#asking for sims 4 help and knowledge

[cassymblr]

does anyone know of a repository/master list for default hair replacements for the sims 4 with all 24 hair swatches?

when i google i just get mau**asi's (censoring bc they're not a great person) 18 swatch replacements and not much else. there's someone dipping their foot into replacements but every time i open those up they only have the black swatch showing, which is just not helpful at all (not to mention they refuse to say which hair they're replacing, which is why i had to open the files up in the first place. please, i'm begging: don't do that)

i mean, i know i could just update the rest of the 18-swatch ones myself by looking for 24 swatch versions of the same hairs to replace the overrides with/add the 6 swatches myself but i'm lazy and don't want to

there are just so many of the older pack hairs that are unbearable to look at and i prefer replacements to hiders, because some of the hairs are cute! they were improved over the years! and even when i have no other cc in my game i still keep the overrides in, so i can play almost vanilla, just...improved

i'm doing a big hair sort out and sometimes when i find an obvious hair improvement for an easily recognisable hair i'll make the replacement then and there (case in point: today i replaced the candy behr hair from get together with a hair that's just demonstrably better but gives the same vibes, the hair was even helpfully named "candy behr"), but if other people did it first that just saves SO much TIME

so yeah, anyone able to help a simmer out, pretty please?

[giuseppe-yuki]

I just had a stupid thought, just imagine somwone maybe new at Mercedes was bitching at kimi and hia huge tiger girlfriend sitting behind them just waiting for them to finsih and everyone around them snickering

no thought is a stupid thought! i love to receive asks from readers :)

lord help the soul who thinks he’s “better” than kimi just because he’s older and has more “experience” in the field of racing.

kimi antonelli x tiger shapeshifter!gf

kimi nods, trying to be be polite as the man in front of him elaborates on his skill and practice on the sim brig.

“…since i was literally a baby,” the engineer points out, exaggeratedly gesturing with his arms. “that’s why i know for a fact that you should not be turning like that on turn 4- you should take the outside line.”

scrunching his eyebrows in confusion, kimi blinks at the man in confusedly. “um…okay.”

your boyfriend swivels around on his chair in the garage, trying to end the conversation. however, being too polite to just walk away, he has no choice but to sit there, enduring the ‘words of wisdom’ from this newly hired engineer that everybody knew gave out the most bullshit advice. several long-term engineers shoot him looks of pity at their desks after seeing him trapped in the impractical conversation.

that’s why he brightens up like the sun peeking out behind a cloud when you flounce into the garage in the following moments, pressing a kiss onto his cheek when you reach him.

“hi kimi,” you giggle, ruffling his curls with your hand. “working hard?”

he smiles at you, nodding. “yep! i’m designing mercedes’ next championship winning car,” he jokes.

you laugh, before a voice behind you speaks up. “do you mind? i was just giving him tips on how to drive better out there. it’s simple, really.”

whipping around, you come face to face with a rather young looking lad, who you suppose to be the infamous new-hire that everyone despises.

“oh, sorry,” you say, not feeling sorry at all. “did i cut you off from your conversation with kimi?”

“yeah,” the engineer says, with an air of confidence around him. “i was informing him on the many things he should do better on next time on track. i’ll have you know i have years of experience.”

the gall of this man, you think. that’s no way to talk to my boyfriend.

and when you thought the engineer could be even more repulsive, he opens his mouth yet again.

“by the way, i don’t know how you even got in the garage, but fans are supposed to stay in the paddock,” he sniffs, as if repulsed by the thought of a random kimi enthusiast in the mercedes garage.

even the nearby merc employees raise an eyebrow to the overly-cocky engineer’s comment. it was pretty much common knowledge of your position as kimi’s girlfriend in the paddock, showing up to nearly every event to support him. besides, you literally just gave your boyfriend a kiss on the cheek- a fan couldn’t have possibly done that.

your boyfriend jumps off of his seat, ready to defend you.

“hey! this is my-“ he begins, but you cut him off, squeezing his arm gently.

“really?” you gasp, eyes wide with faux surprise. “i am so sorry! i just wanted a signature from kimi- i had no idea!”

giving you a look of disgust, the engineer gestures behind him towards the exit. “yeah, yeah, dumb mistake, whatever,- just go that way, and make sure to read the signs next time.”

ignoring kimi’s look of surprise and the snickers of knowing engineers, you take your leave from the garage. behind you, you hear the engineer snort. “eugh, fans these days…always so overeager to meet their idols, am i right?”

yeah, someone should really stop you before you bit his head off.

you pad back into the garage several minutes later, in your tiger form. you had to teach this stupid guy a lesson. gingerly stepping around tires and spare parts, you weave your way through groups of merc employees and engineers. of course, being used to your presence, they give you a few pets on your head.

you hear the engineer’s voice before you see him.

“i also want to say, your tyre management is- how do i put this nicely- horrible.”

turning the corner, you spot a miserable looking kimi picking at his fingernails as he half-listens to the arrogant man in front of him.

at the sight of your aggressive figure- a total 180 from your usual shyer demeanor, the employees surveying the scene start to quietly snicker again.

hearing the laughs, the engineers mistakenly believes that they are laughing with him instead of at him.

“see, even they agree with me,” he chuckles at kimi. “you really should be working on managing your tires on track.”

unable to take it anymore, you sprint towards kimi, purposely nudging the engineer’s chair, knocking it off balance by a little. you nudge your large head underneath kimi’s hand, demanding pets.

the egotistic engineer yelps, almost falling off the tall stool. somehow being the only one not having seen kimi’s ’pet tiger’ before, he stutters out, “a-a-a- tiger!” before fleeing to the opposite of the garage.

you growl at him, purposely flashing your sharp canines at him. it makes you feel smug when he shrinks back even more, cowering behind a spare tire.

kimi rolls his eyes at the man’s extreme reaction. “maybe,” he says pointedly to the engineer while stroking your fur, “instead of you giving me pointers on how to do my literal job, i should be giving you pointers how to control your emotions. like, what are you so scared of? it’s just a tiger!”

when you roar again at the engineer to emphasize kimi’s point, you are pretty sure the engineer nearly pees himself.

[syckubota]

illustrated some comic pages based off some writing i have. sketches and flat ink process (alongside a long-winded info-dump) below :)

I'm a little shy about it, but I've been getting into fun self-insert stuff lately. Fallout 4 is truly a dating sim game...

The character in this comic is supposed to be fairly reflective of real-life me, but there's sort of an alternate-universe catch to them; They're like a time capsule of the me in October, 2024. So, there's certain bits of wisdom and knowledge, of which I that have now, that they don't. Essentially, they're prone to making blunders, and still have personal developments to make. I've been having lotsa fun exploring this concept!

The premise of my writing/story is that in another universe, on October 23, 2024, they wake up in Sanctuary Hills, October 23, 2287. This version of me is from our world, so they are heavily under-prepared for surviving the wasteland, and their only advantage is the fact that they have decent knowledge about the Fallout world (due to their fixation on it). They have to navigate this much more brutal environment, coupled with their personal vices and difficulties, including but not limited to the horror of being mysteriously ripped out of their own world. Their social-psychological struggles inadvertently leads to them deciding that lying about their origins was the best course of action. This alternate me initially white-lies about being a psychic, until it spirals out of control and they end up having to break the truth to everyone they've lied to. Nate is also released from Vault 111, and this alternate me has the honors of spoiling the Institute's grand looming scheme, after a bit of convincing.

The specific context behind this scene/snippet depicted in the comic, is that this alternate me hired MacCready, to not only have an experienced wastelander backing them up, but to also, hopefully begin assisting him with his struggles. They let it be known that they have (an unspecified amount of) knowledge about his life, but they still lied to him about where they were coming from, just how much they knew--and--their plans to help him. This me was also strongly in denial about their fascination and affection for him, so they were actively fighting a crush the whole time. They were hoping to help him and get on with their life elsewhere, and hopefully with someone else.

This alternate me planned to clear out the warehouses and to collect scrap for land development, with MacCready's help. They end up explaining a bit about their Minuteman-aligned land development goals, and unintentionally let on that they knew about MacCready's tragedy. When MacCready realizes this, there comes an awkward tension, because he is left blind-sided trying to process everything, and this me is extremely worried he took the information poorly, and may refuse their offer to help. This alternate me feels the need to be avoidant with him, and decides to get the job over with, the sooner the better.

However, since this alternate me was distracted with being evasive to their hired help, they had gotten careless, resulting in a heavily bleeding wound.

For further context, and before I continue, MacCready already sort of felt like he could resign his social-emotional walls to this alternate me. This was due to the fact that they already knew quite a bit about him, but didn't do anything to betray/exploit him. This alternate me also invited him to ask for whatever information he wanted back from them, to keep things fair and square. So, as a result, over the day he'd gotten to know them, he already felt some sense of kinship with them.

This leads back to this scene. MacCready simply offers to check and wrap up the wound (thus the vodka, rag, and bandages). This alternate me is already confused as to why he's being so friendly already, and they have some conversation, but it inadvertently leads back to the awkward tension they were feeling earlier; this alternate me comes clean about how much they actually knew about his life, and their intentions to turn things around for him, but they still hide the exact details of where they truly came from, unsure if it was the right time to do so.

MacCready understands. Taking their word, he truly believes this me was a person from his world, blessed with 'the sight', who was going out of their way to find the solutions to the near hopeless issues that had been eating away at him. Instead of feeling scorn or disturbance, he's glad to be understood, and have a way out of the hole he's in--it is an insanely cathartic thing for him, and he expresses his relief and gratitude accordingly. But this me knows that they were still lying to his face about their own past, and feels that their acts aren't deserving of such high praise. Instead of being able to fully appreciate his gratitude, they carry an immense guilt for their disingenuity, alongside deep humility about themself. There's nothing like being the cause of your own problems.

Anyways, TLDR: I turned myself into an original character and I'm torturing them here! 😁

to further explain why this alternate me didn't just stick a stimpak in themself so they wouldn't have needed help checking their wound:

stims are expensive. YES i know Boston is a stimpak trove but bro just got here...

stims were originally intended as healing aids, and this alternate me realistically needed stitches first. It was also the only wound they got; nor was it severe enough to call for one right away. YES i know that's not how the game treats stimpaks, though.

[glassygloss]

LETS STOP GATEKEEPING

I didn't use all those, it's just all the info i could gather

My patreon (free)|Discord

Apps to use to make CC's:

sims 4 studio (must)

canva (to make thumbnails and stuff, can be also any other program but it works best for me)

Krita/ibispaint or other drawing/photo editing software (that's where most of the work happens in making tattoo's/recoloring and stuff)

sims 4 manager (to make loading screens, here again canva comes handy, and pinterest of course)

Pinterest (to look for inspo/patterns)

Blender (to make 3d objects)

Marvelous Designer (to make clothes, not free unfortunately>:( )

Gshade/ReShade (to make reshades for the game)

Apps to use to make MODS:

Mod Constructor V5 (AN ABSOLUTE MUST IF YOU DON'T KNOW PROGRAMMING LIKE ME)

Sims 4 Studio (again, a must especially if you want to translate it or smt)

PyCharm (To my knowledge python is a really handy language that can enable you to make mods!)

Good to have:

mods that show you corrupted mods and CC's in the game(and if yours is not one of them)

CurseForge (for the same reason, it shows you which files are corrupted)

reddit (handy to ask for help there)

discords for ts4 creators, where u can ask 4 advice!

If i'll remember/see something else I'll let you know!!!

[prettyboykatsuki]

Ariiiii help 🥺 I feel like you’re knowledgeable about computers, at least a lil’ bit? And you’re a bit of a gamer? (More than me at least lol)

I have this old-as-time-itself-MacBook Air that runs only on nothing but hopes and dreams, I’ve had it since 2018 when I got it (new) in high school and then I bought it for like. Barely $100 when I graduated. Anywho. I haven’t been able to update the software since like 2022 because the update itself takes too much space lol so I desperately need a new one. It can barely handle Spotify, EA and The Sims 4

My pipe dream is to have a (preferably) laptop (but if it’s impossible, a desktop will do) that can handle Spotify, TS4, Bg3, Sdv, Rdr2, Minecraft and like. Some type of music writing program. That DOESN’T cost like a million bucks because I am but a young adult on a budget with enough student loans to scare off my will to live. Which maybe isn’t a lot but it seems like too much for my life 😭

Do you have any tips? All my friends are console gamers and know like fuck all about computers and I feel like if I go to a store and ask they’re gonna try to make me buy something more expensive than I really need. My budget is like $600 but I’d be willing to go over a little bit if there’s a significant difference between a few options. And I’d prefer anything but Apple lol

I’m reallllllly not a tech whiz so this is going out on a whim. You don’t have to answer this but if you do I’ll be really grateful ❤️ Hope you’ll have a wonderful day/evening/night, wherever you are 🥰🕺

i'll keep it a buck with you now and say finding a laptop with the specs you are hoping for (i.e. the bare minimum specs for bg3 / rdr2) is probably going to cost you minimum 700 dollars. also trust i would never in my life recommend an apple laptop to anyone haopsdkjsdk

ts4 and all the other games listed + programs listed are doable but bg3 is an enormous game with extremely high detail graphics and absolute bitch to run. you have a better chance with normal desktop pc imo if you're really adamant on that game specifically. assuming you want the bare minimum specs

i have this post here about gaming specs that you may find helpful but that is for more modern games. if you want a laptop with good specs within in your budget u have to watch out for sales

i think this laptop is probably your best option for now. it's on sale so if you can get it Right Now - it will meet all your requirements and be within budget

pros - meets all of your needs, within price range, good storage and good graphics

cons - low ram which can effect game performance but is absolutely functional for daily use and less intensive games. will be able to run those modern games as well but you may experience lag / performance issues.

i think another good one is this laptop by asus. you want to prioritize half-decent ram for shelf-life, you may have to give up on graphics. it will handle basic gaming perfectly fine (sdv, ts4, minecraft) but you'll have issues w more recent titles. but it doesn't fall like... crazy out of budget at around 650. best buy often has sales so if you wait i think you can get it for less.

pros - more ram, runs smoother, decent graphics, plenty of storage

cons - less involved graphics which will make it hard to play newer titles.

i think your best option that is more expensive is this msi laptop. it meets all of your requirements and has the recommended specs for pretty much any more recent titles. the main different between this and the first laptop i recommend is that the ram is a lot higher which will absolutely impact performance. 8gb is standard for daily use and light gaming but 16gb is much higher and is a significant increase. you'll have a much higher quality of life if that makes sense

pros - more ram, good storage, good graphics, runs smoothly

cons - most costly of the three.

i can make a separate post around desktop but assuming you are hoping to use this in your daily life - a laptop is more practical.

for me personally, i prioritize ram because that is the most impactful to your computers performance and for me what is most important. it impacts your ability to do more than one thing at a time which is crucial to me both as a writer and a programmer

for any laptop you will buy there are 3 basic things to lookout for: processor, ram, storage.

for processors i avoid intel because they've had a huge issue with basically imploding in the last few years. i recommend amd5 at minimum. everything above that is also good (amd7 or amd9). if you're set on intel, i7 or i9 processors are best.

for ram - i really, really recommend at least 12gb. 8gb is the absolute minimum for a half-functional device. absolutely no less than 8 otherwise your computer will be so slow and hard to use. but i prioritize ram bc my computer running slow is literally smth that makes me feel like a super villain lmao. my current laptop has 32gbs bc its so serious to me

for storage - as high as possible. if you're prioritizing daily use over gaming, you can get away with less storage but if you want to play games locally - 512 is best for quality of life

graphics can get very tricky. the main difference between a gaming laptop and a daily use laptop are the graphics. modern games require a lot more indepth graphics.

if you're set on playing games - go with the first or third option. if you're more concerned about longevity and performance, the second or third is best.

overall, i do think the msi is well worth your money and will be a good investment. that being said, all of the other options i listed will also meet your needs. figure out what you prioritize and decide from there.

if you have any other questions, let me know!

[eulaliasims]

Veridia: Introductions III (Surprise Return of the Introduction Posts)

Sooooo, about this ROS: I did roll a D6, and then I ignored it. Some of Veridia's newcomers will become townies and some of them will be playables. Because that's what I want and it's my game.

Many words below explaining backstory/plot/bullshit I made up on the fly. Most of it's just restating what characters were talking about in the last post. You can scroll past it and look at the pictures, I won't complain:

As has been mentioned once or twice, Veridia isn't a kingdom in itself but a village/town within a larger area (Abona) held by an overking. Abona is on the coast and is bordered in a few directions by several other kingdoms. The whole thing is basically a mess of different kingdoms on a large island.

(As an aside, theoretically Veridia tithes to the overking, and I'm gonna start taxing sims in the summer/fall to represent that. Also because some households are getting TOO wealthy already.)

Evervale (a port/Enna's home/the closest thing to a city) and Drossburh (has a lot of shitty caves, is probably where Elmet got werewolf'd) are also within Abona. Another town in Abona is Wyll, known for being home to several large covens of magical families. It's probably located on some magical locus or something like that. The covens are fairly powerful entities. Each family specializes in a specific type of magic, and the coven elders frequently arrange marriages within and between families in hopes of birthing more powerful witches. (Arturo will definitely laugh at and make fun of them for this if he ever learns about it.)

Unfortunately for Wyll, it's a border town and has been affected by a feud between two neighboring kingdoms. Thus far Abona has stayed out of the not-quite-war, but skirmishes within Wyll's borders and the fact that Abona is aligned with one of the participating kingdoms means it may enter the war soon.

With the threat of more soldiers at their doorstep, a few of Wyll's coven elders decided to send away representatives of their families as a precaution, ensuring that the magic lines (and all their hard work) won't go extinct if worst comes to worst in Wyll. An insurance policy, if you will. An offer to leave with them was extended to the "mundane" townsfolk as well, and accepted by a handful of sims. I suspect Veridia may see more people fleeing Wyll if the feud continues.

Now onto the actual introductions:

Orla is a young witch best described as 'happy-go-lucky'. She grew up in a very large family that specializes in healing magic; Orla herself has a fair hand for the spells but not for the herbal side of things; she doesn't have any luck with plants at all, for that matter. Don't ask for her help at planting time.

(Family/Knowledge, 4/8/4/7/7)

Maddan carries the blood of another of Wyll's witch lines, but has no capacity for magic himself. He became a soldier as a young man and over time has earned respect for his capability, even if he is a rather brusque person off the field as well as on. While he was healing at home from an injury, his family arranged his marriage to Orla. This and his bloodline are why the coven elders chose him to lead one of the groups from Wyll. In his free time, Maddan likes to whittle tiny ducks out of scrap wood.

(Fortune, 3/6/8/3/3)

River Farseer is descended from a line of soothsayers—fortune tellers, augurs, omen readers, whatever you want to call it. (They do dabble in augury from time to time, but hydromancy is their preferred method.) They prefer solitude and keep to themself a lot of the time, which made it easy enough to agree when the covens asked them to leave Wyll, so long as they don't have to stay with everyone else once they settle in Veridia. They recently became friends with Orla, though, thanks to Orla's sheer force of personality.

(Knowledge/Pleasure, 3/2/7/4/9)

Chewy is Orla's pet goat. You're never gonna guess how she got that name.

Myr can see how the winds are blowing in Wyll and decided to get out while the going's good, bringing her young brother, Acca, and their grandmother, Ælfwyn, with her. She is interested in the opportunities Veridia's growing market presents. Maybe a lady can build a business here without the covens breathing down her neck.

(Fortune/Romance, 3/6/7/5/4 | Grow Up, 4/7/8/3/3 | Family/Fortune, 6/5/8/3/3 )

After Wulfraed's marriage dissolved, he spent a lot of time drinking too much and having ill-advised encounters in taverns to cope. One morning he woke to find an infant in a basket on his doorstep. Now he's decided to take his daughter to Veridia, where they will be safer from stray soldiers and where people will stop asking who Kara's mother is, or why Kara's ears are so pointy… or her teeth, for that matter.

(Romance/Family, 5/3/5/8/4 | Grow Up, 2/4/6/4/9)

[luthsthings]

Sims 4 x 10 Years!

Ten years ago today, I booked the day off on my work schedule and played a lot of Sims 4.

I'd been a Simmer since 2000, after one of my kids asked for the game because they'd seen it at a friend's house. I played The Sims, and then Sims 2, and then Sims 3. Sims 3 and my computer didn't get on too well, and I fought it a lot, wanting to play rotationally as a micromanager! When the Sims 4 trailers started coming out, I felt like they'd finally made a version of the game that was really for me, as a micromanaging rotational player who doesn't want to restart for new packs and new worlds, and who likes some quirk and exaggeration.  

So on September 2, 2014, I installed Sims 4. (I'd preordered, of course!) I downloaded trailer Sims from the Gallery (I still have a soft spot for Amber -- in one of my saves, back around 2015, she married Elvis Presley). I giggled at Sims sticking their fingers in their ear while they cooked. I got annoyed by the push-ups. I completely failed at making a roof. A Sim read a book while on the toilet and I was delighted. I took my Willow Creek Sim to visit the bar in Oasis Springs and enjoyed the view there (I like the dinos).

I made a self-Sim and spent lots of time tweaking her face till my husband came into the room, glanced at my monitor, and said, "Hey, that's actually you!" She's still my self-Sim (over on my avatar there). I just update her look now and then as I update my own.

I had a lot of fun, and I found myself using Sims as a new creative outlet in ways I hadn't so much before. I felt creative.

Eventually I confessed to my daughter that I'd actually played with my self-Sim. Here she is as a scientist back in 2015. Once upon a time, in an earlier version of the game, we -- me and my kids -- were playing with "us" in game and I died in a model rocket accident. This was traumatic and I was not supposed to play with "us" anymore. This time I did not die.

And here I am still playing! (But my hair went white.) I've had three-day saves and seven-year saves (RIP that save!). I've played every pack, but there are still base game things I haven't done! Sometimes I get really caught up in too much micromanaging with the game (townies really do often need fixing), then a new pack comes out and I try new things and it's a lot of fun again. It makes me laugh.

I've also made new friends in Sims communities and helped lots of Simmers keep playing the game. I started doing that back in 2014. A lot of the Sims community back then was focusing on what was bad about Sims 4. I was having fun with it, though, and enjoyed helping other people on the Forums who just wanted to do that.

That just kind of... morphed. It turned into some Forums posts gathering scattered info about upcoming packs from the various places SimGurus were saying things (I stopped doing those a couple of years ago -- there are websites gathering that info now, and a lot less places it turns up too). It turned into threads gathering info about mods that got broken in big game patches... and that was way back in 2015! I'm delighted that it turned into a whole thing in the community, with different places providing the info different ways. Getting to know the modding community after starting that has been a lot of fun. I even brushed off my old programming knowledge from high school and took over some mods from a modder I'd gotten to know well. I do like the lack of punch cards in modern programming!

I'm also super thankful to EA and Maxis for inviting me some years ago to be a Game Changer (the program that morphed into the EA Creator Network). I love the connections I have with other creators and storytellers and support people in the EACN, even if I feel really tiny next to the big names with their thousands and thousands of followers (but a quick thank you to my little group of Patrons! I appreciate you a ton!). I am also very appreciative of the gifted packs from EA that I receive as part of the EACN. They've helped make it a little bit easier to volunteer my time to supporting other Simmers, even if I do now have to put disclaimers on gameplay content I post, which sometimes feels a bit silly.

tldr: Happy 10th Birthday, Sims 4! I hope it's a fabulous one.

And now I'm going to grab some lunch, do some chores, then dive back into my current save. Cassandra has two love interests to consider, and that jewel is charging up. Plus she really needs a cat. And some actual income. And some improvements in her spellcasting (my previous save's Cassandra was a Mermaid). And that's not to start on Alexander building some skills before he heads off to uni for Robotics...

Psst... 

Don't forget to mark on your calendar the next anniversary. The Sims franchise will be 25 on February 4, 2025! 

[sinjaangels]

No Yandere Sim AU - TWST AU by @quartztwst.

Questions for No Yandere OC - part 1, Alice E. the Agent of Cthulu

1. Does your OC have parents or family in the AU? If not, what is their current living situation?

Alice is a piece of the entity of Cthulu. She is one of the many voices of the dark being. A crumb of its infinite knowledge! In a way, the entity is her father. It has been some time since one of its kind has been summon to earth. Alice explains she is a foreign exchange student and her "father" lives very far, far away. Alice's current living situation is a simple apartment provided by a government assistance programs for teens.

2. What are their thoughts on Quartz?

Thankful to Quartz for the opportunity to live as her own person! She doess wonder why this female human who clearly had no interest or belief in the ritual was participating. When she discovered Quartz's alterior motive, she quietly observes her mission and seeks to understand.

"From what I've seen so far... she's terrible as such a simple barbaric task as killing. But is it her fault... or an interference of an unknown source. Surely she can't be THAT terrible!" Alice giggled.

3. What is their thoughts and relationship with Azul? How did they meet Azul?

Eventually, Alice observes Azul, the target of Quartz. Azul introduced himself to Alicea and offered his assistance if she ever needed help of any sort. Alice was stunned by his natural allure. She sensed an affinity with Azul! Curiousity drives to get close to explore these unexplored feelings from herself.

(Basically, with magic in the No Yandere world, Alice senses Azul being a cephalopod-like being like herself.)

4. What are their relationships with other characters/OCs?

Floyd: "Cuttlefishie's fun! She wasn't afraid of me! ...Sometimes, though, I feel all tinglly... It's excitin' .... Nah, I ain't afraid of her!"

Jade: "Miss Alice is a interesting young lady. Her background is simple... and too clean. Such a mystery. Clearly, there is something she is hiding."

Riddle: "Ms. E.?" Made a face. "I wish she would spell out her last name. What does she have to hide. Anyway, most knowledge comes to her with ease. When it comes to history, she speaks as if she had witnessed certain event. Only knows the rules, just to break them!"

Ace: "She's okay! She's pretty cool to hang with! Asks a lot of questions. A LOT of questions. Always up for anything."

Malleus: "Such a bold creature. Hmm, what do I mean by creature? Well, Lilia has informed me that she isn't human. I trust Lilia's judgement, but she in my opinion, she's human to me."

5. What grade/year is your OC?

Alice enrolled to Night Raven as a first-year.

6. What is your OCs goal for the school year or in life?

To study current modern day humans. Once enough knowledge is acquired, spread the influence of her father. MagiCam seems to be a good place to start!

7. Your OC is being framed for murder of another student by Quartz, how does your OC react to that? Does your OC know it's Quartz?

Proper human reaction is shock and to insist upon innocence. Alice can prove her innocence with her incredible intellgence. Yes, Alice knows it's Quartz. Quartz has tried to disturpt her mission. What would be a good punishment?

8. Your OC notices Quartz carrying a weapon in her skirt pocket. That's strange since the female school uniforms don't have skirt pockets. Does your OC report this?

"Ah, another attempt on Azul's life! I shall follow and see if she succeeds, there is a low probablity of success. Very, very low. Her creativite thought process is entertaining!"

9. Where is your OC usually with or at during school? Classes? With Azul? Skipping class? Where do they eat lunch?

Alice has explored every nook and cranny of the school. She probably knows more about the school than the students and campus. Even the hidden pathways that Quartz thinks only she knows about.

"Heh, heh! Finding Idia's "lair" was so much fun!"

10. How are your OC's grades?

Much to Azul and Riddle's shock, Alice surpassed them. She certainly caught Azul's attention.

[oakiyo]

you've probably already been asked this before but how did you start out making cc and where did you learn to make it?

Hi! Learning CC can be a pretty daunting task and can seem really overwhelming, but the best/most effective way that I learnt was by watching speed meshes from other creators, and reading tutorials. Easier said than done, I know.

I think my first piece of advice before actually creating any content is familiarising yourself with the different programmes involved and how to navigate them. Blender, Photoshop (alternative photo editing programmes will work) and Sims 4 Studio are the essential tools to make custom content - there are a plethora of tutorials out that covering the UI, navigation, and shortcuts to move around and do certain things.

My second piece of advice is to just go for it - start with whatever knowledge you may have. This might be cropping a t-shirt or adding bangs to a hair - really simple mesh edits. Then, when you encounter an issue along the way, find a fix for that specific issue, whether that might be cuts, or UV textures.

It would be pretty hard to just make a singular tutorial on how to make custom content as it is a fairly complex 'thing' and there are so many unique ways of doing it. I'll list some helpful sources and tutorials under the 'keep reading' that I have read or made over the past couple years.

Tutorials:

SimLaughLove made huge masterlist post of tutorials and tips for creating custom content, which is where I read the majority of tutorials I used to get started.

Aharris00britney has quite a few speed meshes on their YouTube channel that I used a lot when understanding more complicated stuff like proportional editing and making textures.

About a year or so ago I made a weight tutorial for hairs that I still use to this day and has not failed me since.

Actually, I have a whole tutorials tab on my blog if you see anything there that interests you!

myshunosun has a lot of helpful resources and tutorials for build and buy custom content, if that's more your thing (link 1, link 2)

Other people on YouTube such as illogicalsims have some amazing beginner friendly tutorials for all sorts of content creation.

Useful links:

Sims4Studio

Blender 2.76

Photoshop

S4CASTools

Nvidia Texture Tools Exporter

If there is anything you don't think I have covered of think is worth me including, please let me know and I'll be sure to add it here! Creating custom content can seem really overwhelming and it is inventible to get frustrated and angry along the way - believe me I have had many a meltdowns over issues with my CC. Another point I want to mention is to never feel scared or as though you are being annoying when asking other people (myself included) for help. I am more than welcome to help you with your CC issues, just shoot me a message and I'll do my best to explain what your issue is and how to fix it.

If there are any areas you want to see covered in a tutorial please let me know and I'll try my best to write one.

[shmowder]

It's 5 am (.... don't even ask, this certainly isn't the first time and it won't be the last 😅) so there isn't going to be a lot of substance here but PLAGUE DOCTOR READER HELL YES I am once again saying your knowledge of herbs is immense and your beak is huge. Even orderly reader could be something. They'd still get the cool bird costume!

"The herbbride x reader was because I wanted to smooch a herb bride pls let pls :"(((" Pathologic dating sim when!!!!

I think you have a point about detailed readers, and I'm not just saying that ^^ Especially in a longer fic, having a specific job and/or background can definitely help build the story and anchor the reader to the universe. The real problem for me arises when the reader's personality is well-defined for no reason (for instance, if the prompt is specifically about shy reader or bratty reader). Like I was once reading this random set of general headcanons and the reader was bold and sassy and rebellious and I was like who tf is this person. The more I attempt to describe this issue the more I realize it might just be a me problem :o)

Stopppp no bc I also thought the Big Vlad comment was kinda 👀 Then again, he called me a gullible kid in the same breath. Which is kind of accurate so I don't really mind.

Man that concept art of the Stamatins is cool. Andrey's animal being a shark is perfect; so is Capella+butterfly and Maria+cobra.

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It makes me really happy to hear that these conversations are making the game more fun! I feel lucky to have found your blog, too. <3

Some random stuff I've been thinking about your BG3 blog for a few days, since I had another look at it recently. First of all the drabbles masterlist?? Holy shit you've written so much, it's amazing! I had only checked out your "my works" link before. Crybaby Tav my kindred spirit. And I'm obsessed with how organized everything is.

Your OC Sol is stunning!! I think it's so cute that you even have a section dedicated to other people's OCs. I've been trying on and off for a while to perfect my OC using the Sims 4. My favorite thing about the Sims 4 is as soon as I open the game I immediately forget what a human face is supposed to look like. Still, it's fun even though I'm not 100% satisfied yet.

🐿️ anon

or

Plague doctor Reader after some surgeon's grass potions are more effective at combating the plague than the leeches you've been administrating to the sick:

(they were expensive leeches) (it was your last jar too)

The fun a plague doctor reader would have in pathologic, it is literally plague utopia, isn't it? Daniil having to come to terms that someone like you holds the same authority and prestigious standing as someone like his will never not be hilarious.

Also, the mental image of plague-doctor!reader being"I'm a healer.... but" *relaods shotgun*

would the leeches work? theoretically they should since it was the earth blood which cured the illness. Which annoys Daniil even more that your barbaric and outdated methods are more effective than his pharmaceutical antibiotics but they're still less effective than Artemy's tinctures.

The executors or orderlies follow after the reader instead of the bachelor, akin to a bunch of small chicks trailing after their mother hen.

Daniil is mean and yells a lot. You're nice. They'd rather follow your orders instead.

Also the whole gothic look? The long beak, the anonymity of the mask, the black coat and gloves. It's just so intriguing, rumours about how you must look like under the mask keep spreading through out the town and people are getting more and more curious.

you're like a doctor doctor, not a philosophy doctor like Daniil or a priest surgeon like Artemy. You aren't afraid to go to extreme measures to cure this plague which is clearly the work of the devil. Carrying viles of acid around and managing to makeshift a small lab to conduct your experiments in, making various concoctions and trying them out on the helpless paitents. Some work, others melt their eyes off, it's still a work in progress.

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About the Bg3 blog. lmao yeah I wrote so much, i even made some original characters like the loser high elf for the human kink thing. It was an amazing time, I hope i stay in the pathologic fandom for just as long and leave a similar legacy behind.

Thank you so much! Sol is my first ever OC, i love them more than the sun <3 I wanted to make an irredeemable unlovable character and shower them with absolute love and adoration.

Oh god crybaby!tav. Those were the good times. Like sure I enjoy being a strong and capable reader, but sometimes a reader who's helpless as a kitten and constantly tears up at the slightest misfortune is just so fun to write!

Clinging to whoever comes to save you, relying on them to solve your problems. Continously making bad choices or tripping, endangering yourself without realising it because you're just so oblivious and they need to rush in and immediately whisk you away because you just can't function on your own.

Keeping you under watch constantly. You're too air headed to realise how dire the situation is, too naive and trusting.

A reader like that would make Daniil's hair sprout grey, frustrating him endlessly as he has to urgently drop his responsibilities and run across the town because you wandered too far into the steppe to pick pretty flowers and now you're lost, cold and confused and sleezy men won't stop eyeing you.

Or an Artemy that doesn't believe it when you actually sat on his lap after he threw a teasing remark that you look like a lost pet sitting alone at the bar. Who is concerned that you're so willing to trust this hulking gaint surgeon who could break you in half. Who's brain can't function because you keep fidgeting on his lap, unawarly pressing yourself against him.

Alexander Saburov might just be the most fun out of these bunch to have a crybaby reader running to him at every minor problem or inconvenience. He's cooing at you while wiping your tears, asking what's wrong? He'll make it right, you're safe with him. His ego tiples in size the more you cling to his arm when walking in dangerous areas, his back straightness more as you refuse the help from any other person but him, even telling Victor Kain himself to not get near you because he scares you while hugging Alexander instead.

You'd send Yulia into an early grave, everyday is an almost heart attack with that woman who's trying her best. No matter how many lectures on safety or being independent she gives you, her words are too big for your brain and you zone out halfway through. Thinking that the worried expression on her face is super adorable, interrupting her speech with a kiss and making a fuse blow in her brain as she immediately forgets what she was speaking about. The usually collected Yulia, flustered and stuttering as you ask for more kisses.

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Your comment about playing the sims made me actually choke with laughter I cannot coahxoqjkdkq I feel you. God I do.

[soy100genchallenge]

Generation 2

Name: Lucas Stark

Traits: Child of the Ocean, Analytical, Genius, Quick Learner

Aspiration: Need Brain, Renaissance Sim, Archaeology Scholar, Bodybuilder

Career: Marine Biologist (10) +12

Traits Gained: Top Notch Infant, Top Notch Toddler, Responsible, Good Manners, Graduated High School Early, Active, Entrepreneurial, Cheerful, Family-Oriented, Handy, Hardly Hungry, Savant, Professorial, Master of the Sea, Museum Patron, Seldom Sleepy, Long Lived, Anger Grief, The Knowledge

Skills: Logic (10), Handiness (10), Fitness (10), Gardening (10), Video Gaming (10), Research & Debate (10), Archaeology (10), Cooking (10), Rocket Science (10), Parenting (10), Comedy (10), Mischief (8/), Selvadoradian Culture (5), Singing (3/), Charisma (4/), Romance (5/), Entrepreneur (4/), Writing (2/), Gourmet Cooking (2/), Dancing (3/), Photography (1/), Wellness (7/), Violin (2/), Cross-Stitch (2/)

Spouse: Miguel Angel Fuentes

Children: Isabella Stark, Jasmine Stark, Evan Stark

Grandchildren: Leo Stark, Hanna Jeon, Alena Jeon, Ace Lee, Alessandra Lee

Story:

Shortly after graduating Lucas became the heir to the Stark family. He immediately joined the marine biology career path just as he had always dreamed of. Lucas put 110% into his career, but while he excelled in everything he did, it was to the detriment of his home life. Lucas didn't have a partner or any time to date but he knew he wanted to be a great father to his future children, just as his father was to him. As he was getting older he knew if he ever wanted children, he would have to start moving quickly so he decided to embark on IVF as a single dad. To his excitement he had twin girls, Isabella and Jasmine. He knew it was going to be hard working as a single parent to twins but he knew he would always have the support of his parents.

With the help of his parents Lucas thrived in both taking care of the girls and his career, quickly rising to the top of his field. Unfortunately both of Lucas' parents passed away just as the twins started school. While it was hard without them, being the leading expert in Marine Biology meant that Lucas was able to scale back to working part time and focus entirely on bringing up his daughters alone.

With the inheritance that his parents left him and his sister, Adeline, and the continuation of their rental properties, Lucas was able to take his daughters on the trip of a lifetime to Selvadoradia. It was on this trip that he discovered a love for Archaeology and old artifacts, and made a name for himself in the artifacts authentication world. It wasn't long before experts were asking him for help!

He also met a new friend, Miguel, who would go on to become the best friend he ever had.

Once the girls started high school Lucas felt ready and able to have more children. He went back for more IVF treatment and was blessed with his son, Evan.

An extremely intelligent man, Lucas had a very comfortable adulthood despite losing his parents young. He had the big family he wanted as well as the academic career he strived for. He put his all into his family and career but ultimately sacrificed his love life for them.

It was only in their older age that Lucas and Miguel realised their friendship was never just a friendship and decided to give a relationship a go. They married as elders and lived out the rest of their lives together

Aspiration Completed? Yes +3

Max Career Level? Yes (10+12)

Soul Journey: Dreams Fulfilled

Days Lived:

Total Generation Play Time: 15 hours 52 minutes

[yoshihashismattebum]

8, 14, 22 for the end of year asks, please!

8. Game of the year?

I've actually not played that many games this year! Though to be fair, even in years when I do play a lot of games, I'm a dabbler: I only tend to play a game for about two weeks at a time before I move on to something else, which sometimes makes it hard to pick a favourite. I think this year the running theme was 'games that I recognise aren't particularly good but I enjoyed them anyway'.

The first one that springs to mind is House Flipper. On the surface it looks like every other janky simulator game, but there's something about it that's oddly compelling. All the little tasks feel very satisfying to perform, and being able to choose the decor scratches the same interior design itch as the Sims for me.

I also played quite a bit of Fallout 4, but I wouldn't necessarily say it's a good game. The writing in it is generally dreadful imo, and the world mostly feels like a missed opportunity. Plus, like most Bethesda games, it has the breadth of an ocean but the depth of a puddle. But hey, sometimes it's fun to splash around in a puddle!

As usual, I've also played a lot of trashy wrestling games, mainly WWE 2K23 and Wrestling Empire. I would particularly recommend the latter despite it being a bizarre, janky mess a lot of the time. Something about it is oddly compelling, and it runs equally well on phones and PC, which makes it perfect to pick up for 15 minutes at a time. Plus the matches can be really good! The system of move counters is particularly impressive.

One of my aims for next year is definitely to play games a bit more intentionally and less mindlessly. It would be good to work through some of my huge Steam library backlog!

14. Favorite book you read this year?

Again, it's been a lean year for me this year in terms of books, but I'm coming out of a multi-year slump where I barely read anything at all, so I'm at fine with that.

The only print book I read this year, and thus my favourite by default, was The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers. Fortunately I thought it was great! It's the fourth in her 'Wayfarer' series, which is probably my favourite series of books of all time. I think this one was maybe the weakest of the four for me, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. I'd highly, highly recommend the series to anyone who wants something warm and light but also thought-provoking (themes of personhood, identity, community etc). Even if you're not typically a SF fan, I think you'd get something out of them.

I did listen to a few audiobooks as well though! The highlight was probably Caliban's War by James S. A. Corey, the second in the Expanse series (yet more SF). Having enjoyed the TV show, I was quite disappointed by the first book, but this second one was lightyears better imo, so I'm glad I persevered. It's where the series really starts to get into the political intrigue that I loved in the show.

22. Favorite place you visited this year?

I answered this one already in a previous post, but I think I can come up with another answer! 2024 was the year I finally made it to Warhammer World! If you're a massive nerd like me, it really is paradise. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to see some cool fantasy and SF dioramas, even if you don't have any interest in or knowledge of Warhammer. I was blown away by the scale and detail of some of them. Seriously impressive stuff, and it helped to get me back into the hobby! RIP my money...

[luckyjak]

Hi! I saw your posts about making a game, do you mind talking about how you learned/are learning to make games? I'm interested in getting into game development as a hobby, how'd you get started?

oh boy!

First off, I'm flattered you asked. I would not consider myself an expert by any means necessary, but I can write about my process and what I've been doing to learn.

Some background: I work for the Department of Education in the USA as part of a grant at a university. I love my job: it takes all of my favorite parts of teaching (I was a high school English teacher for 10 years) and removes all the parts I dislike (grading, parents, ect.). I get to help people, genuinely help people who need it the most.

That said, Trump won the election, and one of his threats was to eliminate the Department of Education. And it's a very real threat that six months, a year, four years from now, my job may not exist.

So, I've been looking into a possible alternate career path, as a precaution. Hopefully it's not necessary, but just in case.

I've always been interested in video games and video game designs. I've been an avid player of games since I was 4, and I've been playing video game RPGs since I was ten. I've been a dungeon master since 2011, and I've GM'd tons of games, making puzzles, dungeons, homebrewing monsters, ect.

When I was a kid, I would have told you my dream job was writing video games for Bioware. In some ways, that's still my dream job. However, one doesn't just get handed a job at a game studio to be a writer: you have to have more to bring to the table.

The thing that has always held me back is my lack of programming knowledge. Where do you start?

step one: figure out what you want to make

while this may sound easy, I found it complicated. I want to make everything. I wanna make RPGs. I want to make farming sims. I want to do X, and Y, and Z.

Right now, I have three projects I'm "working" on:

A stardew valley clone. This is my high priority right now. I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel; I figure this will teach me everything I need to know to go further (basic combat, basic level design, night/day shifts, calendars, NPC interactions, relationship tracking, ect.) If I ever get to the point where I'm thinking of publication, I do have a unique selling point: in my game, you will have a magical pocket watch that can slow down, speed up, or even pause time.

A cozy zelda-inspired dungeon crawler. You have a party, you go into dungeons, you solve puzzles and fight monsters.

My big one: a Fire-Emblem x Stardew Valley crossover RPG. More on that when I get to it.

I've decided to focus all my efforts on the first one because, again, that seems like the easiest one to make/find guides for.

step two: find an engine

Games run on game engines. And there are a lot out there to choose from: Unity, Unreal, GameMaker, RPGMaker, Godot, Ren'py, ect. I've played around with all of them. I gave serious consideration to Ren'py because of it's simplicity. However, Ren'py is made for visual novels, and while it can have gameplay elements, I found it was harder to implement the game mechanics I wanted in Ren'py, so I moved on. I worked in Unity for a while, but Unity is so powerful that it ran sluggishly on my computer. Ultimately, I've chosen Godot: It is free, open-source, and it can do everything I want it to do, and there are lots of resources out there for it.

step three: make/find assets

itch.io is your friend. There are so many assets out there to use! If you are an artist, great! Make your own. But if you are just a hobbyist/just getting started, consider supporting an artist and buying assets.

here is a collection I've made on itch.io of resources that seem helpful to me if you want to check it out.

step four: ???

now you put it together and make a game!

Sounds easy? It isn't. But that's the step I'm on now.

in defense of AI

controversial subheading, I know, but I've also been using chatgpt to help me program. It's not perfect (in fact, a lot of the time, it is bad) but I've been treating it as a resource to help me learn. I ask it questions that I would ask google/reddit, and it points me to what sort of question I need to ask/systems I need to research. It helps make me, a total newb at programming, feel more confident in what I am doing.

Sorry, this got long. Hopefully it helps?

[enkhanthor]

Legacy History Challenge - Original Age - Genesis

Note: English isn’t my mother language and I’m not an expert in idiomatic expression. So if you find any errors or something weird, please forgive me and let me know on “ask me” if you want.

Void (@winterearlypoison) was kind enough to help me with the translation and made some suggestions.

Tradução em português aqui.

LHC Doc - EN/US - Complete Doc with all Ages.

LHC Doc - PT/BR - Doc Completo com todas as Eras.

In the Original Age - Genesis the player is The Watcher (God of The Sims Medieval) and must create a couple of Sims that will be the parents of the Founder Sim of the Legacy History Challenge. This age is inspired by Judeo-Christian religion, the Book of Jubilees and the Genesis Challenge, which consists of populating the world of The Sims 4 with a descendant of your original sims in each house. In the Legacy History Challenge, this goal can be completed throughout all the ages. The Original Age - Genesis has a mythological basis and isn't mandatory. So you can choose to start the challenge in this age or the next. If you have any means of getting “The Mystical Magic Bean Tree Portal” or the forbidden fruit of the PlantSim you can use these items. (I found it in the Debug of the base game and the seeds always appeared in the Evergreen Harbor dumpsters.) If you can’t find it, just follow the indications in the rules and fantasize a little.

INTRODUCTION

In the beginning there was the void and The Watcher was bored. So The Watcher used Create-a-Sim to make the first two sims. He placed this couple in a secluded paradise and made them owners of all things there. On the island where they lived there was a volcano that made the land around them barren, but a very beautiful tree grew on it. The Watcher warned the couple never to go near that tree or eat from the fruits it provided, for their own safety.

That couple became bored too, and they had no knowledge (and no television). So they discovered woohoo and had lots of kids. For a long time, everyone lived on that island in peace and harmony, but one of the daughters was different from her siblings. She was a curious child, and longed to know if there was something beyond that world. The girl was always angry because her parents didn’t listen to her, happy with the simple life they led. On her birthday, when she became a teenager, she decided to defy The Watcher’s orders. The girl approached the forbidden tree and discovered the wonders it hid. She brought the forbidden fruit to her parents, and convinced them to eat it. As soon as her parents ate the fruit, a terrible curse fell on them, making them green and strange, like plants.

The family became desperate, and tried to make offerings to The Watcher, but He didn't respond. After days of offerings, the children became disheartened and angry that the Watcher had abandoned them. However, one sibling didn’t give up. He gathered offerings for all the children, and, seeing the sacrifice, the Watcher agreed to lift the curse. But evil had already invaded the island. One of the siblings started a fight, jealous of the Watcher’s favor of his brother, causing the death of the devout sibling. As a punishment, the Watcher decided that Sims were no longer worthy of paradise, and They scattered the brothers across the worlds of The Sims 4 Universe. Out of mercy, They granted the girl the oblivion of the pain that her disobedience had generated. Thus, the girl began to wander alone, forgetting her family and condemning her own lineage to the suffering of the world beyond paradise.

RULES

1 - Adam and Eve in Paradise:

1.1 - Create two Young Adult sims in Create-A-Sim.

1.2 - Name the couple however you prefer. You can use traditional biblical names (Adam and Eve) or use your creativity, putting the surname as Watcherson, for example. The original families of The Sims always have a thematic name (Goth, Caliente, Landgraab). So, I decided to adopt Legacy as a surname for my gameplay.

1.3 - Sims may not be occult.

1.4 - The appearance of these Sims can be customized by the player, with no restrictions on skin, eye, and hair color.

1.5 - Aspiration doesn't matter. These Sims are Legacy Precursors, not Founders. Therefore, their aspirations don’t need to be completed.

1.6 - You can choose any traits you like, as long as you avoid the modern traits like "Geek" and "Lactose Intolerant". I suggest the "Cheerful", "Childish" and "Loves Outdoors" traits. “Cheerful” contrasts with the “Hot-head” of the Prehistoric Age. “Childish” demonstrates the personality of those Sims who don't know the difficulties and didn't have to “grow up”. “Loves Outdoors” refers to the environment of Paradise.

1.7 - The couple and their children can only use leaves as clothes. You can find these outfits under the “fantasy” section of my custom content directory.

1.8 - Lifespan should be set to Normal.

1.9 - You must start a New Save and delete all Neighborhood lots and NPCs. Alternatively, you can download Srsly's Blank Save to avoid having to bulldoze all the lots yourself.

1.10 - I suggest starting in Spring, but the season is unimportant. However, it’s recommended to turn off rain and storms. In Sulani it rains a lot and the rain affects the outdoor gameplay.

1.11 - Place the couple on one of the lots in the Mua Pel’am neighborhood, the region where the Sulani waterfall and volcano are located. Requires “The Sims 4 Island Living” expansion pack. 

1.12 - You can’t travel to other worlds or neighborhoods. Your Sims can only visit the three lots of Mua Pel’am.

1.13 - You are free to customize the lots however you like, as long as you avoid modern and high-tech items. No television, fridge, sofa, video game, etc. Go for caves and items that look prehistoric or fit the place like custom castaway island content or Sulani's volcanic barbecue.

1.14 - Sims don't need to cook. You can have the banquet table and always leave it full of food. Requires “The Sims 4 Luxury Party” stuff. 

1.15 - You can even have a yoga mat, as long as it is made of leaves and not woven.

1.16 - Sims don't have to work. The initial money should support them.

1.17 - You can use motherlode or another money cheat if you need to.

1.18 - Your sims can learn any skills they want, as long as they are compatible with the island way of life.

1.19 - You can use magic hands to help Sims get rid of dirty dishes or trash and replace broken objects, after all you are God and they are in paradise! And, well, they have to believe you exist.

2 - Be Fruitful and Multiply:

2.1 - Sims must have enough children to complete the "Full House" achievement (8 Sims in the household, at least 6 children), but can have even more if you change the maximum household size using MC Command Center.

2.2 - If you use MC Woohoo keep the woohoo risky at 25% for young adults and 15% for adults. The same fertility settings can be set per-sim using Relationship and Pregnancy Overhaul. If you use any mod that has contraceptive methods, avoid them. If not using any mods, Sims can only “Try for a Baby.”

2.3 - All babies must be born at home. "Eve" can’t go to the hospital. Pandasama's Child Birth mod isn't permitted, even for home births. Use the “have baby” option on the crib. 

2.4 - You can't have a Science Baby.

2.5 - Newborn babies and infants should be breastfed. Don’t use bottles.

2.6 - "Adam" can help "Eve" take care of the babies. "Adam" and "Eve" are equal, so the division of tasks is also equal.

2.7 - Sims are exempt from dying or rolling death dice at this stage of the challenge.

2.8 - Name the babies however you like, but you can also use biblical names like "Cain", "Abel" and "Seth".

2.9 - Each of the first six children must have a different infant trait.

2.10 - The starting couple is Generation 0. You must choose one of their daughters to be the Founder Sim of the Legacy History Challenge. The Founder Sim must have the “Loner” and “Hot-Headed” traits (see rules 11.1 and 11.2 of the next Age).

2.11 - You don't need to grow your Sim with a birthday cake, but birthday cakes aren't forbidden either. (To remove the forgotten birthday buff you need a mod like No Sad Moddlet on Birthday or MC Command Center. If you use MCCC, click on the Sim with the left mouse button and the shift key press. A menu will appear over the Sim, in “Cheat Sim info…” choose the remove moodlet option to remove the desired buff. The UI cheats mod also removes buffs.)

2.12 - As children grow up, they must gain negative traits reminiscent of Deadly Sins. “Hot-headed” (sin of wrath - for the Matriarch), “Lazy” (sin of sloth), “Jealous” (sin of envy and sin of greed), “Glutton” (sin of gluttony), “Romantic” (sin of lust) and “Self-Absorbed” or “Snob” (sin of pride). (“Materialistic” and “Freegan” could represent greed, but I consider them too modern, since there is no Simoleon yet.) If you find another custom content trait that better represents a sin that you can use it.

2.13 - If you have “The Sims 4: Parenthood” game pack, the children don’t need to have good character values, but one sibling should stand out (“Abel”) as the most beloved by his parents, which should lead to disputes with the jealous sibling (“Cain”) from childhood. (The names "Abel" and "Cain" are just examples. They don't necessarily have to be boys.)

2.14 - If it makes sense for your gameplay, your Founder Sim can be “Cain”.

2.15 - Sims don't need to go to school. If using MC Command Center, disable schools for children and teenagers. Adeepindigo’s Education Overhaul allows children and teens to drop out of school using the phone.

2.16 - As a teenager, "Cain" must have a garden with plants from the neighborhood, but he must not take care of it.

2.17 - As a teenager, "Abel" must have 7 mini sheeps and reach 100% friendship with it. Requires “The Sims 4 Horse Ranch” expansion pack. If you don't have the expansion, make "Abel" have fishing skill level 7. (Fishing in Sulani is currently broken, with no ETA on when it will be fixed. If you add a boat to the lot, "Abel" will be able to fish from the boat.)

3 - Lord of all things and animals:

3.1 - You can have animals that look wild, as long as you still complete the goal in Rule 2.1. Therefore to have animals, you will need to increase the maximum number of Sims in your household with MC Command Center or another mod. (Wild Animals Creators in the Gallery: TheKalino, Pugowned, hingedrocket233, Krestovka2137, SimShizo.)

3.2 - No vet. If an animal gets sick you can remove the disease from it. (Apparently the best way to cure animal sickness is with the wellness treats from the vet machine, which you can find in “Debug.”)

4 - The Seventh Day:

4.1 - Create the “Watcher's Day” holiday on Saturdays and make “Thankful Spirit” as tradition. Requires “The Sims 4 Seasons” expansion pack. 

4.2 - Exclude all other holidays from the game.

4.3 - Every Saturday your Sims must make an offering to The Watcher. It can be a seashell, fish, fruit, something found in volcanic meteors, or something that's in your Sim's inventory, but it needs to be an offering by each Sim starting at the child stage of life. Reserve a space on your lot for the place of offerings and build a primitive altar. It could be a simple stone table, or leaves and stones on the ground, with no image of The Watcher.

5 - The Original Sin

5.1 - After customizing the starting lot, customize the lot next to the volcano and place the “Volcanic Activity” lot challenge on this lot.

5.2 - Find “The Mystical Magic Bean Tree Portal” in the base game hidden items. (To see hidden items, press the "Ctrl+Shift+C" keys, type “testingcheats true” in the line that appears in the upper right corner of the screen and press "enter". Type “bb.showhiddenobjects” and press "enter". Then enter construction mode, in the search type “**debug” and look for the tree.) It’s purple and looks like a willow tree. It is usually near the bean seeds. If you don't find it, you can put any beautiful tree that is in your game.

5.3 - You can also buy the magical beans stump from the garden planter box icon in buy mode. Get a different magic bean from Debug for each baby born until you complete the stump. Thus, you will complete the collection of magic beans. (The magic beans are in the "decoration" section of the Debug base game, next to the skulls. You can also left-click and shift press in the Sim and choose the “give all magic beans” option (requires testingcheats enabled or MC Command Center) and your Sim will complete the collection without having to enter Debug. But you can only do that after you have six children.)

5.4 - Your Sims should avoid going near “The Mystical Magic Bean Tree Portal” when on the volcanic lot. (Sims can go to this lot to dig the meteors).

5.5 - When the female Sim chosen to be the Founder grows to a teenager, go with her to the tree, go through the portal and take two forbidden fruits from the SimPlant. Give the fruits to her parents (from inventory) and make them eat. If you can't find the fruit, you can get it from the Debug near "The Mystical Magic Bean Tree Portal" or use cheats to turn your parents into a PlantSim. (Press "Ctrl+Shift+C", type “testingcheats true” and press "enter". Then click on your Sim with the left button with the shift pressed and select the option “Make into PlantSim”.)

5.6 - Sims should try to make an offering to The Watcher to try to heal their parent's PlantSim condition for three days in a row.

5.7 - On the fourth day, collect 8 handfuls of mini sheep’s wool with the most devoted brother (“Abel”) and drag them to the altar to make a giant offering, which serves all Sims. You must have 100% friendship with the mini sheep to collect their wool. Requires “The Sims 4 Horse Ranch” expansion pack. If you don't have the expansion, catch 8 fish.

5.8 - On the fifth day the parents should be back to normal. (Generally, the PlantSim condition lasts for 5 days.) The jealous sibling (“Cain”) must start a fight with the beloved sibling (“Abel”), leading to his death. Taunt the Sim until they die of rage (cardiac explosion). You can use a cheat or mod like extreme violence if the teenager doesn't suffer emotional death, but you must make him “enraged” first.

6 - The Expulsion from Paradise

6.1 - You must separate "Cain" from his parents by placing them in different worlds in The Sims 4. The other siblings can stay with "Cain" or their parents. You can also place each one in a different world depending on the number of packs you have. If “Cain” is your founding Sim (rule 2.14), you must separate her from her parents and siblings.

6.2 - You must move the Founder Sim to another lot in another world and follow the Prehistoric Age rules.

6.3 - If using the MC Command Center, delete the Founder Sim's relationships when removing her from the lot.

6.4 - You can't play with your parents or siblings, but you can let neighborhood stories and MC Command Center carry on their lineage. However, they can't stay in the same world as the Founder Sim or their descendants until the Early Simvilization. (It's good to continue the bloodline of at least one of the siblings, as it will carry the word of The Watcher to the other Sims of the world.)

From now on, you must follow the rules of the Prehistoric Age and continue the legacy with your Founder Sim.

7 - Requirements to pass the Age:

7.1 - "Adam" and "Eve" must have 6 children and complete the “Full House” achievement.

7.2 - Complete the collection of magic beans (1 bean per child). 

7.3 - The Founder Sim must have become a teenager.

7.4 - The Founder Sim must get two forbidden fruits from the SimPlant and turn her parents into a PlantSim.

7.5 - One of the brothers must collect 8 handfuls of mini sheep's wool or catch 8 fish, make offerings for everyone and die enraged.

8 - Expansions, Game Packs and Stuff Packs:

8.1 - The Sims 4 Seasons (essential) - Create the “Watcher’s Day” holiday on Saturdays and disable rains and storms.

8.2 - The Sims 4 Island Living (essential) - Live in Sulani, in the Mua Pel'am district.

8.3 - The Sims 4 Horse Ranch (optional) - Have 7 mini sheep.

8.4 - The Sims 4: Parenthood (optional) - Have good character values.

8.5 - The Sims 4 Luxury Party (essential) - Have a banquet table.

9 - MCCC settings:

9.1 - Automatic bill pay.

9.2 - MC Woohoo - Pregnancy Chance in Woohoo risk at 25% for young adults and 15% for adults.

9.3 - Disable schools for children and adolescents.

9.4 - Increase the maximum number of sims in the household, if you have animals. Take care going into CAS if you choose to increase the maximum number of sims in the household, as the game only recognizes 8 Sims in the household and when returning to gameplay, spare Sims can be deleted. I usually increase the number of Sims to a maximum of 16 and move 8 Sims to a new household before using CAS.

9.5 - Delete the Matriarch’s relationships.

9.6 - Configure MC Dresser to automatically put townies in era-appropriate outfits using this tutorial. 

10 - Recommended Mods for this Age:

10.1 - MC Command Center by Deaderpoll - Manages various features of the game.

10.2 - Assign NPC Jobs (before No Random Townies) by Zero - Allows you to assign roles to NPCs. Note: If you use the filter to not randomly generate townies, you will have to create your brothers' partners in CAS.

10.3 - T.o.o.l. by Twisted Mexi - Add and edit objects in the world.

10.4 - Blowtorch by Simsverses - Modern items are already deleted.

10.5 - Sulani Hiders for Prehistoric Saves by Enkhanthor - Hides items from the world that don't match the Prehistoric Age. Note: If you use Blowtorch most items in the world will be deleted, however my Sulani Hiders mod is still useful for hiding buckets when making sculptures and beach trash. You can download the Modders version of Sulani Hiders and choose just which items you want to hide.

 10.6 - Pet Explore Bush Tweaks by Chingyu Vick Sims - Disable autonomy, dirtiness or illness of pets when exploring bushes.

10.7 - Nap on the ground by Triplis - Allows Sim to sleep on the floor, anywhere.

10.8 - No Sad Moddlet on Birthday by ClaudiaSharon - Removes forgotten birthday buff.

10.9 - Relationship and Pregnancy Overhaul by Lumpinou - Improves the game's relationship and pregnancy system.

10.10 - Extreme Violence by Sacrificial - Various types of murders.

10.11 - Custom content befitting the Age. You can check the list I found in CC Links - LHC Directory on my homepage.

11 - Sources (Books, Series and Movies):

11.1 - The Bible - Book 1 - Genesis - online text

11.2 - The Book of Jubilees - online text

11.3 - Genesis - The Creation and the Flood (Italian film directed by Ermanno Olmi - 1994).

11.4 - Gênesis (Brazilian TV series by TV Record).

[kaycode1999]

Hey! I wanted to ask for a match up if it was alright? If it's not, I'm sorry and I won't bother again. If it is, here's my info (also if you could do LMK I would be happy):

I am around 5'5 feet, have brown/blackish hair and brown eyes. I'm chubby, and I would like for my partner to be able to pick me up (mainly bc I am VERY clingy, and tend to jump onto people I love, also side note I ask the person if they are okay with this)

My general aesthetic depends on how much energy I have that day, but it consists of light academia or just casual outfits. My main colors are Pink, Purple and orange.

My pronouns are She/They, demigirl, Panromantic, pansexual, demiromantic and demisexual. Generally okay with any type of relationship as long as we have met for longer than two years, since it takes me time to open up about my traumas and all (even if I'm very happy and an extrovert).

People say I'm helpful, lazy, too creative, get everywhere late, I'm an aquarius and can pick up on peoples intentions from the get-go. My main hobbies are astrology, any random fandom I get into and video games (Roblox and the sims 4, also minecraft when I get the 2 week phase). I enjoy being in the presence of everyone, but if I'm one-in-one I would like for them to know how to understand comfortable silence and be able to have weirdly deep conversations. I am shit at small talk, so if they could do that for me I would be thankful. I would like for this person to be playful, maybe have a cute smile and overall just be very knowledgeable about topics.

I am also deep in love with alturistic people, and can't be around people who are selfish or only work for their own benefit, mainly bc WHYYYY??? (I am a firm believer that if you have the means to help you should).

Last but not least: Whenever I have a distance relationship, be it friendship, romantic partners or Qpr, I tend to have the tendency of dissapearing for a week or two bc I don't know that to say, or I have run out od words.

Don't pair me up with Peng, LBD or The Mayor, they are just... not my thing when it comes to morals and personality.

I think that's all? Sorry if I missed anything, and thank you so much for reading (sorry for the bibble of info :( )

No problem at all my friend😘

I match you with

our favorite Newdle-boy

Now you two are 2 peas in a pod -like almost soulmate level close

You're perfect together because you both understand the things the other has been through and both need to take the time to get to know someone and be comfortable with them before the romantic relationship can develop

He loves-loves-LOVES your eyes. Did I mention he loves your eyes? Because he will constantly be telling you how much he loves your eyes

I don't think he's that much taller than you but it's enough that he likes to ruffle your hair to mess with you or just use you as an armrest

P.S. He has the powers of the Monkey King, he’s most definitely going to be strong enough to pick you up and spin you around- and he does ALL.THE.TIME

He's used to Mei, so he won't mind you jumping onto him

You two have gaming marathon dates and a lot of the time he will try to get into new fandoms with you

This precious boy is very traumatized so he will also take a little while before he (reluctantly) opens up to you in return to you opening up to him

He trusts your intuition implicitly because his past trauma means he doesn't trust his own

He loves hearing about astrology. He may not be super super into it but he definitely finds it interesting and will listen to you talk about it forever.

After everything he's been through he's become more comfortable with comfortable silence instead of constant chatter, but he also enjoys making small talk too.

Once he gets comfortable with you he will have deep conversations. ( More likely about theoretical stuff or really anything that doesn't pertain to him or the things he's been through although he's willing to share about that eventually)

He's so altruistic to the point of being self-sacrificing (*cough* latest season *cough*) so he's definitely not in any way selfish.

He's busy working and training with the Monkey King a lot of the time, so honestly if you take a few days he doesn't really mind although that doesn't mean he won't miss you at the same time

I also feel the need to say you would be besties with Mei too. You three together are unstoppable and inseparable

Pigsy would also adore you and treat you like his own child because he sees how good you are with MK and how much you mean to his son ( you always get free food much to Tang’s confusion and frustration)

[eulaliasims]

Round 1, Hill Farm 2/7

Eisu: You know, there's something to what Drustan was asking about. Some of the priests and priestesses say that with the correct offering, the spirits can bless anyone with a child.

Xiang: That sounds almost too easy to believe. But they're not the spirits I'm familiar with, so you would know better than I.

Eisu: I don't know if I really believe it. Norweni's sister spent years making offerings before they were blessed with their son. But... it would be nice. I didn't know how much I would love being a father before we found Drustan.

When the moon rises in the night sky, the change comes over Elmet. His brother spent six months discreetly inquiring with priestesses, headmen, witches throughout the land surrounding Veridia, and even one particularly knowledgeable pirate, but none has presented a cure. No amount of prayer, offerings, or supposedly magical amulets stops it. The pirate called him lykánthrōpos, the priestess wirokū--werewolf.

Elmet calls it a big pain in the butt.

Outside of the immediate family, only Headwoman Norweni knows about his condition. At the time, it seemed better not to alarm the rest of the village. This means that Elmet has few options for his sleepless nights--he can sit around the farm talking to the sheep and playing river stones with the cat, or he can run down to the forest and at least see something different than the usual four walls. He spends a lot of time fishing (with a pole or spear, not his claws, thank you very much), which at least helps him not eat Eisu out of house and home every night.

Still, Elmet would give his left hand to be able to visit the meadhall at night again. (Not his right, though--he needs that one for things.)

And wet fur is not very pleasant to deal with.

Elmet: Ughhhh...

Dawn isn't much of a relief, knowing he has to do it all again the next night.

Eisu: *snore*

Xiang: Heh. I would like to have another child with you if it were possible, love.

At least with 3 - 4 sims working on it, the garden work goes faster. Xiang usually prepares breakfast and joins them in the garden after they eat.

What is Xiang looking at with that dopey smile, you ask?

This.

I wanted Drustan to make some friends with the local kids, so it's off to the well again, where Elmet finally manages to have a positive conversation with someone (townie Cara).

Cara: Hug?

Elmet: Oh, uh, no.

Fial: Doesn't Cara look handsome with his hair like that, Helenet?

Helenet: I guess? I didn't really notice...

Eisu and Xiang took advantage of the house being empty. Surely your bed that's steps away upstairs would be nice than that little bench??