Vee is for Vortex - A Neighbourhood Rotation
I’m starting a neighbourhood rotation! I’ve been excited about this for a while and now I can finally write about it. I’m going to do this more autonomy-style, watching my sims and their whims and following them around. But on the other hand I also want to fully explore the game. There are so many details I haven’t experienced yet, like opening a store or using career rewards. Normally, I’m also really bad at socialising with other sims, so I’m going to do that, too. I will also build my sims houses on the way so I can get better at building.
Big shoutout to
@RachelRosebud and her rotation
Gather Ye Rosebuds at this point because her story inspired me to start a rotation it was such a fun read, thanks Rachel!
I hope you’ll join me on this fun journey!
Here is a
Table of Contents
This is my starting sim, Sandra Muffin ^^
Chapter 1 is right up!
Sandra moves into her new home and meets some neighbours!
Comments
This is so fun! What a great chapter, Vee. I love Sandra Muffin. We don't have the "chaotic" trait in US English Sims... what might it be? Clumsy?
I really enjoy your use of the thought bubbles! How do you get those, with print screen?
Back in TS2, they came as part of the in-game camera. I wish we could set an option where we got them.
How cool that she wants to be an astronaut! I'm excited to follow this story!
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PS: I had that before Jes2G came up with the nickname but she can have executive rights xD My other thought on the title was "July in Summerville" ^^
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Oooh! Great name, too! July in Simmerville would also work! LOL!
Vee is for Vortex is so perfect for an astronaut! And.... oh, my! Neighborhood rotation? I can't wait to meet the other families you'll be playing, too!
I'm also going to be super interested in how you handle all the rotation questions, such as aging, when to switch households, and so on...
@ShannonSimsFan is doing a rotation, too, and thinking a lot about those questions. She did a TS2 rotation, so she's looking for ways to transfer those styles to TS4.
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In Terms of aging I have aging turned on only for the active household I thought thats the sense of a Nr XD and I'm planning to play every household for 1 ingame week but I might adjust to two weeks if one is too Short, we'll see ^^
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That sounds good. On mine, I really want to be able to make it to gen 5 or 6. So I'm thinking I'll do normal lifespan, aging on only in the active house (like you), and maybe play 3 houses? Maybe 4... I think I'll play until major events, like up to birth, through childhood, and so on, but I haven't figured it all out yet.
I'm also thinking that I won't use cheats, with the exception of Free realestate on, just to get everyone moved in... not sure.
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I wouldn't turn on aging completely because I'm doing this rotation because I always thought I missed too much in the lives of the other households when playing my legacy ^^
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Sandra gets out in the open and sees a lot of premades!
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Sucker for pain - Evina's story
My main game that I play just for myself is a rotation. I play 4 main houses (but step into other houses now and then). I play with only the active house aging, but when I get to the 4th house, I turn aging on for the whole world. That way, the rest of the neighborhood ages up with me. I try to keep it balanced out. I also use the MC Command Center mod, so it has story progression. The rest of the town gets married and has kids, along with the families in my rotation. It's fun to watch everyone grow up together.
Can't wait to read more of this! I'm so new to reading simlit (up until recently, I'd only read about 5 stories, now I'm branching out!), that I didn't even know there were rotational stories! Such a good idea!
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Thanks! Glad you do I enjoy writing it too
They might be distant relatives xD Cousins or something like that xD
I love all the rotation stories I have started reading so far. I also use MCC but I don't use it on played households. I'm trying to figure out how to blacklist clothing items so townies won't wear my amazon challenge cc xD I think I'm getting behind it. MCC is a great mod!
I grew up in England so my language doesn't give me away xD It's a bit sad that my game is in German because I can't use as many UI captures s I would like - nobody would get them. I could change the language if I reinstalled, but nope not going there. It's loads of fun to write and play!
I know right? I thought of it straight away xD Sandra is awesome, she is such a cool goofball. I never played a goofball before and it's so fun, she tells funny stories and jokes all the time xD
I still have sims 2 on my laptop too! I loved it I hope I can teach myself a few things ^^ I still have a lot of GTW to explore. I really like interpreting speech bubbles, but sometimes they are just too random xD speech bubbles fit well into the @CathyTea style approach of watching and listening to your sims wishes and needs
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I have a lot to explore on all the sims games And I so agree with you that MC Command Center is very great mod, one of the best mods to me I also need to learn how to use blacklist in dresser, I always freak out when I see some my sims wearing cyber goth face painting
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Looking forward to more!
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@roseinblack69 I think I figured it out, there are some good examples and explanations on the modthesims site of the mod
@CathyTea I don't know why people wouldn't like Eliza I really like her. I can't wait to play her and Bob
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Yes, you can get any answer to your question from Deaderpool about MC Command Center in Mod The Sims
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Sandra gets to meet new sims as she tries to fulfill her first aspiration level!
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