Sul sul, Simmers!
I'm Luna, I used to use these forums a lot in high school waaay back in the day as candyheartsny. I've been playing TS4 since its debut, but I've honestly just gotten tired of it and realize it doesn't bring me the joy that I used to feel simming. So I've decided to go back to The Sims 3 and I'm really excited! I thought I'd post and hear what's up in other people's games right now! Are you playing a legacy? Going on world adventures? Exploring a dystopian future? I want to hear it all!
Happiness is always just a plumbob away.
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Welcome and enjoy being back in Sims 3. I make up my own stories and post in the creative corner as well as in the 'what happened in your game', sims 3 thread.
I love your "Happiness is always a plumbob away."
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I've currently been building lots for an English world - Ackney-upon-Sherne, which is based on a Riverview base world.
Welcome back to Sims 3 gameplay. I hope you enjoy exploring it more.
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Currently, I am building, building, building! I am just now learning how to make roofs that don't look ridiculous and trying out different ways of decorating and building. My current save is in a small custom world and I am enjoying making lots for it and seeing what I can fit onto a tiny map. It's so fun and I am OBSESSED with it at the moment
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We will jeer at you, point and laugh at your sims, make you do silly party games while blindfolded and carrying an egg on the end of a spoon in your mouth...okay, no we won't do any of those things. But we're here to help with your games, if needed.
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I feel like a Sims hazing should be carrying out that green diamond over your head for a few days....
I'm currently playing rotationally for the first time, and it's very different from what I'm used to. I'm about 60 weeks in and have played most of the households in town, and I may or may not let some of them loose to be managed by NRaas StoryProgression going forward. I'm also trying to get better at building, which never happened in my first decade of playing, nor did it ever happen with Sims 1 for that matter.
I'm currently playing a second generation sim who is a professional photographer, adventurer, and travel writer. Of course he can't really be in more than one career at a time, so he's self-employed as a photographer, and with no travel book option, I'm using whichever one fits the title he's working on each time. He's currently using the mystery genre to write about Queen Hatshepsut's secret. His wife is also second generation, from a different, long ago save, who I added to his world for him. She is a master acrobat with the clumsy trait.
He grew up in Hidden Springs, and is now living in Moonlight Falls, but thanks to NRaas Traveler, both worlds are still connected in one save, so he can go back to visit his parents and siblings, and chat with them on the phone. Also thanks to Traveler, he is able to travel to many different worlds for his photography, not just the WA ones.
I'm doing "challenges" but with completely arbitrary rulesets that [b]can and will[/b] be broken.
@texxx78 That sounds fun! I think most players unintentionally do a legacy style game play anyway, though I usually never make it past gen 2 haha. I'm super excited to explore EPs in depth that I haven't really dug into before. Showtime looks like a lot of fun!
@ciane Thanks so much! I made a Sim last night but had some technical difficulties that will hopefully be resolved today lol I think TS4 has some cute features, but they're largely superficial. I can't think of more than two or three moments in six years that I actually felt intrigued by what was going on in the game. it was always a huge chore to try and make anything worthwhile happen. All my Sims just did the same default actions, and the interactions we can choose use most of the same animations and have no real impact on the story. I didn't mind living without the color wheel but now that it's back, I never want to live without it again lol
@StephSteb Thank you! I agree, it is the superior Sims title. Roofs are always such a challenge, it's a good thing we don't usually have to look at them in gameplay lol. If it's not a square or L-shaped house, my talents quickly dwindle. That does sound like a lot of fun! making worlds in TS3 always seemed difficult to me though because of having to place the rabbit holes?
@igazor hahah thanks! I've been playing for 18 years, so I think I've earned an exception from the hazing ritual?
@bookwormbeauty Thank you! And 9 kids, holy cow! I usually start to feel the strain at 3 lol. That's so cute though, congrats to your teen prom queen. Having to carry a plumbob around for a while would feel a bit sanctimonious, sort of like I'm carrying a torch to the Olympics hahah
@puzzlezaddict Thanks so much, I will! I have played TS3 a few times over the last few years, so I'm definitely no stranger to its imperfections. I have the nrass mods I need to conquer the biggest issues and gameplay has been pretty smooth for the most part. Rotational gameplay sounds cool, I've always intended to do it but usually just wind up sticking with one or two households per save. 60 weeks is a huge accomplishment though! Ah building, I think I'm okay at it, but I realized the best way to enjoy it is to just have fun and let it be weird lol
@IreneSwift Thanks! That sounds lovely, I love how diverse his background is. And a clumsy acrobat sounds like a fantastic Sim to play haha.
@D3xt3r249 Thanks! I love that - if I ever take on challenges, I also tend to just use them as a loose concept and make up my own rules along the way.
If you use Zinda's free Upload Image Changer before uploading your sim, then you can replace to sim pic with any image.
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@lunasysims, you need to click on the cog wheel that's located next to the search box up top on the page which then brings up a drop down box that will have a menu of options listed in it, you want to click on the Preference button which then takes you to your preference page while you can adjust your site settings ans change your profile picture at.
Hope this helps...😀
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My stories on this site:
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/991317/my-sims-stories/p1?new=1
For me these days I mostly do storytelling with my Sims. Have been for 5 years now. It's been so enjoyable, especially to get back into writing. Combining my two loves into one thing. The link to my blog is in my signature where I keep all my Sims stories.
Occasionally I'll play a random save for fun, maybe post a little about it, and also create new Sims or do some makeovers and share. Head on over to the "What Happened in your Sims 3 Game Today?" thread and share away! We'd love to see what you'll do returning to TS3. Have fun!
I gave her a good head start by teaching her some skills, gave her the tablet, and sent her on her way. She moved into a house in town and almost immediately got married, but before she did that she got a job as police Happy Simmin
edit: The Sim I am playing went back to Uni to finish getting her degree.
One of the other Sims families I play with a 5 star painting celeb took on a boarder from Egypt.
He is soon to go back to Egypt and my original Sim will continue on his pursuit to finish the tournament and get his title of Grand Master. He has one more level to go.
In my current Sims 3 game my Sim decided to get all the university degrees but is also taking breaks to pursue her dream of an art career (4 degrees so far). She hopes to paint each WA world (and a few tropical worlds), once she gets a bit more money.
So for the first time in a very long time, I created a new family (couple). I've never used money cheats (i.e. using the cheat command) but I role played in my head that THIS family was a rich one who was moving to town. They showed up with 1,000,000 simolas and bought a huge house/farm (downloaded). Their last name is Walton and they just might be related to the RL Walton family who owns Sam's Club which explains their wealth. What is not widely known, is that the father Dean Walton apparently is continuing to increase his wealth by dealing with a shady purple character that gives him 100,000 simolas on a regular basis.
Oddly this family had their first children which are twins, my first twins in this game. I've never chosen the reward that increases multiples so it was a complete surprise! The twins just became children and they will start to help with the horses and other farm chores. I think eventually they will have a pretty large horse farm with lots of very valuable horses. The first one won their first competition they participated in.
So what are you going since you came back almost a month ago?
I'm trying to settle on a save in 3 myself though I've been playing the same save in Sims 4 for almost a month..... on a long lifespan, which is a huge change for me, as I usually stick to Normal, with added days via a mod. I know I can edit the age span in 3 but I'm not sure if I want to, which is why I keep loading up, then quitting.
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