So 2 days Ago I just finished an Alphabet Legacy Challenge that I tried to finish in the sims 3 (I only got to Generation 8). I started this Challenge on February 2017 and finished over a year later . I'm happy that I finally finished it in The Sims 4 instead!
The rules mostly follow a usual Legacy Challenge but instead of 10 Generations there are 26 instead and all of them need to have a different name from A-Z.
Things I noted during this challenge: - At Generation 6 all of the eligible townspeople have died due to the Normal LifeSpan, So I had to add townies manually
- At around Generation 12 every single pre-made sim has died, (Alexander Goth was the last one to die )
so at that time I had to hard fill all houses with gallery sims
- At Generation 26 the Household funds were over 700,000 Simoleons ( all those 26 different jobs pile up!)
So have you guys ever attempted a challenge this time consuming to do? How did you guys get through it since you will get stuck at some point?
See what's up in my gallery: Origin ID: ArtsyBanana
I have finally finished my Legacy Challenge , these are the Levis (numbered by Generation!) https://imgur.com/L3Q6aQZ
I wish I could stick with it long enough to accomplish this. My one "claim to fame" that I have is finishing the 100 baby challenge in Sims 3 and that was super tough. Around baby 70, I was ready to just throw in the towel, but it was sheer stubbornness and determination that got me through those final 30 kids.
I wish I could just stick with one family for multiple generations.
That's great! Unfortunately when I do challenges I burn out in the middle and get bored. I want to try the Not So Berry challenge but I'm not sure if I'll get bored quickly or not.
Oh that's so cool, congratulations!
I haven't finished any, I play on long so I'm only about 5 generations in. For some reason, I thought you had to do the alphabet challenge in order. If it can be out of order I may still be able to do it yet!
Oh that's so cool, congratulations!
I haven't finished any, I play on long so I'm only about 5 generations in. For some reason, I thought you had to do the alphabet challenge in order. If it can be out of order I may still be able to do it yet!
@keenow actually that's one of the rules that I changed in my challnge it's suppose to be in order from A-Z, but I already tried to do that in Sims 3 so I wanted to do something new
I wish I could stick with it long enough to accomplish this. My one "claim to fame" that I have is finishing the 100 baby challenge in Sims 3 and that was super tough. Around baby 70, I was ready to just throw in the towel, but it was sheer stubbornness and determination that got me through those final 30 kids.
I wish I could just stick with one family for multiple generations.
@ChelleJo I know what you mean, in the sims 3 I had a really hard time with this as well, but my mistake was I made every heir very similar in looks and character to the previous or the founder . As you can see in the pictures I put, every single heir has a a rather unique look to them so no 2 sims were very similar to play as. Also almost all but a few exceptions of these sims had at least 1 negative trait.In the past I hated having sims with negative traits so I never used them, but this challenge has taught me that they can actually make the game very fun!
See what's up in my gallery: Origin ID: ArtsyBanana
I have finally finished my Legacy Challenge , these are the Levis (numbered by Generation!) https://imgur.com/L3Q6aQZ
So here's the thing...I started the Alphabet Legacy Challenge on console and I got to the 7th generation until I decided to get back into simming on pc...so I started over and I'm currently on the 2nd generation
I wish I could stick with it long enough to accomplish this. My one "claim to fame" that I have is finishing the 100 baby challenge in Sims 3 and that was super tough. Around baby 70, I was ready to just throw in the towel, but it was sheer stubbornness and determination that got me through those final 30 kids.
I wish I could just stick with one family for multiple generations.
@ChelleJo I know what you mean, in the sims 3 I had a really hard time with this as well, but my mistake was I made every heir very similar in looks and character to the previous or the founder . As you can see in the pictures I put, every single heir has a a rather unique look to them so no 2 sims were very similar to play as. Also almost all but a few exceptions of these sims had at least 1 negative trait.In the past I hated having sims with negative traits so I never used them, but this challenge has taught me that they can actually make the game very fun!
That is a good tip. I'm doing the Not So Berry challenge right now, but I do tend to play the same sim over and over again and once we have plenty of money, I feel I've played all I want of them. So it'd be good to try to make them all different looking and traits wise. I'll admit, I don't play with a lot of negative traits. Only having three traits, I feel bummed to use one that isn't going to benefit my sim.
It is my goal, before Sims 4 is finished, to have completed at least a 10 generation family.
To be technical, I have. I was really into the Drifter Challenge. And I made it to house 13. Which is technically the 13th generation of that family. But for some reason, I tend to not think of it as a true generation family, since I started over each generation. But the 13th house could be traced all the way back to the 1st house in the family tree.
I wish I could stick with it long enough to accomplish this. My one "claim to fame" that I have is finishing the 100 baby challenge in Sims 3 and that was super tough. Around baby 70, I was ready to just throw in the towel, but it was sheer stubbornness and determination that got me through those final 30 kids.
I wish I could just stick with one family for multiple generations.
@ChelleJo I know what you mean, in the sims 3 I had a really hard time with this as well, but my mistake was I made every heir very similar in looks and character to the previous or the founder . As you can see in the pictures I put, every single heir has a a rather unique look to them so no 2 sims were very similar to play as. Also almost all but a few exceptions of these sims had at least 1 negative trait.In the past I hated having sims with negative traits so I never used them, but this challenge has taught me that they can actually make the game very fun!
That is a good tip. I'm doing the Not So Berry challenge right now, but I do tend to play the same sim over and over again and once we have plenty of money, I feel I've played all I want of them. So it'd be good to try to make them all different looking and traits wise. I'll admit, I don't play with a lot of negative traits. Only having three traits, I feel bummed to use one that isn't going to benefit my sim.
It is my goal, before Sims 4 is finished, to have completed at least a 10 generation family.
To be technical, I have. I was really into the Drifter Challenge. And I made it to house 13. Which is technically the 13th generation of that family. But for some reason, I tend to not think of it as a true generation family, since I started over each generation. But the 13th house could be traced all the way back to the 1st house in the family tree.
@ChelleJo I've always heard about the drifter challenge, but never actually tried it out myself How many Houses do you need to complete in the challenge? (If it's 26 I'm not sure If I'm willing to do a challenge that long again )
See what's up in my gallery: Origin ID: ArtsyBanana
I have finally finished my Legacy Challenge , these are the Levis (numbered by Generation!) https://imgur.com/L3Q6aQZ
There's 24 houses, but with Drifter, you can pick and chose which house to complete or just do one. And they don't have to actually be generational play. It's intended to be, and that's the way I played, but really, it's just a collection of smaller challenges, that can be tied together to complete towns.
I am trying to do this challenge, but tied into my legacy challenge. I am only on 4th generation. I will say the fist three generations I had huge family sizes and now I am like nope, one or two kids is perfectly fine. Its a lot of work. I haven't played for a couple of months either because I am hoping for a new laptop for xmas because my screen is broken but it is very impressive that you finished it. I also have realized that the more different my sims are heir to heir the easier it is to stay interested. I am also trying to get each generation to have a new hobby or career, because I feel like I always play the same way, so I am trying to broaden into gameplay I usually ignore. I have like 50 family members in my family tree and I think, WOW, I am so far and then I remember, just kidding I still have 22 letters to get through. I love seeing your family though so cool! How did you make the family tree?
actually that's one of the rules that I changed in my challnge it's suppose to be in order from A-Z, but I already tried to do that in Sims 3 so I wanted to do something new
You mentioned that you changed the rules? I've been wanting to do another legacy challenge for a while now, since I'm having so much fun with the Not So Berry Challenge, but I wanted to have a twist. Alphabet Legacy challenge sounded like a not so drastic twist, so I was pretty interested in doing it. Was just wondering though, is there a list of rules specifically for the Alphabet Legacy challenge? I've been looking but I can't find any rules. Mind linking me to whatever rules you used? Thanks
Oh also, I forgot to add this, but a question I had regarding the challenge is:
(Assuming you do it in the order of the alphabet) Does your founder start with the letter A, or is it the founder's children?
From the main page of the Challenge Listing ... Alphabetacy each generation of children have names starting with a certain letter of the alphabet (children of the founders start with A, their children start with B )
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I wish I could stick with it long enough to accomplish this. My one "claim to fame" that I have is finishing the 100 baby challenge in Sims 3 and that was super tough. Around baby 70, I was ready to just throw in the towel, but it was sheer stubbornness and determination that got me through those final 30 kids.
I wish I could just stick with one family for multiple generations.
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All the sims err'day
I haven't finished any, I play on long so I'm only about 5 generations in. For some reason, I thought you had to do the alphabet challenge in order. If it can be out of order I may still be able to do it yet!
Keenow's Family Tree
Keenow's Builds
@keenow actually that's one of the rules that I changed in my challnge it's suppose to be in order from A-Z, but I already tried to do that in Sims 3 so I wanted to do something new
@PninaSimmer I used Photoshop CS6 to crop the screenshots of each heir in CAS
@ChelleJo I know what you mean, in the sims 3 I had a really hard time with this as well, but my mistake was I made every heir very similar in looks and character to the previous or the founder . As you can see in the pictures I put, every single heir has a a rather unique look to them so no 2 sims were very similar to play as. Also almost all but a few exceptions of these sims had at least 1 negative trait.In the past I hated having sims with negative traits so I never used them, but this challenge has taught me that they can actually make the game very fun!
I have finally finished my Legacy Challenge , these are the Levis (numbered by Generation!)
https://imgur.com/L3Q6aQZ
That is a good tip. I'm doing the Not So Berry challenge right now, but I do tend to play the same sim over and over again and once we have plenty of money, I feel I've played all I want of them. So it'd be good to try to make them all different looking and traits wise. I'll admit, I don't play with a lot of negative traits. Only having three traits, I feel bummed to use one that isn't going to benefit my sim.
It is my goal, before Sims 4 is finished, to have completed at least a 10 generation family.
To be technical, I have. I was really into the Drifter Challenge. And I made it to house 13. Which is technically the 13th generation of that family. But for some reason, I tend to not think of it as a true generation family, since I started over each generation. But the 13th house could be traced all the way back to the 1st house in the family tree.
@ChelleJo I've always heard about the drifter challenge, but never actually tried it out myself How many Houses do you need to complete in the challenge? (If it's 26 I'm not sure If I'm willing to do a challenge that long again )
I have finally finished my Legacy Challenge , these are the Levis (numbered by Generation!)
https://imgur.com/L3Q6aQZ
They look like awesome Sims
Here's the blog about it.
(Assuming you do it in the order of the alphabet) Does your founder start with the letter A, or is it the founder's children?