The Sims 3 Townie DecaDynasty Challenge

[Metropolis Man]

Metro,does that mean we are allowed to resurrect dead(non-heir)family members even if they have the big tombstone.

Rachel

Okay, my bad. lvrugger/ratchie, I just examined the rules again and here's the problem with an existing rule —

• Once a Sim leaves the household, he/she may never be invited back into the household of an active heir.

Resurrection is obviously a form of inviting a prior household member to join you again. lvrugger, if you already did the resurrection on my approval, it's okay. The next time you open the file, just boot that Sim out.

[lvrugger]

Nope, haven't done it yet. I was just toying with a story idea. I'll go in a different direction.

[MarianT]

New question (sorry, Metro): If a former heir is considered a non-heir, does that mean he or she can max skills without taking them off the table for future heirs? Does the same apply for opportunities? So far I've been avoiding opportunities and adding too much to skills, but I wonder if that's necessary.

[Precious5881]

I have a few questions.

If once we complete the challenge how do we go about showing proof?  Do you need screenshots showing proof of each part of the challenge that was passed?

Something I am curious about... How do you know for certain people aren't cheating during this?  I know I read something on the lines of it all being based on the honor code, is it really?  If so... how do you KNOW that people are starting with a new town, townie family, set the age to normal, etc etc.

[Sportsfan]

You just have to trust people.
There isn't a way to know for sure, so you just gotta follow the rules even if nobody would know if you broke one.

And you don't need screenshots of the challenges.

[Precious5881]

You just have to trust people.
There isn't a way to know for sure, so you just gotta follow the rules even if nobody would know if you broke one.

And you don't need screenshots of the challenges.

Thanks, but that spreadsheet that was posted in the first post.  That is required?  Or is that just something to help us out with?  I think the only screenshots required are at the end correct?  Sorry for the questions, I just want to do this right 

[Sportsfan]

It's to help you.
And the only screenshots necessary are the end ones.

[Metropolis Man]

New question (sorry, Metro): If a former heir is considered a non-heir, does that mean he or she can max skills without taking them off the table for future heirs? Does the same apply for opportunities? So far I've been avoiding opportunities and adding too much to skills, but I wonder if that's necessary.

It is necessary. The rules read that an heir needs to max a skill and do those ops that no other heir has done. Well, obviously you only have one heir at a time, right? So, that means you need to apply that throughout your game and carry it over to mean all heirs.

[MarianT]

Thanks for the prompt answer, Metro! I guess his poor wife will just have to keep up the garden on her own (sigh).

[Precious5881]

*raises hand* another question teach!

It says that in order to move on you have to have a tombstone of your mom or dad.

So my question is.... Once my first heir gets his tombstone and moves on.  He/she has his/her own heir, what do you do with both tombstones now?  Do you need to keep both in the heir's inventory OR is only ONE required to move on?

[MoonsAreBlue]

@Precious5881

The tombstone doesn't necessarily need to be a parent. It just needs to be a household member. Also, you're supposed to leave the tombstone on the lot before you move. You don't take it with you.

[Pam]

MoonsAreBlue is correct.  The tombstone of a family member stays behind at the house when the heir moves to a new house.  If you're playing an official DecaDynasty and brought the tombstone with you, it might mean the end of this attempt.  Metro will have to decide about it.

[Precious5881]

Nope not yet, asking all my questions before.  I started a dynasty with Honey and Benjamin from the Plains town.  Only downfall was that I didn't realize that Honey was so old! LOL!!  So I had to act really fast.  They make a cute couple actually.

[MoonsAreBlue]

Metro, I'm having a problem. For some reason, my sim's baby is not aging. I've only just noticed it, but according to my notes, it is now the third day after her birth in my game. I've checked and double checked, and aging is definitely on and on Normal. I haven't messed with aging at all in the past, but I did check it to make sure. I haven't been paying attention to my other sim's, though, so I don't know if the same is happening to them. I have a backup file, but is it okay for me to age up the baby with a birthday cake? If it turns out to be that it's just this baby's lifestage that's bugged, I'll keep playing. However, if it turns out that no one is aging, even though aging is on, is it okay for me to go to an earlier save? The only thing I can think of that might have messed her up is that I used reset sim on her because she was stuck in the crib. Other than that, I have no idea why she isn't aging.

[Metropolis Man]

...is it okay for me to age up the baby with a birthday cake?

Sure.

If it turns out to be that it's just this baby's lifestage that's bugged, I'll keep playing. However, if it turns out that no one is aging, even though aging is on, is it okay for me to go to an earlier save?

Yes.

The only thing I can think of that might have messed her up is that I used reset sim on her because she was stuck in the crib. Other than that, I have no idea why she isn't aging.

You never know what causes these goofy bugs. It she was the only one you've used resetsim on, then that indeed may be the culprit. Check your other Sims and fill me in later.