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    What do you store in the keepsake boxes ?

    LeGardePourpreLeGardePourpre Posts: 15,415 Member
    edited August 2023 in The Sims 4 General Discussion
    Hi,

    What do you store in the keepsake boxes ? Voodoo doll, book of life, diary ???
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      Lenny_OggLenny_Ogg Posts: 3,696 Member

      I fear we keep nothing in these boxes since they eat up our precious photos.
      So we keep the things we want to keep in our inventories for keeps sake ö.ö

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      Atreya33Atreya33 Posts: 4,506 Member
      edited August 2023
      Nothing so far. I have used them a few times as decoration boxes, especially the one shown in the picture by @Lenny_Ogg. But I was under the impression that only elders have full access, not younger sims and I don't have many elders in my game. (please let me know if this isn't true) So I prefer the storage chests from discover university, eco lifestyle (looks like a cardboard box) and batuu. All 3 have their own separate inventory and the boxes themselves can be placed in a sims' inventory as well.
      Unfortunately photos break in these chests as well so I don't put photos in them. I mostly use the chests for collectibles and crafted items.
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      crocobauracrocobaura Posts: 7,528 Member
      Atreya33 wrote: »
      Nothing so far. I have used them a few times as decoration boxes, especially the one shown in the picture by @Lenny_Ogg. But I was under the impression that only elders have full access, not younger sims and I don't have many elders in my game. (please let me know if this isn't true) So I prefer the storage chests from discover university, eco lifestyle (looks like a cardboard box) and batuu. All 3 have their own separate inventory and the boxes themselves can be placed in a sims' inventory as well.
      Unfortunately photos break in these chests as well so I don't put photos in them. I mostly use the chests for collectibles and crafted items.

      In my game it says that only elders can use them and as I don't have any playable elders I just use them as decoration.
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      SweetieWright_84SweetieWright_84 Posts: 4,132 Member
      crocobaura wrote: »
      Atreya33 wrote: »
      Nothing so far. I have used them a few times as decoration boxes, especially the one shown in the picture by @Lenny_Ogg. But I was under the impression that only elders have full access, not younger sims and I don't have many elders in my game. (please let me know if this isn't true) So I prefer the storage chests from discover university, eco lifestyle (looks like a cardboard box) and batuu. All 3 have their own separate inventory and the boxes themselves can be placed in a sims' inventory as well.
      Unfortunately photos break in these chests as well so I don't put photos in them. I mostly use the chests for collectibles and crafted items.

      In my game it says that only elders can use them and as I don't have any playable elders I just use them as decoration.

      If I'm not mistaken, only elders can be the owners of them and entrust someone else, but any sim can put anything in them. I have one for my 7D Legacy that has pictures and drawings my 2nd generation heir had colored as a child. For WinterFest, he got a telescope so I have a picture of him using his telescope in his tree house.
      Gallery ID: SweetieWright_84--Save File Thread--Youtube Channel
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      crocobauracrocobaura Posts: 7,528 Member
      SweetieWright_84 wrote: »
      crocobaura wrote: »
      Atreya33 wrote: »
      Nothing so far. I have used them a few times as decoration boxes, especially the one shown in the picture by @Lenny_Ogg. But I was under the impression that only elders have full access, not younger sims and I don't have many elders in my game. (please let me know if this isn't true) So I prefer the storage chests from discover university, eco lifestyle (looks like a cardboard box) and batuu. All 3 have their own separate inventory and the boxes themselves can be placed in a sims' inventory as well.
      Unfortunately photos break in these chests as well so I don't put photos in them. I mostly use the chests for collectibles and crafted items.

      In my game it says that only elders can use them and as I don't have any playable elders I just use them as decoration.

      If I'm not mistaken, only elders can be the owners of them and entrust someone else, but any sim can put anything in them. I have one for my 7D Legacy that has pictures and drawings my 2nd generation heir had colored as a child. For WinterFest, he got a telescope so I have a picture of him using his telescope in his tree house.


      Probably any sim can add to it after an elder is associated with it. I was never able to store anything in them.
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      SimDork23SimDork23 Posts: 524 Member
      I keep childhood drawings, tooth fairy certificates, & marriage certificates from past generations. I wanted to store old family photos, but I’ve heard that it ruins the pictures so I didn’t want to risk it.
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      SimmingalSimmingal Posts: 9,127 Member
      edited August 2023
      collectibles, crafts, paintings, magic stuff
      and those certificate random thingies

      whatever it is my sims want to pass on to next generation
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      SweetieWright_84SweetieWright_84 Posts: 4,132 Member
      crocobaura wrote: »
      SweetieWright_84 wrote: »
      crocobaura wrote: »
      Atreya33 wrote: »
      Nothing so far. I have used them a few times as decoration boxes, especially the one shown in the picture by @Lenny_Ogg. But I was under the impression that only elders have full access, not younger sims and I don't have many elders in my game. (please let me know if this isn't true) So I prefer the storage chests from discover university, eco lifestyle (looks like a cardboard box) and batuu. All 3 have their own separate inventory and the boxes themselves can be placed in a sims' inventory as well.
      Unfortunately photos break in these chests as well so I don't put photos in them. I mostly use the chests for collectibles and crafted items.

      In my game it says that only elders can use them and as I don't have any playable elders I just use them as decoration.

      If I'm not mistaken, only elders can be the owners of them and entrust someone else, but any sim can put anything in them. I have one for my 7D Legacy that has pictures and drawings my 2nd generation heir had colored as a child. For WinterFest, he got a telescope so I have a picture of him using his telescope in his tree house.


      Probably any sim can add to it after an elder is associated with it. I was never able to store anything in them.

      I don't have an elder in my 7D Legacy, and I was able to add to it. I couldn't dedicate it or anything but I could fill it up with pictures, drawings, etc.
      Gallery ID: SweetieWright_84--Save File Thread--Youtube Channel
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      bandit5bandit5 Posts: 923 Member
      I store the 1st drawing that is in the child's bag.
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      SimplyJenSimplyJen Posts: 14,829 Member
      edited August 2023
      Anything I could place in the box that I wanted for the next heir to keep. Perfect harvestables, upgrade parts, and pictures. I didn't have any issues putting things in the box (0 elders) but I also didn't try to assign it to anyone.
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      happyopihappyopi Posts: 1,355 Member
      My sim children keeps putting away their toys in the box after playing with them, and I also found an expired plate of food once, so I decided to delete them all forever.
      It is very possible it is an old outdated mod causing these issues though.
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      IceyJIceyJ Posts: 4,641 Member
      edited August 2023
      Yes, plates also keep ending up in mine, when I tell my sims to put away food. Frustrating.

      What I choose to add depends on the family. For example, one of my sims is a hero who saved Strangeville, so she keeps items related to that to talk about to her grandkids one day.
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      SimmervilleSimmerville Posts: 11,719 Member
      Just gpt the pack so have not yet explored the boxes. Is there a limit to how many items per box?
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      SweetieWright_84SweetieWright_84 Posts: 4,132 Member
      I just discovered that if you save your house to your Library and your keepsake box is full, it will removed everything when you place it in another save. I had some issues with my 7D Legacy in my old save, and had to remake the household. I just checked to make sure everything was still in the keepsake box, and it's all gone. So make sure you take everything out of the box before saving your lot to your Library.
      Gallery ID: SweetieWright_84--Save File Thread--Youtube Channel
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      Atreya33Atreya33 Posts: 4,506 Member
      SweetieWright_84 wrote: »
      I just discovered that if you save your house to your Library and your keepsake box is full, it will removed everything when you place it in another save. I had some issues with my 7D Legacy in my old save, and had to remake the household. I just checked to make sure everything was still in the keepsake box, and it's all gone. So make sure you take everything out of the box before saving your lot to your Library.

      The same applies to storage chests as well. I always make a separate room for these items and save it to the gallery if I transfer households between saves.
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      SweetieWright_84SweetieWright_84 Posts: 4,132 Member
      Atreya33 wrote: »
      SweetieWright_84 wrote: »
      I just discovered that if you save your house to your Library and your keepsake box is full, it will removed everything when you place it in another save. I had some issues with my 7D Legacy in my old save, and had to remake the household. I just checked to make sure everything was still in the keepsake box, and it's all gone. So make sure you take everything out of the box before saving your lot to your Library.

      The same applies to storage chests as well. I always make a separate room for these items and save it to the gallery if I transfer households between saves.

      That's good to know. I don't use storage chests too often. Usually only when I have a gardener sim or fabricator sim.
      Gallery ID: SweetieWright_84--Save File Thread--Youtube Channel
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      SimmervilleSimmerville Posts: 11,719 Member
      Might be because important facts are no longer available when you move the box from one save to another. Names for instance, sims' ID number technically won't be there. I recall the artist/photographer name used to be removed in the past, it might be the same thing - game on ly storing tech id and not text string. Perhaps the content of a keepsake box is not very interesting when all those details are gone...
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      SweetieWright_84SweetieWright_84 Posts: 4,132 Member
      edited August 2023
      Simmerville wrote: »
      Might be because important facts are no longer available when you move the box from one save to another. Names for instance, sims' ID number technically won't be there. I recall the artist/photographer name used to be removed in the past, it might be the same thing - game on ly storing tech id and not text string. Perhaps the content of a keepsake box is not very interesting when all those details are gone...

      What's weird is all of the pictures in the house were fine. They were still named what I had named them. It was just the keepsake box that was empty. I did remove the pictures from the frames that you can get in Build/Buy before saving the lot to my Library. The artist's name is gone though.
      Gallery ID: SweetieWright_84--Save File Thread--Youtube Channel
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