The document provides steps and context for Generation 3 of the author's Sims 2 legacy challenge. Key events include: 1) Taylor Legacy, the heir of Generation 2, graduates from law enforcement career and has 3 children with new spouse Kaylynn. 2) The 3 children, Patrick, Renee, and Andrea go through childhood and teenage years. Andrea is selected as the new heir. 3) All sims attend university, though Renee fails out. Andrea graduates and returns home to start Generation 4 as the new heir with the installation of the Nightlife expansion pack.

1. The How-To Legacy
Volume 2: University
(BROUGHT TO YOU BY MINIMALISM)

2. The last chapter of this legacy was fairly irritating to write on that fancy
background, so I’m going to stick to the basic black-and-white from here on
out.
So here’s where we’re at: the university expansion pack is “officially”
installed so generation three will get to go to college. Taylor Legacy, the first
born of generation two, is the heir and got a career in law enforcement after
he had a mental breakdown. That “never go to college” fear is a pain in the
butt.
Nothing else to say but flip the page!

3. STEP ONE: GIVE THE HEIR A UNIVERSITY INSPIRED
MAKE-OVER

4. STEP TWO: DEMONSTRATE THE CHAOS OF LEGACY LIFE
IN A SMALL, HARD TO VIEW IMAGE
I think I took this because I was planning on taking away their piano.
They kept waking up whoever slept in the newest room every night.

5. STEP THREE: QUESTION WHY YOU DIDN’T DO AN
UGLACY
And then remember that you want to just complete a normal legacy in
the original way it was conceived.

6. STEP FOUR: MAKE A NEW ADULT BEDROOM FOR
ADULT THINGS

7. STEP FIVE: HIRE A MAID BECAUSE NO GOOD SPOUSES
ARE WALKING BY
Meet the generation two spouse, Kaylynn Langerak!

8. STEP SIX: HAVE YOUR SPARE REACH ADULTHOOD
Nice clothing choice, Theo…

9. STEP SEVEN: MAKE SPARE PRESENTABLE EVEN THOUGH
YOU WON’T PLAY THEM UNTIL FEELING NOSTALGIC
You will not be providing cousins. Sorry, buddy. You were fun to play.

10. STEP EIGHT: FLIRT WITH MAID

11. STEP NINE: HAVE FIRST KISS WITH MAID

12. STEP TEN: MOVE IN NEXT SPOUSE
Kaylynn moved in with $1000 and her stats are 1/7/2/2/7. She is a family
sim who wants 6 grandkids. That can, and likely will, be done because of
my need for the generation four heir to be a pleasure sim

13. STEP ELEVEN: GIVE THE NEW SPOUSE A MAKEOVER

14. STEP TWELVE: FALL IN LOVE, GET ENGAGED

15. STEP THIRTEEN: GET MARRIED, Y’ALL!
Just for context within my game timeline, Kaylynn didn’t move in until
Taylor was 6 days into adulthood. I waited a few days before caving and
hiring a maid.

16. STEP FOURTEEN: MAKE THE FIRST-BORN
Taylor wants to graduate three kids from college, so this is going to be
the first of three children.

17. STEP FIFTEEN: ENJOY PREGNANCY CRAVINGS

18. STEP SIXTEEN: ENTER FIRST TRIMESTER

19. STEP SEVENTEEN: ENTER SECOND TRIMESTER
Also for context, Joe kept starting fights with Kaylynn. I guess he didn’t
like being sidelined by a new spouse.

20. STEP EIGHTEEN: GIVE BIRTH
Meet the first of the three g3 kids: Patrick Legacy. 4/9/9/3/7. Fairly
similar to his father. Even has the brown hair and custom eyes.

21. STEP NINETEEN: MAKE ANOTHER BABY
I actually had to turn on boolprop after a couple days of them woohooing
because the lullaby never happened. Plus time was ticking. At least I
didn’t cheat the needs.

22. STEP TWENTY: FIRST G3 BABY BIRTHDAY

23. STEP TWENTY-ONE: FEAR THAT THE KIDS MAY BE
CLONES OF THEIR FATHER

24. STEP TWENTY-TWO: LOVE THEM ANYWAY

25. STEP TWENTY-THREE: HUG YOUR MOTHER IN LAW

26. STEP TWENTY-FOUR: ENTER SECOND TRIMESTER AFTER
TEACHING YOUR TODDLER ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS

27. STEP TWENTY-FIVE: LOSE FOUNDER FOREVER
So Veronica Legacy died at the age of 75 days. I won’t say she was my
favourite Legacy founder ever, but she did the job. She was by far the hardest
founder to play because I haven’t been cheating needs.
She died in the green and left a regular grave.

28. STEP TWENTY-SIX: HAVE G3 ENTER CHILDHOOD

29. STEP TWENTY-SEVEN: GIVE CHILD A NICER LOOK
So I can’t tell whether or not his face is a clone of his father’s, but he is a
nice looking kid. I would prefer to have a female heir this generation
because I fear it being all boys. That would just suck.

30. STEP TWENTY-EIGHT: GO INTO LABOUR

31. STEP TWENTY-NINE: GIVE BIRTH TO A GIRL
Meet Renee Legacy. 4/9/9/3/10. Nicer than her brother, but still with all
of her dad’s features. Damnit. We may have a girl but she may be a
clone!

32. STEP THIRTY: MISS YOUR FOUNDER
Poor Joe

33. STEP THIRTY-ONE: HOMEWORK DAY

34. STEP THIRTY-TWO: GET AN A+ AFTER ONE NIGHT OF
LEARNING

35. STEP THIRTY-THREE: BEGIN FINAL PREGNANCY

36. STEP THIRTY-FOUR: HAVE GIRL ENTER TODDLERHOOD

37. STEP THIRTY-FIVE: HAUNT THE LIVING; MAKE THEM PEE

38. STEP THIRTY-SIX: HAVE FIRST SPOUSE DIE
Bye Joe. You were kind of an ass in the end, but you managed 74 days on
sim earth. Yes, he was significantly younger than Veronica. I hope to
close that gap during generation four.

39. STEP THIRTY-SEVEN: PREPARE FOR FINAL CHILD

40. STEP THIRTY-EIGHT: ANOTHER GIRL
Meet Andrea Legacy. 9/10/9/3/4. Based on personality alone, she is
quite different from the other two. She may just be the heir I need.

41. STEP THIRTY-NINE: GROW UP FIRST GIRL
Yeah, Renee looks a lot like her dad. I may just stick with Andrea.

42. STEP FORTY: TODDLER ANDREA
She is… her eyes are different from the rest of the family, which may look
better in the future.

43. STEP FORTY-ONE: TEEN PATRICK
Patrick rolled a six, so I picked knowledge for him. If this were a generation
later, he would be my heir since he would be a pleasure sim. He wants to be a
criminal mastermind (man, the game is really gunning for me to reach that
LTW), but that won’t happen since he’s a spare.

44. STEP FORTY-TWO: MAKE HIM PRESENTABLE

45. STEP FORTY-THREE: NEVER RELY ON STAY-AT-HOME
PARENTS

46. STEP FORTY-FOUR: CHILD ANDREA
She is growing into her eyes, which is a good sign. Also, duckie jammies!

47. STEP FORTY-FIVE: PRETEND YOU KNOW WHY YOU
TOOK A PICTURE

48. STEP FORTY-SIX: TEEN RENEE
She rolled popularity and wants to be captain hero. While she looks good in
some photos, she ended up the one with weird eyes compared to her younger
sister. She isn’t even the spare, she is the college placeholder.

49. STEP FORTY-SEVEN: REMIND EVERYONE THAT MILD
WEALTH DOES NOT MEAN MOTIVE DEPRIVATION IS A
THING OF THE PAST

50. STEP FORTY-EIGHT: HAVE G2 HEIR REACH ELDERHOOD
Taylor could only get so far in his career and retired as a lieutenant. It
was hard keeping up friendships when Kaylynn knew no one.

51. STEP FORTY-NINE: POISON YOURSELF WITH EXPIRED
FOOD

52. STEP FIFTY: ANDREA REACHES TEENAGE YEARS
She rolled a one so she is a fortune sim who wants to earn $100000.
What an easy heir.

53. STEP FIFTY-ONE: SEND EVERYONE TO COLLEGE

54. STEP FIFTY-TWO: BE THANKFUL ANDREA IS HEIR
She isn’t uglacy material, but Renee is probably not the best choice to
carry on a legacy.

55. STEP FIFTY-THREE: WISH YOU GAVE YOUR HEIR A PRE-
COLLEGE MAKEOVER

56. STEP FIFTY-FOUR: DESIGN PRE-GREEK HOUSE
Yeah… they could only afford one bed those first two semesters

57. STEP FIFTY-FIVE: DESPISE KICKY BALL
IT DRAINS THEIR FRACKING ENERGY SO QUICKLY!

58. STEP FIFTY-SIX: LIKE THE FOUNDER X3 + EVIL MASCOT

59. STEP FIFTY-SEVEN: WAIT FOR THEM ALL TO PASS OUT

60. STEP FIFTY-EIGHT: QUESTION COLLEGE TOWNIE TASTE

61. STEP FIFTY-NINE: SELL STOVE FOR COMFORT

62. STEP SIXTY: MANAGE TO GET OKAY GRADES

63. STEP SIXTY-ONE: CONTINUE TO GET DECENT GRADES
WHILE NEEDS SLOWLY TAKE A BACK BURNER FOR
SKILLS

64. STEP SIXTY-TWO: GIVE HALF-DECENT MAKEOVER TO
THE ONE WHO IS STAYING

65. STEP SIXTY-THREE: SWEAR THAT THE HEIR DOES LOOK
BETTER
Seriously, her eyes just look more correct to me… sorry bout it

66. STEP SIXTY-FOUR: HAVE A SHELL OF A HOUSE

67. STEP SIXTY-FIVE: CONTINUE UPGRADES

68. STEP SIXTY-SIX: EVERYONE GRADUATES
Except for Renee. She missed most of her exam because she was in a
bad mood and ended up failing the semester.

69. STEP SIXTY-SEVEN: SEND HEIR BACK HOME

70. STEP SIXTY-EIGHT: HEY A SOCIAL BUNNY!

71. STEP SIXTY-NINE: GRADUATE THE PLACEHOLDER
She will eventually escape all of this… one day

72. STEP SEVENTY: SEND THE HEIR HOME TO BEGIN G4

73. So that’s how generation three went down. Taylor got to complete his LTW; a girl was
selected as heir; I installed Nightlife.
I was worried a bit for myself today. It took me forever to install Nightlife because it
apparently needed to be connected to the internet. This is the only device in my house
that has Windows 7, so I need to use it for the Sims 2. If Nightlife didn’t install, I had no
idea how I would move forward. I want this Legacy to be completed because it means a
lot to me to get it done right.
The best part about Nightlife is that Andrea will be able to work while pregnant because
of the cars. That, and the matchmaker. That’ll make things easier going forward.
Til next time (maybe possibly tomorrow?).