The Realm of Magic game pack is finally being released tomorrow (and I have it and the next day off of work!).
... Kind of. I am starting a new save file with a new challenge and I have a newfound appreciation for Maxis Match hairs and, yup, here we go.
Here is another batch of highlights in the lives of August, Rhea, Oliver, Tegan, and Adrian. This post ends pretty much at the point where I stopped playing this household; however, they will be making appearances in my other series and I will update on any deaths, births, et cetera.
I downloaded a new default skin replacement and some other things and wanted to play around in Create A Sim so I thought that the Random Genetics Challenge would be a good way to do so. I don't know who originated this but here is the version done by one of my favorite YouTubers, Clare Siobhan.
As I've played on past where I am in my posting on this blog, families have gotten bigger and stories have grown and I'm still working on mastering how I want to handle these things. I thought that I had grown very attached to Tegan, August and Rhea's daughter, but I'm just so enamored with the "main" Quickover family that I drifted away from her in the last week or so. I want to explore more about them and their stories as we get ready to kick off the "C" generation.
So. I have a lot of In the City photos already grouped that could be turned into posts. However, I'm not going to do that. I want to get caught up as quickly as possible and narrowing my focus just to one story (until it branches off to where I am now) will help me with that. I've marked the In the City household as unplayed, for now, and will see if MC Command Center puts them up to anything interesting.
For now, here is a lightning round of moments from San Myshuno.
After years of wanting it but never having a working PC that would run it, I finally am able to play Sims 4. And I love it (as I knew I would). I am going to chronicle my progress here - mostly focusing on challenges and legacies but also showcasing other random Sims related things that I do. I currently am playing both a Disney Princess Challenge and an Alphabetacy (an alphabetical legacy), but I am paying a lot more attention to the latter. I love the little family I have created.
Some notes about my game play:
Some notes about my game play:
- For my legacies, I don't really follow the "official" legacy rules. I start small and modest and pick an heir each generation and go from there. Easy enough. No money cheats or anything like that.
- I do use custom content and mods. I steer away from the clayified Maxis hair and much prefer alpha creations when it comes to that, but for clothes and skin details and such, I do stick with Maxis Match. Basically, I like realistic hair (eyelashes and brows included) but not realistic skins or eyes. Some of the mods that I use are MC Command Center, custom traits and careers, and an aging mod that changes the duration of each age to be a bit more realistically proportional.
- I'm not the biggest fan of building. I will probably get most of my houses and other lots from the Gallery. I do love furnishing, though, and will be doing a lot of it.
As of this intro post, I have Seasons, Cats and Dogs, City Living, and the Laundry Day pack. My priorities next will be the remaining 2 expansion packs, Parenthood, and Dine Out.
I have a lot of screen caps to edit and share, so bear with me as I get the ball rolling. And bear with me as I lose my mind over a game that has been out since 2014. If you're here reading this, you probably understand. I'll leave you with a teaser. Meet Helena, the founder of my Alphabetacy. I hope you'll love her as much as I do.
