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Alpha Centauri, an alien world - Planet Fall challenge
Linamints
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This is an alien world challenge that works great with legacy and rotational play. The objective is to have every single aspect of the town and neighborhoods be built by the families that first go to the surface of Alpha Centauri.
This challenge is designed around blank worlds, in particular the Alpha Centauri custom world (Link down below). You can use any blank world you want, Or just evict the citizens and bulldoze an EA world if you don't want to use a user made one.
Backstory:
The Unity factions have finally reached Alpha Centauri. The trip has come with many perils as well as a major loss of critical supplies. Many of the utility pods were damaged during their fall through orbit. As such there is limited food, and the pods containing the seeds necessary for survival were shattered, the seeds are now scattered across the landscape.
With these set backs, it is no longer possible for the bulk of the Unity citizens to follow their leaders to the surface of Alpha Centauri. The only viable option now is for the majority of your faction's citizens to stay in stasis chambers while you go and terraform the surface so they can survive.
The fate of your crew, your people, and maybe all of civilization depends on you.
Challenge rules:
Upon loading, you must remove all of the money from your household and any household you rotate to.
If using the Alpha Centauri world it is encouraged that you load into one of the pre-built barracks, you can move into a blank house lot if you want to, but the rule to remove all money still applies.
There are no modern conveniences. There is no supermarket, no hospital, no buildings for careers. The only way you will have these things in your world is if your sim's buy the community lots and build them up themselves. This is a long term play through strategy.
Up to 40 apples are allowed. The bigger your family is, the thinner your rations will be. It is also up to you to decide if you want to take some of these apples and plant them for food. However, the more you plant the less food you have, and the more likely you are to run the risk of starvation.
(Please be aware this food limit was put in place with intent to be used with the nraas no fridge shopping mod, if you do not want to use this then the rule changes to using the apples as your main food source)
No cooking until you have the resources to cook the meals from your garden or until you buy a grocery store.
No service sims until a logical rabbit hole is placed, like not ordering pizza or gardening services until the grocery store is placed.
You cannot take food from your rotational gardens or the gardens of other sims in general. Other resources are ok under the following:
You cannot take insects, gems, minerals, or any resource that is currently on an occupied lot unless you have a maxed relationship with at least one or 2 (or all if you wanna play hardmode) sims within the household that owns that lot.
Becoming an enemy or betraying a sim in a household will lose you all access to the resources of their faction's land.
Small families encouraged to help with rations
The only expansion of food production will be to plant food, so it is wise to start gathering early.
In order to place your first rabbit hole you must have enough money both for the lot and the investment cost of buying the building as a property owner.
For a quick glance at the cost to place the rabbit holes check this list:
http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Investment#Costs_.26_Profits
Gatherer and green thumb traits should be utilized by one if not all of your starting family members.
4-8 families can descend initially, with others dropping from Orbit later on.
You can only collect items from the landscape to get your cash early on. Once 12 families are in world, you can start the babysitter profession to earn money.
You can either add a new household each season (or every sim week if playing without seasons), or add a new Sim to an existing household. You can only add another family if you can afford to build both their barracks and pay the 40 fruit rations to them (since it can be tedious to move produce one at a time to a lot it is advised that you dump them in a chest that is provided on the city hall lot..
You cannot join a career until after the first 4 additional familes are brought into the game.
City hall, Police, Military base, and the graveyard are the only community buildings provided.
You cannot travel to any vacation, university, or future destination until all town rabbit holes are bought and placed.
It is encouraged that if you were a fan of the original game you set your households up to represent the original factions via specific colors or patterns that are represented in both faction decor and clothing.
http://alphacentauri2.info/wiki/Category:Official_factions
Recommended packs:
Supernatural:
Both for the alchemy skill which can help early in game to utilize everything you'll be getting in supplies or maybe just to make more money. It will also help give a feeling that you might be helping your fellow Sims since there will be no starting hospital.
Zombies also have a practical use, as you can pretend they are citizens taken over by the mind worms.
Seasons:
Recommended for the survival aspect. If you aren't dedicated to your gardening your sims will probably starve!
Into the future:
Recommended for the soil rugs and the ability to build better greenhouses.
Recommended mods:
Nraas Vector: After traveling through space and landing on a foreign planet full of new pollens and toxins it's a great addition for your sims. Vector simulates a few different illnesses and diseases. It will also be extra fun without any starting hospitals. Just make sure to activate it before you start!
http://nraas.wikispaces.com/Vector
Ani No Fridge Shopping:
http://nraas.wikispaces.com/No+Fridge+Shopping
Recommended CC:
Alpha Centuari (Tiny map):
Tumblr post with general info and pictures:https://linassims4.tumblr.com/post/163856691378/i-know-this-is-where-i-post-my-sims-4-cc-but-i
Direct download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7yacGihf-UTOGE4bFlsZUFzalE/view?usp=sharing
Rabbithole replacement rugs/doors If using the Alpha Centauri world (tiny) the lots are VERY small for rabbit holes and were placed with these in mind): http://www.modthesims.info/d/435107
The follow CC was also used to provide the alien plant/wild life in the Alpha Centauri world.
http://www.khanysims.be/special-lunar-lakes.php
http://murfeelee.tumblr.com/post/148295886700/tw3-archespore-set
http://murfeelee.tumblr.com/post/146911207911/tw3-big-beasties
This challenge is designed around blank worlds, in particular the Alpha Centauri custom world (Link down below). You can use any blank world you want, Or just evict the citizens and bulldoze an EA world if you don't want to use a user made one.
Backstory:
The Unity factions have finally reached Alpha Centauri. The trip has come with many perils as well as a major loss of critical supplies. Many of the utility pods were damaged during their fall through orbit. As such there is limited food, and the pods containing the seeds necessary for survival were shattered, the seeds are now scattered across the landscape.
With these set backs, it is no longer possible for the bulk of the Unity citizens to follow their leaders to the surface of Alpha Centauri. The only viable option now is for the majority of your faction's citizens to stay in stasis chambers while you go and terraform the surface so they can survive.
The fate of your crew, your people, and maybe all of civilization depends on you.
Challenge rules:
Upon loading, you must remove all of the money from your household and any household you rotate to.
If using the Alpha Centauri world it is encouraged that you load into one of the pre-built barracks, you can move into a blank house lot if you want to, but the rule to remove all money still applies.
There are no modern conveniences. There is no supermarket, no hospital, no buildings for careers. The only way you will have these things in your world is if your sim's buy the community lots and build them up themselves. This is a long term play through strategy.
Up to 40 apples are allowed. The bigger your family is, the thinner your rations will be. It is also up to you to decide if you want to take some of these apples and plant them for food. However, the more you plant the less food you have, and the more likely you are to run the risk of starvation.
(Please be aware this food limit was put in place with intent to be used with the nraas no fridge shopping mod, if you do not want to use this then the rule changes to using the apples as your main food source)
No cooking until you have the resources to cook the meals from your garden or until you buy a grocery store.
No service sims until a logical rabbit hole is placed, like not ordering pizza or gardening services until the grocery store is placed.
You cannot take food from your rotational gardens or the gardens of other sims in general. Other resources are ok under the following:
You cannot take insects, gems, minerals, or any resource that is currently on an occupied lot unless you have a maxed relationship with at least one or 2 (or all if you wanna play hardmode) sims within the household that owns that lot.
Becoming an enemy or betraying a sim in a household will lose you all access to the resources of their faction's land.
Small families encouraged to help with rations
The only expansion of food production will be to plant food, so it is wise to start gathering early.
In order to place your first rabbit hole you must have enough money both for the lot and the investment cost of buying the building as a property owner.
For a quick glance at the cost to place the rabbit holes check this list:
http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Investment#Costs_.26_Profits
Gatherer and green thumb traits should be utilized by one if not all of your starting family members.
4-8 families can descend initially, with others dropping from Orbit later on.
You can only collect items from the landscape to get your cash early on. Once 12 families are in world, you can start the babysitter profession to earn money.
You can either add a new household each season (or every sim week if playing without seasons), or add a new Sim to an existing household. You can only add another family if you can afford to build both their barracks and pay the 40 fruit rations to them (since it can be tedious to move produce one at a time to a lot it is advised that you dump them in a chest that is provided on the city hall lot..
You cannot join a career until after the first 4 additional familes are brought into the game.
City hall, Police, Military base, and the graveyard are the only community buildings provided.
You cannot travel to any vacation, university, or future destination until all town rabbit holes are bought and placed.
It is encouraged that if you were a fan of the original game you set your households up to represent the original factions via specific colors or patterns that are represented in both faction decor and clothing.
http://alphacentauri2.info/wiki/Category:Official_factions
Recommended packs:
Supernatural:
Both for the alchemy skill which can help early in game to utilize everything you'll be getting in supplies or maybe just to make more money. It will also help give a feeling that you might be helping your fellow Sims since there will be no starting hospital.
Zombies also have a practical use, as you can pretend they are citizens taken over by the mind worms.
Seasons:
Recommended for the survival aspect. If you aren't dedicated to your gardening your sims will probably starve!
Into the future:
Recommended for the soil rugs and the ability to build better greenhouses.
Recommended mods:
Nraas Vector: After traveling through space and landing on a foreign planet full of new pollens and toxins it's a great addition for your sims. Vector simulates a few different illnesses and diseases. It will also be extra fun without any starting hospitals. Just make sure to activate it before you start!
http://nraas.wikispaces.com/Vector
Ani No Fridge Shopping:
http://nraas.wikispaces.com/No+Fridge+Shopping
Recommended CC:
Alpha Centuari (Tiny map):
Tumblr post with general info and pictures:https://linassims4.tumblr.com/post/163856691378/i-know-this-is-where-i-post-my-sims-4-cc-but-i
Direct download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7yacGihf-UTOGE4bFlsZUFzalE/view?usp=sharing
Rabbithole replacement rugs/doors If using the Alpha Centauri world (tiny) the lots are VERY small for rabbit holes and were placed with these in mind): http://www.modthesims.info/d/435107
The follow CC was also used to provide the alien plant/wild life in the Alpha Centauri world.
http://www.khanysims.be/special-lunar-lakes.php
http://murfeelee.tumblr.com/post/148295886700/tw3-archespore-set
http://murfeelee.tumblr.com/post/146911207911/tw3-big-beasties
"Parenting is just like gardening, except if you let your garden die you don't go to prison." - Anna Blast
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