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Vet career - what am I missing?
Francl27
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I'm running a clinic with two of my household Sims because employees were a huge headache... I'm stuck at 4 stars and it says that I need to improve quality of service. I'm a bit confused about how I'm going to do that considering that both my vets are level 10, always diagnose pets properly on the table, I always give them whatever shot is appropriate (or take them to the surgery station if shots won't do it), and I have high quality supplies. I have all the useful perks at this point too.
Any input? Am I doing something wrong? The other thing that can improve is ambiance, so I suppose I could buy another vacuum or two and have three of them run instead of just one (I clean up as fast as possible, but yeah, sometimes it's still too slow).
Also, diagnosing a pet makes no sense whatsoever because my Sims somehow figure out that my dogs have low temperature by checking their mouth.
Moving on...
I hit a bug as well where a pet at some new illness but the only option I had was to give him a preventive shot... but it only happened once.
The crafting station - is there any point at all in making anything else than treats with it?
Overall, I played it enough to get my Sim the wealthy aspiration (it didn't take long, at 5000 Simoleon earned a day, then transferring money to their account), but it's boring and repetitive and I'm not really seeing much point to keep playing it.
Just wondering what everyone's opinion is about this.
Any input? Am I doing something wrong? The other thing that can improve is ambiance, so I suppose I could buy another vacuum or two and have three of them run instead of just one (I clean up as fast as possible, but yeah, sometimes it's still too slow).
Also, diagnosing a pet makes no sense whatsoever because my Sims somehow figure out that my dogs have low temperature by checking their mouth.
Moving on...
I hit a bug as well where a pet at some new illness but the only option I had was to give him a preventive shot... but it only happened once.
The crafting station - is there any point at all in making anything else than treats with it?
Overall, I played it enough to get my Sim the wealthy aspiration (it didn't take long, at 5000 Simoleon earned a day, then transferring money to their account), but it's boring and repetitive and I'm not really seeing much point to keep playing it.
Just wondering what everyone's opinion is about this.
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You can try doing things like petting or talking to the animal when you're done diagnosing, or sometimes before you bring them in. This gives a boost to the owner's satisfaction.
The main issue is that as soon as you greet a patient, the pet goes straight to the exam table, and the owner gets billed right after too, so unless you cancel the actions, you don't have options to pet the pets... would it count if I did it before greeting the patients?
I had my sim have her employees do nothing but clean or make treats, pref. the ambrosia ones.
Another upgrade include the surgery station itself, so it doesn't go haywire while you're treating a patient. Very nice to have, since the pet's owner is watching over your shoulder.
I personally have my own clinic 100% upgraded - including the toilets - so nothing breaks (or breaks less often)! It also means that I don't really need a separate employee to go around fixing things, since my Vet is mastered in handiness skills as well. As of right now, she just needs to hire another Vet to help out - no need for a repairman that takes up an employee "slot".
Another thing I do is keep the vending machine fully stocked. At the end of the day, I check it's inventory and see what is the best seller vs. the not so great seller. From there, I try to make a couple extra treats for the best seller selection.
I hope you can use some of these ideas for your game (and get that 5th
Stress:it's not fun but try to keep the bar under yellow and NEVER go into orange or red
Cleaning: the rumba never works for me so I go around and clean and do the work if something brakes I go work on it ASAP
Bedside manner: you do really have time but try talking to the pet owner or pet
Try the call go pet before exam to boost star that's a rummer
Training:What I do i train before I get my first patient or the patient could get upset with how we greet
Decorations: get high quality decorations and plants
That's all the advice I have i wish I had more than that but hope u can do something with it