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Are bills suppose to be this high?
JestTru
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This is absolutely ridiculous. And I don't know if this has been posted or not, but my sum family's bills were over 25,000 simolians. I'm not trying to use money cheats on my legacy family but my goodness that's insane.
Is this a bug or part of the game now?
Is this a bug or part of the game now?
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Right, you can use the thing from Perfect Patio to warm up your sims for free, or the fireplace instead of the thermostat. You can also change their clothing when inside to save money.
Do you have Seasons installed in your game? Did you also install the thermostat? Are your Sims turning it on warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer? That's the source of the higher rate of pay.
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I have a few suggestions. Be a minimalist, only having essentials and no extra decor. Keep all inventories down to only the few things you need to keep. Use the fireplace and pool to heat up or cool down, and maybe only use the thermostat in extreme cold amd hot weather.
I also play legacy families, and if you are not careful all the extra unneeded items and frills can help make higher bills. My sims have lower bills and more wealth because their home looks simple. I also earn at least one sim in each generation the reward trait to lower bills.
The following week bills returned to normal.
I used to think that like owning TVs and Computers made stuff go higher... is that possible or is just since seasons with the thermostats?
yes, it's possible that owning TVs and computers make the bills higher. the bills are based on the total value of your lot, which includes all the items in the house and the default value of the house when empty. the thermostat adds a cost when it's used. i'm sure there's a formula for both, but i've never really looked, i just know the nicer my items get, the higher my bills get, lol.
My current sim has the cheapest house in Willow Creek, with little to no modifications to it. My bills came through near the end of a Selvadorada vacation, and she had a massive haul of the temple treasures (3x frogs and 2x plates) and the bills came to around $10k. The previous bills were only around $400 as it happened on the week I was skilling up the sim.
Nope, played through all 4 seasons 100% vanilla and my sims bills were astronomically high by the time they were due. They were like 30k Simoleans I think.
I've since then went back to using my mods and included a mod that very subtly ticks down the cost of the bills because it was a tad bit much haha.
Pre-seasons, it was a formula based on the value of the lot (which does include what's in sims' inventories as well as household inventory). I came across the alleged formula somewhere online - 2% for the first $20,000, 3% up to $30,000, 3.5% to $50,000, and then 5% > %50,000. This does seem to hold true if my sims are not having to use the thermostat. When they do, the bills are higher, and I'm sure there's some sort of formula based on days heating/cooling as well as temperature. My sims bills generally triple during the winter season. But I rarely play big expensive houses so I'm talking going somewhere like from $1,700 to $6,000.
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The net values of my lots range from 50,000 to 97,000 on average. Never any higher than 150,000 as I don't actively play "rich" sims that I move into expensive homes.