Sim Strategy Discussion
Kazzandra:
Well, the reason I say very little about how I personally play my game is that I use it as a character development tool for my novels. That's hardly a useful strategy to anyone but a handful of people! :)
Lion:
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I currently pay these by using the familyfunds cheat - but once I have the children move out and there are multiple households with the same name I'm not sure what I will do.
I solve this by changing the moving-out child's (teen or adult) last name to familyname2 (and more numbers when you have branched even more) using Simblender (change first name, copy to last name, change first name back). Then they will all have unique family names. You have to do it before moving them out, then a unique family name will be established.
[More discussion to come.]
mitchellcjs:
I've managed to complete the Apocalypse challenge, twice, but other than that I have no real "strategy". I keep trying to emulate some other strategies, but usually mess it up quickly. It's probably because getting the neighborhood set up is so time-consuming that I get bored before I get finished doing so. So, I'll end up with a half-finished setup, and play my sims anyway, confusing everything up.
Kyna:
Quote from: Lion on 2008 May 27, 14:06:39
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I currently pay these by using the familyfunds cheat - but once I have the children move out and there are multiple households with the same name I'm not sure what I will do.
I solve this by changing the moving-out child's (teen or adult) last name to familyname2 (and more numbers when you have branched even more) using Simblender (change first name, copy to last name, change first name back). Then they will all have unique family names. You have to do it before moving them out, then a unique family name will be established.
[More discussion to come.]
I use SimPE to change the household name, usually at the end of my rotation while they're sitting in the SimBin after graduating from uni. Then I don't have to mess around with changing their first name, copying it to last, changing their first name back, and then repeating the process once they are in their new household.
Zazazu:
As of last night, I have 11 households going. Two sets of twins, back from college, were waiting in a holding lot until it was their turn to be added to the rotation. None of them could move back home for various reasons, and the twin girls had to get married pronto to fulfill their dad's LTW before he kicks it. My second generation is almost gone :'( . So they needed separate households. The twin boys made sense to live together...bi Romance sim and gay Family sim. The gay one is currently my cutest male sim, so it's sad he won't be making babies...may have to arrange for someone to be sterile and him to do some insemination or somesort.
Anyways, all households are named "Bleu". I'm going to go back into SimPE and rename the ones where the family's last name doesn't actually match anymore, but that's only 4 of 11. I don't familyfund, though. Monique's Computer is used for transfers and loans, and I give them back the bare land cost with kaching + donate overage.
Just had my first couple be able to afford a home (extremely sparsely furnished) without a mortgage, so that's a big deal. When the mayor dies, his money will be distributed amongst his kids, but that's $30k+ split 7 ways. Not much. I haven't decided yet about Pierre & Frances's moneys...since that's the immortal Terrence's house and individual banking isn't yet available, it's hard to know what money is actually theirs to give out to their three kids. Probably nothing...since their twins are living together and the 'rents paid for their college, they aren't too broke.
It amazes me how much more friendly 'hoods seem now with FreeTime. Walk-ins are near constant. I played all my families this weekend, and the mayor's house one day had three of the kids just come in to visit. Several times household kids would bring a cousin/2nd cousin home from school and the school friend's mom or dad would come walking along almost immediately and they'd stay until 8:00 or so. And, apparently everyone was sucking up to the mayor-in-waiting as there were at least 12 of the other playables who came over to visit during Spring.
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