Reducing Initial Cash
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: laracon on 2005 July 25, 18:44:32
From my point of view, 10000 is more than adequate to acquire everything that is needed on day one. (That does include building walls etc which are hardly needed) PLUS, if two sims get together currently, they get the added benefit of another 20000 (or so). - hardly the scenario for a young married couple needing to make their way. In fact they hardly need to work. Ever!
Well, technically, they hardly need to work ever because when you have no possessions, you also don't have any bills to speak of.
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This, when compared with their offspring using the no 20k handout mod (my favourite hack), is too generous. I believe a significant reduction compliments that hack.
Would you be happier if they started with zilch? Not a single penny beyond the $2600 you need for a piece of dirt so that you can even exist?
Alternatively, you could try bringing them up as College CASites. That should ensure that they begin with a puny $500 to their wallet, live in the dorms for their college careers, and finally move out of the dorm penniless and destitute in some random amount, sorta like real college students....except as CASites, they have no parents to move back with!
laracon:
No, I would just like to see less initial cash.
Financial constraints balanced against aspirational needs probably summarises it.
Changing child care, maid service costs etc. and revamping wages, work hours and skill requirements is within my ability and clearly trivial for you - but since I can't change aspirations, this is the other option.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: laracon on 2005 July 25, 20:25:13
No, I would just like to see less initial cash.
I have every reason to believe that the raw-starting-cash is partially hardcoded.
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Financial constraints balanced against aspirational needs probably summarises it.
Changing child care, maid service costs etc. and revamping wages, work hours and skill requirements is within my ability and clearly trivial for you - but since I can't change aspirations, this is the other option.
Well, child care doesn't cost anything. Child ABUSE costs a token amount of cash, but actual care doesn't cost anything. Besides, anyone who's lived the E-Mail Challenge knows that you need surprisingly little. And I don't suppose you need maid service, no matter how much or how little it costs, if you can't afford anything to clean in the first place. That's really the thing with your goal: If you want to send your sims into abject poverty, you CAN, but then they may actually like it and won't have any expenses, and you'll lose the entire "struggle" again since without expenses, they don't have to worry about much.
laracon:
The struggle is for them to have relative success in their lives, not for every single one of them to get A+ grades, perfect college marks and reach the top of their career and thats with my 9 year old daughter playing.
Behind that dry wit, your point is profound.
dizzy:
Actually, what would be really cool is to start them out at $0 and everything they buy puts them into debt (with interest payments, of course).
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