Got a couple more newb questions

HeatherNickel · July 2015

I like to play multiple households, and I don't like mt Sims aging up while I'm not playing them. I've played around with settings, but still not sure if I have the right one. I've already missed so much in some of their lives. Which setting do I need to set it to to keep them from aging unless I am currently playing that household?

Also, if I haven't played a family in a day or so, the garden plants are all doing horribly. Any way to fix this?

Cement · July 2015

This one should stop them from aging unless you're playing as them

If you keep the households as unplayed, then you should also uncheck the box listed as "AutoAge (Unplayed Sims)."

As for gardening... I'm not that sure. I always had it a habit for one of my sims to garden everyday in the morning or night, whichever fits their work schedule. xD

HeatherNickel · July 2015

I garden daily as well (with a specific Sim), but every time I come back to his household his plants aren't doing well. Shouldn't it reload right where I left off?

TheBlaireWitch · July 2015

HeatherNickel wrote: »

I garden daily as well (with a specific Sim), but every time I come back to his household his plants aren't doing well. Shouldn't it reload right where I left off?

No, the days go on without you there

Scobre · July 2015

There is a gardener and handyman mod to allow those NPCs so that your plants won't die found here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/a4ra2hk4m29bybh/Daveo88_NPCs_updatedbyqc.rar

TriX0099 · July 2015

HeatherNickel wrote: »

I garden daily as well (with a specific Sim), but every time I come back to his household his plants aren't doing well. Shouldn't it reload right where I left off?

I rotate daily and currently play 30 households, so more than 4 weeks go by before I return, and my plants are always just as I left them (But I also return at the same time of day, and I don't know if the game simulates any changes if you return at a different time). But if you are overwhelmed by the work on the plants, or worry too much about what happens to them, while you are gone: try putting the plants in the family inventory before you leave the lot. They are then kept in stasis until you pull them back out.

My cow plants live in the inventory, and only get pulled out when someone needs it for the gardening aspiration. No tending or feeding needed

musteni · July 2015

It's a lot of job to take care of the plants! If you have a small family and don't want it to be a full time job, I'd recommend a small garden. I've gotten annoyed at the needy plants so many times. I find for me 4 plants is an ok amount to have.

KevWalker · July 2015

Recommended for gardeners, Scumbumbos' Faster Gardening at MTS. Really cuts down on the work and compatible with the latest patch.

pearlbh · July 2015

You could try sending whoever you're playing at the moment to do the gardening at the other families' houses, though I'm not sure if the results would hold when you save. I'd probably really recommend some of the mods others have mentioned.

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