The last of the saplings is born! Gen 1.14 Welcome Ash!

Hello, it's me again.

Sorry for the lack of updates. I think my McKracken save is cursed.

The other day, I was able to spend two hours building a house on a new game for reasons I'm not ready to reveal yet >_>, and I had no problems at all. Ten minutes into my McKracken save, as I'm attempting to fix everything, the game just closed. No error sign or anything, just *poof*. Game shut itself down and I found myself cursing at the gods.

I honestly do not know what to do at this point. I've come so far and poured my heart and soul into the legacy, and it's all gone to hell in a handbasket.

That seriously sucks, I'm sorry. :/ It sounds like the same problem I've been having, although for me it's more of a general game issue than something save file-specific. Still, I've noticed my game crashes to desktop more often if I have too much CC, or too many big mods, or sometimes even if I've got too many things going on in-game at once. It also seems to happen more frequently when I go to map view, so I'm always careful to let that load properly. Also, my game used to do it CONSTANTLY if I had programs other than sims (a music player, etc) running on my computer while I was playing, so I don't do that anymore. I also avoid tabbing out, as I've noticed that tends to trigger its desire to crash.

I don't know if any of this sounds familiar or helps at all, but... yeah, it sucks. I try to combat it by saving my game every sim-night, and do an additional save right after something major happens (a birthday, a wardrobe change that took me forever because my CAS loading times are the laggiest part of my game, etc). Things were getting pretty bad in my original Moon save, but like you said, it got a lot better after I started in a new save. If you haven't tried already, try saving your sims' individual files in CAS, then use those files to rebuild the family and start in a new save. They'll lose their skills and stuff, but at least that might shake any buggy-ness that could potentially follow them if you just save their family/lot to the bin.

Oh! Also, you may already be doing this, but it's recommended to only use MasterController to "cheat," and not any of the game's "vanilla" debug cheats. For example, use MasterController to enter CAS instead of right-clicking the sim and using the "Edit in Create A Sim" pie option. According to igazor from Nraas, the MC methods are safer and less likely to cause bugs, whereas the EA methods don't have the improved coding. I can't guarantee that it'll fix anything, but it does feel like my game has fewer bugs since I started only using MC (or other mods).

I use this tool found here on MTS to start tracking down mysterious random CTD events.

http://modthesims.info/d/580022/sim...le-updated.html

My game was getting really laggy with stutters and stuff and I started wondering if it had to do with inactive sims inventories. So I did an inventory purge through MC and it is running like a new file!

City Hall - MC - Town - Objects Stats - Sim brings up a list of all the things in people's inventories and you can purge them.
City Hall > NRaas > Sim > Basic > Sell Item-- clears things in a slightly different way.

Alright, so I think I have identified where my game keeps on crashing.

1) Bridgeport. Bridgeport in my game is notoriously buggy, and will crash without any warning.

2) The number of ghosts that haunt the houses. Four generations worth of ghosts is... Ouch.

3) The amount of crap is both the personal and family inventories.

Because of all this, as much as it pains me to say, I'm going to have to cut Generation Five short and go straight to Christine in a brand new neighbourhood, by herself. I'll say she wanted a fresh start somewhere else, and Chloe agreed to stay to look after her ageing father.

It's the best thing I can do for this legacy, I'm afraid :<

On the plus side, Christine has the potential to be my favourite heiress yet, so I want to see what she gets up to.

EDIT: FINALLY I have managed to get a new chapter out. It has been ages!

Chapter 6.1 - A Depressing Salad

Hi! I have a questions about rolls. I'm sorry if it's been asked before. My next generation rolled Freelance Scientist and Idle Career. Does that mean that I can't do anything science stuff? Or what does it mean?

A bit upthread they say that in active careers it just means that you can't progress more than a level a week in the associated skill.

I have another update. 10.1

Please accept this meagre offering: Chapter 6.2 - Shotgun Wedding

If anyone is asking about the status of my legacy, let me tell you that I’m currently writing chapter 2. It’s not canceled my friends.

Just a heads up: I'm still not dead! Overtime at work + new responsibilities = one very tired me :<

I'll try and have the next chapter out within a couple of days.

Well, here it is. The very second chapter of my (as of now) Soul Eater-themed randomcy. Enjoy!

Chapter 1.02: Work, Cleanup and Babies

My game is doing its usual thing of dying a quarter of the way through the second generation. I'm trying to do what I can to save it, but the file is just borked. How do you guys do it? Is everyone just switching towns every generation or what? Does it count as a legacy if I save my household to the bin and those that are important to the plot and place them in a fresh copy of the town?

That's what I've had to do, several times. It still counts, don't worry

I play with a slew of mods that clean up the game. Overwatch, MasterController, Story Progression, all that stuff. I find the game unplayable without them. I'm not sure what your specific issues are, but if you don't play a modded game, that is in and of itself an issue because the vanilla game is a mess. Your town will be full of invisible taxis that lag it out, among other things you would never have expected if you approached Sims 3 with the mindset that mods cause lag instead of fix lag.



Yes, it still counts.

I have Overwatch, MC, and SP from NRAAS and it still does this. It seems like it's running fine and then it just freezes: meaning that the game doesn't respond if I click on things or try to interact with it, but the snow is still falling and the ambient noise is still going. The only way to get out is to open task manager and tell it to end task. Now I just have the hellish task of re-establishing family ties. I don't care much about kissing cousins, but I need to make sure the game knows about grown siblings.

I have another update, sorry its so late, I moved into a new home and only just set up the computer, Chapter 10.4

Hey, everyone...

Sorry for the lack of updates. It’s been a difficult time for me, as my uncle died and I lost my job. I want to get back into playing and blogging, but I need to sort my life out first.

Sorry :/

Love you all <3

Sending you some love, we'll be here when you're ready. My condolences on your loss.

I am back, and it's not the best work I have ever done but it's better than nothing: Chapter 6.3 - Genie Magic

The cruz legacy is complete and i won't be doing any more sims 3 challenges but i do have sims 4 ones if anyone is intrested, they are in my signature. Chapter 10.5

Awwr, we will miss you!

I recently installed my Sims 3 again and thought that I might try doing the Random Legacy Challenge. My first roll gave me The Shake Up for family structure but I don't think I understand that one so I rolled again and got Couple... for the second generation I rolled The Shake Up again and I figure I can't keep running from it... Can anyone explain it to me?

My Sim needs to meet and move in two Sims - She needs to be romantically involved and have kids with only one of them. I think I understand that part well enough... maybe.
How is this different from Couple + Friend?
Does the Sim she's not romantically involved with move out? If so, when?

In The Shake Up, the family structure gets... well... shaken up.

Your heir will live with [sim 1] for a while, and then [sim 1] leaves when/before the heir starts to live with [sim 2].

[Sim 1] or [Sim 2] must be the heir's romantic interest / spouse... but that means the other one must be just a friend.

So [sim 1] can be romance and [sim 2] can be friend, or [sim 1] can be friend and [sim 2] can be romance. Up to you.

Make sense?

Thank You for the reply @NutsAndDolts - I think I understand it now

No probs, hope you enjoy the challenge!

Thanks!

I'm having enough fun that I want to try and document my poor Sim's life... in other words, I'm having a lot of fun :D

Intro - This is Carly Hogweed
1.1 - Dream Man
1.2 - The Kids
1.3 - Determined Eco-Freak
1.4 - Teenagers

Hello everyone!

So, given my game is a buggy piece of crap that can't get past five generations without breaking, combined with the fact that I haven't updated in nearly a month and want something fresh to do, I've decided to leave the McKrackens as a half legacy. It has been a lot of fun, and I absolutely loved my time with them, but it is time to move on to some fresh faces.

Which means it's time to introduce you to the new founder.

Meet Regina Bindiver: https://imgur.com/a/xSdw9QQ

I've tried to get the insert image thing to work and it won't.

A new little update from the Hogweed family of Moonlight Falls

1.5 - Bye Bye Pixie!

Just wanted to pop up and say I'm alive. My mental illness is flaring up making it hard to be creative or keep my head above water.

No activity in three weeks?? What about us lurkers? Should we have nothing to read? Have a heart!

Sorry! I've been dealing with work and depression :<

I want to start again, but it's finding the time to do it all!

Sooo I haven't posted in ages. I made a new legacy because I wanted to do an actually directionless blog without a story.

So enjoy these;

1.0 Damaris in Twinbrook

1.1 Hooray!

1.2 Friendly Faces

EDIT:

1.3 Fun Distractions

1.4 The One Really Long Chapter

1.5 Only One You

1.6 That One Really Short Chapter

Popping in to express sympathies and empathy for everybody's various troubles. I miss you all and hope you have a wonderful holiday season.

While my interest in my blogs has not waned, I have been very busy, and uncertain where I once found the time to play so much sims!

I even quit MMO raiding this past summer, and I still can't seem to find much time in the day.

It's not a sad or overworked kind of busy; I have always had other creative projects. Some have taken bigger priority and I'm hopeful I'll be able to share them one day.

I still check up on this thread frequently and enjoy everybody's stories though! Keep being creative! <3

Another Sykes update!

1.7 Invitations

EDIT:
1.8 Going Out

Hey, friends! Long time no see.

I also wanted to take a moment to say how sorry I am for everyone's losses and hard times. I hope you all are able to take the time you need for yourself to rest, reflect, and heal. And that includes those who are doing okay--rest is still important!

I dropped off the face of the forums around late August, as I had a week and a half trip to Korea to visit some close friends, and then immediately went back to school. I'm not sure if I've ever talked much about myself, but I am a college student, and this being my senior year, I'm now the busiest I ever have been. I'm expecting to graduate Spring 2020, and for the jobs I'm looking for, applications are already due around this time of year. Things are going good for now, but I am extremely busy, and when I do have time to relax, it's not time that can be sunk into the 2+ hours minimum Sims 3 requires (thanks, loading time...). Like NutsAndDolts said, I'm still very much interested in writing my blogs, but since I also do so much writing (creative and otherwise) for school, most of my creative energy goes toward that.

I'm sad to see some bloggers I knew have to step away for a while, though I completely understand; and I'm super excited to see new folks here! The semester is almost over, and though I probably should be dedicating all my time making sure everything ends well, I am going to take some time today to see what everyone's sims have been up to. Expect a lot of comments from me as I do so.

Also, I do have an update.

::1.4:: Newlife (And The Ones Who Walk Away)

This was written ages ago, like the end of August. I intended to post it alongside a Wilder-Moon update, which is why it stayed in drafts for so long. Obviously, that didn't happen, and at this point I'm tired of it laying around. I really want to update Wilder-Moon; I've been thinking about them a lot lately. But, until then, here's Hansol once again.

A Sykes update!

1.9 Pass Along

2.0 Family

I AM BACK, FOR REALS

And with a new half legacy from someone we all know and somewhat love: Chapter 1.1 - Back to Basics

2.1 Insights to be Gained

Another Sykes update! The title is way deeper than the chapter, trust me.

EDIT: Another one!

2.2 A Break

2.3 Choices

2.4 Bittersweet

2.5 Slip By

2.6 Little One

2.7 Strange Feeling

2.8 Spooky Day

A short update today. Sorry!

Chapter 1.2 - Triplet Trouble

Some short Sykes updates.

2.9 A Date

2.10 An Evening Show

2.11 New Development

I had some fun times irl too and it's actually quite fitting with my legacy too. I built the small Harris house after my own little apartment, but the block I live in is going to be demolished and the city is so kind to not even offer an alternative for me to live in. My sims are also moving from this home, but more because it was too small.
1.13 - Left Behind
[more irl ranting: My sims definitely have it better than me though, cause it's absolutely impossible to find affordable apartments here and I will have no choice but to live with a roommate. Blergh. Good bye, lovely single household life.

Another Sykes update:

2.12 Here Alone

EDIT:

2.13 Quit

2.14 Missing Part

2.15 A Little Fun

2.16 Siblings

2.17 The Other Really Long Chapter

I am still alive!

Work is a pain in the arse due to Christmas.

I will be back soon!

Merry Christmas, everyone! It's been a few months--I overworked myself in the summer, decided to quit my job, and found a new one. I've been playing a lot the week, though it's a new random legacy (using a spare from the Bee Legacy). Now that I'm not grading 500 million student essays every week, I'm looking forward to reading and commenting soon!

Hi everyone. I decided to start a random legacy that I intend to finish! The style is not plotty. It is only observational, but I hope you like it.

The Marsh Family Random Legacy
1.1 - New Beginning
1.2 - Baby Time
1.3 - Teen Spirit
1.4 - Spooky Day Shenanigans

A very short chapter today, because it's all I've managed to do in between my work: Chapter 1.3 - Babies and Marriage

Happy New Year! New year, new legacy: introducing The Trémaux Tree, a legacy using one of the spares from the Bees. The first chapter is just prologue, but I've played for a couple of sim weeks and will likely focus on gameplay. I'd like to actually FINISH a legacy instead of getting lost in story.

Anyway, here you go: Prologue: In Medias Res

More updates from the Marsh family

2.1 - Destination Wedding
2.2 - Magical Mayhem
2.3 - Don't Stop Believing

I have another update for the Tremaux Legacy:
1.1. The Roommate

No replies in three weeks?!

Alright, I'll do something about this...

Quill Legacy 1.1

Please don't be mad at me for starting another legacy instead of updating one of my other three! :'(

I'm back-ish with a long overdue update about the Estes family's adventures in Egypt. Enjoy!

https://mayflieslegacy.blogspot.com...rch-before.html

I'M SORRY D:

I have just had the absolute worse luck with my game. There was a glitch that meant that spouse of my founder wasn't actually the father of the children, even though he was. It was a mess and I had no choice but to can the legacy.

I'm so so so sorry to all Martha McKracken fans out there, D:

Uh oh!

There's an option in MasterController that will let you set sims' parents.

Advanced -> Family -> [several self-explanatory options]

I'm not sure how old the kids are in your game, but there is also an option to re-roll genetics, which should theoretically take the newly set father into account.

I have a new legacy in the works!

I should hopefully get it out tomorrow.

Quills RLC 1.3 is up.

I also started playing my Aurora Skies legacy again (Lawful Chaotic), so expect updates for that one of these days.

Hello!

I have my new legacy up and running: Chapter 1.1 - Meet The Whitfields

As promised, an update on one of my older legacies:

Lawful Chaotic 1.18: Memory Going Forward

And a very short update on the newest legacy:

Quills RLC: 1.4 Three of Them

Edit: Hope everyone had a fun Valentine's Day! I have another update on one of my legacies:

Lawful Chaotic 2.1: An Aggressive Confidence

I decided to move out of lurkdom and join in on the fun!

The tale of the Snallygasters, chapter 1

Apparently I returned to life only to tell you that I somehow managed to lose my save to the legacy I was doing. Except that this time I'll probably reboot the hell out of it instead of creating a 3rd one.
For some reason I don't know what to do with the first 2 chapters of the lost save, but I'm leaning towards the option of calling them "Generation 0.5" and giving the reboot a different name.

Sorry about your save, Mireannea!

I didn't actually get time to play this week, but I have a few blog updates saved up so should be able to continue on a weekly update schedule for a while:

Quills RLC: 1.5 Fancy Baby Cage

Still here with my new shiny Snallygaster legacy!

1.2 - pitter patter pitter patter

My Aurora Skies legacy got the update this week:

Lawful Chaotic 2.2: Plaid Means Haunted

I'm started a combination of random legacy with nothing is free challenge, I hope it's okay to post the updates here.

1.1 Intro to NIF/RL Challenge

Sure thing! We always welcome new legacies.

NIF is very different from RLC, so that's an interesting blend idea.

EDIT: This week's offering...

Quills RLC 1.6: Jazzed For This

So after eight month without playing the Russells I'm enjoying them again, here's a new chapter:

1.13 Birthdays

Just chiming in to let you all know that I'm still around, just not posting at the moment. I was playing a save that I don't blog for fun when a meteor hit my sim's kid's school and killed almost all of the town's children and teens. Now I'm on a quest to resurrect them without using cheats... wish me luck.

Good luck, Marcy!

This week's offering (wow, these weeks are just flying by): Quills RLC Chapter 1.7: Play Some Games

Hi everyone! I know I basically dropped off the face of the earth a few months ago. Basically I was really busy and having gameplay problems, life concerns, etc., so I decided to take a break and step away from simming for a while, and once I stepped away, it was hard to get back. But, as you can see, I'm back now! I've gotten my game back up and running now, so I'm hoping to get the first chapter of Generation 4 up in the next few days. In the meantime, I'm going to do my best to catch up on everything I've missed.

EDIT: Here it is! Chapter 2 should hopefully be out tomorrow, I just have to put it all together.
Chapter 4.1 - Flower Child

GOD I AM SO SORRY!

I know I have also dropped off the face of the earth, but I work in retail and the previous weeks have been utter hell! I want to get back into the Sims, but it's finding the strength to do so D:

I will return soon, I promise!

This has been a rotten week. Not just for me but in general. So, in case anyone needs an extra distraction, double updates:

Quills RLC 1.8: Whom She Loves

Lawful Chaotic 2.3: Don't be Awkward

Here's a new chapter for my nif/rlc combo 1.2 Polulating the World

I'm having a lot of fun with this so, it was a good call to incorporate the random legacy part.

I have another chapter out! Hoping it won't be too long before I'm done with the next one.

Chapter 4.2 - Focus

Hi. Now I have a computer that is able to run sims 3 and also now I am stuck in my house. I decided to start doing sims 3 challenges again. I will be starting a new random legacy and should have an update ready by saturday

This week's update: Lawful Chaotic 2.4: Low Negotiation Rolls

Well I have started it, this is Chapter 1

New chapter!

Chapter 4.3 - A New Mystery

Doubles updates, extra dramatic:

Quills RLC: 1.9 Gone By Tonight

Lawful Chaotic 2.5: The Rain Alone

I've been slower in getting out chapters than I expected, but to make up for it, I just published three! The link to the first one is below.

Chapter 4.4 - Anger

Chapters 4 and 6 are short, but chapter 5 is the longest of this generation so far, I think (still only about the same length as the average chapter last generation).

Good to see everyone! Life is crazy and I have been out living my best life and all, so I'm just catching up with stories uhm... now from the last year or so. If I read them they make me want to write, and I don't have much time for that. But I'll be putting an update up for the Sparrows this weekend hopefully.

Yay, welcome back Sparrows. :D

I decided to update a bit early this week: Lawful Chaotic 2.6: Wrong About You

There can't be 137 updates already. I wonder if I'm miscounting? >_>;

Sparrows Legacy 137: A Time to Live

...I'm miscounting. It's update 1.37 xD

This may seem random but I'll add to the notes in the last update- where to find the chemical laboratory items I've used to Meghan's underground lab;
http://sims3s.ru/objects-bf-lab.php
That's equipment, desks, cabinets, test tubes, etc. The wall and floor tiles are from somewhere else. I haven't posted them before because it's a lot of items and they're super specific to a commercial lab or her exact job roll (home scientist).

Site also has other things- it's in German, may want to use chrome to translate. (Or just click around and download, like I did. xD)

Thanks Frog! Severinka has a lot of nice things. I'm just a sucker for big underground labs.

This week's even earlier updates:

Lawful Chaotic 2.7: Practice Sounding Kinder

Quills RLC 2.1: A Terrible Mixologist

Hello everyone! I am super excited to say that very shortly, as in the next day or so, once my games have all installed on my computer that I will finally be able to play again! My husband and I built our computer, with some facetime help from a very good friend, and got it up and running last night. Sims 3 here I come!

I think of this as a quick update because I can't put it all in one- hopefully the second part (Jyoti's) will be up beginning of the week.

1.38a Hormones Activate - Jet

I haven't been particularly active over the last couple of weeks, but I've been thinking a lot about my legacy. While I still really want to keep working on it, it's become more work and less fun as my plot's gotten more and more complicated and I find myself focusing just on taking pictures instead of actually playing the game. When I first started this, it was really my only outlet for creative writing, but as I've worked on this and my confidence has grown as a writer, I've started working on other things. So I think I'm going to start a new legacy, one where the gameplay drives the story rather than the other way around, more like what most of you do where there is plot, but it isn't entirely all-consuming. It'll probably be a few days before I manage to get a chapter up, but I'm really excited about this in a way I haven't been about the Does in a while.

I think a lot of us who do the complex, heavily involved plot arcs in our legacies eventually get burned out or frustrated with them and return to more simplistic storytelling... sometimes just for a while, sometimes more permanently.

So you're not alone, and I hope you'll share the new legacy with us. :D

I can't agree enough with this!

Also I'd like to chime in and say that as a reader I really appreciate the simpler chapters as well, they help the mind breath and keep the story fresh and interesting. I know when pose player is out all bets are off on time, and so often I have story ideas in the pics already taken in game that I don't notice until I'm looking them over.

But there's something nice to be said for the 'passing of time' posts, they feel nostalgic and also like as the reader, I'm also playing the game, so I love those too. I will never forget the werewolf fixing the sink or Mab destroying a snowman that 'freaked her son out' in some of Becky's posts, and Colin Khalekilli yelling at the mayor with a megaphone in Sunlit Tides, which improved their relationship and embarrassed his son in the Khalekilli legacy.