Generation four has five, open for business

1. The How-To Legacy
Volume 4: Open for Business
(BROUGHT TO YOU BY CAPITALISM)

2. 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!

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

4. STEP TWO: LAUGH BECAUSE HE’S PREGNANT

5. STEP THREE: CONTINUE YOUR LAUGHTER

6. STEP FOUR: MAKE THE SPOUSE IN CHARGE OF A
BUSINESS

7. STEP FIVE: SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES

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

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

10. STEP EIGHT: HIRE MORE HELP

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

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

13. STEP ELEVEN: HAVE STUPID PREGNANCY HAIR

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

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

16. STEP FOURTEEN: INCEST

17. STEP FIFTEEN: C-SECTION

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

19. STEP SEVENTEEN: CHEER BECAUSE YOU ARE HALFWAY
THROUGH THE CHALLENGE

20. STEP EIGHTEEN: WORK ON OTHER CHILDREN

21. STEP NINETEEN: CONTINUE BEING A JERK TO PEOPLE

22. STEP TWENTY: WATCH WHILE YOUR SPOUSE IS
RIGHTFULLY ATTACKED

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

24. STEP TWENTY-TWO: ҉THE CIRCLE OF LIFE҉

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

26. STEP TWENTY-FOUR: REMEMBER THAT OFB LETS YOU
CHANGE TODDLER APPEARANCE
YAAAAAS! YAAAAS, GAGA!

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

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

29. STEP TWENTY-SEVEN: BOND
Preferably in a covalent sort of way

30. STEP TWENTY-EIGHT: BE AN ASSHOLE

31. STEP TWENTY-NINE: COME HOME FROM WORK AND
BE MET WITH SENILITY
Zaitrarrio is now an elder

32. STEP THIRTY: BE A FOLLOWER AND NOT A LEADER

33. STEP THIRTY-ONE: BE PRECIOUS
And I don’t mean fat and black

34. STEP THIRTY-TWO: RIP YOUR BUTTHOLE IN TWO

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

36. STEP THIRTY-THREE (B): NON-CHEESECAKE TWINS
And 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

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

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

39. STEP THIRTY-SIX: DOUBLE BIRTHDAY

40. STEP THIRTY-SEVEN: CUSTOM HAIR ON MADISON
He cute

41. STEP THIRTY-EIGHT: ALL HAIL THE HEIR

42. STEP THIRTY-NINE: COMPLETE YOUR LTW DESPITE
RECTAL PROLAPSE
A real role model

43. STEP FORTY: SCAR HEIR FOR LIFE

44. STEP FORTY-ONE: TEACH BLONDS THE VALUE OF
INTELLIGENCE

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

46. STEP FORTY-THREE: CHILD MADISON

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

48. STEP FORTY-FIVE: BIG, HAPPY FAMILY

49. 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

50. STEP FORTY-SEVEN: THINK THAT IT’S COUTURE
Should have named her Stacy

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

52. STEP FORTY-NINE: GET BACK YOUR STUPID HAIR

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

54. STEP FIFTY-ONE: PLAY THE MOST VIOLENT VIDEO
GAME- SIMS BUSTIN’ OUT
Take that GTA franchise!

55. STEP FIFTY-TWO: BECOME TEENAGER
Ariel 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.

56. STEP FIFTY-THREE: TRY AND APPEASE CREATOR BY
JUGGLING

57. STEP FIFTY-FOUR: FINALLY GIVE BIRTH AGAIN

58. STEP FIFTY-FIVE: MEET JUSTINE1 LEGACY
Yeah, 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

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

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

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

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

63. STEP SIXTY: BE ANDROGYNOUS LOOKING
Justine 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.

64. STEP SIXTY-ONE: MAKEOVERS FOR EVERYONE!

65. STEP SIXTY-TWO: BE A GOOD SISTER

66. STEP SIXTY-THREE: CROWD TODDLER

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

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

69. STEP SIXTY-SIX: HELP SISTER GET DANCE SCHOLARSHIP

70. STEP SIXTY-SEVEN: BE MOST ADORABLE IN GAME
COUPLE

71. STEP SIXTY-EIGHT: REALIZE YOU’RE GETTING PUDGY

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

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

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

75. 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

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

77. STEP SEVENTY-FOUR: SEND HER TWIN, TOO

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

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

80. STEP SEVENTY-SEVEN: EVERYONE AGES UP AT THE
SAME TIME
Justine 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.

81. STEP SEVENTY-EIGHT: MAKE EVERYONE LOOK
PRESENTABLE

82. STEP SEVENTY-NINE: TRY AND RUN A BUSINESS
So 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.

83. STEP EIGHTY: SEND JUSTINE OFF TO COLLEGE TO JOIN
SIBLINGS

84. STEP EIGHTY-ONE: HATE LEE’S FACE
So all of the kids had facial changes when becoming adults
Damn Lee’s genetics!

85. STEP EIGHTY-TWO: MAKE THE BEST OF THE SITUATION

86. STEP EIGHTY-THREE: FIND SPOUSE FOR MADISON
She 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.

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

88. STEP EIGHTY-FIVE: SHUN YOUR BROTHER FOR BEING
MALE

89. STEP EIGHTY-SIX: START A FIRE

90. STEP EIGHTY-SEVEN: ACTUALLY DO TERM PAPER

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

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

93. STEP NINETY: CONSIDER BEING A LESBIAN UNTIL
GRADUATION

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

95. STEP NINETY-TWO: NOW DO YOUR TERM PAPER

96. STEP NINETY-THREE: FINALLY GRADUATE

97. STEP NINETY-FOUR: THROW WORST TOGA PARTY EVER

98. STEP NINETY-FIVE: FALL IN LOVE WITH VAMPIRE

99. STEP NINETY-SIX: ROLEPLAY TWILIGHT

100. STEP NINETY-SEVEN: REALLY ROLEPLAY TWILIGHT

101. STEP NINETY-EIGHT: START MORE FIRES

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

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

104. STEP ONE HUNDRED AND ONE: THEM GAINZ

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

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

107. STEP ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR: GRADUATE

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

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

110. STEP ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN: MOVE HOME

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

112. STEP ONE HUNDRED AND NINE: MARRY BOYFRIEND
Venkat 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.

113. STEP ONE HUNDRED AND TEN: START MAKING G6

114. 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