10 Tips on how to ACTUALLY Finish a Legacy Challenge in The Sims 4

[@SAN_E7]

I wanted to build legacy families (10 gens). My mistake was allowing all the families to have 5+ children. Now I can’t keep up with who’s related and who’s dying.😮

[@plumbastic]

Lol! I hear you. That's why I limited them to have 3 children max, and not in every generation.

[@SAN_E7]

@ Smart. I’ll start doing that from now own.

[@sems44]

i love that 😭

[@azurastar3223]

For me, I tend to change the lifespan as needed(seeing as I play console). I will start rush through until the sim is a kid and set the lifespan to normal or long. I like to collect aspirations like Pokémon and have made it a goal not to turn gameplay over to the next generation until my previous Sim gets enough points to get the Never Weary trait. I do this when I become overly obsessed with Aspirations. Then when I get bored of that I set the lifespan to short. Now that my previous heir never sleeps I just let them do their own thing and watch what shenanigans they get up to unchecked. One Sim got to level 8 of Cross Stitching all on their own. Another had level 3 gardening, I didn't even know they had the skill, lol. Once you get rid of a major need you can play with larger families and it's awesome because it's all part of base game. This is what I do when I'm bored with the game. Having a sudo Super Sim running around every other generation or so can spice things up a bit honestly.

[@plumbastic]

I can totally relate. I collect as many points as I can to get them (steel bladder, needs no one & forever fresh). The awesome part that some of my children would always inherite one of those traits. But I hate "Autonomy On". My sims would stop doing what I told them to, and resist me all the time. They do that anyways, but more less when I turn it off 🤣

[@lingeringinthedarkness9380]

@plumbastic don't get me started with that, my sims always resist my commands and it's very annoying. Even with autonomy off they still obsessively go running to their infant trying to pick it up only cause it's upset due to waking up and they hate wakeup time, hate it especially when the infant hates being carried and I'm like "stop, you're only making them more upset." I wish autonomy off was guaranteed them listening to your commands, but nope not the case if you have a angry infant.

[@msmichellewinchester]

My personal tip would be: try to say no to the grind. In my experience I get bored when I get too focused on the goal I have for these sims. The burn out system actually helps a little bit, but sometimes it still doesn't hit fast enough. I like to create holidays in the calendar that have my sim focused on self-care, summer activities in the summer, winter activities in the winter and so on. And outside of that, I try to have my sims have some semblance of morning routine (brushing their teeth, take a shower and change into normal clothes instead of staying in their pajamas the whole day), if it's a close family, have breakfast as a family... These change based on the family dynamic a lot. Maybe the parents are lazy and distant and the teen takes it upon themselves to make sure their younger siblings eat. Maybe the teen is going through their rebellion phase and will only eat in their room. Or insist on spending their pocket money on ordering pizza for breakfast, because the food mom cooked is "gross" to them. Telling stories is the reason I play the sims. Having sim paint all day doesn't contribute to their story. It's the little things in between. If things get too stale, it's time the family goes on a vacation. Or maybe these sims scoff at normal, scheduled vacations and just take their tent and travel around, sleeping in random places. Staying in the home lot all the time can stop being fun pretty quickly. So I definitely agree with downloading different lots. There's so many creative lots in the gallery. And by the way, this is me talking as someone who loves to max out everything I can. I'm not necessarily anti-grind, but I try to do it in moderation.

[@plumbastic]

Yes, that's a great tip! I always try to line up their schedule so we can have a couple of days off to relax and go on vacation. I always get my best ideas there too! Like once I was having a father daughter time, and left the mom and the daughter's boyfriend in the cabin. I imagined them getting cosy in that cabin and decided to wreck this whole family apart. It is very sick if it ever happens in real life, but was extremely fun in the sims.

[@msmichellewinchester]

@@plumbastic Lol, yes, what's sims without a little drama 😆. I even sometimes cheat in sentiments if the game doesn't trigger them. Like actually just yesterday, I was playing with my super sim (he's currently a teen and the way I'm playing, I'm gonna finish it when I'm retired lol). He invited a girl to prom as friends, but they did have a tiny bit of a romance bar from him sending her flirty social bunny dms. She said yes, but then totally ditched him and danced with Wolfgang Munch the entire time. My sim for some reason didn't react to it at all, but I decided, he should definitely be a little resentful, so I gave him the hurt sentiment towards the girl and the festering grudge towards Wolfgang. I guess I already know who's gonna be his arch nemesis 😄

[@LilCinnamonRoll2006]

Whenever it gets boring in my current legacy household I freeze time and play with the sibling family of my heir for a bit til I feel like going back. This way the other members’ lives get expanded but it doesn’t feel like I missed much in my other household

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

I am the weirdo who play a custom long lifespan with. With teens I really focus on their relationships so that they have friends they naturally has as kid/teen. I try to not skill max for sims who I don't think would Skill Max. I have a Sim save on Normal and it feels way to quick for me..😢 Don't know how people play on SHORT. I also try not to make every Sim a perfect student anymore. Or perfect at all. Some Sims reach the top of skills and careers, some don't. I intentionally give them at least one imperfect trait like slob or something. The goal is too have fun with their life, I am open to what that means. Also vacations, vacations, vacations. The game gives us vacation days. Use them!!!

[@plumbastic]

I completely understand, I usually play on a normal lifespan and use potions to reset my sim's age. But also rush things up when the generation is too boring. Perfect sims are usually the boring ones 🤣 Vacation is so underrated in this game. I wish they would add another world to explore.

[@pirateylass]

@@plumbastic Perfect sims do have Some use; easy choice for a caterer or entertainer for social events 😂

[@TeaDreamSims]

Saved this video to my favourites so that I have quick access to it the next time I make a legacy sim!! I love the ideas in this video, they've got me excited to try and play the legacy challenge again ❤

[@plumbastic]

Thank You 💜 I finally finished a Legacy Challenge and was so proud! So I wanted to share how I managed to do that with other simmers. Hope you find it useful. Definitely give it a go and you'll have so much fun! 💜

[@flannelfishguy]

This was really helpful!! I was so into this game as a teenager, but these days I mostly only build houses and get bored so easily with gameplay. These ideas all seem like they can help me actually enjoy playing the game again though :) thanks!

[@spookyfish24]

This video is a hidden gem! Thank you for taking the time to put this together. I think I'll start a new legacy..

[@nadash.pl.10.7]

This was actually very entertaining , great editing too. good job 💜

[@plumbastic]

Thank you so much!! Glad you liked it 💜💜💜

[@sim771]

Some of your heirs will be flops, just find sims in their family you love and play with those until you can move onto the next gen. I am on Gen 20 of my legacy, they are aging up into YA today. My first 12, I played my Ascendant Legacy challenge and it was so easy to stay consistent. Now i struggle to find ideas on what to do with my sims, I started Sweetest Berry but I don’t really enjoy legacies with pre-written storylines, so I am playing and keeping notes to write my own potentially. You really have to love the sims you are playing with so play your way, if you want to keep a fave alive then do it and age them down until you’re ready to let go and move on. I barely played my Gen 9 and kept 8 alive with 10 cause I just didn’t really care for 9. Gen 11 died as a YA so I just kept playing with his wife and Gen 10& 12.

[@sim771]

I also recommend using neighbourhood stories to set custom configs so nothing happens to the ones your sims dont know but does for npcs spawning. Also to turn off aging for townies so they dont all die by gen 3 and you’re left with npcs only

[@lhumyaki]

I made a sims to get the reaper rewards, and made her live a life aside from completing the rewards objectives. She got children, and her two oldest are now used to test the Life and Death pack, and a new generation is there. I think I'm gonna turn this into a legacy challenge, so this video arrived at the perfect time! I think it really helps to have long term objectives other than the aspiration ones, so you have to juggle between the two

[@Simmer12341]

I always make plotlines for my next heir when they're a kid, and have them follow these overly dramatic thing. My current heir is an actress who cheats on her spouses, and kills them when she's done with them.

[@hycynth82828]

Thank you this is really helpful

[@plumbastic]

Glad it was helpful ☺️

[@erinmaltas5648]

Something I do is I disable packs. After a gen or 2, I add a pack or 2 and plan that gen around those packs, so for example I add City Living and Get to Work so I have a set of cousins who move to the city, one to become a City Native and one to get an active career. I also have a rule. Unless it is for a storyline, I don't allow my sims to have kids until they are half way through young adult at the earliest since I tend to only have 1 or 2 kids a gen. If they have kids too early, my next gen is young adults before their parents are even half way through being a regular adult.

[@pirateylass]

Living for that wig snatching at the Caliente household. Can never come around to liking those sims.🤣

[@perkytxgirl]

I love the no one is waiting to beat you up for using cheats! I cannot play without MCCC or UI extension cheats. i just can't. Also I hate babies so much that I always age them up to toddlers. The teen years alway get me too I need to just shorten that stage.

[@sems44]

i had a big family with 9 or 10 generations AND THEN I DELETED THE SAVE WHYYYYYY PLEASE NEVER DELETE A SAVE WHILE YOUR BORING AND WANT TO START NEW YOU WILL REGRET IT 😭

[@DT-xz7hb]

Best tips. Excellent video, thanks❤

[@plumbastic]

Glad it was helpful ❤️

[@elainal6847]

I’ve just recently realized that since the skills don’t scale with long life so My legacy could achieve everything in 2 generations Plus I had to play a mod off save until mods are updated so that becomes a new soon to be abandoned legacy 😅

[@bonniej679]

I’m doing the not so berry challenge right now but I have my lifespans on long so I can keep track of all the townies so my sims can look like they aged up with them (same age) but now ill just put it on short for a bit cuz they TAKE to long to AGE UP😭😭😭😭

[@othiagomontes]

I love playing my legacies in the short lifespan

[@donut1550]

Thank you, KZbin algorithm for giving me this great video. Also, there's a selling table from Base Game iirc. I think it's from the Sims Sessions event thingy, and can be accessed from the gallery or cheats like bb.showhiddenobjects or bb.showliveeditobjects I'm pretty sure So... You don't need an EP for that one. Tents too, although they kinda clip in the ground for some weird reason 😅

[@plumbastic]

Thank You for watching it ☺️ yeah I heard once that selling tables are coded in the game, but didn't pay much attention as I already had one. But it'll be fantastic in base game only challenges though 😉 Thanks for reminding me.