The How-To Legacy

Volume 4: Open for Business(BROUGHT TO YOU BY CAPITALISM)

Right now I’m installing the Pets EP so of course that means I made it through another generation. Well, I made it through last night, but this afternoon I’ve been powering through college for the generation five heir. Yes, their sibling(s) went to college as well, but only they graduated. You’ll see why.

Last time there was a bit of a plot because the G4 spouse, Lee Kauker, flirted with the brother of the heir. How dare he! I’m not upset about the cheating, but I’m upset that he tried to make a plot happen. I’m no longer that kind of player (back in the old days, I tried to write legacies with plots which just ended up as massive failures on my part).

This time around, we’re going to incorporate the business aspect of open for business and try and get one to level 10, because that is the main goal of the EP. Let’s see how well that goes. When I was younger, I was successful at doing that, but I think I had some hack called “Business Controls You” which I no longer have on hand. New mods for this time include pregnancy for all genders because of G4.

And Pets is already installed before I can even finish this page! That’s the other reason I failed legacies in the past; I couldn’t get done the writing fast enough and grew bored of them. The focus should be just playing through a legacy and presenting the information. At least if you aren’t trying to hone your writing skills… this page has been long… ONWARD!

STEP ONE: CELEBRATE NO ONE LEAVING YOU AT THE ALTERBecause I wouldn’t put it past Lee to do that.

STEP TWO: LAUGH BECAUSE HE’S PREGNANT

STEP THREE: CONTINUE YOUR LAUGHTER

STEP FOUR: MAKE THE SPOUSE IN CHARGE OF A BUSINESS

STEP FIVE: SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES

STEP SIX: SEE MORE FAMILIAR FACES AND LOSE STARS BECAUSE OF CUSTOMERS FIGHTING

STEP SEVEN: HATE YOUR G4 SPOUSE BECAUSE THEY’RE A WHORE

STEP EIGHT: HIRE MORE HELP

STEP NINE: HAVE HELP QUIT BECAUSE YOU’RE A SLAVEDRIVER; CLOSE UP SHOP TO WORK ON NEEDS AND MAKE PRETTY OBJECTS

STEP TEN: RETURN HOME AND BUILD MAUSOLEUMI could only go up a few levels in the business before I needed to get on with the pregnancy.

STEP ELEVEN: HAVE STUPID PREGNANCY HAIR

STEP TWELVE: GIVE CREATOR A HEART ATTACK BECAUSE YOU COULD GET KNOCKED UP RIGHT BEFORE BEING AN ELDER

STEP THIRTEEN: JUST LOOK LIKE YOU GOT FAT INSTEAD OF PREGNANT

STEP FOURTEEN: INCEST

STEP FIFTEEN: C-SECTION

STEP SIXTEEN: MEET GENERATION FIVEIt’s a girl! Meet Ariel Legacy. 2/1/10/6/10. Super athletic and nice, but shy and dirty.

STEP SEVENTEEN: CHEER BECAUSE YOU ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THE CHALLENGE

STEP EIGHTEEN: WORK ON OTHER CHILDREN

STEP NINETEEN: CONTINUE BEING A JERK TO PEOPLE

STEP TWENTY: WATCH WHILE YOUR SPOUSE IS RIGHTFULLY ATTACKED

STEP TWENTY-ONE: HAVE THE WRONG SPOUSE GET KNOCKED UP

STEP TWENTY-TWO: ҉THE CIRCLE OF LIFE҉

STEP TWENTY-THREE: DIE AT 75Bye Kaylynn! Thanks for playing!

STEP TWENTY-FOUR: REMEMBER THAT OFB LETS YOU CHANGE TODDLER APPEARANCEYAAAAAS! YAAAAS, GAGA!

STEP TWENTY-FIVE: EULOGYFour generations completed, one in the midst, and 5 more to go before The How-To Legacy crowns its winner!Or something like that.

STEP TWENTY-SIX: TEACH DAUGHTER HOW NOT TO LOVE YOURSELF

STEP TWENTY-SEVEN: BONDPreferably in a covalent sort of way

STEP TWENTY-EIGHT: BE AN ASSHOLE

STEP TWENTY-NINE: COME HOME FROM WORK AND BE MET WITH SENILITYZaitrarrio is now an elder

STEP THIRTY: BE A FOLLOWER AND NOT A LEADER

STEP THIRTY-ONE: BE PRECIOUSAnd I don’t mean fat and black

STEP THIRTY-TWO: RIP YOUR BUTTHOLE IN TWO

STEP THIRTY-THREE (A): NON-CHEESECAKE TWINSMeet Mackenzie Legacy; 2/3/9/7/10, blonde-hair, the custom eyes

STEP THIRTY-THREE (B): NON-CHEESECAKE TWINSAnd Madison Legacy; 4/4/10/7/10. He’s a boy. Unless another kid comes along and has a ltw that won’t lag my game going forward, I think Mackenzie will be the heir simply because I want to see how long it takes to breed out those eyes

STEP THIRTY-FOUR: SCREAM AND SHOUT AND LET IT ALL OUT

STEP THIRTY-FIVE: FIRST CHILD OF G5 AS A CHILDAriel is still cute, but she’s a spare… I’m sick of the brown hair at this point.

STEP THIRTY-SIX: DOUBLE BIRTHDAY

STEP THIRTY-SEVEN: CUSTOM HAIR ON MADISONHe cute

STEP THIRTY-EIGHT: ALL HAIL THE HEIR

STEP THIRTY-NINE: COMPLETE YOUR LTW DESPITE RECTAL PROLAPSEA real role model

STEP FORTY: SCAR HEIR FOR LIFE

STEP FORTY-ONE: TEACH BLONDS THE VALUE OF INTELLIGENCE

STEP FORTY-TWO: REACH LTW OF G3 HEIRGod that took forever. Constantly having her painting was a pain and a half

STEP FORTY-THREE: CHILD MADISON

STEP FORTY-FOUR: CHILD MACKENZIEShe technically grew up first because she was born first, but I didn’t want to spam the file with pictures of her pre-makeover

STEP FORTY-FIVE: BIG, HAPPY FAMILY

STEP FORTY-SIX: THAT FIRST DAY AFTER KIDS GO TO SCHOOL AND NEED TO LEARN HOW TO DO HOMEWORK

We’ve all had to do it… it is boring and if they take a break, they don’t get the memory

STEP FORTY-SEVEN: THINK THAT IT’S COUTUREShould have named her Stacy

STEP FORTY-EIGHT: SHUN THE BRUNETTES OUT OF THE FAMILY

STEP FORTY-NINE: GET BACK YOUR STUPID HAIR

STEP FIFTY: ENJOY THE NEW KID NPCS FROM OFBHe was always be an ugly child. My sims will always be cute-ish. All hail player sims!

STEP FIFTY-ONE: PLAY THE MOST VIOLENT VIDEO GAME- SIMS BUSTIN’ OUTTake that GTA franchise!

STEP FIFTY-TWO: BECOME TEENAGERAriel rolled knowledge and wants to max 7 skills. OFB actually randomizes the turn-ons/offs so she likes stinky vampires and hates makeup. ACR also rolled her as straight.

STEP FIFTY-THREE: TRY AND APPEASE CREATOR BY JUGGLING

STEP FIFTY-FOUR: FINALLY GIVE BIRTH AGAIN

STEP FIFTY-FIVE: MEET JUSTINE1 LEGACYYeah, I messed up majorly when naming this kid. She was meant to be Justine, but I hit the 1 key and then enter before I could edit. I fixed it later through boolprop. She is 6/3/9/7/10. Neater than all her siblings, but still full nice points

STEP FIFTY-SIX: REMAIN HEIR AS THE ONLY BLONDE GIRL

STEP FIFTY-SEVEN: REALIZE THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST GIRLS IN THE HOUSE AT ONCE

STEP FIFTY-EIGHT: BECOME TEENAGERSMackenzie rolled romance and wants to be a hall of famer. She likes glasses on blonds and hates brunettes. Way to go Mackenzie!

STEP FIFTY-NINE: BE A POSEURMadison rolled knowledge and wants to max 7 skills like Ariel. He likes cologne and swimwear and hates makeup.

STEP SIXTY: BE ANDROGYNOUS LOOKINGJustine became a very androgynous looking toddler. She looks the most different from the rest of the family, which would have been cool had she not been another brunette.

STEP SIXTY-ONE: MAKEOVERS FOR EVERYONE!

STEP SIXTY-TWO: BE A GOOD SISTER

STEP SIXTY-THREE: CROWD TODDLER

STEP SIXTY-FOUR: PRETEND LIKE YOU’RE A GOOD PARENT

STEP SIXTY-FIVE: BECOME ANDROGYNOUS LOOKING CHILDJustine really is a very boyish looking little girl. But why did she have to be a brunette!

STEP SIXTY-SIX: HELP SISTER GET DANCE SCHOLARSHIP

STEP SIXTY-SEVEN: BE MOST ADORABLE IN GAME COUPLE

STEP SIXTY-EIGHT: REALIZE YOU’RE GETTING PUDGY

STEP SIXTY-NINE: TEACH SISTER ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE BEES

STEP SEVENTY: GET A SHOT OF ALL OF THE G5 KIDS

STEP SEVENTY-ONE: SEND ARIEL OFF TO COLLEGE BEFORE SHE AGES UP

STEP SEVENTY-TWO: WONDER IF THERE IS A HACK SO THEY AUTO-MAKE FAMILY MEALS INSTEAD OF DOING THEIR OWN THING IN THE ONE KITCHEN

STEP SEVENTY-THREE: SEND HEIR TO COLLEGE BEFORE SHE AGES UP

STEP SEVENTY-FOUR: SEND HER TWIN, TOO

STEP SEVENTY-FIVE: BE LEFT WITH ONE KID YOU NEED TO AGE

STEP SEVENTY-SIX: EAT DINNER WHILE HAVING THE GAME ON AUTO-PLAY; COME BACK JUST AS G3 HEIR DIESAndrea died at 76, goddamnit.

STEP SEVENTY-SEVEN: EVERYONE AGES UP AT THE SAME TIMEJustine became a family sim who wants to marry off six kids, likes glasses and black hair but not costume make-up.Wright and Lee became elders and Lee’s hair is now officially stupid.

STEP SEVENTY-EIGHT: MAKE EVERYONE LOOK PRESENTABLE

STEP SEVENTY-NINE: TRY AND RUN A BUSINESSSo the goal of this generation was unsuccessful. I could only get the shop up to level 7. Maybe in a future generation I can get it up to level 10, but for now I failed that part.

STEP EIGHTY: SEND JUSTINE OFF TO COLLEGE TO JOIN SIBLINGS

STEP EIGHTY-ONE: HATE LEE’S FACE

So all of the kids had facial changes when becoming adultsDamn Lee’s genetics!

STEP EIGHTY-TWO: MAKE THE BEST OF THE SITUATION

STEP EIGHTY-THREE: FIND SPOUSE FOR MADISONShe has two bolts with Count Venkat Garth, so he’s the G5 spouse. He may not be blond, but let’s try and work with red hair in the family.

STEP EIGHTY-FOUR: TAKE AFTER YOUR FATHER IN ALL THE WRONG WAYSI guess being a jerk started for Lee in college just as it does for Ariel. YOU HAVE TEN NICE POINTS, DAMNIT!

STEP EIGHTY-FIVE: SHUN YOUR BROTHER FOR BEING MALE

STEP EIGHTY-SIX: START A FIRE

STEP EIGHTY-SEVEN: ACTUALLY DO TERM PAPER

STEP EIGHTY-EIGHT: MOVE THE HEIR OUT TO THE GREEK HOUSE WHILE THESE THREE REMAIN

STEP EIGHTY-NINE: GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARSExcept only one is a bear, one is a muscle queen, and one is a twinky heterosexual.

STEP NINETY: CONSIDER BEING A LESBIAN UNTIL GRADUATION

STEP NINETY-ONE: HAVE A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP

STEP NINETY-TWO: NOW DO YOUR TERM PAPER

STEP NINETY-THREE: FINALLY GRADUATE

STEP NINETY-FOUR: THROW WORST TOGA PARTY EVER

STEP NINETY-FIVE: FALL IN LOVE WITH VAMPIRE

STEP NINETY-SIX: ROLEPLAY TWILIGHT

STEP NINETY-SEVEN: REALLY ROLEPLAY TWILIGHT

STEP NINETY-EIGHT: START MORE FIRES

STEP NINETY-NINE: CONSIDER HOW BEING A VAMPIRE UNTIL GRADUATION IS BETTER FOR YOUR NEEDS THAN BEING A LESBIAN UNTIL GRADUATION

STEP ONE HUNDRED: MANAGE TO MAINTAIN A STRICK LIFE OF STUDYING AT HOME INSTEAD OF GOING TO CLASS, LIKE EVERY OTHER COLLEGE STUDENT

STEP ONE HUNDRED AND ONE: THEM GAINZ

STEP ONE HUNDRED AND TWO: USE TWINCEST TO MOVE A PLACEHOLDER IN

STEP ONE HUNDRED AND THREE: HAVE AN EASY WAY OUT OF VAMPIRISM

STEP ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR: GRADUATE

STEP ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE: USE LAST OF STUDENT HEALTH PLAN TO CURE YOURSELF OF ANYTHING YOUR BOYFRIEND GAVE YOU

STEP ONE HUNDRED AND SIX: GROW UP LOOKING LIKE A HOOKER

STEP ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN: MOVE HOME

STEP ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT: USE PARENTS’ HEALTH INSURANCE AND CLAIM BOYFRIEND AS DEPENDENT

STEP ONE HUNDRED AND NINE: MARRY BOYFRIENDVenkat is a pleasure sim who wants to marry off six kids. I did not take down what his personality was or what his turn ons and offs were. Sorry.

STEP ONE HUNDRED AND TEN: START MAKING G6

That was long and my hand is cramped from writing out “one hundred and …” for so many slides. Yes, manually. It’s a keyboard, not magic.

So there we have it. I messed up Open for Business, but I learned some valuable lessons from this EP. One is that customers are awful and you have to ask them to leave multiple times if they complain and lose stars. Two is that you need to remember which faces are broken in game and won’t show up until young adulthood. Three is that being a vampire is a great way to make the most out of your college experience, although sucking someone’s blood will count as sexual assault so just stick to the hermit thing.

Now I’m halfway done this legacy, and I have to tell you it feels great. My biggest fear is that the game will lag as I install more EPs, so bare with me in the future. I know that this has been a daily post, but once I start work next week it may not be the same.

I want this done as soon as possible. Legacies have been something I’ve been itching to complete properly since around 2006.

Anyways, time to work on G6- Rex