@Turjan Thank you My birthday isn't until tomorrow but I bought the set when it appeared in DD
Cornelia has died many times in my game and not always as painlessly
It is now on YouTube and available for you to watch. In this video the household are up to a variety of activities, including a game of soccer. The final two toddlers age up - meaning, by the end of the video there are no toddlers in the boarding school. There are 8 children, 4 teens and 4 young adults plus a dog.
Mena starts using the tractor to water the garden thereby allowing the gardeners to concentrate on harvesting.
I'm working on the next episode now. I'd like to move them all to Moonfall Island, but I have a household of sims living in that boarding school already and that would mean I'd need to move them on or risk overcrowding again. And I don't want to move them out of that build. Maybe I'll come up with another solution. I'll let you know what I do - when I know what it is going to be myself.
@Mikezumi it does occasionally get down to 0 C here on a few nights but it's usually warmer than that during the days. Some times not much warmer during Winter. But this year Summer has come early. The first day of Spring was bushfires and hot weather. It doesn't bode well for when Summer really does arrive.
I hope your son gradually grows accustomed to getting out and about more freely. It's taken my son about 20 years to achieve that but he's pretty good now.
I think I finally worked it out. I'm sending Oscar, Eric, Susanna, Erica, Whilemina and Gator to Moonfall Island. I've had the Chocolate Cake Island game running since about 8:30 am today. It's now almost 10:30 am and the game has progressed from about 10 pm to 5 am next day. I'm going to take my sims on a holiday. That's what Episode 19 of Oscar's Childhood will be about.
I'll be leaving Bruce, Carlie, Frencesco, Riorden, Cricket, Faith, Mena, Mara, Kathleen and Allyson at Chocolate Cake Island because I don't know how many sims are living in the boarding school at Moonfall Island. But it could be a housefull. I know Gaylord Koffi is there and a few new sims I've barely played. Gaylord has been resurrected - I grabbed him from the cemetery in Sunset Valley. He's Gobias Koffi's father.
The day is slipping through my fingers so I'll have to try and type some comments up quickly.
pg. 3673 @king_of_simcity7 Awesome pictures of the double date. It seems they all had a wonderful time
Michelle has a cute face but her ripped shirt looks like something a rebel would wear @jonny522 30 minutes is still a very long time to wait. Aside from what other people have mentioned, what kind of computer are you playing on? I'm not real savvy with the tech side of things but I'd be curious to know if you're playing from a SSD or HDD hard drive. I have cleaned my saves manually without any problems but it's unnecessary to do it every time you exit. @meerkattime Gunther I always love seeing your makeover of him. I think Morty approves of Josh @bekkasan My pregnant sims have very strict breakfast diets so they don't secretly slip in an apple or watermelon without me knowing. I assume it counts but I don't know for sure @GraceyManor The interior of this house is so lovely. Did you download it? I just hope that fireplace is fireproof as that would kind of be a romance killer, especially on their wedding night @Silverofdreams30 Well done at the interview. I hope you hear from them soon @Mikezumi It looks like Shannon kicked Keanu in the face I shouldn't be laughing because that would hurt especially seeing as he's wearing shoes! Cookies are a nice reward for winning the match. Mikezumi is at it again, she must miss all her daycare toddlers
I love the toybox faces too. I hope Kier wasn't crying for long. Vera is next to be born right?
pg. 3674 @Karritz I'm a bit short of time at the moment but congrats on aging the final toddlers up. I'm not sure what I would do if I was in your position either. The problem seems to be that you have too many sims
@coco I will be able to test the too many sims theory when I move a few of them around. Before they go I will get the three new children to do their blocks skill. They have completed cooking. Once they've done blocks and cooking they can theoretically go home. But I don't plan to send all of them home yet. I might send Kathleen and Alyson home though. They've been at the boarding school since they were toddlers and have done all their toddler and child skills plus a few other skills.
Thanks, as always there will be others too meet so not sure I
have a chance to get it, but at least getting a meeting is fine gives
a chance to practice how to change next time.
Well some exciting news... I am back in Roaring Heights
I will be playing out the events of the story in the game as an ordinary save as a lot of the recent Sims have never actually been played before. The next party of the story will still take place as normal in it's own set up saves but Roaring Heights will be just for some fun game play
Today I made a big decision. But then I changed my mind. Just a little change. I decided to move Kathleen and Allyson home before sending the chosen group on to Moonfall Island.
The game in Chocolate Cake Island has become totally unplayable. Freeze for 5 to 10 minutes followed by about 2 seconds of game play followed by another long freeze. Maybe all that stuff I added to the cemetery was a bit too much for it.? Not sure. I must admit I was a little concerned and did get rid of a lot of what I'd put into it before saving or taking the pic I posted earlier.
I discovered I had left both Kathleen and her cousin Allyson in the outfits the game allocated to them. When I noticed Allyson had a distinct ring/join around her neck I decided to give her new hair that led to me taking her into CAS, instead of Stylist, and giving her a CC skin. I gave her an ESkin something + tan as her original skin showed her as a little tanned. Her father is Jebidiah Wilson and her mother is Tammy Fields, a daughter of Patience and Ted. To complicate things just a little, Ted is Mena's big brother. They have another brother, Alf, who is currently stuck in Sunlit Tides.
I left Kathleen's skin as I think she already had a CC skin. I think it is ESkin Fresh. Both girls got new hair and outfits.
After I gave both little girls new outfits and hairs, I got Mena to escort the girls home. They all came from Lucky Palms.
Now, I have a small house at the dock in Lucky Palms that I keep empty so I have a place for traveling Sims to land in. But it wasn't available this time. I'm wondering if I left Elouise in it? Not sure - I'll have to check. Elouise is the one who went to Erewhon to pick up Oscar and deliver him to the boarding school there. If it is Elouise in the house I'll grab her and take her back to Chocolate Cake Island as she belongs in the boarding school in Moonfall Island and that's where I'll be traveling to next.
Well, I had a mild panic when I realised there was no empty house for the little band of travelers to land in. But there was a couple of empty lots. So they rented one of them. I then went to City Hall to be sure they weren't treating their journey as a vacation. They were not on vacation so that solved one problem. Then I had another little think and realised, belatedly, that Mena's parents live in a huge house in Lucky Palms and Mena was living with them when I picked her up and took her to Chocolate Cake Island. I did that because she is a close relative of the foundation family with Patience as the matriarch. I'd hardly played Mena and she had very few skills. I'd like her to get more skills and then perhaps find a husband and have a family. There are two more of Patience's children in a similar situation. Her daughter with Ted, Toni and her son with Christopher Steel, Craig.
This is the house Mena's parents live in.
Allyson and Kathleen heading off to school in Lucky Palms. This is after their makeovers. I'll try to get a better pic of both of them for the video but it isn't easy to get them as they always seem to manage to get something blocking the view. For example, I tried to get a nice pic of Kathleen earlier, but she was sitting on the floor singing to her doll with a table leg between her and the camera.
In the video there will also probably be a good look at the family tree. We will see both girls in Patience's family tree.
My spreadsheet tells me Toni is currently living in Cake Island and Craig was there but I moved him to Isle of Sims III when I discovered I'd placed far too many sims in Cake Island. While they are living in non played worlds they are safe from dying of old age before I get a chance to play them.
So, currently, in my game I have Mena, Allyson and Kathleen living with Mena's parents. They arrived in Lucky Palms at night and there were enough beds already in the house for them all to stay the night.
Allyson asked her great-grandmother for a bedtime story, and Kathleen asked Allyson's great-grandfather for a bedtime story while Mena took a nap in her own bed. In the morning I'll move Kathleen in with her crazy mother and younger siblings. At this point I should collect at least one more of Haley's toddlers and take her to the boarding school in Chocolate Cake Island. Haley has 9 children. The eldest is a teen and is living with his father in Sunlit Tides. Then there is Kathleen who is a child and then there are 6 toddlers and a baby currently in the house.
Once I've settled Kathleen in with her family, just make sure she has a bed to sleep in, I'll move Allyson in with her parents. It's good she's getting to spend some time with her great-grandparents as I don't think she knows them very well yet.
You'll see them all in the video. I can't tell you how absolutely wonderful it is to be in a world without any lag. I hope Moonfall Island is good to play in but I am somewhat concerned there may be a few too many sims already in that boarding school. I know there are two children there plus several young adults and Gaylord Koffi.
A bit later ... I checked - it is Elouise in the house I expected to be empty. I was wondering where I'd left her. She'll be returning to Chocolate Cake Island with Mena.
Athena Higgins was the only child of Miss Higgins and was the product of a union between her and a vampire. Miss Higgins did not know the whereabouts of her daughters father, and frankly, she didn't want to know. Today, Athena was in an upstairs room dancing to music on the radio but soon grew bored.
Miss Higgins began to work on learning alchemy, something she was not quite as skilled at as her brother. She had tried to keep the Dragon Valley war secret from Athena but she could tell she still had questions. Just as she was thinking about telling her daughter the truth, Athena showed up.
Athena: Mother, where is Uncle Alfred? He has been gone for awhile now, and I am worried about him.
Miss Higgins: Your Uncle went to Dragon Valley, dear. A madman named Count Vladimir decided to attack the military there and they called in any supernaturals who can help defeat him.
Athena: I hope Alfred is okay, I don't want to lose him.
Miss Higgins: Your uncle is a very skilled wizard, he knows how to take care of himself.
Athena accepted her mothers information and then headed back to her room to do homework.
A bit later into the day, Alfred Dusseldorf appeared in front of the house with three young children. Little Jessica was amazed at the size of the house, her parents little cottage would probably fit inside it.
Alfred: Here we are children, your new home. I know you all miss your families but my sister and I will do our best to protect you. Now, let's get inside, this sun is getting a bit warm.
Jacob: Mr. Dusseldorf? Are you actually a wizard?
Alfred: Yes, I am. I came to Dragon Valley to help defeat Count Vladimir but once I saw you three, I knew I was needed elsewhere.
Hearing noise downstairs, Miss Higgins ran down the stairs to see her brother and three kids.
Miss Higgins: Who are these kids?
Alfred: They are children who lost their parents in the war. You may want to sit down, we have a lot to discuss.
The children and Miss Higgins asked Alfred a lot of questions about how this was going to work. Miss Higgins and Alfred both agreed that Athena needed to socialize and this might be good for her.
Athena also heard the commotion downstairs and she came to check it out.
Miss Higgins: Athena, your uncle Alfred brought these children home to live with us. They don't have anyone and they need our help.
Athena looked at the three children with contempt. How dare her uncle bring strangers into the house, let alone a werewolf!
Athena: Who does Alfred think he is? This is our home, not some random kids who lost their parents! You all need to go back to Dragon Valley.
Miss Higgins: Athena! That is not nice! Go to your room until you can be nice!
Athena ran from the room with tears in her eyes.
Alfred: Is she okay?
Miss Higgins: I don't know, but she can't act that way. I'm so sorry children, hopefully that won't deter you from staying with us.
***Meant to post this the other day but with my internet issues, I didn't have time. I'm not sure when I'll catch up with feedback but I'll try my best.
*** I'm a bit behind on feedback and I am probably not going to have a lot of time to be on here like I was. Internet is fixed but I've been really busy lately but I'm going to try my best.
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@king_of_simcity7 I just hope she isn't with Taz at the moment.
Looks like she was.
Yep, I think she wants Taz and not Nick.
Great update!
@Karritz Hopefully the fires stay away from your area and you get some rain soon.
@Mikezumi Looks like a nice house, I haven't ever played there before.
Nothing worse than an empty fridge, lol.
Kier is well on his way to learning his toddler skills.
Nice to see the Svard brothers.
Looks like everyone got acquainted with them.
I've been trying to do that now so I don't lose much. It makes me mad when I lose a day or more.
Thanks, I was happy to see he inherited the occult status from her.
Those IF's sure know how to reappear when you hide them. I got an error message about it when Hank came home from vacation.
I really think Hank may reach the top soon.
I thought that was kind of a neat name for the child. I ended up having to do a bit of a replay so the child got a new name.
You're welcome.
I've had some like that too. I think Ava only got sick once or twice with Jason.
I loved seeing the toddlers play together.
Nice day for a stroll.
The kids looked cute sleeping.
Great updates!
@bekkasan I'm going to continue to read your story from where I left off so I will comment on the thread once I get to that point. I don't want to spoil anything and it may work out better for me since I have been busier lately.
You're welcome.
Wow, I know it takes a lot of time to read the recipe.
@emorrill You're welcome.
I know, lol. Next time I see him, I'm lowering it too.
It sure would have been. Bella Bachelor is another case of that.
No, it is not, lol
Thanks, they may be a bit farther spaced out now but I'm going to try to post at least a few.
@meerkattime Yep, it was. He is slightly based off the Dumbledore from Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald but I put a bit of a spin on him.
I sometimes play with aging off too but not lately.
You're welcome.
***All that I have time for today, I will try to do more tomorrow as I'll be less busy.
That ear infection is persistent, but I should probably answer a few of the older comments, given I'm already 10 pages behind. I've read your stories and given out my awesomes and likes though.
@Silverofdreams30 Thank you!
It's funny how sims react to ghost stories. They sure love their freaky stories. at Gavin's face. Is it the romance channel?
@bekkasan Thanks!
The work clothes in my game glitch out all the time. I'm already happy if my sims don't go to work naked, which happened often enough.
I have to admit, I gave in, and Marcus and Jamie got another baby. Without pregnancy though.
I am enjoying your stories, too.
@GraceyManor Thanks. Sounds interesting.
Your story with Chelsea and Darren got really romantic now
@Brandontaylor Thanks for the comments.
I guess we both know that it's just some elaborate advertisement. It's somehow funny though if it doesn't really work. I may have to watch it on a future TV set.
I found the insects I needed in the family inventory. No idea whose stuff that was. Maybe, the game recoverd some stuff that got wiped from Jamie's inventory.
Love charms on love day sound nice, if a bit dangerous. Fortunately, Carla was out of magic juice, so any love affair with Mr. Zero slider Face was averted.
Chase is still a celebrity, unlike the residents of the "base camp".
Tay won 110,000 simoleons, which is the best value I have seen so far.
Yup, although I generally don't like it if I don't recognize sims in their work clothes.
I'm following your story. Hank has been chosen as the town gigolo by SP in my current game, so it's a nice contrast. He moved in with Anne Song of all people
Edit: This is her usual face:
The new story sounds great and has lots of dynamic going for it. Athena is a typical kid, and I'm sure she'll get used to company.
@meerkattime It looks a bit closed in in that future bed, but it's just some kind of field that replaces the blanket, probably to keep the temperature pleasant. I don't think it's supposed to be solid.
Heh, yes, I guess I have seen enough babies of Tay for the moment. I'll probably return to my actual Twinbrook families whenever I pick up that game again.
Yes, the Twinbrook residents seemed to have been some kind of wacky experiment. Tay is the example of ears with the slider set to max value, and Thomas Castor has them at the minimum setting. Other than that, he's one of the better looking Twinbrook residents, whatever that is worth.
@Mikezumi Regarding Morty, I guess it's SP playing out a Twilight vampire fantasy. In reality, he has now moved in with Abraham Finkel (ex-Paparazzi in my game) and his zero slider wife (I fixed her up though). He's getting kids though, so there's that. Also, given he's a vampire, he'll still be fresh even for future generations of the Stout family.
I observed this crib behavior again with the teens in the family. When the teens are tired and want to go to bed, they tend to put the toddler in the crib. I have to cancel that myself.
I can see the descendants mechanics get tiresome at some point, but at the moment, I'm enjoying what it does. I should go there with other households to see how that looks like.
Butlers. I find most of them quite useful, but they tend to crack after some time. I actually bulldozed the house where the Stout family lived before I split them and moved them into different other houses, but their old butler still lives in the replacement house.
Yup, wealth impacts the future, current relations of your family members, number of kids, their traits (i.e., how likely it will be they will have a large family), and it seems there's also some influence by who the wealthiest other family in town is. Everything gets generated when you arrive, and the last tenants get kicked out (you can still see them leaving).
Thanks, yes, I liked the pic.
Heh, I'm used to slow games. I tend to play simulations, and I'm generally okay as long as frames only take a few seconds (more spf than fps).
Yes, Retuner is a great tool. You have to set most tunings up for every world separately though.
I rarely get these game freezes, but that's probably related to my system. It usually means I should use the vacuum on my cooler grids.
@Karritz Making videos in Sims3 sounds like a daunting task. My system is already processor-limited, which means I can scratch that anyway.
Everyone else: Don't fret about the lack of comments. I read your stories, nevertheless.
I guess I will just post the cliff's notes version of what happened in the Stout family in the meanwhile.
Marcus and Jamie had a new daughter. Given Jamie is already an elder, the daughter was produced in Oasis Landing. She's already a child now:
The game always insisted on Marcus being a cheater, and I never understood why, until I decided to accept it and just follow the reputation. I tried to find the reason for this and discovered that the game lists Dorie Hart as his longest running romance (372 days or something like that). Dorie kissed Marcus once in this game's Stone Age, and the Hart family moved away a long time ago. However, I decided that their last kid now lives with us, basically Bebe Hart's little sister, Gwen. Lucas happened to be close to the gate when she arrived, and they immediately fell in love. Aww.
I even missed that this was prom day, so Lucas asked her out. Gwen then asked him to go steady during the prom. His first real girlfriend .
Marcus went on a date with River (McIrish) Langerak, mother of two of his children. The date dragged a bit, and I wanted to spice it up somewhat. I started a tour of the facility, but for whatever reason, River didn't make it inside, so Marcus had to choose from what was available, which happened to be Ayesha Ansari (plus some pudding face, but those don't count). The date with River continued later outside. Ayesha asked Marcus out on a date later, so that they could actually get to know each other, and Marcus could meet his little child with her.
Cute little guy. I guess I should find a husband for Ayesha.
Both, Lucas and Paul, had their birthdays to become YA's, four days apart.
The game asked me whether I wanted to combine the graduations, and I unfortuntely said yes. What followed was some version of Groundhog Day. At first I was surprised that the game wanted to reserve a whole day for this. Little did I know...
I needed four attempts to pull this off. They started at 8 am and finished at 7:30 pm, when it was finally done. Lucas got the "Most Likely to Take Over the World", Paul got the "Valedictorian" and "Most Likely to Become a Rock Star" medals. I skipped the gifts part.
It already took them more than two hours to get out of the house into the limo.
After that, it was some nerve-wrecking game of people going in and out, randomly waiting for each other, etc. Here the graduates had come out again to "wait for other graduates", while the whole family was already in.
With the same haircut, it's easy to compare the two:
Lucas seemed to be happier, for whatever reason.
Edit: It may be the "friendly" trait that makes him smile a lot.
After this ordeal, the adults and teens went dancing. All four adults had the "tear up the dance floor" opportunity waiting for them, which was a good reason to get done with this.
Jamie was the best dancer.
With this finally done, I could reset the town and have the family go to the Fall Festival, as it's "Spooky Day".
Paul actually won.
Her crib was hard because I couldn't put it close to the wall. The curtains caused a routing issue. Looks so nice though! The mattress pattern is the Frozen pattern I was talking about.
Her play area - She has a lot of Disney stuffed toys and posters!
More stuff on her walls
Didn't have any other pictures of this side without them in the way... the changing table area. It also has a Disney themed pattern. It's a patchwork type with baby Mickey & friends!
Next will be Luka's room...
He has a fun rocketship statue and a horse walker I found from ATS. The poster on the wall uses the same pattern as Aleah's changing table. The toybox has an Eeyore pattern.
The crib and changing table share the same pattern as the toybox.
Luka also has a couple Disney stuffed toys...
(Got the weekly paycheck during this... excuse the numbers)
A lot of the stuff shown is from ATS, Lana's CC Finds, BlueHopper and the Exchange.
Today, Rachel worked on Tales of the Forest: The Wise Owl and the Woodcutter. This was the 4th book in the Tales of the Forest series:
At 7:00am, sim time, Drake and Iris woke up and made their beds:
'Morning, Iris! Did you sleep alright?' Drake asked. 'I slept peacefully, thanks for asking!' Iris replied, smiling. She gave her brother a big hug and a big kiss on the cheek:
Drake blushed. Iris had left a pink lip print on his cheek. 'I love you, sis!' Drake said, smiling. 'I love you, bro!' Iris replied. Drake washed his face and then got changed into one of his dresses:
Meanwhile, Rachel was still working on the book:
A few sim hours later, Rachel had finished typing up the book:
She went downstairs and got the mail, which included a copy of The Kindhearted Goblin amongst other things:
Rachel went inside and looked through the window:
'Somehow, I think this sunny weather's not going to last' Rachel thought. With the sun, there was a risk of her demigoddess skin going grey. And of course, the only safe time to go out when it's raining is when there's not a thunderstorm, something she and her children hated. Spring and Winter were their favourite seasons. Ice skating, snowball fights, snowmen, igloos - and snow angels. Rachel, Drake and Iris have fond memories of winter in Sunset Valley. Rachel sighed. Later, she took Drake and Iris to the spa:
They arrived safely. One by one, they went into the building and had the full salon package:
Meanwhile, the rain started...
Rachel, Drake and Iris came out, their fingernails and toenails trimmed. The trio got out their umbrellas:
They then went home:
Drake, Iris and Rachel arrived back safely:
Iris felt sleepy. 'I'm going to bed. Good night, bro!' Iris said, smiling. 'Good night, sis!' Drake replied. Iris smiled and gave Drake a big hug and a big kiss on the cheek:
Drake smiled. Iris had left a pink lip print on his cheek. 'Goodnight mum!' Iris said to Rachel. 'Goodnight, my dear!' Rachel replied. She applied her bright pink raspberry scented lipstick. Rachel then gave Iris a big loving hug and several big smooches on her face:
Iris giggled. Rachel had covered her face in big bright pink raspberry scented lipstick smooches. Rachel smiled and used her demigoddess powers to magically clean Iris, removing the lipstick smooches from her face:
Iris got changed and went upstairs, climbing into her bed, and falling fast asleep, cuddling Sapphire, her teddy bear:
Downstairs, Rachel gave Drake a big loving hug and several big smooches on his face:
Rachel then blew several big kisses towards Drake, which landed on his face:
Drake went bright red and giggled. Rachel had covered his face in big bright pink raspberry scented lipstick smooches. 'Thanks for taking me and Iris to the spa, and thanks for the lipstick smooches, mum!' Drake said, still blushing, but smiling brightly. 'Awww, you're very welcome, my cute, adorable and kissable son!' Rachel said, smiling sweetly and batting her eyelashes at Drake:
Rachel then used her demigoddess powers to magically clean Drake, removing the lipstick smooches off his face:
Drake then went upstairs and got changed into one of his sleepwear outfits:
He fell fast asleep, clutching Ruby, his teddy bear:
Bloopers
Oh, not again. There's got to be a mod that stops this nonsense! That's Rachel's car! YOU DON'T OWN IT!
Rachel banished the cheeky so-and-so.
Bonus picture
Biiiiig smooooch!
Yep, I'm back from my week in Majorca. It was very pretty. Weather wasn't too bad. There was rain and thunder on a few days, but it was still nice. We were staying in a villa near Pollenca, which had a swimming pool. I went in the swimming pool a few times. Strangely, the satellite tv had Austrian shows on, despite Majorca being a Catalan and Spanish speaking island. Comedy Central Austria, Nick Austria, Disney Austria. Thankfully, I got the gist of what was going on. I learned that SpongeBob SquarePants in Austrian is SpongeBob Schwammkopf. The more you knooow!
Sims 4 Family: Benjamin, Shine, Princess Roddy, Sophia and Hamish Furystrykar and Shelly Heart. Princess Roddy is my avatar, and he's a boy!
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Cornelia has died many times in my game and not always as painlessly
Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
Here's the link to Oscar's Childhood Part 18.
It is now on YouTube and available for you to watch. In this video the household are up to a variety of activities, including a game of soccer. The final two toddlers age up - meaning, by the end of the video there are no toddlers in the boarding school. There are 8 children, 4 teens and 4 young adults plus a dog.
Mena starts using the tractor to water the garden thereby allowing the gardeners to concentrate on harvesting.
I'm working on the next episode now. I'd like to move them all to Moonfall Island, but I have a household of sims living in that boarding school already and that would mean I'd need to move them on or risk overcrowding again. And I don't want to move them out of that build. Maybe I'll come up with another solution. I'll let you know what I do - when I know what it is going to be myself.
Happy Simming
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
I hope your son gradually grows accustomed to getting out and about more freely. It's taken my son about 20 years to achieve that but he's pretty good now.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
I'll be leaving Bruce, Carlie, Frencesco, Riorden, Cricket, Faith, Mena, Mara, Kathleen and Allyson at Chocolate Cake Island because I don't know how many sims are living in the boarding school at Moonfall Island. But it could be a housefull. I know Gaylord Koffi is there and a few new sims I've barely played. Gaylord has been resurrected - I grabbed him from the cemetery in Sunset Valley. He's Gobias Koffi's father.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
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@king_of_simcity7 Awesome pictures of the double date. It seems they all had a wonderful time
Michelle has a cute face but her ripped shirt looks like something a rebel would wear
@jonny522 30 minutes is still a very long time to wait. Aside from what other people have mentioned, what kind of computer are you playing on? I'm not real savvy with the tech side of things but I'd be curious to know if you're playing from a SSD or HDD hard drive. I have cleaned my saves manually without any problems but it's unnecessary to do it every time you exit.
@meerkattime Gunther
@bekkasan My pregnant sims have very strict breakfast diets so they don't secretly slip in an apple or watermelon without me knowing. I assume it counts but I don't know for sure
@GraceyManor The interior of this house is so lovely. Did you download it? I just hope that fireplace is fireproof as that would kind of be a romance killer, especially on their wedding night
@Silverofdreams30 Well done at the interview. I hope you hear from them soon
@Mikezumi It looks like Shannon kicked Keanu in the face
I love the toybox faces too. I hope Kier wasn't crying for long. Vera is next to be born right?
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@Karritz I'm a bit short of time at the moment but congrats on aging the final toddlers up. I'm not sure what I would do if I was in your position either. The problem seems to be that you have too many sims
Darren: Somewhere in here...
Chelsea was waddling along behind him.
Darren: Are you okay?
Chelsea: I think so...
Darren: Maybe not...
Chelsea: It must be something I ate...
Darren: Maybe we should get you home, I can handle this.
Chelsea: You sure?
Darren: Yes, come on.
Chelsea: Again...my belly hurts.
https://graceymanorsims3.tumblr.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
Thanks, as always there will be others too meet so not sure I
have a chance to get it, but at least getting a meeting is fine gives
a chance to practice how to change next time.
@GraceyManor
I think she's pregnant, yay if so.
@Mikezumi
Thanks do not think I have a chance there
but it always good going to meetings.
Lovely updates, congrats to Keanu's pregnancy.
I will be playing out the events of the story in the game as an ordinary save as a lot of the recent Sims have never actually been played before. The next party of the story will still take place as normal in it's own set up saves but Roaring Heights will be just for some fun game play
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Gavin was in dire need of food so had to eat.
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I had Teresa start writing a book.
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Gavin needed to up his fun, somehow I do not think
he was impressed by the stuff on TV lol.
All for now.
The game in Chocolate Cake Island has become totally unplayable. Freeze for 5 to 10 minutes followed by about 2 seconds of game play followed by another long freeze. Maybe all that stuff I added to the cemetery was a bit too much for it.? Not sure. I must admit I was a little concerned and did get rid of a lot of what I'd put into it before saving or taking the pic I posted earlier.
I discovered I had left both Kathleen and her cousin Allyson in the outfits the game allocated to them. When I noticed Allyson had a distinct ring/join around her neck I decided to give her new hair that led to me taking her into CAS, instead of Stylist, and giving her a CC skin. I gave her an ESkin something + tan as her original skin showed her as a little tanned. Her father is Jebidiah Wilson and her mother is Tammy Fields, a daughter of Patience and Ted. To complicate things just a little, Ted is Mena's big brother. They have another brother, Alf, who is currently stuck in Sunlit Tides.
I left Kathleen's skin as I think she already had a CC skin. I think it is ESkin Fresh. Both girls got new hair and outfits.
After I gave both little girls new outfits and hairs, I got Mena to escort the girls home. They all came from Lucky Palms.
Now, I have a small house at the dock in Lucky Palms that I keep empty so I have a place for traveling Sims to land in. But it wasn't available this time. I'm wondering if I left Elouise in it? Not sure - I'll have to check. Elouise is the one who went to Erewhon to pick up Oscar and deliver him to the boarding school there. If it is Elouise in the house I'll grab her and take her back to Chocolate Cake Island as she belongs in the boarding school in Moonfall Island and that's where I'll be traveling to next.
Well, I had a mild panic when I realised there was no empty house for the little band of travelers to land in. But there was a couple of empty lots. So they rented one of them. I then went to City Hall to be sure they weren't treating their journey as a vacation. They were not on vacation so that solved one problem. Then I had another little think and realised, belatedly, that Mena's parents live in a huge house in Lucky Palms and Mena was living with them when I picked her up and took her to Chocolate Cake Island. I did that because she is a close relative of the foundation family with Patience as the matriarch. I'd hardly played Mena and she had very few skills. I'd like her to get more skills and then perhaps find a husband and have a family. There are two more of Patience's children in a similar situation. Her daughter with Ted, Toni and her son with Christopher Steel, Craig.
This is the house Mena's parents live in.
Allyson and Kathleen heading off to school in Lucky Palms. This is after their makeovers. I'll try to get a better pic of both of them for the video but it isn't easy to get them as they always seem to manage to get something blocking the view. For example, I tried to get a nice pic of Kathleen earlier, but she was sitting on the floor singing to her doll with a table leg between her and the camera.
In the video there will also probably be a good look at the family tree. We will see both girls in Patience's family tree.
My spreadsheet tells me Toni is currently living in Cake Island and Craig was there but I moved him to Isle of Sims III when I discovered I'd placed far too many sims in Cake Island. While they are living in non played worlds they are safe from dying of old age before I get a chance to play them.
So, currently, in my game I have Mena, Allyson and Kathleen living with Mena's parents. They arrived in Lucky Palms at night and there were enough beds already in the house for them all to stay the night.
Allyson asked her great-grandmother for a bedtime story, and Kathleen asked Allyson's great-grandfather for a bedtime story while Mena took a nap in her own bed. In the morning I'll move Kathleen in with her crazy mother and younger siblings. At this point I should collect at least one more of Haley's toddlers and take her to the boarding school in Chocolate Cake Island. Haley has 9 children. The eldest is a teen and is living with his father in Sunlit Tides. Then there is Kathleen who is a child and then there are 6 toddlers and a baby currently in the house.
Once I've settled Kathleen in with her family, just make sure she has a bed to sleep in, I'll move Allyson in with her parents. It's good she's getting to spend some time with her great-grandparents as I don't think she knows them very well yet.
You'll see them all in the video. I can't tell you how absolutely wonderful it is to be in a world without any lag. I hope Moonfall Island is good to play in but I am somewhat concerned there may be a few too many sims already in that boarding school. I know there are two children there plus several young adults and Gaylord Koffi.
A bit later ... I checked - it is Elouise in the house I expected to be empty. I was wondering where I'd left her. She'll be returning to Chocolate Cake Island with Mena.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
Athena Higgins was the only child of Miss Higgins and was the product of a union between her and a vampire. Miss Higgins did not know the whereabouts of her daughters father, and frankly, she didn't want to know. Today, Athena was in an upstairs room dancing to music on the radio but soon grew bored.
Miss Higgins began to work on learning alchemy, something she was not quite as skilled at as her brother. She had tried to keep the Dragon Valley war secret from Athena but she could tell she still had questions. Just as she was thinking about telling her daughter the truth, Athena showed up.
Athena: Mother, where is Uncle Alfred? He has been gone for awhile now, and I am worried about him.
Miss Higgins: Your Uncle went to Dragon Valley, dear. A madman named Count Vladimir decided to attack the military there and they called in any supernaturals who can help defeat him.
Athena: I hope Alfred is okay, I don't want to lose him.
Miss Higgins: Your uncle is a very skilled wizard, he knows how to take care of himself.
Athena accepted her mothers information and then headed back to her room to do homework.
A bit later into the day, Alfred Dusseldorf appeared in front of the house with three young children. Little Jessica was amazed at the size of the house, her parents little cottage would probably fit inside it.
Alfred: Here we are children, your new home. I know you all miss your families but my sister and I will do our best to protect you. Now, let's get inside, this sun is getting a bit warm.
Jacob: Mr. Dusseldorf? Are you actually a wizard?
Alfred: Yes, I am. I came to Dragon Valley to help defeat Count Vladimir but once I saw you three, I knew I was needed elsewhere.
Hearing noise downstairs, Miss Higgins ran down the stairs to see her brother and three kids.
Miss Higgins: Who are these kids?
Alfred: They are children who lost their parents in the war. You may want to sit down, we have a lot to discuss.
The children and Miss Higgins asked Alfred a lot of questions about how this was going to work. Miss Higgins and Alfred both agreed that Athena needed to socialize and this might be good for her.
Athena also heard the commotion downstairs and she came to check it out.
Miss Higgins: Athena, your uncle Alfred brought these children home to live with us. They don't have anyone and they need our help.
Athena looked at the three children with contempt. How dare her uncle bring strangers into the house, let alone a werewolf!
Athena: Who does Alfred think he is? This is our home, not some random kids who lost their parents! You all need to go back to Dragon Valley.
Miss Higgins: Athena! That is not nice! Go to your room until you can be nice!
Athena ran from the room with tears in her eyes.
Alfred: Is she okay?
Miss Higgins: I don't know, but she can't act that way. I'm so sorry children, hopefully that won't deter you from staying with us.
***Meant to post this the other day but with my internet issues, I didn't have time. I'm not sure when I'll catch up with feedback but I'll try my best.
*** I'm a bit behind on feedback and I am probably not going to have a lot of time to be on here like I was. Internet is fixed but I've been really busy lately but I'm going to try my best.
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@king_of_simcity7 I just hope she isn't with Taz at the moment.
Looks like she was.
Yep, I think she wants Taz and not Nick.
Great update!
@Karritz Hopefully the fires stay away from your area and you get some rain soon.
@Mikezumi Looks like a nice house, I haven't ever played there before.
Nothing worse than an empty fridge, lol.
Kier is well on his way to learning his toddler skills.
Nice to see the Svard brothers.
Looks like everyone got acquainted with them.
I've been trying to do that now so I don't lose much. It makes me mad when I lose a day or more.
Thanks, I was happy to see he inherited the occult status from her.
Those IF's sure know how to reappear when you hide them. I got an error message about it when Hank came home from vacation.
I really think Hank may reach the top soon.
I thought that was kind of a neat name for the child. I ended up having to do a bit of a replay so the child got a new name.
You're welcome.
I've had some like that too. I think Ava only got sick once or twice with Jason.
I loved seeing the toddlers play together.
Nice day for a stroll.
The kids looked cute sleeping.
Great updates!
@bekkasan I'm going to continue to read your story from where I left off so I will comment on the thread once I get to that point. I don't want to spoil anything and it may work out better for me since I have been busier lately.
You're welcome.
Wow, I know it takes a lot of time to read the recipe.
@emorrill You're welcome.
I know, lol. Next time I see him, I'm lowering it too.
It sure would have been. Bella Bachelor is another case of that.
No, it is not, lol
Thanks, they may be a bit farther spaced out now but I'm going to try to post at least a few.
@meerkattime Yep, it was. He is slightly based off the Dumbledore from Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald but I put a bit of a spin on him.
I sometimes play with aging off too but not lately.
You're welcome.
***All that I have time for today, I will try to do more tomorrow as I'll be less busy.
@Mikezumi Happy birthday
@Brandontaylor Thanks for the feedback and nice update
@Silverofdreams30 Thank you!
It's funny how sims react to ghost stories. They sure love their freaky stories.
@bekkasan Thanks!
The work clothes in my game glitch out all the time. I'm already happy if my sims don't go to work naked, which happened often enough.
I have to admit, I gave in, and Marcus and Jamie got another baby. Without pregnancy though.
I am enjoying your stories, too.
@GraceyManor Thanks. Sounds interesting.
Your story with Chelsea and Darren got really romantic now
@Brandontaylor Thanks for the comments.
I guess we both know that it's just some elaborate advertisement. It's somehow funny though if it doesn't really work. I may have to watch it on a future TV set.
I found the insects I needed in the family inventory. No idea whose stuff that was. Maybe, the game recoverd some stuff that got wiped from Jamie's inventory.
Love charms on love day sound nice, if a bit dangerous. Fortunately, Carla was out of magic juice, so any love affair with Mr. Zero slider Face was averted.
Chase is still a celebrity, unlike the residents of the "base camp".
Tay won 110,000 simoleons, which is the best value I have seen so far.
Yup, although I generally don't like it if I don't recognize sims in their work clothes.
I'm following your story. Hank has been chosen as the town gigolo by SP in my current game, so it's a nice contrast. He moved in with Anne Song of all people
Edit: This is her usual face:
The new story sounds great and has lots of dynamic going for it. Athena is a typical kid, and I'm sure she'll get used to company.
@meerkattime It looks a bit closed in in that future bed, but it's just some kind of field that replaces the blanket, probably to keep the temperature pleasant. I don't think it's supposed to be solid.
Heh, yes, I guess I have seen enough babies of Tay for the moment. I'll probably return to my actual Twinbrook families whenever I pick up that game again.
Yes, the Twinbrook residents seemed to have been some kind of wacky experiment. Tay is the example of ears with the slider set to max value, and Thomas Castor has them at the minimum setting. Other than that, he's one of the better looking Twinbrook residents, whatever that is worth.
@Mikezumi Regarding Morty, I guess it's SP playing out a Twilight vampire fantasy. In reality, he has now moved in with Abraham Finkel (ex-Paparazzi in my game) and his zero slider wife (I fixed her up though). He's getting kids though, so there's that. Also, given he's a vampire, he'll still be fresh even for future generations of the Stout family.
I observed this crib behavior again with the teens in the family. When the teens are tired and want to go to bed, they tend to put the toddler in the crib. I have to cancel that myself.
I can see the descendants mechanics get tiresome at some point, but at the moment, I'm enjoying what it does. I should go there with other households to see how that looks like.
Butlers. I find most of them quite useful, but they tend to crack after some time. I actually bulldozed the house where the Stout family lived before I split them and moved them into different other houses, but their old butler still lives in the replacement house.
Yup, wealth impacts the future, current relations of your family members, number of kids, their traits (i.e., how likely it will be they will have a large family), and it seems there's also some influence by who the wealthiest other family in town is. Everything gets generated when you arrive, and the last tenants get kicked out (you can still see them leaving).
Thanks, yes, I liked the pic.
Heh, I'm used to slow games. I tend to play simulations, and I'm generally okay as long as frames only take a few seconds (more spf than fps).
Yes, Retuner is a great tool. You have to set most tunings up for every world separately though.
I rarely get these game freezes, but that's probably related to my system. It usually means I should use the vacuum on my cooler grids.
@Karritz Making videos in Sims3 sounds like a daunting task. My system is already processor-limited, which means I can scratch that anyway.
Everyone else: Don't fret about the lack of comments. I read your stories, nevertheless.
Marcus and Jamie had a new daughter. Given Jamie is already an elder, the daughter was produced in Oasis Landing. She's already a child now:
The game always insisted on Marcus being a cheater, and I never understood why, until I decided to accept it and just follow the reputation. I tried to find the reason for this and discovered that the game lists Dorie Hart as his longest running romance (372 days or something like that). Dorie kissed Marcus once in this game's Stone Age, and the Hart family moved away a long time ago. However, I decided that their last kid now lives with us, basically Bebe Hart's little sister, Gwen. Lucas happened to be close to the gate when she arrived, and they immediately fell in love. Aww.
I even missed that this was prom day, so Lucas asked her out. Gwen then asked him to go steady during the prom. His first real girlfriend
Marcus went on a date with River (McIrish) Langerak, mother of two of his children. The date dragged a bit, and I wanted to spice it up somewhat. I started a tour of the facility, but for whatever reason, River didn't make it inside, so Marcus had to choose from what was available, which happened to be Ayesha Ansari (plus some pudding face, but those don't count). The date with River continued later outside. Ayesha asked Marcus out on a date later, so that they could actually get to know each other, and Marcus could meet his little child with her.
Cute little guy. I guess I should find a husband for Ayesha.
Both, Lucas and Paul, had their birthdays to become YA's, four days apart.
The game asked me whether I wanted to combine the graduations, and I unfortuntely said yes. What followed was some version of Groundhog Day. At first I was surprised that the game wanted to reserve a whole day for this. Little did I know...
I needed four attempts to pull this off. They started at 8 am and finished at 7:30 pm, when it was finally done. Lucas got the "Most Likely to Take Over the World", Paul got the "Valedictorian" and "Most Likely to Become a Rock Star" medals. I skipped the gifts part.
It already took them more than two hours to get out of the house into the limo.
After that, it was some nerve-wrecking game of people going in and out, randomly waiting for each other, etc. Here the graduates had come out again to "wait for other graduates", while the whole family was already in.
With the same haircut, it's easy to compare the two:
Lucas seemed to be happier, for whatever reason.
Edit: It may be the "friendly" trait that makes him smile a lot.
After this ordeal, the adults and teens went dancing. All four adults had the "tear up the dance floor" opportunity waiting for them, which was a good reason to get done with this.
Jamie was the best dancer.
With this finally done, I could reset the town and have the family go to the Fall Festival, as it's "Spooky Day".
Paul actually won.
@Mikezumi, Happy Birthday to you...
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Her crib was hard because I couldn't put it close to the wall. The curtains caused a routing issue. Looks so nice though! The mattress pattern is the Frozen pattern I was talking about.
Her play area - She has a lot of Disney stuffed toys and posters!
More stuff on her walls
Didn't have any other pictures of this side without them in the way... the changing table area. It also has a Disney themed pattern. It's a patchwork type with baby Mickey & friends!
Next will be Luka's room...
He has a fun rocketship statue and a horse walker I found from ATS. The poster on the wall uses the same pattern as Aleah's changing table. The toybox has an Eeyore pattern.
The crib and changing table share the same pattern as the toybox.
Luka also has a couple Disney stuffed toys...
(Got the weekly paycheck during this... excuse the numbers)
A lot of the stuff shown is from ATS, Lana's CC Finds, BlueHopper and the Exchange.
I'll post the kitchen later!
Hoping to complete the Brunch at the Old Mill set for CYS. 16 items left.
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At 7:00am, sim time, Drake and Iris woke up and made their beds:
'Morning, Iris! Did you sleep alright?' Drake asked. 'I slept peacefully, thanks for asking!' Iris replied, smiling. She gave her brother a big hug and a big kiss on the cheek:
Drake blushed. Iris had left a pink lip print on his cheek. 'I love you, sis!' Drake said, smiling. 'I love you, bro!' Iris replied. Drake washed his face and then got changed into one of his dresses:
Meanwhile, Rachel was still working on the book:
A few sim hours later, Rachel had finished typing up the book:
She went downstairs and got the mail, which included a copy of The Kindhearted Goblin amongst other things:
Rachel went inside and looked through the window:
'Somehow, I think this sunny weather's not going to last' Rachel thought. With the sun, there was a risk of her demigoddess skin going grey. And of course, the only safe time to go out when it's raining is when there's not a thunderstorm, something she and her children hated. Spring and Winter were their favourite seasons. Ice skating, snowball fights, snowmen, igloos - and snow angels. Rachel, Drake and Iris have fond memories of winter in Sunset Valley. Rachel sighed. Later, she took Drake and Iris to the spa:
They arrived safely. One by one, they went into the building and had the full salon package:
Meanwhile, the rain started...
Rachel, Drake and Iris came out, their fingernails and toenails trimmed. The trio got out their umbrellas:
They then went home:
Drake, Iris and Rachel arrived back safely:
Iris felt sleepy. 'I'm going to bed. Good night, bro!' Iris said, smiling. 'Good night, sis!' Drake replied. Iris smiled and gave Drake a big hug and a big kiss on the cheek:
Drake smiled. Iris had left a pink lip print on his cheek. 'Goodnight mum!' Iris said to Rachel. 'Goodnight, my dear!' Rachel replied. She applied her bright pink raspberry scented lipstick. Rachel then gave Iris a big loving hug and several big smooches on her face:
Iris giggled. Rachel had covered her face in big bright pink raspberry scented lipstick smooches. Rachel smiled and used her demigoddess powers to magically clean Iris, removing the lipstick smooches from her face:
Iris got changed and went upstairs, climbing into her bed, and falling fast asleep, cuddling Sapphire, her teddy bear:
Downstairs, Rachel gave Drake a big loving hug and several big smooches on his face:
Rachel then blew several big kisses towards Drake, which landed on his face:
Drake went bright red and giggled. Rachel had covered his face in big bright pink raspberry scented lipstick smooches. 'Thanks for taking me and Iris to the spa, and thanks for the lipstick smooches, mum!' Drake said, still blushing, but smiling brightly. 'Awww, you're very welcome, my cute, adorable and kissable son!' Rachel said, smiling sweetly and batting her eyelashes at Drake:
Rachel then used her demigoddess powers to magically clean Drake, removing the lipstick smooches off his face:
Drake then went upstairs and got changed into one of his sleepwear outfits:
He fell fast asleep, clutching Ruby, his teddy bear:
Bloopers
Oh, not again. There's got to be a mod that stops this nonsense! That's Rachel's car! YOU DON'T OWN IT!
Rachel banished the cheeky so-and-so.
Bonus picture
Biiiiig smooooch!
Yep, I'm back from my week in Majorca. It was very pretty. Weather wasn't too bad. There was rain and thunder on a few days, but it was still nice. We were staying in a villa near Pollenca, which had a swimming pool. I went in the swimming pool a few times. Strangely, the satellite tv had Austrian shows on, despite Majorca being a Catalan and Spanish speaking island. Comedy Central Austria, Nick Austria, Disney Austria. Thankfully, I got the gist of what was going on. I learned that SpongeBob SquarePants in Austrian is SpongeBob Schwammkopf. The more you knooow!
Courtney's household and the dogs
Megan, Anna and Jamie will live here and other Sims will join them
Megan was founding drawing in the park. Her father is the Sim watching her. Her parents and brother live in another house
Megan has her puppy live with her as well