Mod The Sims - Interesting Idea. Anyone want to try?

Gameplay - Interesting Idea. Anyone want to try?

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5th May 2012, 12:04 AM	Interesting Idea. Anyone want to try? #1
piggypeach Original Poster Instructor Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 510 Thanks: 376 in 5 Posts 8 Achievements View My Journal	So I've been kind of bored with sims lately, so I came up with an idea of a new way to spice up the game. Here's what to do: 1. Start a new game and make a family, the larger the better 2. Don't use any "Make Needs Static" or money cheats. 3. Set Free Will to High 4. Make sure aging is turned off for the active family, and story progression are ON, And Suppress Opportunities 5. Buy a house and fill it with items, and make sure to add a few skill items (optional) 6. Give at least one adult in the household a career (optional, but recommended for a more interesting outcome) 7. Set time to 3x and go do something else 8. Come back a long while later and see what has happened. Post here if you have any crazy/funny/interesting stories about doing this!
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5th May 2012, 01:52 AM	#2
Chicken0895 Field Researcher Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 322 Thanks: 2044 in 24 Posts 7 Achievements View My Journal	That sounds like a fun plan. I'll have to go to LAX (I live on the Encino end of Sherman Oaks so it's a shlep) tomorrow so maybe I'll do this then. I bet they will kill themselves via lighting the stove on fire.
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5th May 2012, 02:19 AM	#3
kayls42 Lab Assistant Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 208 Thanks: 55 in 1 Posts 3 Achievements	I do this every now and again; it's even more fun when one has a woohoo mod, and you tune the chance for autonomous woohoo / risky / try for baby really high ...

5th May 2012, 02:41 AM	#4
Zokugai Scholar Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,454	Hm. I may have to try this and up my risky woohoo success chance. Would this be better placed in the challenge forum?
Zokugai Scholar Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,454	Snickerson: a Random Legacy Challenge. There are zebras involved. Zebras.

5th May 2012, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Zokugai

Would this be better placed in the challenge forum?

That's what I was thinking.

5th May 2012, 04:16 AM	#6
kiatyn Field Researcher Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 331	I think you're nitpicking if you think this is in any way a challenge. You're basically setting the game up to run by itself -- what's the challenge in that?

5th May 2012, 03:47 PM	#7
kewpie Forum Resident Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 763	I used to do this with TS1 and TS2,with a mod that make the fridge work like it does now or in TS1 instead of running out of food. The first time I tried this in TS2, I came back to find everyone in the house dead from starvation. OOPS! I used an autobill payer too so the repo man wouldn't take everything. I may try it for TS3. I forgot I wanted to do that. There is a more challenge like way to do this called the "Asylum challenge" If anyone is interested. You play one sim and make the others non-selectable (or just don't click on them) You also are restricted from whatever traits keep them from electrocuting or burning themselves. You have to get your playable a full time job and then you just see if you can achieve a life goal before all the nonplayable sims are dead.

5th May 2012, 04:37 PM	#8
purexevil666 Instructor Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 499	It's not fun when you use the "Make Needs Static" cheat but i can't live without the money cheat :L

5th May 2012, 09:40 PM	#9
VampireSim Instructor Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 550 Thanks: 7625 in 28 Posts 8 Achievements	The problem is, that birthdays and opportunities will stop the game with a popup. I tried it and it ran for 5-10 real time minutes. I used Twallans Master Controller ans Story Progression to avoid most of the messages and popups. I left the game to its own devices for 4 real time hours. Deleted the popups every 10 minutes. But it was funny, to see the neighborhood growing rapidly. With Twallans mods you can force imigration and random sims will move into the town very fast. I used the shortest lifespan. I have now 66 sims in town. I like that a sim has many friends and it's funny to see all the babys grown up to adults.

5th May 2012, 10:03 PM	#10
piggypeach Original Poster Instructor Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 510 Thanks: 376 in 5 Posts 8 Achievements View My Journal	@VampireSim, yes, that's the point of suppressing opportunities. I've only tried this once before, and an opportunity stopped it after about 5 minutes. But you bring up a good point about birthdays... maybe aging should be turned off, for the people too lazy bummed to delete pop-ups after a certain period of time :-)
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6th May 2012, 02:20 AM	#11
Zokugai Scholar Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,454	It'd be an easy way to populate your town with established, inter-related families, if you just set the active family to no aging.
Zokugai Scholar Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,454	Snickerson: a Random Legacy Challenge. There are zebras involved. Zebras.

6th May 2012, 04:06 AM	#12
kewpie Forum Resident Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 763	\That is an awesome idea, Zokugai. I love getting my town in the condition you speak of, yet I'm rarely patient enough to do it.

6th May 2012, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Zokugai

It'd be an easy way to populate your town with established, inter-related families, if you just set the active family to no aging.

I never thought of that! Good idea!!!

It's time, to run the game 4 hours more.

6th May 2012, 02:35 PM	#14
piggypeach Original Poster Instructor Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 510 Thanks: 376 in 5 Posts 8 Achievements View My Journal	Nice work, guys! I'm going to edit my original post and add the brilliant ideas you guys have contributed!!
	Not really sure how to feel about it, something in the way you move... Realistic Amy Winehouse Sim

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