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Post by Oddy on Aug 11, 2016 22:10:19 GMT -5
So I'm very loosely playing the legacy challenge and I'm really enjoying the stories that are able to be told with the new gender customizations. The photos are too big to post here, but this post will serve as an index so you can view all the chapters as they come up. I'm also working on a PDF master file that will have both links and the chapters themselves.
EDIT: I'm going to post the chapters under spoiler tags so just click the hyper links to see the photos. They're quite large, so on less capable computers they may take some time to load.
DESCRIPTION: Ethan Hale is starting his life anew after recently transitioning from female to male. After cutting ties with the toxic energies in his life, Ethan is looking to find himself and create an ever lasting family that knows unconditional love.
LEGACY PLAY: Casual rules apply (in my game the founder / heir able to marry in game townies and able to take a job until the second generation comes along. They are required to quit their jobs once they have a child and are only able to resume jobs after the child has grown to teen or adulthood).
HEIR INFO: I'm using Strict Traditional. Thus, to be named heir, a child must be naturally born from their previous generation parents and be able to trace an unbroken bloodline back to the founder. Adopted children may never be named heir. I'm also applying First Born Strength, so the oldest by order of joining the family, eligible living child is named heir. This can only be broken if the child loses a fight to another eligible sibling. Heirs must be carried in a pregnancy by the previous heir, regardless of their heirs gender.
NOT ALLOWED: anti-aging foods & potions, no cheats or restarting after bad events (except in the case of glitches). No sim is allowed back from the dead, sims who are the heir are not allowed to move out (and we will remain with the heir throughout the story), only one primary spouse is allowed per generation. Additionally, I'm only allowing the heirs to be chosen from the first marriage of every generation.
-- EDIT: While the heirs have to be chosen from the first marriage of every generation, it is trumped by the first born child rule. So if a child is born out of wedlock first, they are the eligible heir. A child who is then born within the first marriage thereafter is able to fight for his or her place as heir. If the original heir loses, they also lose their right as heir.
NOTE: The story is going to have a lot of LGBTQ+ narratives and is written / played by a cisgender person who is lesbian. It's meant to be a respectful exploration of family values outside of what is represented in every day media. Take it as you will, and please feel free to call me out if I make any mistakes. Most of all, take this as a story written for fun and out of love of the LGBTQ+ community. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy playing and creating it.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TUMBLR: Simposeum- s-4
#Hale Legacy Scrapbook
GEN 1
Chapter 1
Tumblr Link | S4S Thread Link
Chapter 2 coming soon
Tumblr Link | S4S Thread Link
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Post by jkaliszew on Aug 12, 2016 7:32:43 GMT -5
I have been playing the sims for a long time and I have never attempted a legacy either challenge or on my own and I have always wanted to  I look forward to seeing how your story plays out both in pictures and in "narrative." |
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Post by Oddy on Aug 13, 2016 2:53:32 GMT -5
I have been playing the sims for a long time and I have never attempted a legacy either challenge or on my own and I have always wanted to I look forward to seeing how your story plays out both in pictures and in "narrative." Thank you for your interest! This is mostly an experiment I've been working on, so the narrative is still being developed. It's mostly being told through instagram-type photos, with little descriptions written below so it should be a quick read. I've put together pieces for chapters two and three so they should be coming up pretty quickly here. I'll be posting a link when it's finished. I've also been thinking of gathering the story into a slide show "movie" that can be posted to youtube but I haven't decided if that's the direction I want to take yet. |
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Post by Oddy on Aug 14, 2016 14:37:15 GMT -5
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Post by jkaliszew on Aug 15, 2016 20:42:05 GMT -5
I really like the postcard narration and they both have that down to earth look, very cute. Thanks for sharing |
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Post by Oddy on Sept 2, 2016 12:47:55 GMT -5
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Post by jkaliszew on Sept 3, 2016 12:26:53 GMT -5
Love the postcard narration, never gets old! *Cheers* at Ethan and Gavin!
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Post by Oddy on Sept 5, 2016 22:57:09 GMT -5
Love the postcard narration, never gets old! *Cheers* at Ethan and Gavin! Honestly, the postcard narration is something I do to make the writing simple. Haha. There's a few things I might change later on as far as the style goes, but I'm really enjoying writing it. Ethan and Gavin are so perfect together, I'm really loving them (and there's some spoilers in the future that I'm really excited to share~) Thank you for reading! Next chapter coming up soon~ |
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Post by Mathcope on Sept 6, 2016 18:05:24 GMT -5
Very good!
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Post by Oddy on Sept 20, 2016 3:37:47 GMT -5
Hi all, just wanted to let you know that my game has been destroyed by Origins. I was no longer able to launch the game without deleting the tray and saves -- thus loosing my progress with the Hale Legacy. This story is now cancelled. Sorry to everyone who has been enjoying this story. I have some screenshots I can finish out with, but I'll probably stick to pose making for now.
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Post by Mathcope on Sept 20, 2016 18:44:16 GMT -5
Oh that's really sad! What a pitty... That does happen sometimes.. .I would recommend to do backup constantly about your saves, or the ones you really care. You never know when it can be screwed by the game and/or EA. LOL
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Post by Oddy on Sept 20, 2016 21:24:22 GMT -5
Oh that's really sad! What a pitty... That does happen sometimes.. .I would recommend to do backup constantly about your saves, or the ones you really care. You never know when it can be screwed by the game and/or EA. LOL Haha, yeah I was really bummed. This was the first family in the sims 4 that I was excited to see grow. Ah well. I've learned not to let crashes affect me too much these days. Years growing up with a windows computer that crashed every year (BEFORE being old enough to realize that back ups were a thing) kinda does that. Right now, I have all my creations saved in the cloud. I'm trying to see if there's a way to make a directory on iCloud where everybody can download my stuff -- and then I can also add families and models there too. |
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Post by jkaliszew on Sept 23, 2016 11:41:49 GMT -5
I hope you will someday share another legacy with us. I was looking forward to it, but yes, things like this happen and it's frustrating!
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Post by sammoyke on Sept 23, 2016 16:09:15 GMT -5
aww sorry to hear about that, i hate when stuff like that happens. i try to make back ups of my ea folder once a week cause ive lost my whole neighborhood sooo many times. good luck on future neighborhood and challenges.
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I look forward to seeing how your story plays out both in pictures and in "narrative." 
