Greetz!
Longtime lurker (and Simmer), finally registered.
I've been playing this challenge for awhile now - my 4th generation is a child. It has been a great opportunity for me to use some different game features that I had not yet explored, and I want to thank Metro for the creativity and care in creating it.
Technically, I'm not doing the challenge exactly as written, for a couple of reasons -
1) I'm playing a pure vanilla game - no XP, SP, or CC at all. There are only 10 different skills available in the base game, and since several of the careers require proficiency in more than one skill, I need to also use the "skill careers" - but the base game does not allow Sims to register as self-employed. My workaround for this is to use the income shown in the skill journal to verify that a self-employed Sim has met the requirements for maxing that career. My plan is to do this with a gardener, angler, painter, and writer.
2) I use a mod to delete unused objects (spawned vehicles) from the stack to cure the base game's memory leak. Otherwise, over time, the game consumes more and more memory and eventually starts to page fault, resulting in constant freezing (lag) that makes it unplayable. Until I installed that mod - and I did so as a last resort, since I prefer a clean game - each new game I started would start freezing and lagging after a few Sim weeks. It deletes 50-60 abandoned vehicles every day, which otherwise accumulate over time.
Other than that - I'm really enjoying this challenge as written.
Given that I'm playing with the above-stated caveats, I've been wondering whether it would make sense for me to start a thread about the Wrangler Immortal Dynasty...? I have certainly enjoyed reading about the life and times of some of the other dynasties, and would be happy to share mine.
Thanks again for a very entertaining challenge (and forum).
[Edited to remove name of the mod. -Pam]
