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My Family is Extremely Poor -- Any Advice?
ThatAwkwardSimmer
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I have a family. Two YA sims, and their kid, a toddler. I got a double bed, toddler bed, enough stuff for them to keep all their needs up. They're living on quick meals, and as of now, have only 482 currency whatevers. The mom paints, and the dad can write. A sink is broken, but I'm working so hard to keep the needs of my sims okay that I've not found the time to fix it.
Do you know what I can do to help them get more money? The mom also autonomously paints, making money get lost.
Do you know what I can do to help them get more money? The mom also autonomously paints, making money get lost.
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Don't fret too badly about their needs unless they're in the yellow (well except for the toddler's keep on top of the toddlers). As soon as you can get yourself a counter and make a couple of group meals of the ones you don't need a stove for and then use those to feed the toddler (don't bother with a high chair) you can pull those out and direct the toddler to grab a serving yourself without needing to distract the parents from their tasks. Keep the parents eating quick meals if you feel you have to but keep in mind quick meals are not as filling as regular meals so you're actually breaking them from their tasks more then you need to my subsisting them on quick meals so you'll have a bit more time to fix broken things that way.
@catmando830 some people find it more fun to not use money cheats. I am one of them.
Thanks!
Non-household Sims that paint on your lot do not own their paintings - you can simply sell them. It is brilliant - you can make probably $20,000+ a day from them.
Your Sim that is the leader of the Club can do what they want - watch TV, etc - just sell the paintings when the Sims finishing painting them - then they will paint more.
You will need to put easels on the lot for them to use.
Writing can eventually really pay off as well since you get the daily royalties -- you have to get up to about level 5 writing though before you can sell to the publisher which really brings in the money. I'd say keep your writer writing (and practice writing) as much as possible.
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I do like to play poor families for the rags to riches type of story though, but it's pretty easy to make money.
you can have a yard sale or take it in public.
I moved a group of his friends in next door, and when I was really in a bind, he would go there to hang out and study, but also to cook and bring food home to his sister. The way I'm playing this household, the friends know about their situation, and are just trying to help out.
You can try and work other sims in so that they can help, especially if you're in a really tough situation w/ bills/money. And it can help make the stories more interesting!
One of my sims does have a job. Oops, forgot to mention that.
The above suggestion of scouring the neighborhood for collectibles to sell is also pretty sound. If either Sim has the "Collector" trait for choosing a knowledge first-aspiration, they have higher odds of finding rare stuff, too.
Oh, and the currency is Simoleons. Been the case throughout the Sims series and at [i]least[/i] since SimCity 3000. You can even type the § sign for it in simple ASCII, Alt+21 (21 on the Num pad); in the real world it's something called a "section sign".
Great! They live in Oasis Springs. Also, how do you sell at the flea market? I don't usually go to festivals, so I'm not sure how they work.
Omg we had the exact same family in the same situation. I never cheated them money but I built them a new house with infinity money. But if you don't want any form of cheating, keep working at your sims' skills.