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Starting over? Am I insane?
Orchid13
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Hey guys! I'm really excited about the new desktop I'm having built this week! But the thing is that at first I was going to move all my saves onto the new computer, but since it's new I thought maybe starting over wouldn't be such a bad idea, specially because I have a mess with CC! I do have mixed feelings cause I have been playing the same save since pretty much when the game came out. I thought that MAYBE it was worth a try, I was wondering if some of you have done a similar thing and if you recommend it.
I know that by the end of the day, I'm the one to make the choice, but it doesn't hurt to hear experiences from other simmers
I was thinking that maybe it wouldn't take me that long to build my game up, by downloading homes and just redecorating them (building is not my cup of tea). Has any of you just built up their game, by downloading lots and community places for your sims?
Thank you!
I know that by the end of the day, I'm the one to make the choice, but it doesn't hurt to hear experiences from other simmers
I was thinking that maybe it wouldn't take me that long to build my game up, by downloading homes and just redecorating them (building is not my cup of tea). Has any of you just built up their game, by downloading lots and community places for your sims?
Thank you!
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That's about my experiences, I tried it, but eventually played the same family again
I like to build stuff
Oh I'm totally thinking about recreating all these families, I have since the sims 2! Haha
Thing is I was never organized when it came to CC and I have so many things I wanna get rid off lol. Honestly I think my main problem is having to rebuild! I love decorating so that's ok with me, but I do remember how tired I got of building.
Do you use CC?
but it's a good thing to do if you're bored with the lots you already used in your save and want a fresh start
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I have deleted old save games after not playing them awhile but then ended up kicking myself because I missed the sims. I started saving the played and skilled characters to my library before deleting that last save game mostly to conserve space and because I hated scrolling through so many save games. That gave me a happy medium.. I can reuse them or start completely new games.
You might have to redress some with new CC and that wouldn't be very hard.
A couple options: You can just copy over you saves and nothing else. They'd be bald and nek.ked but it could be fun giving the town a makeover. Also, Sims 4 tray importer makes it super easy to get rid of CC you don't want anymore. Here's a video to explain how to do it.
Also, you could just pick out your favorite, must-have, CC pieces with tray importer and transfer them to the new computer, instead.
For me newcrest was so overwhealming, like I see the empty world and it's like... urg what do I with this. I'm like very obssesive, so I'm really ... really organized. I need a theme I need some sort of order and when I just got the game, I kind of did a lot of stuff that I wouldn't have done, now that we are like 2.5 years into the game.
I will recreate the exact same sims so I'm just going to pretend like they got make overs. I don't mind having to start with skills again, I mean hopefully I'll still feel this way when I start playing. CC is really my main problem, for example now I know that since CAS is so good I can deal with just downloading recolors instead of a bunch of new meshes!
I have restarted a few times, and also reloaded (using previous saves). I have enjoyed it both ways around.
Sometimes it is nice to have a fresh start, and maybe just go without cc for a while and see how it plays out and then add some in gradually if you find you want some cc. Plus, sometimes my tastes and/or ideas change so I look back on a save and discover I no longer like the way I set it up and the houses and community Lots I put into it. So I start afresh and seek out some different ones and/or build some myself.
Saying "not to be rude", then blatently being rude does not excuse rude behavior.
for me, i would transfer my save file to the new computer. it's better to have it to fall back on, as opposed to not transferring it and then later regretting it.
gratz on the new computer!
Great! Very useful
It's extrem
its extremely exciting! I do like the idea of a fresh start I mean maybe I'm like 75% sure about this... it's just a bit hard to just start oveeer lol. The thing is that with so much content already I feel like at least CAS wise I'm set!
Is it hard for you?
Isn't it messy to just get rid of a bunch of cc?
It's not really an issue problem. It's just my game is so messy cause of CC and I have LOTS, so it seems like starting with a fresh start could mean to have a much more organized game.
Thank you!!! Oh I'm so not rebuilding newcrest I'm downloading buildings. I tried by myself I got so frustrated
Really glad you feel that way! I hope I feel that way if I go through with it
Not at all. Someday I'll wake up and see all those saves and all the cc and just feel like its too much stuff. and rather than sort through I'll just dump everything and start over. I enjoy the starting over process, the finding new cc or cc that I'll really use a lot or just whole new styles like last week I was on a rockabilly/pin-up/retro kick and when on a sims cc "shopping" spree, next week it might be gothic/punk I just never know but eventually it will all be too irritating to sort through lol.
Saying "not to be rude", then blatently being rude does not excuse rude behavior.
CC for CAS I'm looking forward too! It's really the building what's holding me back... that's why I thought that downloading stuff from the gallery was a good idea.
You must have a lot of time on your hands to be able to do that regularly.
But do it anyways, its a lot of fun to start over with a blank slate.
Hahaha really appreciate that very honest comment! I agree it's insane! But yeah I think it can be more fun than frustrating
lol I have to give 24 hour care to my motherinlaw and wrangle 10 ferrets I make time. Sims stuff is running all day and in between everything I have to do I get minutes here and there then in the evenings from 6p-11p I have uninterrupted time for the most part aside from giving meds at 9 and putting ferrets to bed at 8:30 and dishes at about 7:30.
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TLDR... Nope I don't have a lot of free time I have to make time.
Saying "not to be rude", then blatently being rude does not excuse rude behavior.
I wish I could be that organised lol.
I'm sure I'll eventually load this PC up with tons of CC when I get bored but not yet.
It totally depends on how you play and how you enjoy the game.