Pinstar and I have completely overhauled the Sims 4 Legacy Challenge Rules Scoring section! It is now laid out in an easier to read bulletpoint format so that you can see exactly how the points are laid out. A few changes were also made to some of the categories after finding issues with them and listening to feedback.
Pinstar has also finalized the point distribution for all categories! Now that that is done, expect an official scoresheet soon!
In the creativity section, you left off making a high realist painting. Was that deliberate?
And thanks for all the work, of course. The scoring looks tough but (just barely) achievable…
Whoops, nope. That was an oversight. I’ll add it right now, thanks for pointing it out!
Hi I was hoping the update would clarify this question but it hasn’t so I thought I’d ask… (and I realize this is a bit nitpicky but it could be significant):
I have often heard/seen the rule that the challenge ends ‘when the 10th generation heir is born’, or sometimes just ‘when the 10th generation baby is born’.
Could we clarify whether the challenge-ending child being an eligible heir is required or not? For example, let’s say you’re playing a strict matriarchy, and then when the 9th gen starts having the 10th gen kids, what if the first 10th gen child is a boy? Is the legacy still over, or does it continue until a girl child is born? Or if you’re playing strict foster, could there be a bunch of 10th gen kids born and they don’t adopt until later, and the challenge doesn’t end until they adopt?
Personally I’ve been interpreting the rule as: “The challenge ends as soon as the first 10th gen eligible heir is born”.
So in probably 99% of cases it IS the first child born, because most of the gender/bloodline rules are pretty open-ended, but I did want to ask for situations such as the two I listed above. Really the question would only apply to people doing strict gender or bloodline laws. What do you guys think?
Eligible heir is the way to do it. Previous versions (as in Sims 2 and Sims 3) of the Legacy Challenge didn’t have that distinction because the concept of eligible heirs was introduced with the Succession Law system.
Nice, makes sense. Also gives some sneaky help to extend the legacy (like if more time to get a few points was needed) if people play wisely. ;D
Actually, as I read through the updates (which are great by the way, clears up a lot of things) I have several more small tweaky things to suggest/ask about. Would it be better to join your forum and post them rather than commenting here? xD
Sure that would work! I need to get better at remembering to check that anyway!
Sounds good, I’ll try that later tonight then. *thumbs up*
I have a quick question. How do you view your household worth? Does it include what you haven’t spent yet? When I tried to look at the household under Manage Worlds, it showed how many simoleons I had available to spend, not how much the things on my property are valued at. A search of the Sims official forums and Google didn’t answer my question.
When you are in build mode, it is under lot info. There seems to be a bug at the moment introduced with the last patch where a Mansion Baron sim thinks the house is worth something different than the lot info, but I’ve reported it to the SimGurus so that should be sorted out shortly.
Hi, I’ve just started a challenge and I was wondering if there is a number of Sims per household limit? Also, how long do Sims generally live. If I have 2 1st Gen people, then they have 3 children (2nd Gen) that makes 5 Sims in the household already. I believe there was a limit of 8 Sims per household in the Sims 3 so I could only have 3 children in the 3rd generation then the household limit would be reached.
The limit is still 8, but you can always move spares out to make room.
Hi! Just found your challenged tonight and I am a newbie Simmer, jumping in to take the challenge! I played the original sims back in the day, have Sims 2 and 3 but haven’t played them much at all and got the Sims 4 for Christmas! I am excited for the challenge and hoping this will get me hooked on the game! Thanks for your hard work!
Thank you! I hope you enjoy 🙂