01-18. Strange Visitors

The gentlemen had other visitors that night besides the burglar. An elderly alien showed up. He had to walk across the island to get to the castle. No roads, no vehicles, no space ship! You can see his alien lights though in map view as he walked along the path.


He was upset because he couldn't get inside the castle. I guess he was tired after his long walk. He'd been hobbling along with a cane. Poor guy.


But he did enjoy using the archery range. Two arrows. He's a natural. Must be that super alien intelligence. Or the elfish ears!


Lotta also came for a visit.


The other men are probably getting a little envious of Bradley's success with his woman!


A magician gnome was fished out of the wishing well. I could have sold him, but didn't. He's the guys' first gnome. His name is Wizard.

01-17. Now Hiring New Help

Even with NRaas mods set to allow more than 8 on a lot, the game always overrode the settings. I found a way around this, but I had to do some time consuming methods!

Here's how it all went down. It was all Bonehilda's fault.  I opened my game and found her lusting after the nectar on the boys' night stand.



And then I heard ominous sneaky music and realized we had a burglar!


Bradley was the first to respond, but even though he's a Daredevil, he was not going to fight. Instead, the crazy raccoon showed up and broke into his queue for a game of Chase. 


It took awhile for the others to wake up, and Bonehilda was no help at all. She was too hyped up about getting more nectar.


The burglar just stood there--forever. The police never showed up. Seven of the boys ran outside and kept yelling and dancing around. It could have gone on all night! The burglar was feeling pretty sure of himself because no one would take him on. Look at him flexing his muscles!


Chris is a Heavy Sleeper and stayed in bed. As you can see, he had more important things on his mind! ... I finally just reset the burglar.


This is what Bonehilda is supposed to do: Fight the Burglar! But mine is too much of a lush! 

The burglar settled it! Bonehilda needed to be medevacked off the island for intensive rehab. ... I wanted a plumbot to take her place. Except, I couldn't get one in my household!

When I realized that, I checked my NRaas settings. They looked ok. I then tried to add a sim through Edit Town. It didn't work, so installed Portrait Panel and did a workaround for the plumbot.

First, there was no plumbot in the world to just add to the household, so I had to go into another world and create a plumbot, split him from that family and save him to the library. Then I quit the game and opened up my Island save. I still couldn't add the bot through Edit Town because I didn't have all the necessary mods, so I had to put down another residential lot, place the bot there, THEN add him to the household. Whew!!

This is Dromio running to the castle. 
I named him after the Dromio bondservant twins from Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. 


He had all his chips in his inventory, so he installed his own traits. I didn't give him anything that would change my challenge. I just wanted a cleaning and repairing servant. Someone with a good attitude too. 


Dromio's trait chips: Competent Cleaner, Handibot, Efficient, Solar Powered, Limitless Learning, Mood Adjuster, Sense of Humor. (NO gardening, NO cooking, NO angler.)

I could have lived without a plumbot, but I had to figure out how to add sims to my family. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to add my ghost ladies either. That was my real fear.  Anyway, I have a plumbot and I learned a way to add the women when they're ready to join the household.

Dromio's been great! He's already upgraded several things. He doesn't cook though. The guys need to do that themselves for the challenge.


Besides upgrading, Dromio cleaned the house and repaired a clogged toilet his first day.


Bradley and Dromio chatted, and Dromio autonomously used a Happy Beam on him (Mood Adjuster trait). Bradley received a +40 Happiness Moodlet from the beam! 


Dromio also initiated a Pillow Fight! What a fun guy! 


Dromio is wearing sackcloth and plaid. He's not a total peasant, you know! He has style.

01-16. Castle Outtakes

That's a half-wall section with a ladder hidden behind it. I left the space to the right open for access to the ladder. (Sims need a space on either side to use ladders.) The ladder works perfectly, but I had another incidence of a sim getting stuck behind that plant. I think they went through the half-wall when stepping off the ladder instead of going right. How they managed that, I don't know. But sims will climb into bunk beds through a wall so the scripting must be imperfect. I'll probably have to rearrange that area if I see another stuck sim.



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Last night, I decided to move the bunk beds down to the room where the stairs are and put the double bed on the top floor. It will help with traffic flow and will also give the room with the double bed more privacy.

You can see how I divided the back stairs from the bathroom. It was a little tricky to do because of the diagonal rooms. I added an all-in-one by the stairs too. And I also placed an outdoor shower behind the castle (bottom left).


The master bedroom is upstairs now.


The rooms still have a dark castle look to them, but I'm thinking of adding a little more color to the walls.


Bonehilda "baptized" the new bedroom.


Chris and Guy playing chess on the balcony. So serious.

01-15. Random Shots

A few random shots.

All the guys like the archery range. I always see one or two of them out here.


Dirty dishes, water on the floor, broken sink. Chris and Steven just chat away. To be fair, right after I took this screenshot, Chris mopped the puddle and Daryl came in from the other room and took the dishes into the bathroom to wash. Bonehilda had to fix the sink though.


Guy was telling Trevor a funny story. Maybe about eight clueless men dropped on a Mysterious Island to romance dead women. 


They just ate breakfast and they're still all running around in their sleepwear. Just a normal sim day.


I have no idea how Steven got himself in this fix! I probably don't want to know.


Jeremy caught a vampire fish in the Wishing Well. Not what we need though.


Bradley accused Jeremy of being a sellout. Sigh. Real nice, Bradley. It's not like you have a lot of friends on the island, you know! Who would Jeremy sell out to anyway? 

01-14. Gentlemen Prefer Ghosts: Full Moon and Home Visits

I took a lot of screenshots, but will only share highlights. All 8 guys have met their ghost ladies. Some were able to spend more time with their girls, while others had a few issues--like sleepy ladies or ladies with tricky traits.  But everyone ended up with positive relationships with the women they were matched with.

I made sure each guy was paired with a girl who had a compatible zodiac sign and who shared one trait with him--and no conflicting traits. This worked out pretty well, but I did have to change a couple of zodiac signs to make it happen. Two of the ghost women didn't have a full set of traits either, so I was able to choose the missing ones (with NRaas). I did this because I wanted to make sure the couples would get along later. It was only fair!

The romance part of this challenge is the easy part really. It will be resurrecting the ghosts that will take time. My guys are working on the skills necessary to make Ambrosia. And I've put a Science Lab RH rug in the world since getting a Philosopher's Stone will be much more difficult to earn. The guys are now concentrating on their alchemy, gardening, cooking, and fishing skills. I also have them checking the Harvest Cart for Life Fruit. Cooking seems to be the most difficult for them. I think someone needs to reach level 10 to learn the Ambrosia recipe.

The night after Trevor and Bradley met their girls, we had a full moon. Five new girls appeared in the cemetery! I was clicking back and forth, keeping an eye on 5 couples! 


Steven met and romanced Eilleen. It was a good match. They both Love the Outdoors.


Steve and Eilleen are now Going Steady.


Jeremy and Guy chased their girls down to the crypt and introduced themselves. Guy and Amika got hearts. Jeremy got criticized by an Inappropriate Charlotte!


Charlotte and Jeremy share the Ambitious trait, but she didn't want any romance that night. After a lot of struggling, Jeremy finally pulled the relationship up to strong Acquaintances.


On the other hand, Guy and Amika hit it off right away. Both have a Good Sense of Humor, and it was a very sweet romance.


Guy gave Amika a First Kiss. They're now Going Steady.


Aaron had met Clara briefly that first night, but after checking traits, I decided Jacqueline would be a better match for him. On the full moon night, he and Jacqueline had a lot of fun together. They share the Ambitious trait too, but the interactions were very lighthearted and spontaneous.


They both flirted with each other, but she kindly refused any type of kiss he tried! They ended up strong Friends.


Daryl and Clara were another happy couple. They share the Lucky trait. There was a lot of romantic moves on both their parts--kisses, hugs, embraces.


Clara turned Daryl down when he asked her to go steady though. They ended up as Romantic Interests.


And that was how the five full moon romances went. Three of the girls had a picnic together before returning to their graves. They were probably gossiping about the guys they met!


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The following night, the two ghost ladies on the home lot both appeared. I woke Trevor and Bradley so they could continue their romances. I was very happy to see that their relationships were still in place.

Trevor and Grizelda are Romantic Interests, still as flirty as ever. Party Animals.


Trevor did have some distractions coming from the crazy raccoon. The little stinker kept breaking into Trevor's queue with Play Chase requests!


Still, Grizelda did accept Trevor's invitation for woohoo. Unfortunately, she disappeared in a puff of smoke before they made it to a bed!


About then, I noticed that Sophia had risen at the cemetery. I rushed Chris over there. They were the last couple to meet, and it went well.


But time was short and Sophia seemed tired and hungry. I didn't force their first meeting. They finished as strong Acquaintances.


Meanwhile, I realized that Lotta had also appeared on the home lot. I found her floating through Aaron's bed on the way to a haunting.


Bradley quickly claimed her attention. These two share the Charismatic trait and are Going Steady.


Bradley was very glad to have the privacy of a separate bedroom. So was Lotta.


They took it to the next level!


I love the satisfied look on Bradley's face!