in your family inventory not to ever be used or sold.
Nothing more can be purchased until the child Sim is a teen, and then only a sleeping bag (if you have Generations), or the cheapest bed (if you don't have Generations).
Parent Sim
The parent Sim can get a part-time job, but not a career.
They are not allowed to Work Hard.
They are only allowed to interact with the child Sim under the Mean interactions.
Child Sim
The child Sim can make friends with neighbors, eat/sleep/bathe in their houses as long as they aren't asked to leave.
If they are asked to leave for inappropriateness they cannot return to that family's home until the next day.
If you have Generations, your child Sim cannot do after-school activities or go to Boarding School.
Once they are a teen:
The teen Sim must get a part time job.
They can buy any skill books that the household can afford.
They can buy one of each vegetable from the grocery store, if desired, for planting a garden only.
They can buy one guitar, but it has to stay in their inventory.
Once per day, you may put a patch of weeds/grass or a rock into the family inventory. Your Sim is laying the groundwork for their new life.
Once they are a young adult:
Take the "Living in the Lap of Luxury" LTW, as completing this LTW is how you complete the challenge.
They may keep their part time job.
You must move out or kick out the parent Sim immediately.
You may start building their home, whatever you can afford at a time.
Once they are an adult:
They may get a career/profession.
They may get married and start a family, if desired, but they may NOT move off of their lot. You may only move the significant other in, no additional Sims from their household.
Completing the Challenge
Once you complete the "Living in the Lap of Luxury" LTW, congratulations! You have completed the challenge!
For More of a Challenge
To increase the level of difficulty, while I'm playtesting a "Hardmode" challenge, try one or more of the following:
Start your child Sim as a toddler instead of a child.
Start your challenge with multiple children (twins, triplets, etc).
If you have pets, start with a pet and make sure that it doesn't get taken away. You may buy a food bowl and a basic chew toy in addition to the starting items.
Instead of having the parent around and having a job, keep the parent off of the lot and away from the child at all times. Basically, the child is completely on their own, or "abandoned".
Don't depend on any friends or neighbors for help. Sleep where you drop, eat what you find, etc...
Some combinations won't be possible so use common sense!
I'm starting my playthrough of the Hardmode challenge now, so as soon as I have a set of rules for it, I'll have it posted!
Tips
From my own playthrough of this challenge, I have the following tips:
Garden as often as you can! This will be a free source of food for your Sim. Sell your excess to the Grocery Store (or through your inventory).
"Play for Tips" in the park, or on a sidewalk as soon as you're able.
The first room I built was a small bathroom. Then I went to the store and bought the bubbles. Bubble Bath gives a great moodlet! Being able to use the toilet whenever she needed to, and being clean most of the time was very helpful.
If you have the sleeping bag, don't bother with a bed for a while! My Sim was perfectly content in her sleeping bag. Focus on other things, like a kitchen.
Keep your house as small as you can for as long as you can, you'll save money not building excessively large rooms! I also used the $0 wall coverings and floors, so I didn't get the "Unfurnished" moodlet, but didn't waste money on it.
For the longest time, my girl slept outside in her sleeping bag, and had a one room "house", that was just a bathroom with her diploma and prom pictures on the walls.
This isn't really a difficult challenge and there aren't a lot of rules, but I wanted a challenge that wasn't as time consuming and complex as the Apocalypse Challenge (though that one is still my favorite).
EDIT: Some tips from Kerryanne13:
My girl Missy finally made it to adulthood. I plan on having her marry Ethan Bunch soon. So since I'm wrapping up this challenge I thought I'd give a few tips. If you want your sims to eat or shower, the gym is a great place to grab a quick meal and they have public showers. You can also do this at the firehouse if you have Ambitions but for just the base game the gym is a life saver. Nearly every lot has toilets so you shouldn't have any accidents, that's the good thing about Sunset Valley. Another thing about Sunset Valley that I noticed is that at the Library there's a play table and a toy oven, a good place to stop for your child after school. When you get to teen state it's actually a little harder, sure you get a sleeping bag or a cheap bed but the added hours of a job can make you run out of time quickly. Try having your sim teen do their homework before they get on the bus that would take them all the way home, wasting precious time and go straight to work after. If you have a later job then try to get the other things you need done, done before you are forced to go to work and end up having to rush home because of curfew and your basically trapped there, exhausted with your motives low. If you have Pets, watch out! It's horrible trying to protect your garden from rampaging deer and horses that are attracted to your lot because of all the trees and shrubbery. I've lost so many plants to this happening because it's nearly impossible to wake up your teen in time to shoo them away from the plant before going back to sleep, sometimes the shooing doesn't work so you have to do it again until they run off and your sim teen is trashed and tired the next day from dealing with it. As soon as your a young adult try to put a fence around your garden and lock the gate so no pets or wildlife can enter, that way you can get a full night's sleep. That's all I can think of, happy simming and this challenge has been really fun! ^_^
The parent Sim needs the following traits:
Dislikes Children
Mean Spirited
I also recommend these traits:
Grumpy
Slob
Evil
The child Sim can have any combination of traits, though I recommend at least one of the following:
Green Thumb
Mooch
Loves the Outdoors
Virtuoso
"Home"
Choose any size empty lot. Place the cheap outdoor bench, the cheap outdoor table, and two cheap chairs, then fill the rest of the lot with trees/plants/grass/weeds/rocks for a homeless look.
Once that is done, make your family have $50 or less using either the Familyfunds cheat, or buying things until you have that amount and then putting the purchased items in your family inventory not to ever be used or sold.
Nothing more can be purchased until the child Sim is a teen, and then only a sleeping bag (if you have Generations), or the cheapest bed (if you don't have Generations).
Parent Sim
The parent Sim can get a part-time job, but not a career.
They are not allowed to Work Hard.
They are only allowed to interact with the child Sim under the Mean interactions.
Child Sim
The child Sim can make friends with neighbors, eat/sleep/bathe in their houses as long as they aren't asked to leave.
If they are asked to leave for inappropriateness they cannot return to that family's home until the next day.
If you have Generations, your child Sim cannot do after-school activities or go to Boarding School.
Once they are a teen:
The teen Sim must get a part time job.
They can buy any skill books that the household can afford.
They can buy one of each vegetable from the grocery store, if desired, for planting a garden only.
They can buy one guitar, but it has to stay in their inventory.
Once per day, you may put a patch of weeds/grass or a rock into the family inventory. Your Sim is laying the groundwork for their new life.
Once they are a young adult:
Take the "Living in the Lap of Luxury" LTW, as completing this LTW is how you complete the challenge.
They may keep their part time job.
You must move out or kick out the parent Sim immediately.
You may start building their home, whatever you can afford at a time.
Once they are an adult:
They may get a career/profession.
They may get married and start a family, if desired, but they may NOT move off of their lot. You may only move the significant other in, no additional Sims from their household.
Completing the Challenge
Once you complete the "Living in the Lap of Luxury" LTW, congratulations! You have completed the challenge!
For More of a Challenge
To increase the level of difficulty, while I'm playtesting a "Hardmode" challenge, try one or more of the following:
Start your child Sim as a toddler instead of a child.
Start your challenge with multiple children (twins, triplets, etc).
If you have pets, start with a pet and make sure that it doesn't get taken away. You may buy a food bowl and a basic chew toy in addition to the starting items.
Instead of having the parent around and having a job, keep the parent off of the lot and away from the child at all times. Basically, the child is completely on their own, or "abandoned".
Don't depend on any friends or neighbors for help. Sleep where you drop, eat what you find, etc...
Some combinations won't be possible so use common sense!
I'm starting my playthrough of the Hardmode challenge now, so as soon as I have a set of rules for it, I'll have it posted!
Tips
From my own playthrough of this challenge, I have the following tips:
Garden as often as you can! This will be a free source of food for your Sim. Sell your excess to the Grocery Store (or through your inventory).
"Play for Tips" in the park, or on a sidewalk as soon as you're able.
The first room I built was a small bathroom. Then I went to the store and bought the bubbles. Bubble Bath gives a great moodlet! Being able to use the toilet whenever she needed to, and being clean most of the time was very helpful.
If you have the sleeping bag, don't bother with a bed for a while! My Sim was perfectly content in her sleeping bag. Focus on other things, like a kitchen.
Keep your house as small as you can for as long as you can, you'll save money not building excessively large rooms! I also used the $0 wall coverings and floors, so I didn't get the "Unfurnished" moodlet, but didn't waste money on it.
For the longest time, my girl slept outside in her sleeping bag, and had a one room "house", that was just a bathroom with her diploma and prom pictures on the walls.
This isn't really a difficult challenge and there aren't a lot of rules, but I wanted a challenge that wasn't as time consuming and complex as the Apocalypse Challenge (though that one is still my favorite).
EDIT: Some tips from Kerryanne13:
My girl Missy finally made it to adulthood. I plan on having her marry Ethan Bunch soon. So since I'm wrapping up this challenge I thought I'd give a few tips. If you want your sims to eat or shower, the gym is a great place to grab a quick meal and they have public showers. You can also do this at the firehouse if you have Ambitions but for just the base game the gym is a life saver. Nearly every lot has toilets so you shouldn't have any accidents, that's the good thing about Sunset Valley. Another thing about Sunset Valley that I noticed is that at the Library there's a play table and a toy oven, a good place to stop for your child after school. When you get to teen state it's actually a little harder, sure you get a sleeping bag or a cheap bed but the added hours of a job can make you run out of time quickly. Try having your sim teen do their homework before they get on the bus that would take them all the way home, wasting precious time and go straight to work after. If you have a later job then try to get the other things you need done, done before you are forced to go to work and end up having to rush home because of curfew and your basically trapped there, exhausted with your motives low. If you have Pets, watch out! It's horrible trying to protect your garden from rampaging deer and horses that are attracted to your lot because of all the trees and shrubbery. I've lost so many plants to this happening because it's nearly impossible to wake up your teen in time to shoo them away from the plant before going back to sleep, sometimes the shooing doesn't work so you have to do it again until they run off and your sim teen is trashed and tired the next day from dealing with it. As soon as your a young adult try to put a fence around your garden and lock the gate so no pets or wildlife can enter, that way you can get a full night's sleep. That's all I can think of, happy simming and this challenge has been really fun! ^_^