Sims 4 Trailer Park Challenge

[MayaRose1138]

So, I don’t know if this is normal or a glitch but the bills for the lot have gone down dramatically since turning it into a residential rental. To compensate for that, I’m buying outdoor plants totalling at least $500 each week that will not be able to be sold. Because of this, I’ve come up with a suggestion for the challenge:

Option A: (for normal life span)
- Founders, heirs and spouse must remain in the house until they pass away.

Option B: (for custom life span that increase YA/adult/elder life spans)
- When the final child from gen 1 ages up to a YA, the founder and their spouse may be moved to a trailer “unit” on the lot. The lot trait can be changed to Residental Rental. Make sure there is room for the gen 1 heir and spouse later by including at least 2 bedrooms, one bathroom, living/kitchen area.
- No rent can be charged for the unit. No fines for rule breakages can be collected either.
- The founder, heirs and spouses must be given a key to access the main trailer at any time.
- A water heater and fuse box must be purchased. The water heater can be repaired as it is related to plumbing; the fuse box is electrical and cannot be repaired (rules applying to electrical items apply).
- If the lot change greatly reduces the weekly bills, items totalling at least $500 must be bought to compensate. These items cannot be sold at the yard sale.

Just some thoughts from when I’ve been playing. The first gen 2 child has just reached teen, so it’s getting to the frustrating stage again .

[Jenn]

I don't think it really matters. I admittedly use MCCC to keep bills at a decent level.

So, you can do what you feel is right in this case. I still don't know if I want the renting of trailers out to family members in the rules or not yet. I will have to figure that out at some point.

[MayaRose1138]

Fair enough . I would have abided by the no moving out rule if it wasn’t for the fact that I don’t like the normal life spans that have sims dying by the time their children are YA . I’m doing my best to keep things difficult for the family, although they are saving up for that pool. Just started summer, so they’ll be having a yard sale soon but they haven’t collected a lot of stuff this time around. Haven’t really been making any nectar either, so they definitely won’t be making as much money!

[MayaRose1138]

Question: one of the teens just rolled a Fortune aspiration - what are the rules about that? (Mansion Baron, to be specific).

[Jenn]

There are only a couple of rules regarding aspirations. Knowledge sims cannot be heir and can move out after x amount of maxed skills and no aspiration perks that earn cash advantages. Otherwise, have at it.

[MayaRose1138]

That makes sense. Interestingly, the lot is now valued at just over $100,000 p, as that part of Denmark’s aspiration completed automatically. But given he’s got to have 30 windows and 20 columns on the lot to complete his aspiration, I figured that wasn’t going to happen so I didn’t put him in the heir poll.

I’ve got that up and running but no one has voted yet . I’m not sure what I’ll do if no one does because I really don’t know which sim I want to take over. Feel free to head over to the poll and help me out .

I’m thinking about turning off rental events for the next generation (which I didn’t realise you could do until I saw someone mention it earlier). Most are fine but I had one event recently that had the fuse box break and half the electronic items break as well, and there was only the option to replace or repair them all. The event ran for 24 hours and even after trying to repair or replace them all (which we’re not supposed to do but there was no alternative), it still didn’t finish, and I couldn’t access build/buy during that time to replace them that way. Eventually I gave up after I saved in the middle of the event, then came back later and more items had broken . The unit rating took a hit because I didn’t touch those electronics for the rest of the event but there were a few items that needed to be put out for the yard sale after it finished.

[Jenn]

That sounds horrible. I would definitely turn off events if that is an option. I will go read up and vote right now.

[MayaRose1138]

What do I do if there’s a tie in the heir poll?

[MayaRose1138]

I’m about a third of the way through the third generation. Once all the kids are teens, I’ll hold the final heir poll to decide when the challenge will officially end. Do I need to post the story to complete the challenge? Because I am way behind on posting updates and I want to get the CEA one done before since that comes first in the legacy. Or can I post pics of the children of each generation with the various stats, plus the points I’ve earned, then post a link to the story when I eventually get that done?

[MayaRose1138]

I FINISHED IT! I will write it up properly eventually and post links here (when the new EA forums will hopefully allow me to post pictures straight from the computer) but for now I'm going to post the results, with some pictures, here.

Founder:

Spoiler:

Founding lot:




Callisto was the heir from my Close Encounters Academy challenge. Ridge was a librarian she found in Willow Creek.
Callisto - traits: Proper, Self-Assured, Vegetarian, Active, Romantic, Pack Animal, Physically Gifted, Mentally Gifted, Good Manners, Mediator, Responsible, Companion, Clear Perspective, Role Model
- aspirations: Inner Peace, Soulmate, Super Parent
- careers: Culinary (Level 4)
Ridge - traits: Neat, Unflirty, Bookworm, Proper, Outgoing, Family Orientated
- aspiration: Renaissance Sim
- careers: Culinary (level 4), Gardener (level 5)

Children:

Texas was the first born and very annoying on uncontrollable . He got a job as a Tech Guru , married Bellatrix Flynn, and had a son Wiley, and two grandchildren Sigrid and Gulliver.


Minnesota is the second born and heir, so more about her in the next generation.


Alaska was the third born and oldest of twins. I think he got a job in the Military to tie in with his aspiration. He had two children - Helix and Blade - before settling down with Addison Breen, who is a distant cousin. He currently has two grandchildren - Tamya and Christo.


Georgia was the fourth born and youngest of twins. She was my second favourite child. I can't remember what job she got but it could have been Conservationist for her Outdoor Enthusiast aspiration. She got married to Caius Kondo and had two children - Ada and Asher.


Dakota was the youngest of the five natural-born children. She ended up getting a job as a Politician. She had one child - Lucinda - before getting married to Lennox Clawarm and having a second daughter, Serena. Her first grandchild should be arriving any day.


Arizona was the adopted child for this generation. She ended up getting a job as a musician, and had three children (two with her distant cousin, Rohan Lynx) - Philip, Mikaela and Jeremiah. Philip has a son, Jensen, and another child on the way.

Points:
Normal start +5
House party wedding +1
Parties +12 (baby shower, costume party, birthday party x2, potluck, B&W Bash)
Married with baby bump +2
Baby born before timer runs out +5
Legitimate pregnancies (x4) +8
Adopted infant (x1) +6

Gen 1:

Spoiler:

Minnesota ended up marrying, after an extensive search, Fraser McDonald, the grocer in Henford-on-Bagley.
Minnesota - additional traits: Family Orientated, Insider, Player, Role Model
- aspirations: Serial Romantic, Super Parent
- career: Chef (level 4)
Fraser - traits: Rancher, Good, Cheerful, Neat, Outgoing, Family Orientated, Naturalist
- aspiration: Freelance Botanist
- career: Chef (level 4), Gardener (level 5)

Children:

Ireland was the first born of this generation and was voted heir. See next generation for more.


India was second born and very close favourite of mine. She was also the product of an affair Minnie had with Dean Kekovitch. She joined the Tech Guru career, and married distant cousin Robbie Holland. They have twins, Tatum and Artemis, the latter of whom inherited her blue skin.


Denmark was the third born and only boy, and the only one to inherit his father's hair. He joined the doctor career and married his distant cousin, Dalia Kiser. Together, they have a son, Eliot, and Dalia had previously had twins, Rihanna and Azalea (who is an alien).


Icelandia was adopted on the same day that Denmark was born. She joined the athletic career, and married Presley Akiyama (yet another distant cousin!). They have two children, Galahad and Abigail.


Last born was Italia, who was the only girl not born with blue skin. She became a Conservationist and married Boden Wolfe (who is not a cousin!!), and they currently have one son, Lennon.

Points:
Normal start +5
House party wedding +1
Wedding party +3
Parties (x10) +20 (baby shower, dinner party, birthday party, pot luck)
Married with baby bump (x2) +4
Baby born before timer runs out (x2) +10
Legitimate pregnancies (x8) +16
Illegitimate pregnancies (x1) +3
Adopted infant (x2) +12
Huntin' Land +10 (lot in Chestnut Ridge with small house and room for a horse)

Gen 2:

Spoiler:

Ireland was the second gen heir after a previous tie with India. She married Eryk Kim, a librarian in Willow Creek.
Ireland - additional traits: Loyal, Family Orientated, Confidante, Role Model
- aspirations: Neighborhood Confidante, Super Parent
- career: none
Eryk - traits: Bookworm, Neat, Cheerful, Creative, Family Orientated, Generous
- aspiration: Lord of the Knits
- career: none

Children:

Vienna is the first born and was overwhelming voted as heir, so the challenge ended yesterday when she aged into YA. She hasn't got a suitor yet, but she will be heading to Chestnut Ridge to try and make 100 bottles of nectar during her reign.


Glasgow is the second born of the children. Takes after his mother in being nosy and finding out secrets!


Paris is the third born and oldest of twins. She was the other choice for heir, and I still might end up sending her with Vienna to see if she can do the equestrian aspiration.


Rome is the fourth born and youngest of twins. If I hadn't been doing a matriarchy (apart from the original founder), he would have been in the running.


Suva is the youngest of the natural born children and the only one not to get Ireland's green eyes. Even London got them and she's adopted!


London was adopted on the day Suva was born and so far, has raised her knitting skill to level 6 after some instruction from her father.

Finished lot:



Final Points:
Normal start +5
House party wedding +1
Wedding party (x2) +6
Parties (x10) +20
Married with baby bump (x3) +6
Baby born before timer runs out (x3) +15
Legitimate pregnancies (x12) +24
Illegitimate pregnancies (x1) +3
Adopted infant (x3) +18
Huntin' Land +20 (lot in Sulani with tents and campfire)
No. of trailers (x4) +40
Whole generation umemployed +10
Money -60 (finished with $6,931)

Total points: 108 points.

And I didn't notice until checking all the pictures but the green eyes were inherited from Callisto down to Vienna! That was completely unintentional but cool.