Sims 4 – Green Life (Bad to Good Challenge)
Posted on March 11, 2024 by Aywren
Almost a year ago, I posted about a family I was playing in Sims 4 where you take a rather bad looking Sim and see how many generations it takes for there to be a good looking Sim in their family line. I was pleased with how his daughter, the first generation out, turned out.
Her name was Christin, and she ended up being quite the achiever in high school. She met Jeb when attending the prom, and they hit it off. I was immediately smitten with this guy with a bag on his head, and decided they were meant for each other.
Christin actually did so well in high school that she graduated early. Jeb followed shortly after… note… that he is graduating in jeans and with bare feet. Typical Jeb.
Once graduation was over with, the family invited Jeb to come and move in with them. He accepted, and so he and Christin could be closer and forge a stronger relationship.
It was time for them to age up to young adulthood…
…in which I discovered a bug that annoyed me (and put me off from playing this) for a good while. When aging up a teen who has acne, it carries over to the adult stage of life. However, as an adult, you don’t have the ability to clean your face like you do as a teen, so there’s no way to get rid of it!
I did discover that turning off acne in the pack settings and turning it back on again should have cleared it, but it didn’t work for me this time last year. For some odd reason, when I picked up the family to try again this past week, it worked! Thank goodness!
Anyhow. I decided to play around with the University pack content, and had Christin enroll for classes. She did get a nice scholarship which covered the cost of going to school, and was accepted into the biology degree. I don’t think that’s what I expected for her, but it was the only degree she could follow with the scholarship she had, so I went with it.
Jeb, on the other hand, became a painter.
This wasn’t too impressive at first. But over time, he’s made a name for himself, even earning fame as a minor celebrity for his work. He’s painted several masterpieces and often sells his paintings to the local gallery for decent income, on top of his job.
Feeling like he’s ready to take the next step in his relationship with Christin, he proposes to her.
Jeb. Really? Why the frown?
She accepts!
And still the frown.
Jeb is a cutie, but he just ain’t right sometimes.
Surprisingly, Christin joins the soccer team as her extracurricular activity in university. And it turns out, she’s GOOD at sports. I mean, really GOOD.
I even got an achievement in game for a Sim who went from max weight to minimum weight as she became super active and very fit.
However, playing the University content was another reason why I had not picked up this family in a while. It made sense for her to stay at home (cheaper) as she worked through week after week of classes. I found the whole process fairly intense – about the only thing Christin could do while enrolled was homework, term papers, and keeping fit for her nightly soccer practice/games.
This prevented Christin and Jeb from going out on their own – which I wanted them to do – and finally getting married. While I could have just not enrolled her in classes and gave up on the idea, I’d already started, so I wanted to push through and see if it was worth it.
Finally, the day of graduation arrived!
I was a little disappointed that university graduation was a rabbit hole when high school was not. Yes, I know that high school came after university in terms of development, but it was a shame not to see Christin walk for her diploma after working so hard for it!
I haven’t yet decided what job she might pursue now – she can embrace her inner athlete and go bodybuilder or even go doctor instead. I just knew I wanted them to strike out on their own as a couple before she got busy with work.
Jeb has maxxed out his painting skill and is working on hitting the highlights of the Master of the Real career branch. He also came away with The Knowledge trait, though I’m not sure why. I won’t complain though as that has nice perks.
So, it is time for them to move out on their own. I didn’t want to leave Sulani because Christin is a child of the islands, and I wanted them to stay in the same map as her parents. I found them a nice little beach family cottage and set them up on their own little island.
It’s not furnished, so I’ll have to work on fixing that. But I did transfer the lion’s share of money with this family, so they have a good foundation to work with.
What did Jeb have to think of this move?
I think he likes it.