The Sims 3 Life States Dynasty Challenge

[Trip]

Tried a global resetsim * and everything?

[dontmindme]

I'll try the global reset on the factory reinstall and report back!

[Trip]

Good luck! But I'll sign off on a town move if that doesn't work.

[dontmindme]

So, we're still getting a lot of freezing, to the point that the menu and other tabs lag too. I'm going to try a move; do I save the family with the house or no?

[Trip]

Yes, please keep their house.

[dontmindme]

Since the move, things have been going pretty well, thanks Trip for allowing it!

Edit: never mind, I think I resolved the issue.

[wa-wa-world]

Are the ghosts that came with into the future allowed lifestates to use?

[Trip]

As long as you can get them legally, sure.

[wa-wa-world]

Thank you, because I was going to use the Death by falling ghost for my founder and I wanted to make sure It'd be fine

[Trip]

Sounds good! It looks like I need to update the life states list with the ITF ghosts. Better late than never.

EDIT: The new ghost types from Into the Future have been added to the eligible life states list.

All 7 generations must be unique life states at the end of the challenge. Here are the qualifying life states that may reside in your household:

• Normal Sim
• Grey Ghost (died of old age)
• Blue Ghost (died of drowning)
• Yellow Ghost (died of electrocution)
• Orange Ghost (died by fire)
• Magenta Ghost (died by starvation)
• Gray/Opaque Ghost (died from Mummy’s curse)
• Dark Orange Ghost (died from meteor)
• Dark Crimson Ghost (vampire dying from thirst)
• Smoky or Invisible Ghost (died during Buried Alive/Box of Danger trick)
• Cobalt Ghost (died during Watery Grave/Box of Danger trick)
• Gold/Gilded Ghost (died from Philosopher’s Stone)
• Green Ghost (died from the Haunting Curse)
• Glowing Purple Ghost (died from Jelly Bean Bush)
• White and Bright Blue Ghost (frozen to death)
• Neon Green Ghost (Death by ranting) *restricted to only usable on a founder from CAS*
• Muted Red Ghost (death by Blunt Force Trauma)
• Purple and Pink Ghost (death by shark)
• Sea Green Ghost (death by drowning while diving)
• Yellow Ghost (mermaid death by dehydration)
• Golden/Clear Ghost (Death by Time Anomaly)
• Red/Golden Ghost (Death by Falling from the Sky)
• Blue Striped Ghost (Future Urnstone Hologram)
• Vampire
• Imaginary Friend
• Genie
• Werewolf
• Fairy
• Witch
• Alien
• Mermaid

Without ITF for myself, I can't test the plausible mechanics of getting these ghosts within the dynasty rules. However, they are all available in CAS, and I also trust players to make a wise judgment on how their sims can die of them without breaking the rules. If you need to discuss a situation, don't be afraid to bring it up.

[wa-wa-world]

I'm kind of confused about the traveling rules, I have 5 sims I want to send to Egypt for three days, because of a school opportunity. So would that take up 15 days, which is too many, or just the ones for the heir and previous heir which would be 6/7? No days were used the last generation.

[Deklitch]

wa-wa-world, the last point from the first post in the thread:

• Your heirs are allowed a maximum of 49 days vacation.  You can use these days for vacation/University and/or Time Travel. You gain 7 days at the birth of every new generation. Spouses & spares have no vacation restrictions.

So, if only two of your proposed travel party are heirs you only count the days for them (so that would be 6). The others won't have their days counted against the restriction. Of course, if they return home early, you only spend the days they actually were there for ie leaving during first day - 1 day for each, leaving during second day - 2 days for each.

Why are you sending so many sims to Egypt, is there anyway you can cut down the number? I've previously encountered troubles when I've sent more than two on holidays, plus keeping them all occupied can be a pain at times.

Hope that helps, and I'm correct.

[wa-wa-world]

I didn't see the "no restrictions" part when I read it, it's a lot clearer now thank you. And there was no real reason for sending the entire household other than I just felt like it. I forgot that sometimes traveling can cause problems. Again thanks for explaining that 

[Vesper]

Am so glad to be able to try this dynasty again. New computer, fresh install and no bugs so far - bliss.

One thing though is that there's an error in the list of 5000+ wishes. Create 20 elixirs was only 3500 for my sim with Alchemy Artisan LTW. It may just be bad luck with her other traits of course but thought it should be noted.

[Trip]

Yeah, I think that is one of the trait/LTW dependent ones, but it's been a while since I've had an alchemist, so I can't remember what the conditions are for making it a 5,000+ wish.

Aww, that sucks.