The Sims 3 Townie DecaDynasty Challenge

[Kaiko E. Mikkusu]

So, can the Wainwrights be the founders? Cuz they have a daughter living away? Or can they be the founders only if you kill Blair before the birth of her much younger sibling? (Or any family structured the same way, with two parents and their childs live away)

What about the Clavells? Maybe you can start with Xander b\c the rules said nothing about parents living with the founder... But what about Ransom and Jennie, the drowned ghosts? You send Bessie or Agnes or anyone to the cemetery, and use testingcheatsenabled to add both Ransom and Jennie to the household, and then you kick them out to be neighbors or something?

What if you play with another family for a bit, like playing with the Clavell family until Buster and Bessie are both dead, then you exterminate Xander from Sunset Valley, and go playing with Agnes Crumplebottom that goes to marry VJ because he is now 1 day from turning into an YA?

[MarianT]

There's a link to the list of eligible townies in the General Rules on Page 1 of this thread. As for switching families, that's not allowed.

[Trip]

The Wainwrights can't be used, no matter what happens to Blair. Plus, Blair would still be their child if she was dead. Parents living with the founder isn't allowed either (I mentioned "no adults living with their parents" in my post). The townie list that MarianT is referring to might clear up a lot of confusion.

No testingcheats to add people to the household. You can add a ghost to the household if you feel like it, but it has to be done without cheats. No switching households, just as Marian said.

[Kaiko E. Mikkusu]

What if then, if there were a townie household of husband and wife (either YA or Adults) and while they do have a shown offspring in the family tree, said offspring died of an accident before the start of the game? I do not think there is an household like this, but if there was?

(Yes, i mean the parents are alive but their kid is dead. The closest i can find is the Clavell, but Xander is alive and well...)

[Rikki8528]

I may be wrong, but I don't think so. The heir must be the firstborn child of your founders. This child must be born in game. Therefore, no.

[ratchie]

Rikki is correct.

Rachel

[Pam]

What if then, if there were a townie household of husband and wife (either YA or Adults) and while they do have a shown offspring in the family tree, said offspring died of an accident before the start of the game? I do not think there is an household like this, but if there was?

(Yes, i mean the parents are alive but their kid is dead. The closest i can find is the Clavell, but Xander is alive and well...)

If you are trying to plan this Dynasty for yourself, you're making it much harder than it needs to be with all of these possible combinations.  Just use the list of eligible townies and follow the rules.  Much simpler. 

[Kaiko E. Mikkusu]

I may be wrong, but I don't think so. The heir must be the firstborn child of your founders. This child must be born in game. Therefore, no.

Uh, okay, so no "parents of people that are already dead". Nor Ransom and Jennie b\c they're already dead. No Boyd + Susan, Xander, or Fiona\Molly. And no Sekemotos either. The founder needs to be completely childless, on top of not sharing the home with any niece\nephew, love interest, cousin, sibling, or roommate under the age of 18. But the spouse can have parents or nieces\nephews\cousins\younger siblings living with them.

[KRae]

Okay, I've read through this entire thread, an accomplishment in and of itself, and feel prepared to start. It looks to me like, for this dynasty, there is no display requirement for the items so I can just pop my death fish into a fridge or cabinet. I realize that heir ten will need to create a display for photo purposes, but heir ten is off in the hazy, distant future hiding behind a mountain of black ops.

[MarianT]

KRae, I love your description -- "a mountain of black ops." It's not that bad, but don't expect to wrap it up in a week or two.

[ratchie]

Uh, okay, so no "parents of people that are already dead". Nor Ransom and Jennie b\c they're already dead. No Boyd + Susan, Xander, or Fiona\Molly. And no Sekemotos either. The founder needs to be completely childless, on top of not sharing the home with any niece\nephew, love interest, cousin, sibling, or roommate under the age of 18. But the spouse can have parents or nieces\nephews\cousins\younger siblings living with them.

Just in case you missed it when before. Here is the list of eligible townies 

Plus the rule concerning your starting founders.

1. Heirs must be the result of two Townie Sims living in a household Trying For Baby and must be born within 10 days of starting in a new occupied Townie house. After the first generation, the former heir must be one of the parents. Genetic Engineering is not allowed.
2. The first named child born into a new house is your DecaDynasty heir. The heir must be the firstborn child of both parents and there can be no other children within the household older than the heir.

As you can see from the list there is a huge list of eligible founders. Hope this helps.

Rachel

[MarianT]

Are there any rules regarding the disabling of expansion packs? I looked at the beginning but didn't see anything.

I had Into the Future enabled, and thought that I could manage. But my heir can't go to China where she has an opportunity. I've tried 5 times now, clearing out caches and some of the travel files. I don't know about other countries, but without foreign travel and the problems with ITF and ops, my Gen 9 heir is going to have some real problems.

[Metropolis Man]

Are there any rules regarding the disabling of expansion packs? I looked at the beginning but didn't see anything.

I had Into the Future enabled, and thought that I could manage. But my heir can't go to China where she has an opportunity. I've tried 5 times now, clearing out caches and some of the travel files. I don't know about other countries, but without foreign travel and the problems with ITF and ops, my Gen 9 heir is going to have some real problems.

Well, this is the Edit Town related info from the 4 X 4 Dynasty:

• Edit Town changes must be completed before you go into Live mode for each neighborhood. Additional changes can be made only if given permission due to game glitch or if a new expansion has been released.

Granted, it's a different Dynasty and it concerns Edit Town, but I look at your problems as at least in the same ballpark. So, I am okay with you turning off ITF unless another team member or Trip can quote this coming up before and I end up contradicting myself hehe.

[Trip]

We allow players to disable ITF for the 4x4, and I don't see why the rule can't transfer over to other dynasties too.

The most recent ruling on turning ITF on and off for the 4x4 was this, by Nutella:

@Margerita

Whoops.    You can turn the ITF xpac on and off whenever you want.  So yes, you can turn it on for one generation, but turn it off for another generation.  Although if you use any into the future items in your dynasty gameplay, turning it off might mess up your game.  I don't have into the future for my dynasty, so I'm not sure how safe it is to turn on/off within generations.  My guess is safest to do it when you move town.

I don't recall us ever saying anything one way or another about turning on/off ITF for the other dynasties, but I don't see why the rule has to be 4x4 specific either. I vote for giving Marian and others permission to turn off ITF, but if anyone has a different argument, speak up.

[MarianT]

Whew! Thank you! I'm so close to the end that I don't want to mess up.