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New Farming Challenge
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Farming Challenge
By jentasticsims
This is my version of the farming challenge that was originally posted for the Sims 3. I’ve made a lot of changes to suit the Sims 4 and now that we have the Cottage Living pack, this challenge will be a lot easier to start. I will be recording this challenge on my YouTube channel here:
https://youtube.com/channel/UCur52bvZSVisVQ7J-Ur2OkQ
I will also post here in the forum.
For this challenge I will be using all the packs except the Paranormal pack as I don’t have that one. But the main packs I’m using are:
-Base game
-Cottage Living
-Eco Lifestyle (for dumpsters, bug boxes and off the grid stuff)
-Laundry Day (purely for laundry, wash line and tub)
-Seasons (extra garden features and bees)
-Nifty Knitting (if you want the country life feel)
-City Living or Jungle Adventure (for the market table)
You can find the trashed house here:
https://www.ea.com/en-au/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/browse?category=lots&searchtype=ea_origin_id&sortby=newest&time=all&searchquery=jentasticsims&max=50&maxis=false
If you use the house that I used, you will also need these packs:
-Cottage Living
-Eco Lifestyle
-City Living
-Get together
-Jungle Adventure
-Journey to Batuu
-Vampires and
-Spooky Stuff
At the start:
You start the game with either an elder and a teen or a teen and a child (I will be using the latter), $500 simoleons (use the cheat for money: control + shift + C > testingcheats true > money 500) and a run-down house and yard. The house can only have what would be permanent to it such as cupboards and fireplaces. The bathroom fixtures have been torn out because this is a challenge, right? I left the kitchen sink in the cupboards so if you have water, you can use it.
Rules:
These are general rules to go by. Of course, you can make it harder or easier if you want. It’s your game after all. It’s supposed to be fun. But feel free to add anything to this challenge.
-No cheats, except for subtracting money
-You can’t have a job, not even freelance or odd jobs. We are living off our farm.
-No university in the first generation
-no traveling outside of the world you live in for the first generation (example: Henford-On-Bagley). You can travel to the different sections of the world.
-Turn off autonomy. At least for the first generation.
-I will be using long lifespan, but you can use whatever one you want
-You can’t steal or sell stolen items
-You must take the elder or child with you if you travel, except for school
-Make sure to pay bills or get your stuff repossessed
-Teen and child must go to school and reach an A before they age up
-Length of season is up to you. I will be using a 2-week cycle (winters are long otherwise)
-You can only make money by selling at a market table or what cash found in the dumpster
-No Plopsy until the second generation
-Teen/adult must do all the repairs, cooking, cleaning and gardening. Child can water garden only and elder does not do any work. They can tell stories or teach though
-You cannot fix the house (wallpaper, flooring or decorating (except what you find in the dumpster) until the yard is cleaned
-You can only clean up 10 things per week. Pick the same day each week to do it so you don’t loose track. You cannot collect money from the things you clean up unless it’s from lightning.
-You can only go to the dump once a week. Again, pick the same day every week. You can use anything you find in the dump for yourself, to recycle or to have on hand for the repo person but you cannot sell anything that cannot go on the market table.
-You cannot go to another world to recycle or go to market
-You can sell anything you have made, collected or farmed on a market table
-You cannot mark up the price of for-sale items on the market table until the next generation and only one mark-up step per generation.
-You cannot fix burnt items from the dump as you would need the career to get the machine to do it.
-You may purchase items to reduce bills (example: rain collector and wind turbine)
-Once your teen becomes an adult, they may marry and must produce an heir for the next generation
-Once the child has grown up, they may marry and move out or stay, but there must be room in the household.
-Pets are allowed
Final Goal
-Clean and landscape the yard to look nice
-Have a profitable working farm
-Have $100,000 in funds
Have fun playing!
By jentasticsims
This is my version of the farming challenge that was originally posted for the Sims 3. I’ve made a lot of changes to suit the Sims 4 and now that we have the Cottage Living pack, this challenge will be a lot easier to start. I will be recording this challenge on my YouTube channel here:
https://youtube.com/channel/UCur52bvZSVisVQ7J-Ur2OkQ
I will also post here in the forum.
For this challenge I will be using all the packs except the Paranormal pack as I don’t have that one. But the main packs I’m using are:
-Base game
-Cottage Living
-Eco Lifestyle (for dumpsters, bug boxes and off the grid stuff)
-Laundry Day (purely for laundry, wash line and tub)
-Seasons (extra garden features and bees)
-Nifty Knitting (if you want the country life feel)
-City Living or Jungle Adventure (for the market table)
You can find the trashed house here:
https://www.ea.com/en-au/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/browse?category=lots&searchtype=ea_origin_id&sortby=newest&time=all&searchquery=jentasticsims&max=50&maxis=false
If you use the house that I used, you will also need these packs:
-Cottage Living
-Eco Lifestyle
-City Living
-Get together
-Jungle Adventure
-Journey to Batuu
-Vampires and
-Spooky Stuff
At the start:
You start the game with either an elder and a teen or a teen and a child (I will be using the latter), $500 simoleons (use the cheat for money: control + shift + C > testingcheats true > money 500) and a run-down house and yard. The house can only have what would be permanent to it such as cupboards and fireplaces. The bathroom fixtures have been torn out because this is a challenge, right? I left the kitchen sink in the cupboards so if you have water, you can use it.
Rules:
These are general rules to go by. Of course, you can make it harder or easier if you want. It’s your game after all. It’s supposed to be fun. But feel free to add anything to this challenge.
-No cheats, except for subtracting money
-You can’t have a job, not even freelance or odd jobs. We are living off our farm.
-No university in the first generation
-no traveling outside of the world you live in for the first generation (example: Henford-On-Bagley). You can travel to the different sections of the world.
-Turn off autonomy. At least for the first generation.
-I will be using long lifespan, but you can use whatever one you want
-You can’t steal or sell stolen items
-You must take the elder or child with you if you travel, except for school
-Make sure to pay bills or get your stuff repossessed
-Teen and child must go to school and reach an A before they age up
-Length of season is up to you. I will be using a 2-week cycle (winters are long otherwise)
-You can only make money by selling at a market table or what cash found in the dumpster
-No Plopsy until the second generation
-Teen/adult must do all the repairs, cooking, cleaning and gardening. Child can water garden only and elder does not do any work. They can tell stories or teach though
-You cannot fix the house (wallpaper, flooring or decorating (except what you find in the dumpster) until the yard is cleaned
-You can only clean up 10 things per week. Pick the same day each week to do it so you don’t loose track. You cannot collect money from the things you clean up unless it’s from lightning.
-You can only go to the dump once a week. Again, pick the same day every week. You can use anything you find in the dump for yourself, to recycle or to have on hand for the repo person but you cannot sell anything that cannot go on the market table.
-You cannot go to another world to recycle or go to market
-You can sell anything you have made, collected or farmed on a market table
-You cannot mark up the price of for-sale items on the market table until the next generation and only one mark-up step per generation.
-You cannot fix burnt items from the dump as you would need the career to get the machine to do it.
-You may purchase items to reduce bills (example: rain collector and wind turbine)
-Once your teen becomes an adult, they may marry and must produce an heir for the next generation
-Once the child has grown up, they may marry and move out or stay, but there must be room in the household.
-Pets are allowed
Final Goal
-Clean and landscape the yard to look nice
-Have a profitable working farm
-Have $100,000 in funds
Have fun playing!
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Join Vivian and Trinity Bell as they embark on this fun farming challenge to turn this run down yard into a prosperous farm.
I hope you enjoy this series!
Surviving alone on an abandoned farm has many challenges. Vivian and Trinity find some valuable items in the dumpster, but their hopes are dashed when the bills are overdue.
Vivian and Trinity try hard to keep up with school. Not being able to sleep properly is taking it's tole on them.
Vivian and Trinity struggle to survive, but it's hard for a teen and a child to do this on their own.
Vivian and Trinity face one challenge after another. Is their homestead a safe place for both of them to live?
After the fire Vivian and Trinity realize that they must stomp on the evil dust bunnies if they want to keep their house from spontaneously catching on fire! The dirt build and poor conditions keep the girls from completing their homework. Vivian finds some much needed cash. While they are away from home feeding themselves the repo person comes to take away their things. What did they take? Can Vivian and Trinity survive?
Vivian and Trinity look forward to the weekend to catch up on homework. The girls venture out to the Spice Festival with Tina Tinker for some food and fun. The day of the fair is finally here. Can they bring home some money? The house gets some cleaning, and the girls finally have a safe place to sleep and protect their belongings.
Vivian and Trinity head to the dump. Life is looking up! The girls skip school on Monday to get caught up with their needs. Vivian increases her handiness by fixing the items from the dump.
Trinity and Vivian continue the daily struggle to be optimistic. The quest to get power into the house is becoming more urgent. Fire breaks out again and the girls face a huge loss that has them sleeping in the park once again.
Trinity and Vivian leave for the park to get some rest and destress from the fire. The Repo person comes and helps with the garden before she takes stuff. Vivian helps the locals and Trinity makes great sales at the fair.
Trinity and Vivian failed to get a new bed but they now have a source of power.
Trying to get cleaning done with a short window of power seems futile. Fire, fire and more fire. Trinity and Vivian need to find a better room to sleep in.
Trinity and Vivian head to the market where sales are good. Vivian plants the seeds she received from the gnomes. Neighbors help with the watering. Trinity finally has a chance to do her homework.
A trip to the dump gives Vivian and Trinity a second bathroom. More garbage is cleaned up but still not enough power to vacuum.
Trinity and Vivian successfully do their homework. Vivian makes enough money to pay the bills for the first time and manages a bit of gardening
The fair went well. Vivian entered some items. Another solar panel is added and hopefully will bring much needed cleanliness to the home.
In this episode Vivian and Trinity start some tasks for the Creature Keeper only to find out he quit his job. The fair did not work out as hoped. An environment grant gives the girls a new roof. Will it be enough to turn things around.
The house is finally free of dust. Will Vivian and Trinity be able to get their homework caught up?
Even though the house is clean, Vivian and Trinity struggle to accomplish the things they need. The repo people won't leave so the girls give up the downstairs bath. They can't leave home so they miss the fair.
Vivian and Trinity head to the dump to find replacements for the downstairs bathroom. They are staying on top of their homework and look for ways to pay the bills.
Vivian and Trinity make it through another week. Vivian tries to get enough canning done to take to the fair. Repo day goes smoothly and doesn't hinder their progress so they will be able to go to the fair.
Vivian and Trinity make some money at the fair. The garden gets reorganized and still no luck at the dump finding a bed for Trinity and a second toilet.