Corruption at Fort Sim

Tom and Samantha spend their honeymoon in China, but Frederic and Francesca actually go with them - they never really had a honeymoon of their own, and they promise to stay out of the way... Fortunately the Chinese base camp is big enough to do so.

Still, Tom and Frederick enjoy a game of chess together. Tom admit his skill is rubbish. He really needs to work on it a bit more.

Frederick is intrigued by martial arts, and even takes a few lessons.

Samantha actually is good enough to spar with a local.

While Samantha was sparring, Tom spent most of his time reading books for work:

The rest of what both couples do there will remain private. :)

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Back home, this is Elden's house. He's still quite happy living by himself:

Elden makes a lot of money with his books and his paintings. And a lot of his paintings end up in the local art gallery.

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And at this point the game really started to glitch on me. I played the same Sunday a few times, and had various family members explore the catacombs. They brought back amazing stuff, but I wasn't able to save the game the first four or five times, it kept crashing on saving.

Here's the family after their exploration, though. I think they've been through all the different scenarios, they pulled all the branches, pushed all the rocks...

I did end up buying them some magic gnomes in 'buydebug' because I felt bad about the ones they kept bringing back in the games I couldn't save. 
And I very much fear that this may be the end of Fort Sim. The game still has no mods at all, but I actually tried SuperComputer to fix things - which just ended up causing more crashes.

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Corey's father Wesley finally ages up to elder. He is about 24 days (24 years, on a 90-day lifespan) younger than his wife Keeley. Keeley is past her 'safe' age already.

And Victor ages up again:

It's funny how he ages up in the same t-shirt his father wore when he reached school age...

While Samantha continues to work on her martial arts skill. She now has a blue belt.

Jesse becomes an adult - but doesn't change much. He doesn't really celebrate his birthday at all - he just ages up in the middle of the street, takes a minute or two to adjust, and keeps on walking...

All in all, life was quietly moving along, and everyone seemed happy.


But inevitably, the day has to come when Daisy dies again. This time I had taken away her death flowers, so her death was permanent.

I really felt for the family - I had a hard time seeing Daisy go, too - with her super-long life, I'd grown very attached to her.

They redecorated Daisy's room for Victor to use.

Corey's mother, Keely, thinks they're spoiling the child. Keely seem to be generally grumpy. I don't see her often, but if I do, she looks unhappy or she complains about everything and everyone... Poor Wesley!

Back at the main house, both Tom and Samantha wish for a baby. There's room in the household now that Daisy is dead, so Samantha and Tom try to get pregnant. And they succeed.

Samantha is hoping for a girl. She's also busy cleaning house to prepare for the birth. (She normally isn't the first Sim to grab a mop when necessary, but during her pregnancy I caught her cleaning more than once!)

At this point I had to play every single bit of the game two or three times before it saved succesfully. There was also an enormous lag, as if someting was stuck somewhere...
After Samantha had a baby girl three times in a row without me being able to save the game after naming, I got fed up with it.


So I decided to give up on Fort Sim and move the family to a new home... I used the save where Samantha was pregnant - but a day before the baby was due. I hope she'll give birth without glitches in a new town.