Game/Challenge Setup

 For those Sim fans more interested in the gaming side of things.


Initial Setup

- Lindsay Birch is a fresh CAS creation made as a Teen with no skills.

- Lindsay was placed on the purpose-built lot Little Falls Nook, in Copperdale.  Found as a National Park Here and converted to Residential Here.

- My own custom life span will apply (see essential mods below) equating to approximately two weeks and one season to a ‘real life’ year.

- Removed a total of 10200 simoleons from household account leaving Lindsay with a total of 22 to begin (I wanted her poor, but not completely starving and there are few collectables in Copperdale).

- As a semi-abandoned campground, Lindsay’s home base is Off the Grid.

- Seasons enabled at one week per season.    Weather settings: rain but no thunderstorms, snow but no blizzards.

- Neighborhood Stories switched off until first relationships are developed, and the place of maxis created characters in the story is better established.    Potential to introduce this backstage story progression at a later time.

- NPC voting on Neighborhood Action Plans (NAP) disabled.   Some of them truly bug me...



Intentions and Development

- Lindsay may only sell creations like paintings via plopsy.   Wherever possible any collectibles will be sold through in game mechanics like the flea market table (but may workaround due to initial desperation in early stages...) 

- Lindsay WILL attend High School full time, be driven to succeed in her education and can also earn money through compatible in-game employment.   Her first job is as a part time babysitter.   With a workaround by LittleMsSam installed, I have the ability to follow Lindsay to school each weekday without compromising performance/grades.

- No money cheats (naturally).   Lindsay must earn cash to pay bills, obtain food and even purchase extra outfits through the ThifTea store and mechanic.

- Community lots will be added at my own discretion.



 My ‘Essential’ Mods

These carefully curated mods are what make TS4 fun for me and are the result of years of searching and experimentation.

- Meaningful Stories by roBurky.   To make moods more stable.

- MC Control Centre (aka MCCC) by deaderpool.  Custom age span and many varied game tweaks.

- SimRealist Experience by SimRealist.   These add challenge and complexity.   If you don’t know them, check them out!

- TOOL by TwistedMexi.   (Take Objects Off Lot) for greater flexibility in decorating.

- Varied bug fixes and small mods by LittleMsSam.   For example, choose leftovers and choose helmet.

- Keep Sims in Home Region by Kuttoe.    Self-explanatory.

- Longer University Terms by Zero.  To make University fit with custom aging, one semester now equals fourteen days.

- Career Overhaul by Kuttoe.   More added realism (in my opinion) and makes university a bit more meaningful.


Notes on Owned Content

At the time of starting this save and challenge [11 November 2022] I own all official expansion packs, game packs excluding Journey to Batuu and Werewolves, about two thirds of the available stuff packs and several kits.


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