Rug Rats: Surviving a Toddler Run Household

[MarianT]

No Hand of the Watcher allowed (i.e., you can't open the refrigerator and pull out a meal for the toddler, no putting dishes in the sink or trash, etc.). This also applies to using build/buy mode as a substitute for the Hand of the Watcher. It's okay to move furniture around, but if an adult Sim paints a picture, it has to stay on the easel until a Sim autonomously sells it.

So does this mean we are not allowed to sell any career rewards our working Sim may obtain? As this involves going into the family inventory and dragging an item into the sell box. Just checking to see if this also falls under the "No Hand of the Watcher" rule. If this is not allowed then can we at least use them?

We're discussing the question now.

[MarianT]

No Hand of the Watcher allowed (i.e., you can't open the refrigerator and pull out a meal for the toddler, no putting dishes in the sink or trash, etc.). This also applies to using build/buy mode as a substitute for the Hand of the Watcher. It's okay to move furniture around, but if an adult Sim paints a picture, it has to stay on the easel until a Sim autonomously sells it.

So does this mean we are not allowed to sell any career rewards our working Sim may obtain? As this involves going into the family inventory and dragging an item into the sell box. Just checking to see if this also falls under the "No Hand of the Watcher" rule. If this is not allowed then can we at least use them?

It looks like you're okay to do whatever you want with career rewards.

[Metropolis Man]

Rule Change:

The team recently had many discussions on the following rule...

• No Hand of the Watcher allowed (i.e., you can't open the refrigerator and pull out a meal for the toddler, no putting dishes in the sink or trash, etc.). This also applies to using build/buy mode as a substitute for the Hand of the Watcher. It's okay to move furniture around, but if an adult Sim paints a picture, it has to stay on the easel until a Sim autonomously sells it.

After much talk over the last couple days, we decided to eliminate the rule.

[oshizu]

Wow, that's quite a generous.challenge-changing rule modification!

Still, I'm glad I got the chance to practice the challenge at Chaos Difficulty first. It was insanely immersive... (and I still have a few head hairs left)

[Rainbow Dash]

Wow, this will really change things up, thanks team, maybe now I can keep the few remaining shreds of my sanity I have left, in this challenge, lol.

@oshizu I know what you mean, I still have all my hair for now, but I have already ragequit at least once in this practice round, lol, thanks once again to the team for saving our sanity.

[SeraNita]

Thank goodness for that decision...I had finally lost my mind and started screaming at my adult Sims to clean up the trash, actually hand the food to the kids instead of putting it back in the fridge to rot, etc. My dog is convinced more than ever that I'm not right in the head as she stares at me in shock.

[Metropolis Man]

Well, I am glad the team made a good decision here in allowing Hand of the Watcher. We want it to be tough, but not so tough that it scares away some players. The team has to thread the needle sometimes in terms of how difficult an event needs to be. No one wants to see a leaderboard after three weeks of an event being live and having only 6 players on it.

[Metropolis Man]

Some may consider this strategy, but given a player PM'd the team we felt it only fair to share the following with everyone -- you can indirectly check how much Satisfaction a Toddler has. All Toddler whims complete for 25 Satisfaction, so just go under the stats section of the Simology tab and look at completed whims and you'll see where you are at. For scoring purposes though just follow the rule set recommendation and check when the Toddler ages up to Child.

[Rainbow Dash]

Quote from: oshizu on January 22, 2018, 01:23:53 PM
Do we randomize all the traits for toddlers, children, and teens?

No. Trait choice is up to you.

I'm assuming this only applies to one toddler we are allowed to create in CAS at the start? Given that adopted toddlers already come with their own trait and all, so I'm guessing we wouldn't be able to change that?

[MarianT]

Quote from: oshizu on January 22, 2018, 01:23:53 PM
Do we randomize all the traits for toddlers, children, and teens?

No. Trait choice is up to you.

I'm assuming this only applies to one toddler we are allowed to create in CAS at the start? Given that adopted toddlers already come with their own trait and all, so I'm guessing we wouldn't be able to change that?

You can also choose traits for children and teens when your toddlers age up.

[Rainbow Dash]

Quote from: Rainbow Dash on Today at 06:02:03 PM
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Quote from: oshizu on January 22, 2018, 01:23:53 PM
Do we randomize all the traits for toddlers, children, and teens?

No. Trait choice is up to you.

I'm assuming this only applies to one toddler we are allowed to create in CAS at the start? Given that adopted toddlers already come with their own trait and all, so I'm guessing we wouldn't be able to change that?

You can also choose traits for children and teens when your toddlers age up.

But no changing adopted toddlers traits while they are still toddlers right?

[LenaLJ]

Quote from: Rainbow Dash on Today at 06:02:03 PM
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Quote from: oshizu on January 22, 2018, 01:23:53 PM
Do we randomize all the traits for toddlers, children, and teens?

No. Trait choice is up to you.

I'm assuming this only applies to one toddler we are allowed to create in CAS at the start? Given that adopted toddlers already come with their own trait and all, so I'm guessing we wouldn't be able to change that?

You can also choose traits for children and teens when your toddlers age up.

But no changing adopted toddlers traits while they are still toddlers right?

Dont think there is a legal way to change this trait within the tournament rules. So i would say no.

[ibbygidge]

Hi all!

I've just finally decided to buy Sims 4, (I had kind of boycotted it on principle since they didn't include an open world like Sims 3, and I figured I would hate it, but I miss the challenges here so much I finally gave in!) So I decided finally to download it, and I'm getting ready to try it out for the Rug Rats challenge. Everything so far seems to work, I've had my 9 year old daughter guide me through some of the interface differences. But the one thing I can't figure out is how to use buydebug to buy the satellite. I opened cheat, I typed bb.showhiddenobjects then I searched until I found the Spy Satellite, but it won't let me buy it. Is this the satellite we're supposed to use? Am I just using buydebug wrong?

[oshizu]

I searched until I found the Spy Satellite, but it won't let me buy it. Is this the satellite we're supposed to use? Am I just using buydebug wrong?

The one you need to buy is the Satellite Dish. I believe it costs $500.

[Metropolis Man]

Down to the wire!
31 fish
41 plants
26 recipes
= 98,000

I love it when players crawl out of the woodwork and come back. Here's the good news -- you're diving into the EASIEST challenge we have ever done in 9 years! A cakewalk! *waits for everyone to throw tomatoes at his face*