Stanley attempts Rags to Riches with the fabrication skill from Eco Lifestyle!
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ok, Stanley definitely has very bad luck... i recently done a rags to riches with Eco Living and the fabricator didnt swallow me once...
I've used it a ton and I didn't even know that could happen! 😭
@@em_011 😱 I get swallowed all the time! That's why I hardly use it!
@@sylvial6880same!
@@em_011 yall are so lucky😭 it worked like once in a blue moon for me
I did get swallowed by it quite a bit, but i only ever get swalloed when i try to make the bookshelf. I got dressers, chairs, tables, rugs, chairs, but i can not get the bookshelf even tho i have done things that need higher skill
Recycling does indeed give you money for expensive items. The easiest way to stock up on bits and pieces (and money) is woodworking! Craft items, recycle them, fabricate items with the results and sell for even more profit. Once you can make things like the bathtub on the woodworking table you are printing bits & pieces and money at the same time.
This is absolutely the strat. She never does the strat tho, it's like she's allergic to efficiency in these videos. Sometimes I think she does it on purpose for clicks.
@@JosieMae2she literally said in the video she never plays with this skill. she probably just didn’t think too much into it, since she’s trying to figure out the basics.
damn! stonks
I didn't know this! Thanks for sharing ❤
Snappy napping on the background 🥺😍 she's so cute and it's good to see that she's doing alright despite everything
Snap gently snoozing is very comforting, after what she’s been through. Sweet old lady ❤
i read that as "snappy nappy" and i,,, love it,,,
she always matches her shirt with the lights and I find that so sweet 🥹🥹
snap and lilsimsie matching the lights is the cutest thing ever
What kind of game pack do you want for sims 4?
I’ve definitely done the same thing of not realizing I had enough bits and pieces. Since cooking s greyed out when you don’t have the stuff, I figured the fabricator would do the same
I've done it with paintings. Spent 20 minutes reloading everything, restarting the game, ect. only to find out I just didnt have enough money.
It's so annoying 🙄 I wish it would grey them out when you don't have pieces/bits. I got so frustrated not knowing I didn't have any
I like yesterday did the fabrication thing with my sim and it happened to me too so naturally now I am screaming at the screen XD
yeah same.. i was so confused and even googled if other ppl had issue with it before someone in the forum said it’s probably just not greyed out 😭
It's only been in my most recent game that the recycling has started giving me random money. It never did that before, just gave bits and pieces. I've not had good luck with the fabricator either - eats me about half the time, lol. Thank you for sharing the Snap-Cam!!! On a side note - my Sim was walking by a toy box. I clicked to see if it had anything in it, and the option 'Rummage for Marbles' came up. On a whim, I tried it and pulled out a marble worth 2500...Of course I thought of Stanley and wondered, can you get rich on marbles?
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Oh I love this! Marbles is exactly the type of unexpected thing that gets you a lot of money in the Sims
An idea for Kayla: bring Stanley to your legacy save, build him a house and let the Neighbourhood stories worry about the rest! It would be hilarious to see him adopting kids and cats 😂
When my Sim is first learning fabrication, I've had good luck having him fabricate upgrade parts. They don't seem to get sucked into the machine nearly as often as they do when they try to start with fabricating furniture. PS I really enjoyed seeing the cat-cam with Snap. I'm glad she's doing so well!
What kind of expansion pack do you want for sims 4?
@@matthewboyajian9593 About the only thing I want added to TS4 is hotels and bands (with the ability to have groups with a singer.) Otherwise, I think I'm pretty much done with what I'd like to see in the game. Although I don't want any more occults in my game, I'd probably buy a fairy pack (if they had CAS and BB I wanted.) I considered the Future pack in TS3 to be "jumping the shark" so I would rather they didn't do a pack like that. I'd be ok with BB in a kit for that, however. Otherwise I wouldn't buy it. TS4 has *so* much going on with it. There are many things I've barely played with. (I recently decided to have a Sim live in Sulani. I'd used Sulani for fishing but never for living. I also had her do the Conservation career. That's been fun.) Whenever I feel like I'm in a rut, it's always easy to find something I haven't done other than barely touching on it. So, it always has "something new" for me to do. I watch a lot of the KZheadrs. It's amazing how they often have no clue about something that exists in the game even though they play it for a living.
@@junerussell6972 I want a sherlock holmes expansion pack with his most iconic outfits and all of the pipes he smokes as accessories.
@@matthewboyajian9593 I suspect that the Conan Arthur Doyle estate might squash that idea. It would be cool to have some similar CAS items in a kit, however. They just wouldn't be able to do it as an EP or have it say Sherlock Holmes. (It's hard enough to get the movies and shows made. A game EP would probably not be possible.)
@@junerussell6972hey, btw, that “person” is a bot lol 😭😭 it spams the same things over and over which is hella annoying
I actually play with eco lifestyle a lot! I add solar panels to my builds and try to make the environment green so I get the sun rays and northern lights, I think it’s fun, and it’s fun to use the dumpster with rags to riches too and the cas items are pretty cool, love the hairstyles it comes with
I don’t really use the gameplay. I like the furniture and how it’s more modern, especially the windows which I use all the time. I just hate that a ton of the sidings, especially the ones I like, have industrial footprint. I wish they only put the footprint thing on the eco lifestyle items :(
I like that the world is more dynamic in how it can change based on what's voted for. I just don't like how things have different footprints just from having it. Other than that, Eco Lifestyle is fun. It's fun doing a rags to riches where you literally start out dumpster diving. I like to imagine my sim is just having a tough time and is now rummaging through dumpsters to survive then finds out Sims throw away some ridiculous things and ends up getting rich off of it.
Do you know how using the solar panels and stuff works so that you get money BACK and dont pay when bills are used? I was trying to finish the aspiration and no matter how many solar panels or how many water collections I used, I was constantly paying and couldn't finish the aspiration. I ended up just giving up. I tried looking it up online but nothing was very specific on what exactly needed to be done
@@sarahlamper5701 To get money back I think you have to actually set it in the bill information to sell off excess power. You click on the mail box to see the bill information and there you set it to store the excess or sell it. The issue is the solar panels and turbines don't generate much at all. For a house with like 4 sims you're going to need likely at least 2 solar panels per sim.. I think it's 1 water collector per sim? So basically you want to cover your roof in solar panels if you want to actually make money back. If you're on PC, there are mods that increase how much the power and water generators create. You might want to look around at those.
Same! I love using the solar panels and wind turbines to make eco-friendly energy, it also helps with bills!
flower Snappy is making my whole day 💛
What kind of stuff pack do you want for sims 4?
@@matthewboyajian9593 smt with a small gameplay as fun as Paranormal (but myb more replay-able) + that gives new playability to base game/other packs stuff (like the Crystals) and/or even gives new interesting game mechanics (smt like Tiny Living did) it could be literally almost anything concept wise, as long as it did all of the above lmao
@@sirgaykrovos Jewery is the best way to make money in sims 4. Have you noticed that skills are going up faster, even if it is not a tiny house?
I don't know if anyone has ever tried but if you as a spellcaster do a repair spell on a non-usable object you found in the dumpster it becomes fully functional again!
You should watch James Turner’s video on getting rich with insurance fraud if you haven’t. 😂 It started by doing what you said, but then transformed into him purposely burning and repairing all the items repeatedly to get the insurance payouts hahahaha.
I played this scenario, yes! And now wanna try fabrication
Kayla, thank you so much for sharing snap in her lil flower cone. It’s nice to see cat cam 🥰🥰🥰 speedy healing to snappy
Do you want a fairy expansion pack or game pack?
You choose sort out recycleables and you will get way more bits and pieces, skip the diving for deals part.
My pup and I are cuddled close hoping for Snap to have a comfy recovery! And we are hoping everything goes easy for you Kayla!
Do you want a sherlock holmes expansion pack with his most iconic outfits and all of the pipes he smokes as accessories?
I honestly forgot it doesn't grey out when you don't have enough pieces. I too have been wondering what's the problem...
I remember doing this too.
I remember playing the first (or second?) sims game and trying my hardest to get my sims to approve of the house decor, as they entered each room and shook their heads at everything I put in there. It took me a while to realise that they liked things based on pure value, not aestethics, and after that I refused to adjust to their wishes because the expensive walls, floorings and furniture was always the most hideous options and I always tried to play without rosebud or motherlode. Now I hardly need to cheat, the options for making money are abundant. And your sims disagreeing with your decor choices wont hinder your advancing the game as it used to. The Stanley Humphries series are a testiment to that. 😂
I love the cat cam 😭
It's so funny to always hear Kayla talk about the packs/items/skills etc that she never uses because it's ALWAYS my favorite stuff
From my (limited) endeavours with the fabricator: If it does not work it may be because you don't have enough materials. Iirc it doesn't give you a notification (or any indication at all) that it failed because of that. It just closes the selection window on clicking a recipe you can't afford
Stanley finally got a decent house after all the challenges she puts him trough.
I have two landfills lots in two different worlds which helps make dumpster diving much easier. I furnished a huge house with everything i found and made $$$.
Love that it’s ’the new fabrication skill’ when Eco Lifestyle has been out like 4 years now lol
It’s new because let’s be honest nobody really uses it 😭
I feel old knowing it’s been out for 4 years
Omg, Snap having a nap in her yellow flower cone is so scandalously cute! I can't handle it! I love her so much I could die! 😭💖
Thumbs up *specifically* for the "Hey, we don't have to buy a light, 'cause we have a stove that's on fire!" (also for the kitty cat)
I use fabrication all of the time in my saves. It's so interesting how everyone plays differently
Snap in the back 🌼
I have a few tips b/w tricks for general remuneration, much less rags to riches: 1: Lot traits b/w challenges can make or break some difficulty. Wild prairie grass from that challenge can be's sold for 5 simoleons per patch; off the grid & the reduce and recycle one can respectively small down utility costs & provide some recyclables (or occasionally items to sell/use). Penny pixies & utility productions can certainly make a dent in the cost've living. Also, skilling traits are a dime a dozen, for lot traits. 2: Some cheap options in Eco Lifestyle definitely help out here, especially when they give tax breaks, such as Thindows, Infinite Windows for large windows, & Just Enough Door. It also costs little to place the hexagonal paneling that doesn't look bad, and it costs nothing to restyle a roof. 3, since you mentioned it: Consider checking to see if your residential lot counts as a tiny home. You'd be's surprised, such as that camper over in StrangerVille counting as a tier 2 for a moderate amount've benefits.
You can survive on a meat wall and a fabricater. The fabrication can make meals lol I did a rags to riches. it's my favorite
stanley is back! rejoice!
lol what? I didn’t know he was missing? Just saw him like 6days ago 😂
Flower snap is so cute! I hope the recovery is going well ❤ also love another Stanley video!!!!
I enjoyed the cat cam greatly, snap is such a cute little goober!
i always thought the recycling machine thingy gives you simoleons if the machine is placed on your own lot but i'm not so sure i don't really play with eco lifestyle to be honest
the cat cam is so cute 💖
“Posted one minute ago” perfect timing I guess😂❤️
I LOVE the cat cam! I hope Snap has a speedy recovery ❤
The cat cam is wonderful 🙏🙏 please do it every time snap is napping in there
I like the Fabricator. I also like the colors of the furniture. It is possible to make a modern house with black furniture. I built a white container house with a wooden outbuilding. Inside I have parts of a white container, wood, light green furniture, somewhere blue and yellow. A freelance career pays well, there is no point in using paints, they are not taken into account in the cost of the item. A single dining table costs 550 simoleons. 3/10 attempts were unsuccessful from skill level 1 to 3. I improved my skill and handiness skills (?) , after which I could give my Sim a task to do 5 things in a row, and I went to make tea, everything was fine. For variety, I installed a mod that allows you to create paint from plants. By the way, I haven't seen an upgrade installed in the Recycler. He can refund part of the money for recycled furniture, even if it was found in a dumpster.
Oh what's the mod?
@@shushia1658 Create Dye by laurelie.
@@shushia1658 Create Dye by laurelie
The way the pee bush is looking, I am surprised the plant didn't die. Maybe you should try increasing his handiness and logic skill, that helps with fabrication. I would have gotten the woodworking table first and worked his way up to level 5, that way it would be a breeze. You are giving me some ideas with some of the windows that are in Eco Lifestyle. And maybe the person that Tina is married too is horrible, after all, there are two sides to every story.
You always bring something unique to the table, can't get enough!
I always just unlock the eco lifestyle furniture from debug lol. There are tvs too
that little flower cone is so much better than the "cone of shame" - how cuuuute!! Give 'em a few extra kisses from me
cat cam is so cute
i love using the fabrication skill to sell the stuff with the retail stores from get to work
in my legacy challenge im having each heir use a creative skill to sell stuff in the retail
Think I can say that this is my comfort series now ❤ also I LOVE the snap cam, I hope she is feelin better soon!!
I think the greyed out options are the ones you don't have the skill yet to make and the blue ones are the one you are able to. And if you move your mouse over the fabricator it shows how many bits n pieces you have. But they should've made the pieces amount a different color. Like you have enough of this so its blue, but not enough of this so its red (for example)
I also want to try this out again, been too long!
i love snap sm and i'm glad the surgery went well!! love to you, kayla, dan and your cats!!
Snap looks so frickin cute in her sunflower soft cone 🌻
It’s so weird how the fabricator lets you select things even when you don’t have the right materials, there’s no indication whatsoever
Thank you simsie for helping me get through my sickness!! I’ve been watching a lot of your KZhead videos, with Stanley, and its kept me very entertained and happy!
"hey we don't have to buy a light cause the stove is on fire" that was so funnyy omg
I never have gotten money from recycling, but I haven't tried since a few patches ago. My first thought was that the "voting for profit/modern development". I want to try it now tho. Also, there are some recipes you can only get from "enthusing about frabrication" wich includes the regular Sofa. There also a few locked behind the career from the pack. Edit. I also never dumpster dive. Since I play with families, I just get stuff from rewards in careers, or woodcrafted objects to recicle.
not me bying the pack after watching the last rags to riches video (the one with the juice) and also dating Tina in my save ahaha
wishing snap a fast recovery 🩷 my childhood dog has lymphoma and we decided to put her to sleep today. we’re all having a really hard time but when i saw her this morning i knew she was ready to go. today sucks, happy i could spend a little bit of it with you and snappy.
the camera for Snap is genius like im gonna be rewatching this video 5 times a week
As somebody who has played with the fabricator frequently, I have also blamed the game being broken when I was out of bits LOL!
Glad to see Snap doing well. She is so cute and beautiful just sleeping like that ❤
i really appreciate how you always explain if there is a cat next to you that may scare someone! its really nice of you to do that! i hope your cat gets better :)
I hope snap is feeling better, its so cute seeing her behind lilsimsie ❤
Yay, Snappy❤ As we would say in Germany: Gute Besserung an den kleinen Schatz - wich translates to Get better soon, dear! Love to see her recover. Simsie you are being immensely brave! Sending you all lots of love!❤
Literally yesterday I was trying to play with the fabricator and got so confused why it wasn't working and thought it was glitching out. It took me about 20 minutes to figure out the bits and pieces thing - it definitely needs to be clearer
I want to nominate this in the Top 10 Best Lilsimsie Thumbnails. Iconic.
When she said " We don't need a light we have a stove on fire." I lost it and still can't stop giggling lol 😂😂😂❤❤❤ loving your video simsie!
The hot dog is back!
The best way by far to get Stanley Rich: - Get 7 infants and the money trashcan - Sell all the infant/toddler waste - about 50 simoleons per bottle/diaper/etc. - Bonus tip: get a butler, a nanny and a maid to take care of the infants and house, and just let Stanley live his life.
Snap looks so cute! 🌼 I hope her recovery goes smoothly 🤞🏼💛 wishing her the best ✨
Came for the Stanley video, stayed for the Cat Cam
I love when you do videos like this, I'm thinking of buying a new pack, but I can't chose, so this helps me a lot
Love to Snap. I use fabrication a whole lot. It’s been glitchy lately. I enjoy the career a lot. They are my favourite townies from that pack. I really love how simple the build/buy and CAS are from that pack.
This was fun. It was great to see how the eco skills work
I’ve been playing eco lifestyle this week too and I didn’t have any issues with the fabricator or recycler but I did notice some more expensive refrigerators couldn’t be repaired, but cheaper ones were fine so it wasn’t game breaking. I ended up keeping Snowy Escape fridge (800 simoleons).
get well soon, Snappy! sending all the love
I have done SO little fabricating in the sims but I do have a stage of my legacy that will have to do Eco Lifestyle stuff so I’m gonna have to do it. I have been gifted randomly the hydroponic planter or whatever it’s called and it’s so nice and fabricating (and whatever the career is that goes with it) is the only way to get it normally and that same stage of the legacy also has to do a lot of gardening, so I’m excited for them to learn to make it so they can have the COOL planters in their garden. 😂
(This legacy is super fun, I found it on Pinterest and it’s an occult legacy where the stage I’m talking about in that comment has to be a plant sim 😂)
I was laughing about the stuff Kayla's forgot but then she went to the maker space and i had to eat my words cause i forgot about them lol
The flower cone is adorable omg
I have this family with a freelancer and I put him mostly to fabricate things but it doesn't make much money, as lilsimsie showed. Spends a lot of time for little
Every time I see Stanley in the thumbnail, I know some shenanigans are about to occur! Also I hope Snap is feeling better! ❤
SNAP!!!! she blessed us with her presence! wishing her a fast recovery
That’s were you need that lot trait were people to dump trash on your lot at well. Free stuff to recycle
I literally just searched for the newest video I could find on KZhead (since I work when you stream on twitch) just so I can see how Snappy is. Sending love, prayers, and good vibes Snappy’s way. She’s so adorable in her flower cone❤🙏 🌸
I love this thank youuuu
snappy!!! wishing you a speedy recovery, queen
Aww sleepy kitty. So cute
This is definitely a Stanley issue. Cause I just used the fabricator and I wasn't swallowed once 😭
i actually just got eco lifestyle a bit ago and have been using the fabrication machine a lot! it fits into my real life vibes a bit so i really like it, but it's def buggy, along with the recycler. i have a bug where i can recycle the same things over and over again and get unlimited bits lol.
Vlad seeing Stanley rolling around in the dumpster and then deciding maybe he doesn't want a taste of that took me out 😂
I hate that the option isn't greyed out when you can't fabricate something because you don't have bits and pieces. Same thing happens when you go to do something on the woodworking table and you don't have enough money to make something. As far as I know it's always been like that which is really annoying.
This video is so chaotic I love it! ❤
Snappy looks like a little sunflower in the background 🥹🥹🥹 I wish her and you all the best and hope she has a full recovery ❤️🩹
Tina simply cannot resist the magnetism of The Hotdog
thank you for the cat cam!
I would love to see a video of you reviewing every rags to riches that Stanley has done and comparing them, kind of like the woohoo spot video
MY GOD THE SNAPCAM
Snappy in the background is the cutest thing ever 😭😍
I'm loving the cat cam ❤
Snap sleeping in the corner of the screen is melting my heart
I just did the fabrication and candle making for the first time for my Super Sim challenge. I did get money when recycling, I never fell in, and this skill is actually so boring lol They just stand there and do nothing because there isn’t much animation. I did learn though that if you have appeased gnomes (I have 3) from Harvestfest in your inventory then you can recycle the seed packets along with the burnt furniture and that will give you LOTS of bits and pieces.
I was playing with the fabricator pretty recently, trying to do the aspiration and everything. I found that looking for recyclables in the dumpster works a lot better for getting more bits and pieces but it doesn't give you any money. So I guess it really depends on what kind of gameplay you're looking for. I'm a huge achievement kinda person so I really just try to do as many aspirations as possible so I can have the Ultimate Sim. At least in one of my save files.
Best way my sims get bits and pieces in using a normal indoors trash can to rummage for them. Also I have a good return from recycling the trash piles instead of putting them in the dumpster. 😊
I’m so glad your cat is feeling better. Here’s to her recovery!
Aww love the cat cam idea.