The Sims 3 Townie DecaDynasty Challenge

[christinal3106]

I am almost done with my dynasty.  The 10th heir is a child.  Every since this last move, I have been experiencing hard crashes that shut down my computer.  I did some research and turned on vsync in my graphic card settings.  I played again, and it took longer, but still after about 45 minutes of play, my computer shut down.  I am kind of scared to play it because I don't want to do any damage to my video card.  Does anyone know what I could do to fix this?

[Trip]

@christinal3106: I know it doesn't sound helpful to say "post your issue in the Technical Help board", but it sounds like it could be an issue with the card itself.

In the mean time, maybe lower the game's settings?

[christinal3106]

I'll try lowering the graphic settings.

[christinal3106]

Sorry to double-post, but it has been several days.  I finished my decadynasty.  I am about to update my "story."

[Trip]

Wonderful job! Remember to send me and the rest of The Team your final time, collection value, picture of your last collection + heir, and what you liked the best and found most difficult.

You know, Hall of Fame stuff.

[CeresIn]

Two questions:

1) Do the rocks/metals for use in the collections have to to be in their original form? Or Can they be cut/melt?

2) I started my dynasty in my old laptop without installing most of the expansions for permonce purpose and I know I cannot install them on my new pc. But it's the same for stuff packs and store content? This last question is entirely for shallow purposes, I'm tired of the lack of variety of clothes and hairstyles but but I can live without it.

[Trip]

@CeresIn:

1. However you want them.

2. Store content can come and go as you please. As for stuff packs, I don't see an issue with it because they don't offer much in terms of new gameplay. Just...stuff. Heck, you get more new gameplay out of Store items.

[CeresIn]

Thank you, Trip. I was tired of seeing the few hairstyles, especially for men.

[Shmeggo]

I really loved playing The Sims 3 Townie DecaDynasty Challenge. It was one of my favorite challenges created for The Sims 3! I was wondering if there will be a Townie DecaDynasty Challenge created for The Sims 4 in the future.

I hope I'm posting my question in the right thread, but I wasn't sure of another location that would be more appropriate. My apologies if I've posted in the wrong place!

[Trip]

@Shmeggo: Glad you enjoyed it! As far as I'm concerned, there's none in the works so far for TS4, and it'd be...interesting to port over to that game because of how differently worlds are handled.

[Shmeggo]

That's true. The Sims 4 is such a different breed from The Sims 3, especially in the way that the worlds function. It would be quite the transition.

Thank you for answering my question, Trip!

[daydreamer]

I'm not sure whether it's still acceptable to ask questions here or not. I figure it can't hurt to try, as I don't see another option. If it's not the place, I'll delete it.

So, I'm trying to do this exactly by the rules. I'm starting in Riverview. The Cannery (where the festival grounds are located when I start up) is (Im pretty sure) on the list of places we can change the type of lot to (hangout, big park, etc). My question is, am i right in assuming I can add one of the other, bigger festival grounds on a 64x64 somewhere else? I just want to be positive before I really get into this. I'd hate for that to have been the thing to mess me up if I actually wind up completing this.

[Deklitch]

Hi Daydreamer,

Questions still get answered here, and this is the correct place to ask questions about the Sims 3 Townie Decadynasty Challenge.

When I had Seasons installed, the Cannery (or what it used to be called) automatically became the festival grounds for Riverview. I never tried to do what you're suggesting, because I really never went to the festivals. I'll put a call out to @Trip so she can come by to give you a yes/no answer on that.

I always played it safe and left those alone, I liked to bring in the movies backlot from Late Night and/or the nectary from World Adventures - France into challenges where I didn't have to use a large lot for my sim's house.

[daydreamer]

Thank you. That is probably a more useful approach than placing a giant festival lot, but it has just become something I do, haha. If it does somehow go against the spirit of things, I'll just start fresh with something new.

[Ricalynn]

If I remember correctly from being the mod on this,  the only time you were allowed to add an additional festival grounds was when the town didn't automatically have one.   Check the separate thread for dynasty edit town faq.