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#100 baby challenge gen 1
faeriefrolic · 10 months
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Earliglow rolled the dislikes children trait 🚫🍼 He had potential to be heir, but his frugal and dislikes children traits go against the peach gen objectives: spoiling their children rotten and only having 5k in the bank because they spend all their money on luxuries and their kids. I love my little academic peach boy anyway📚
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beaubrightsims · 2 years
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A pic of the Droplet’s house with laptop mode turned off!
You might notice that at a certain point the Droplet playthrough will start to look a little better and that’s because I turned off laptop mode finally! (well I turned it off like 8 months ago but shhhhh...)
Also I’m back yippeee
House is by Ornilia on the gallery.
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Babies holly #28 and (floating baby) is miguel #29
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sweet-vanilla-sims · 11 months
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Oh would you look at that banner... surely that doesn’t mean-  YEP! It’s a 100 Baby Challenge! Yay! 
With the infants update I thought to myself I really don’t like being sane so let’s start a 100 baby challenge that’s also a rags to riches because why not lol. So here we are living in a tent with random baby items about as well as a shower and a tree house? 
This save is partly jokey story since I may be physically incapable of playing purely gameplay but it’s mostly game play to get more used to the infants and new aspirations with the best trial by fire way possible. Because my main save here is my Carlisles we’ll be using the the Carlisles aging rules as our deadline age up dates. But since this is a baby challenge the kiddos do get to age up when they reach their goals, the ages will remain consistent though in that even when a child meets the requirements for YA/move out. I’ll freeze their aging until they actually reach 18 in days so they will all eventually match their ages. 
So we start out with 23 almost 24 year old Dell Seedling as our Founder. They are family-oriented, music loving, and a bit of a geek. They also clearly haven’t gotten the 100 baby memo or realized that this mostly empty lot is their home now and not camping. Hopefully they fare well over time. 
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sweet-berry-sims · 10 months
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With her newest realization, Alfalfa began to take a more active role in Sequoia’s life. 
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goldoradove · 10 months
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26 for the OC ask pls! and since i cannot read and won't let that stop me, i'm going to request 26 for any of your OCs that you'd like to ramble about! (and as a book snob, 23 if you feel like it dhfgjs!)
i also cannot read and won't stop you 🙈 there are three artists and two writers in the canfield family, so i think they're the perfect choice for these questions. (this is my excuse to temporarily bring colette back from the dead.)
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26. what is your oc’s favorite art movement?
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maddison prefers the neo-impressionism movement, and her favorite artist is paul signac! she likes the vibrant colors and the use of reds and oranges and pinks.
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colette was very into pre-raphaelite art. she's john william waterhouse's biggest fan. her favorites are the lady of shalott and the lady of shalott looking at lancelot.
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matteo leans into suprematism. if he hadn't gone into art, he probably would've studied architectural design, and i think that's evident in the importance of feeling in geometry.
23. which oc dog ears pages? which oc thinks that’s an ABOMINATION?
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paula dog-ears the heck out of everything she reads (and writes!). to her, the reading experience is just as much of a story as the story within the pages. what better way to tell the story than marking of the book?
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cedric thinks it's an abomination. in his defense, he works in publishing, so the physical book itself is the "art" he spends the most time on. color-coded book tabs and sticky notes for him, thank you very much.
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oc ask game
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starlynnsoffscreen · 1 year
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Collyn aged into a very sad little boy. Braxton on the other hand, has aged into a menace.
💖Navigation // Family Tree💖 (Coming Soon..)
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blueyplumbob · 1 year
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Just as I said! But I was hoping she would pop out twins not triplets. We’re quite lucky with the girls so far, she had 2 girls - Zoey and Zara and 1 boy - Nathan. Had to adjust the rooms in the house a bit to even fit everything in. I have to make money and quick!
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🎀 CM KidFic Challenge 🧸
Hey everyone, I’m back with another monthly challenge! For the months of March AND April, I am formally challenging any willing writer to take a stab at writing fanfiction including children, babies, or pregnancy (biological, adoptive, animal, etc.) using their choice of Criminal Minds characters! Reader, Original Character, Character/Character ships, Gen/Platonic fics are allowed! Please check out the Rules below the Keep Reading.
(**This is NOT a request list for me—this is a prompt list of other writers! Feel free to request from someone else, and be sure to let them know about the challenge!)
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Prompts
Child says their first word(s)
Child becomes an older sibling
Character stands up for their child
The couple enjoys trying for a baby
Characters are fantastic platonic co-parents
Child is starting to act a lot like their parent(s)
The couple announces their pregnancy to everyone
The couple fosters a teenager preparing for college
The couple takes their child to college/their own place
The couple thinks they’re having twins… but it’s triplets
Character runs into their ex who has a child that looks just like them
The couple realizes how different things are the second, third, etc. time
Character needs reassurance about the fact they don’t enjoy being pregnant
Character finds that being around Child helps them heal their own inner child
The couple babysits together, which leads to a conversation about their future
Character struggles with the fact that their teenage kid has their first partner
Character is very attentive to their pregnant partner... almost irritatingly so
Character witnesses a quiet moment with their partner and their baby during a night feeding
Character, chronically single, asks their best friend if they’d be open to having a child with them
Child realizes that not every kid has two moms/two dads and they have a lot of questions about it
The couple takes Child to daycare for the first time but they can’t make themselves leave the parking lot
Child is having a hard time at school, so Character picks them up from school for a day of quality time together
Pregnancy cravings lead to a very dramatic late-night grocery store trip that makes Character fall more in love
Anything else you can imagine!
Childfree/Pregnancy-Free prompts below + Create your own!
Childfree/Pregnancy-Free Prompts
Character is the fun uncle/aunt
The couple adopts a pet together
Character gets to meet their partner’s (judgmental) pet
Character reveals that they don't want to have children and their partner's reaction surprises them
A child the BAU saved comes back years later to thank them and show what they’ve done with their life
The couple decides to give up on becoming parents and they learn how to have a fulfilled life without a child
Rules
The fic can be a Reader insert, an Original Character, a character/character ship, a platonic ship, or a Gen fic. It can feature any Criminal Minds character. AUs and crossovers are more than welcome.
Tag me in the fic, or send the link to me in a Direct Message. It can be already written, or you can write it for the challenge - I’m collecting both! You can also tag it “#mentioningmargins” which is a tag I track.
The fic can be any genre, but ONLY send me smut if your bio states you are 18+. I DO NOT WANT smut written by minors. Ever. At all. I will check.Platonic ships and pure, fluffy fics are 100% allowed.
Please include Content Warnings and a one-sentence Summary of the fic in your post.
Have fun!
The Masterlist of fics will be posted around May 1. If you finish after that, no problem - just send me the fic once you’re done and I’ll add it after-the-fact!
Feel free to message me if you want help developing a plot, have any questions, or just want to gush about your fic. I’m happy to help, and I’m happy you’re here ❤️
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Happy Writing!
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sxmplysimmys · 5 months
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SimplyLuxx Lepacy Challenge
By SimplySimmys and @luxximscc
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We worked very hard on this challenge for almost a year and we’re super excited to finally be sharing this with everyone! We wanted to create a challenge inspired by the Sims 3 Lepacy challenge because we loved it so much and decided to write one ourselves! 
Basic Rules for the challenge: 
Use cheats mildly (there are certain generations that require you to have to cheat and we understand the sims can be difficult for some so we don’t mind if you cheat a bit)
No money cheats! You can use freerealestate if you’re required to move and can’t afford the home
If you don’t have certain packs, you can skip those generations! ALL GAMEPACK GAMEPLAY IS OPTIONAL!
For an extra challenge, start gen 1 with 0 simoleons
Most important rule of all… it’ll ruin the challenge if you don’t do this… use the tag #SimplyLuxxLepacy to show us how your gameplay is going!
BASE GAME
Generation 1
You're a young adult fresh from Sunset Valley and looking for a new start. You happen across a small town and decide to settle there. This is the perfect place to start your dream family and achieve all of your goals but can you balance out family life with a hectic work schedule?
Must have family oriented and materialistic traits, you decide the other
Complete at least one base game career
Complete at least one base game aspiration
Have at least three children. (you don't have to have your sim give birth, you can have a science baby etc)
Have at least level 5 in one hobby or at least level 3 in 3 different hobbies. (eg. gardening, gaming)
Get married to a townie in the opposite base game town from you
Visit one of the hidden worlds at least once
Complete the MySims collection
GET TO WORK/DINE OUT
Generation 2
Your parents valued their careers and tried to balance family life as well, but you noticed at a young age that their ambition to succeed in their career is what inspired you to become successful in everything you do, especially your career. You put 100% into your work and 0% in everything else because your job is your life. You become obsessed with working, as well as pick up a special interest about aliens that borders on obsessive. In fact, you want to have a baby with one! (Generation starts as a young adult.)
Must have the perfectionist trait, you decide the others
Reach level 10 in at least one interactive career or own a level 5 retail business/restaurant
If you join the scientist career, visit Sixam at least once
Have at least one child and an alien baby (you can cheat this)
Have a poor relationship with children because of work
Always go to work (either with your sim or alone) if they are in a career
Must complete the elements collection
OPTIONAL: Master the cooking skill (if you take the Dine Out route)
GET TOGETHER 
Generation 3
You're tired of your workaholic parents! You escape to Windenburg the day that you become a young adult and you never look back. You want to live life in the party scene, hopping from bar to bar, dancing to your heart's content. You desire a carefree life and you want to experience all that the beautiful Windenburg has to offer. But all that freeness comes with a lack of responsibility when you find yourself having a baby after one crazy night!(Generation starts as a teenager.)
Must have the dance machine trait, you decide the others
Complete the leader of the pack aspiration
Get a job as a barista as a teenager
Move out of home as a YA
Live in Windenburg
Start your own club and meet once a week
Try for baby with a one night stand and take the kid in when they’re a child (this will be your only child)
Have at least two partners before falling in love with one of your club members
Master the dancing and the DJ mixing skill
CITY LIVING/OUTDOOR RETREAT
Generation 4
Your parent was fun but you take yourself just a little bit more seriously. You want to be known as someone responsible and trustworthy, despite being in the most untrustworthy profession. You move to the city as a young adult because you think that you'll find yourself there alas, it isn't all that people say it is. You escape to Granite Falls every chance you get and when you meet someone that helps you realise that the city life isn't for you, you run away to Brindleton Bay together. (Generation starts as a young adult.)
Must complete the city native aspiration
Live in a TLC Apartment until you are an adult
Complete the snow globe or posters collection
Join the politician or social media career
Master the singing skill
Go camping at least 5 times over your lifetime
Meet and befriend the hermit in Granite Falls
Marry a sim that loves the outdoors (you can cheat this)
Leave the city for Brindleton Bay before you're an elder but have at least one child before you do
Must have at least one child
CATS AND DOGS
Generation 5
You've always loved animals, and begged your parents to get you a pet since you were a toddler, but were always met with resistance because of the apartment you lived in not allowing pets. Fortunately, once your family decided to move up to Brindleton Bay, a town that loves cats and dogs, your family finally decided that it was time for you to get your first pet! Your love of animals only grew as you did and after your first pet passes, you learn where your true passion lies. (Generation starts as a child.)
You must have the loves cats, loves dogs or animal lover trait as their first trait. Adult traits can be whatever you want
Adopt your first pet as a child (if you have my first pets stuff, this can be a small pet)
You must care for the pet by yourself without your parents interfering
When your first pet passes, this is when you decide to become a veterinarian
Have a level 5 vet clinic and master the veterinarian skill
Marry a sim that loves animals as much as you
Have twins (this can be cheated)
SEASONS/STRANGERVILLE
Generation 6
Ever since you were a kid you loved exploring Brindleton Bay. Your grandparents left you with a love for the outdoors that only grew as you did. You began gardening as a child and experimenting with flower arranging as a teen, and your curiosity only blossoms further. When you become a young adult you hear about a strange town filled with the most peculiar plants. Strangerville is your next adventure and you can't wait to see what curiosities sprout from its red soils. (Generation starts as a child.)
Have a good relationship with your grandparents if they are still alive
As a child, start a small garden (Achieve mental skill level 6)
Must join scouts as a child until teenagehood
Begin flower arranging as a teenager
Master the gardening skill
Reach level 10 in the gardening career
Celebrate every holiday with family
Have at least three kids
Move to Strangerville as a young adult
Complete the Strangerville mystery
Befriend the mother plant
Complete the Strangerville mystery aspiration or the freelance botanist aspiration
Marry a sim in the military
GET FAMOUS
Generation 7
You grew up with a seemingly normal life, your parent was a gardener,  your other parent was in the military, your siblings were normal, there was never really anything interesting about your family, until you went into the attic and saw the old newspaper clippings of your parents being hailed the heroes of Strangerville. Immediately, you feel enraged. Your parents? Famous? Laughable. All they ever did when you were a child is dig dirt and force you to participate in lame family activities. You’ll be a real star unlike your lame parents, but your bad attitude towards people may make it rough. (Generation starts as a child.)
Join the drama club as a child and stay until you are a teen
Must have the Self Absorbed and Mean trait
Complete Master Actor Aspiration
As soon as you’re a young adult, move to Del Sol Valley
Join the acting career and reach level 10
Master the acting and writing skills
Get married as a YA
Make enemies with other celebrities
Have at least one child from your first marriage. You may also have kids in your other marriages
Get divorced and remarried, twice and stay with the third spouse
Must cheat on every spouse
ISLAND LIVING/SPA DAY
Generation 8
Your childhood was chaotic. Your parent always remarried, you rarely got to see your second parent and your name was always in the tabloids for all the wrong reasons. Your life was under a magnifying glass for the world to pick apart and judge. All you wanted was a moment of peace and quiet where no one knew who you were. So one day, you asked your parents for a loan so you could move to Sulani and start your life anew. 
Move to Sulani and live on the beach
Place a spa nearby on any lot
Master the wellness and diving skill
Reach level 10 in the conservationist career
Complete the beach life aspiration
Complete the underwater picture collection
Must marry a Sulani local (you may make this sim)
Teach a yoga class every Sunday
Must have at least one child
HIGH SCHOOL YEARS/DISCOVER UNIVERSITY
Generation 9
Your parents were quite strict and always made sure to pay attention to every little thing you did, but despite that you grew up quite well rounded and loved. You always valued your education. From the moment you were a child you knew that you wanted to be a teacher and shape young minds like your teachers shaped yours. What is a better way to do that than to become a college professor? However, you are still a teenager growing up in the digital age with social media, so why not be an influencer by night and a teacher by day? Can you manage good grades while also managing your social media lifestyle? (Generation starts as a teenager.)
Create a social bunny profile
As a teen, complete one teenager aspiration 
Earn either honours or valedictorian in high school
As a teen, be a part-time social media influencer and continue career throughout university
Master the research and debate, and the entrepreneur skills
Once you graduate university, quit the social media career and join the education career
Move to Copperdale
Must have at least one child
Must help child/children with their homework a few times every week
ECO LIFESTYLE
Generation 10
Your parent really made a positive impact on people's lives. As a child you'd hear stories about how important it is to make a difference in the world and that really stuck with you. You'd make a difference, too, just not with kids. You'd prefer to help the environment and be one of the reasons why it blossoms… pun intended. (Generation starts as a young adult.)
Move to Evergreen Harbour as a young adult
Must have vegetarian trait
Live "off the grid" (lot trait) and fabricate some of your household items
Complete the eco innovator aspiration
Master the Handiness and Fabrication skills
Join the civil designer career and follow the green technician path
Be sure to achieve the "green footprint" status in your neighbourhood
All appliances must be upgraded to be eco friendly
Don't start dating until you're an adult (You've simply never had the time to before since you were busy saving the planet)
Have one child
COTTAGE LIVING/HORSE RANCH
Generation 11
You grew up enjoying a simple life without the luxuries of utilities as many of your friends did. Kids always bullied you for the way you lived, despite being well off, your clothes were thrifted, your furniture was handmade and your meals were all organic. However, instead of resenting your parents for their peculiar upbringing, you decided to embrace it and take it a little further by living on a farm growing your own food and raising animals on your ranch! (Generation starts as a young adult.)
Move to either Henford on Bagley or Chestnut Ridge
Play with the simple living lot trait
Must earn all money from ranch/farm life (sell produce, baked goods or crafted items)
Master the Gardening and Cooking Skills. If you have Horse ranch, master nectar making as well
Must have at least one of each farm animal* (one Llama, one cow, one chicken, one rooster)*if you have “horse ranch”, one horse, one goat and one sheep
Have a minimum of 2 children to help out on the farm once they are old enough
Become good friends with 3 different sims who live in your town
GROWING TOGETHER/PARENTHOOD
Generation 12
You were raised to be farm tough, and although that upbringing seemed to shape your siblings into nice responsible Sims, you never really grew up. Your parents always scold you for pulling pranks and being mischievous but you never took anything seriously. As you got older, your parents pressured you to act your age, but you didn’t see that for yourself. You decided you were better off someplace else putting your goofy antics to work in being an up and coming comedian! Where's a better place to start new than a progressive area like San Sequoia where everyone seems to be starting new chapters in life, just like you. But, as time goes on you get married and have a big family, you didn’t realise that you’d end up raising children who turned out to be just like you. (Generation starts as a young adult.)
Move to San Sequoia
Must have the goofball trait
Master the parenting and comedy skills
Complete the super parent aspiration
Reach level 10 of the entertainer career (comedy branch)
Must be jokesters with all your children
Must have 5 children
Achieve 10 different milestones with each child throughout their adolescents
Attend the wedding of your first child and be there when your first grandchild is born
Have a great relationship with your grandchild until your death
OPTIONAL: SUPERNATURAL
Generation 13
Generations of your family have come and gone. You've collected money, trophies, and memories and with that have created a great dynasty but a darkness has been growing this past few hundred years and now it has caught up to your family, it has caught up to… you. You're now a supernatural being and have to come to terms with your new lifestyle, or do you? (Generation starts as a young adult.) 
Become a Werewolf, Vampire or Spellcaster
Must complete one branch of supernatural skills
Create a coven or pack of your supernatural
Make enemies with rivals leader (Vampires vs Werewolves Vampires vs Spellcasters)
If you are a spellcaster befriend werewolves and vice versa
Depending of your supernatural ability, complete the required skill (Vampire/Werewolf Lore, Spellbook)
Don’t have any children, your family is your coven or pack 
Become the master of your supernatural ability (Master Vampire, Virtuoso, or Apex)
After mastering your skills, pick an heir to takeover for you and train them
Once you have trained a successful heir, you must sacrifice yourself as you are no longer needed (If you are a vampire, step into the sun. If you are a spellcaster, overload your magic, if you are a werewolf use the telescope until the meteor comes for you)
Yay! You completed the challenge, I'm so proud of you! Use the #SimplyLuxxLepacy to share your experience with us! Depending on new release of expansion and game packs, more generations will be added in the future. 
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minimooberry · 8 months
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{ i've never actually finished a legacy challenge before but I am ridiculously attached to my main save sims so hopefully I will this time 😭I'm going to be starting the barbie legacy challenge by @sims-himbo, modified to fit where we're at with gen 2 }
ok so actually speaking when i say modified i mean like, super modified. i genuinely cannot bring myself to name so many sims barbara guys 😓 but after mercedes has a kid i'll probably give them the middle name barbie (like trisha paytas' kid ☠🧍‍♀️) BUT, just so we have some backstory on everything thats going on right now, here's a recap.
DAPHNE MAE CASTRO is the fourth and last child of Emilie and Jonah Castro, my gen 1 sims. She's clumsy, loves the outdoors, a romantic, unforgettable, and wants to be a housewife. Take care of her garden, her daughter, and live a nice, happy, life. TAKING AFTER HER OLDER BROTHER ROMAN, she is also a little too romantic. In fact she is so flirty that she ends up in really, really awkward situations. Like when she kissed her best friend Ciara at prom and then ran away which started an argument that ended with her crying in the shower at home. TO GET OVER THIS ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC EXPERIENCE, she gets wasted at a party and ends up hooking up with two boys, Nicolas and Rafael, in the same night (not at the same time 🙏😭). They actually end up hitting it off really well and she became FWB with both of them. She just... didn't tell them that she was sleeping with someone else. THIS PROVES TO BE A GENUINELY TERRIBLE DECISION when she finds out that she is not only pregnant, but she also doesn't know who the father is. If it isn't the consequences of her actions 😋 THE SITUATION IS BAD ALREADY BUT IT GETS A 100 TIMES WORSE when she finds out that they are in fact, twin brothers. Rafael and Nicolas Blaze, born out of a summer romance between a wealthy business man and a lower class girl, are both definitely horrified that they've been sleeping with the same girl, but also horrified that she is pregnant! STILL NOT KNOWING WHO THE FATHER IS, they're both equally as involved in her pregnancy, even helping her move out into a little trailer. Family is family either way and Daphne is still their... friend? Whatever, we don't get into their convoluted feelings for the sake of the baby. MERCEDES ELEANORA BLAZE is born healthy and reasonably happy to a single teen mom who is trying her best to not fuck up again. She's healing from the absolute shit show that was her pregnancy, but at least Rafael and Nicolas are involved. And hey, she can find out who the father really is now.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW!!! Daphne recently aged up into a young adult and Mercedes into a toddler 💗💗
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faeriefrolic · 10 months
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The babies have a new babysitter, and there's a new strawberry growing in the acre......again
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beaubrightsims · 2 years
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Birthday!!!
Mesmer Droplet)
Traits: Cool, Delightful, Balanced
Aspiration: Social Butterfly
Finally! Our heir has aged up into a weird little kid, and boy is he happy!
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The twins aged up and made over ! on left is charlotte and right is harper
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sweet-vanilla-sims · 11 months
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The triplets aged up and things are already feeling easier to deal with even if they are making messes. 
Not only do the Root children have a new sibling on the way, Patrick and the triplets became big siblings to the daughter that Lou and Vlad had, Veronica, but for the time being the household is recovering from triplet infants. 
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simulation-machine · 2 months
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SIMS RELATED PROJECTS/UPDATES
My spring break is coming up in a week and holy crap do I have plans on plans on plans, especially since my summer is gonna be full of school + internship + HOPEFULLY friggin' graduating with a BA in Psychology so that I can start applying to grad schools.
Read more iffin' you'd like! It's long! Here's a picture of my golden retriever napping on her brother's food bowl to entice/entertain you:
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god she is so precious i would literally kill for her
GOAL 1: MASTER GSHADE/ReSHADE
I know that some people are sticklers for this but my thing is that I had no gee-dee clue what I was doing with ReShade, whereas Gshade just kinda clicked and worked for me? That said I have a bunch of resources for learning ReShade so I might end up moving back to it at some point.
My main issue is figuring out the order of all the different effects. It obviously matters, I'm sure people smarter than me have tried to use presets only to be like "why tf does this look absolutely nothing like the baller screenshots this one cool Simblr has?" Annnd it turns out it's order + remembering to turn off certain graphic settings. Also photoshop, but that's gonna take a lot longer for me to figure out lol.
Like I'd been struggling to figure out why @gunthermunch's gorgeous Lithium preset wasn't looking as sexy as it did before annnnd it's because I forgot to turn Edge Smoothing off when switching to it. Jesus wept at how dippy I am sometimes.
Eventually, what I would like to do is maybe make my own preset at some point? I would be kind enough to show the effect order too if I did so. But this requires so, so much more shader knowledge than I currently have.
FUN FACT: My first ever degree was in art, I even went to a very fancy and private art school (School of the Art Institute of Chicago if you're curious)- I dropped out after one semester because uhhh that shit is expensive. Ended up finishing my degree at a much cheaper location in MN. That said, my art was 100% analog and 2D, and it turns out it did not translate super well into trying my hand at graphic art.
It's funny because I've been gifted really neat stuff for graphic art (like a really nice Wacom tablet and Adobe subscriptions), like people just expected my mixed-media ass would know what to do with it. NOPE! But yeah, Sims is sort of my excuse to try my hand at this stuff again, especially since I have a bit more energy now that my soul is not regularly being drained out of my body by customer service and tech support jobs.
GOAL 2: GET CRACKIN' ON ANOTHER DOOR
This one is hard because I am only on Gen 2 of the Orsons and it's sort of hard to justify starting up another story while that one is less than 1/5 of the way done.
THAT SAID, I don't plan on posting Another Door until I have a decent chunk of it done. Since it's not a casual gameplay story nor a legacy challenge, I plan on editing the bajeez out of the screenshots for it, really honing in on the aesthetic. I want it to look and feel very different from my random legacy challenge.
Fortunately, this story has been fucking up my sleep schedule for *months* now and I have a lot of the writing for it done. The hard part is translating that into the Sims, making sure I get the right poses and stuff, maybe even learning how to make some super easy CC (like, posters and stuff), and stuff related to GOAL 1 above.
What I'm saying is that it's going to take a bit. But I'm super serious about sharing it because it's my obsession and honestly the first time a story of my own design has possessed me in literal years.
Also, I want to make sure I have a significant backlog of the Orsons before I start seriously simming for it, because I don't want to screw over my favorite little pixel babies. This legacy challenge is going to be the one, I have done so much to keep my save files to keep it safe from harm (ask me how many backups I have of the save files. JK don't, the number is frankly silly).
GOAL 3: START YET ANOTHER MASSIVE CC PURGE
Y'all, my CC folder for this game is honestly an embarrassment. I go so hard on CC shopping because this community is stupid-talented and I like giving my pixel babies nice things and cool looks. When I'm bored and not quite in the mood for gameplay, I just like making neat-looking sims that I do absolutely nothing with because I love fucking around in CAS.
I have built my own PCs since I was 17 years old, and when I first built COMPUTERMACHINE (current rig) back in the autumn of 2018, it was with the goal that it would run Sims 4 flawlessly no matter what I did to it. It's got ridiculous amounts of RAM, I religiously update parts for it. And to be fair, even with the current 6,907,907,890 TB of CC I have atm it runs better than Sims 3 ever had with a measly 50 GB of CC.
But for me, it comes down to finding all the stuff I wanna use. Making myself get rid of the stuff I don't wanna use. Straight up yeeting the CC that I thought was going to look incredible that uh, didn't deliver.
I do CAS CC purges about once a year but have literally never done it for Build & Buy stuff, because OMG some of this shit I've had since 2014. Like when Sims 4 first came out. YIKES. My CAS CC obsession is notable but it's honestly nothing compared to my Build & Buy. Even before For Rent made building lots slow af, my PC was starting to take a solid minute to switch to different buy categories.
It would take a long af time so I want to make sure I have a bunch of content in the queue before I do it. It's gonna be a whole ass thing and be so, so boring to do. So I'm putting it off for when I have a ton of time to do it. Like, oh, my entire Spring Break?
GOAL 4: MAKE A FRIGGIN' RESOURCES LIST ALREADY
This would obviously need to wait until after GOAL 3 is completed, but I wanna make sure the awesome creators whose stuff I use get credit, and that people know where they can grab neat stuff. It would include not only CC but mods, Gshade/ReShade presets, and maybe even lots and sims I've downloaded from the gallery?
(Since I am super anti-paywall and very unapologetic and rude about it, I will also share where one could perhaps get some of these CCs without paying some dip a Trenta Starbucks Unicorn Frappucino amount of $$$)
It's ambitious as hell because *gestures vaguely at GOAL 3* but it would make things like doing WCIF asks and lookbooks so much easier.
Somewhat relatedly, I wanna make a navigation post, especially once Another Door starts getting posted. That story is gonna be a bit huge with multiple arcs that take place over the course of like, 14 years. Plus once the Orsons get to the 4th+ generation, it would be easier to track things down.
IN CONCLUSION...
I have been having so much fun sharing my silly little Sim adventures on Tumblr, so much more than I ever thought I would! You all have been so great to me, and all of this stuff is sort of a way for me to repay that. Ever since I stopped being able to be artistically creative ever since a really nasty depressive spell in 2017, Sims has been my #1 artistic outlet. And having people who are even somewhat entertained by my pixels is incredibly motivating.
Basically, if you read all of this, DAMN would you have been a rad livejournal follower of mine circa 2007. On the seriousness, however, thank you all so much for being rad and encouraging and sweet. I promise to do you all, if not proud, then at the very least not disappointed.
Time to hit the bong and take some pictures of Lou and Tatertot before taking my IRL doggos on a walk~
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