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Things that could be improved about seasons
Francl27
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Just a few things I noticed...
Sims standing in the rain even with free will on until they are soaked.. instead of going inside
Kids can't change the thermostat
No permanent setting on the thermostat and we keep having to change it (ugh). Couldn't find a way to see what the temperature is inside either?
Couldn't find the 'holiday decorations' category in buy mode
Umbrellas don't show in Sims inventory so you have no way to know if that Sim picked one up yet or not
I haven't seen my Sims autonomously play on the swingset yet
Also my Sims seem to forget what bed is theirs and keep going to sleep in a random one...
Sims standing in the rain even with free will on until they are soaked.. instead of going inside
Kids can't change the thermostat
No permanent setting on the thermostat and we keep having to change it (ugh). Couldn't find a way to see what the temperature is inside either?
Couldn't find the 'holiday decorations' category in buy mode
Umbrellas don't show in Sims inventory so you have no way to know if that Sim picked one up yet or not
I haven't seen my Sims autonomously play on the swingset yet
Also my Sims seem to forget what bed is theirs and keep going to sleep in a random one...
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You can change the length of the seasons to a week, 2 weeks, or four weeks. I am pretty sure its in the game options menu.
In your options there is an option for seasons, there you will find a place to change the seasons length, 7 days, 3 weeks or 4 weeks.
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That's just separate settings you can easily change, and I think it's better that way. Some simmers may want to have more time with their Sims and play on long lifespan, but at the same time they want more dynamic enviroment so that means shorter seasons for them.
@Francl27 Personally for me, I'm really glad that they've brought the swings back to the game. I Remember the things that they said of why we still don't have swings in the game. They simply answered that swings will be a really complicated object in the game with many hard animations and that the only way that we can get them is by buying it.
And now we're getting it in Seasons!!! Rejoice, Rejoice, . And I'm really happy about it. Anyways, I still respect your opinion though.
Hm the umbrella thing I agree with. I wish they were an item in the inventory.
The sims not running inside maybe it depends how hard its raining, my sim went to the romance festival and everyone ran in a small cafe I had beside it even the vendors. Had to finish the date with unconformable sims in the cafe lol.
I love the swing! It's just that my kid Sim played on it, and her fun decreased, lol.
-Haven't had any problem with Sims just standing out in thee rain. That sounds like you might have simulation lag possibly?
-Who needs kids playing with the thermostat? XD I remember my grandad would tell me to never touch it. The option would still be nice
-Temperature seems to be based on how it is outside when I played around with it. The sims don't seem to be too effected if I don't have a thermostat installed.
-I just filter it by Seasons and clicking 'Show all'. The holiday decorations tab seems to only appear when a holiday comes up and gives you suggestions to what to use for that holiday when the pop up comes up.
-Would like to see an umbrella in their inventory usually I'll click on the umbrella stand to make sure my sim had one. Which is odd because you'll get a broken umbrella in your inventory if you sims umbrella breaks.
-Kids have definitely been playing on the swingset autonomously and older sims too especially when I went to thee park.
-Did you have your Sims claim a bed when you clicked on it? I haven't heard of this problem with the beds having to be reclaimed.
I am only in winter, but I noticed they actually are effected when the temperature outside is extreme. When it was freezing, my toddler got really really cold in her room which finally forced me to turn on the heat.
They remain green and colorful as other flora are drab colored or leafless.
That's just the default -- easy to go into Game Options and set it to the length you want. (I also play on Long but I turned aging off till my three families in rotation get to experience all four seasons -- i've set the seasons to 2 weeks just to start out.)
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Maybe it's due to her child trait?
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You can. Click on the umbrella stand. If you already picked one, it would give option to select a new one.
There are also objects that don't get covered in snow.
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- Also on holidays and traditions: it seems like every sim in the household has to do the traditions in order to get them checked from their lists. That means that if a tradition is for example "invite guests" each household member needs to invite guests in order to achieve said tradition. That is beyond silly! (or maybe is a bug?)
- There's not enough traditions to make very unique holidays, I hope they keep adding like they do with the club activities.
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