Couple legacy-based questions

[sfsfsfgiants]

I have some quick questions on a legacy family that I have going... they are a bunch of fisherman.

I am currently on the second generation, and have loads of money. They have a nice house, everything that they need, but still have $70,000 in the bank. I was considering buying some stock in businesses, make some long-term money for the family. But if I buy the stock in the original sim (who is close to an elder at this point), when he dies, does his money-income die with him? Or does it get transfered to a family member?

Second, I am expecting most of the members of the family to want to Perfect Aquarium. The eldest member currently has 7 or 8 of the 13, so he is almost there. If I keep those same fish alive, will that work for the Perfect Aquarium for future family members? For example, if I have a member of the family choose that as the Lifetime Wish, if the fish are still alive, do they automatically get their lifetime wish, right on the spot? Will the fish die eventually?

Thanks for the answers.

[jmz95]

The answer to your first question is yes, the deeds will get transferred to the closest related family member, usually the spouse or first-born child from what I've seen. About your lifetime wish question, I would assume no, but I've never had two Sims simultaneously pursue that wish in the same game in the same household.

[wildredchild]

I have some quick questions on a legacy family that I have going... they are a bunch of fisherman.

I am currently on the second generation, and have loads of money. They have a nice house, everything that they need, but still have $70,000 in the bank. I was considering buying some stock in businesses, make some long-term money for the family. But if I buy the stock in the original sim (who is close to an elder at this point), when he dies, does his money-income die with him? Or does it get transfered to a family member?

You may transfer the deed at any time to another family member, so when your elder hits about 90 sim days if you are on the shortest lifespan, I would go ahead and transfer at that time to your heir.

Second, I am expecting most of the members of the family to want to Perfect Aquarium. The eldest member currently has 7 or 8 of the 13, so he is almost there. If I keep those same fish alive, will that work for the Perfect Aquarium for future family members? For example, if I have a member of the family choose that as the Lifetime Wish, if the fish are still alive, do they automatically get their lifetime wish, right on the spot? Will the fish die eventually?

Thanks for the answers.

For the Perfect Aquarium, each family member with this Lifetime Wish will have to complete it for themselves.  If you continue to feed the fish everyday, they will survive indefinitely.

[jmz95]

I have some quick questions on a legacy family that I have going... they are a bunch of fisherman.

I am currently on the second generation, and have loads of money. They have a nice house, everything that they need, but still have $70,000 in the bank. I was considering buying some stock in businesses, make some long-term money for the family. But if I buy the stock in the original sim (who is close to an elder at this point), when he dies, does his money-income die with him? Or does it get transfered to a family member?

You may transfer the deed at any time to another family member, so when your elder hits about 90 sim days if you are on the shortest lifespan, I would go ahead and transfer at that time to your heir.

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Second, I am expecting most of the members of the family to want to Perfect Aquarium. The eldest member currently has 7 or 8 of the 13, so he is almost there. If I keep those same fish alive, will that work for the Perfect Aquarium for future family members? For example, if I have a member of the family choose that as the Lifetime Wish, if the fish are still alive, do they automatically get their lifetime wish, right on the spot? Will the fish die eventually?

Thanks for the answers.

For the Perfect Aquarium, each family member with this Lifetime Wish will have to complete it for themselves.  If you continue to feed the fish everyday, they will survive indefinitely.
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Uh, I think you mean the normal life span. If a sim lives to 90 days on the shortest life span, then they've lived nearly four times as long as they should have.

[simfulicious]

I usually keep the fish in my inventory until I have all 13, and then buy fish bowls.  This way I don't have to remember to feed them everyday.

[Pam]

When the owner of the business deeds dies, they will automatically transfer to the next of kin.  If you want someone different to own the deeds, you can transfer them before your Sim dies by clicking on the deeds in the inventory.

On the Perfect Aquarium, you actually can have a new Sim achieve that Lifetime Wish by transferring fish caught by others.  Unless EA has changed it since I last played a multi-generational family, all you have to do is put the perfect fish in the new Sim's inventory and have him put them into bowls.  I think the spirit of the LTW is for each Sim to catch his own fish, but the technicalities of it allow you to use the same fish more than once.  There is also a handy new "Feed All Fish on Lot" option when you click a fish bowl that makes it easier to feed all of them.