My text-based recreation will probably be a sims clone. I am having issues although deciding what sources the participant ought to begin out with.

I am eager to implement a type of the legacy problem from the Sims 2, however I am having issues doing so as a result of variations between The Sims 2 and my recreation.

Within the vanilla begin, you begin as a university scholar and find yourself with $4800 (the sport makes use of a fictional foreign money, however clearly you’ll be able to’t sort the image for that). For those who selected the eXtreme begin (that IS how its presupposed to be spelled), you as an alternative begin out as an grownup (aka, post-college grownup) with $1500. Both means, you have got the choice of beginning with a ‘legacy tree’ on prime of both to those choices, that means it’s important to plant an orchard tree in your lot initially and it has to remain there your complete run. This tree prices $1200, so clearly this eats up plenty of money.

Listed here are the variations between my recreation and The Sims 2 that makes this difficult to implement:

Faculty is not a separate ‘life stage’ like it’s in The Sims 2. The explanation it was carried out in such an odd means was as a result of it was really added in an enlargement. In my recreation, school will simply be one thing any grownup character can do each time and as many occasions as they please. This clearly poses an issue. Which means in my recreation, you at all times begin as an grownup regardless. Going by means of school additionally requires you to construct up expertise. In The Sims 2, pre-made characters at all times begin off with no expertise in any respect no matter their age. So within the eXtreme begin, you are beginning not solely with much less cash and no diploma, but additionally no expertise. Faculty can be a time so that you can make buddies, and even discover your future partner. With the eXtreme begin, you will not have even that, you are only a clean slate. Clearly, having you begin off by default as an grownup could be somewhat problematic. Oh, and you’ll take again objects with you from school in The Sims 2, this additionally means you really begin off with way more sources since you’ll be able to simply purchase all of the furnishings your own home will use; you simply must pay for the construction itself.

I did consider a approach to repair this, however I am not 100% proud of it. I used to be pondering of implementing the dorm mechanic The Sims 2 has. Mainly, within the vanilla begin you begin off enrolled and residing in a dorm. You additionally begin off with sufficient cash to pay your tuition, so no want to fret about that (within the Sims 2, you really cannot have a job whilst you’re in school, although there are methods to earn cash, principally by getting prime grades). Exterior of this, to ship somebody off to varsity you would want to generate sufficient funds to pay the tutoring over the a number of years they’ll be there up entrance (this wasn’t part of the sims 2, regardless of you beginning with a somewhat beneficiant amount of money upon arriving in school). This cash will go along with the sim, they usually can spend or mis-spend it because the participant sees match. Issues may get difficult if you happen to fail a semester although, since you will find yourself staying there longer to get your diploma if that occurs.

I am not too proud of this although. All of it feels somewhat clunky. Actually, I am simply making an attempt to implement a problem from one other recreation into mine. Its like I am making an attempt to make this factor appropriate with a mod from one other recreation.

Going to varsity would most likely require fairly an enormous funding, so it would not be straightforward to tug off. Additionally, if you happen to did begin with the eXtreme begin, that does not imply you’ll be able to’t go to varsity afterwards. In The Sims 2, you’ll be able to solely get one diploma, and as soon as you are a full grownup you’ll be able to by no means apply even if you happen to did not prior to now (that is as a result of you’ll be able to solely signal as much as school as a teen, and within the base recreation they immediately aged into adults, for this reason the ‘younger grownup’ stage needed to be carried out in such a bizarre means). So and eXtreme begin founder may nonetheless get the diploma anyway, and get a part of its advantages. Additionally, the eXtreme begin with have a boon; since you are not beginning in school, you’d begin the problem/recreation mode in full with a youthful character, supplying you with extra time to do issues. That is presupposed to be a handicap; one thing you do to make the sport more durable in alternate for the next potential last rating. At greatest in my recreation, it could be extra of a trade-off. eXtreme would simply imply you do not begin off in school, however as an alternative reserve it for a later date. You’ll have much less beginning cash to, however this is able to nonetheless be a trade-off somewhat than a pure detriment.

I do not know what I may do about this. And no, I can not simply change the handicap to say your characters can by no means attend school; lots of the potential factors you’ll be able to rating require you to take action. This handicap would thus really scale back your rating, by making it inconceivable to get among the potential achievements you should rating.

The one means I see to implement this is able to be to simply straight copy how school works within the Sims 2, which was itself kinda wonky. Its sorta an issue with the sport; as expansions got here out and new options have been added the factor ended up being flip right into a conglomerate recreation with a number of conflicting mechanics. There’s really two totally different ability methods within the recreation. There’s additionally the hobbies factor which does the identical factor as pursuits however with totally different nuances, they usually each exist side-by-side within the recreation! Its really a little bit of a large number. I wasn’t seeking to copy the sport whole-sale; I used to be planning on addressing a few of its points (although most of these could be glitches that do not actually alter the gameplay, reminiscent of fixing it so you do not corrupt your save if you happen to marry sure npcs).

Oh, and if that is not sufficient, I wasn’t planning having the sport spawn you on an empty lot just like the Sims 2 does. I used to be planning on utilizing a pre-made home, simply to avoid wasting the annoyance of getting to construct the identical beginning home time and again. I suppose I may ditch this and offer you a clean lot you can put no matter you need on, however I sorta do not just like the annoyance, particularly since this recreation being text-based, it means there is not actually any design; you’d simply be ‘buying’ rooms with a specific amount of area and objects to place in them. The sport is not even going to take into consideration how the rooms are linked, or how they’re formed, or even when they’re on the identical flooring or not.

The purpose of this handicap is to make the beginning more durable. You haven’t any expertise, you probably did no networking earlier than beginning, and also you introduced nothing again with you and besides have much less cash to begin with. The legacy tree factor provides one other wrinkle, although that could possibly be carried out simply by simply decreasing your beginning cash if you get to the lot the place you will really be constructing your mansion in alternate for some free meals and an additional level ultimately. Perhaps I may say that if you happen to do the eXtreme begin and have the legacy tree, you begin off lifeless broke and basically stay as a homeless individual till you make some money (you COULD in concept do this in my recreation the best way I am pondering of designing it, although The Sims 2 did not actually allow you to do this).

How else may I implement this into my recreation? I am actually at a loss.

What can I do about all this? How do I deal with this differing begin in a recreation that does not have the wonky growing old system The Sims 2 did?