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Revisiting Outdoor Retreat
grevilliablue
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So for the first time in ages I've been playing a Sim who wants to max the Outdoor Enthusiast aspiration & I'm reminded of several things that I feel are lacking in this GP. Firstly the coolers; why on earth can't we put things into them? Like the fish we catch or whatever. They seem more or less useless since all you can do with them is sit on them or get a drink/quick meal from them. When you grill food it makes eight servings but there is no way (if you are camping) that you can keep the food fresh to eat later. That seems like a big miss to me. Wondering if there's a mod that addresses this issue?
Also I hate how difficult it is to find insects, in particular, but also plants. What I wouldn't give for the TS3 reward that enabled you to see where collectibles are spawning!
This is also the first time I've visited Granite Falls since I got the Seasons pack & EVERY time I go there it buckets down with rain! There's also been huge thunderstorms, which I know I can turn off. It makes it so hard to do anything when it's so wet. Even with the waterproof reward my Sim still wants to run inside all the time!
Also is there a way to catch fire ants? My Sim is almost a level 10 herbalist but he can't catch fire ants, he just gets bitten all the time. He has a whole load of insect repellent & uses that each day but that doesn't seem to help as I was hoping it might.
Something I also noticed just recently which rather amused me; the hermit who lives in the Deep Woods (who is an erratic loner) has found himself a job - as a cop! That made me giggle a bit.
Also I hate how difficult it is to find insects, in particular, but also plants. What I wouldn't give for the TS3 reward that enabled you to see where collectibles are spawning!
This is also the first time I've visited Granite Falls since I got the Seasons pack & EVERY time I go there it buckets down with rain! There's also been huge thunderstorms, which I know I can turn off. It makes it so hard to do anything when it's so wet. Even with the waterproof reward my Sim still wants to run inside all the time!
Also is there a way to catch fire ants? My Sim is almost a level 10 herbalist but he can't catch fire ants, he just gets bitten all the time. He has a whole load of insect repellent & uses that each day but that doesn't seem to help as I was hoping it might.
Something I also noticed just recently which rather amused me; the hermit who lives in the Deep Woods (who is an erratic loner) has found himself a job - as a cop! That made me giggle a bit.
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I do turn thunderstorms off when I visit Granite Falls. I like them when my Sims have a nice, safe house to 'run inside', but they always camp in tents. It might be realistic to go on an out-of-doors-type holiday and end up playing cards in a hotel room while it rains and rains and rains, but that's one bit of realism I don't need in my game. (If you turn off thunderstorms, the rain won't bother your 'waterproof' Sims. It's the thunderstorm that makes them want to 'run inside'.)
Thanks - I'll check that out!
and those coolers may seem rather pointless in outdoor retreat, but they're great to have in jungle adventure when you're nowhere near a place with even a grill set up when your sims start complaining about hunger. i've also set them up in my central parks (along with a few tents) just so the 'homeless' sims spawned on them can grab food and a nap as needed
for the plants, they always spawn in the same places but summer is now the best time to go, since pretty much everything should be growing then. other seasons will have several of the granite falls plants dormant. i believe someone's made a map of both the locations each plant spawns at as well as the spawning points for each insect not too long after the pack was released
and last up, i'm surprised it's taken that long to catch fire ants. i know they and bees can both sting you if you try to catch them, but my sims have generally had a 50/50 chance of getting stung/bitten or catching. i think the clumsy ones have leaned more towards 'get hurt', but that'd make sense
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Please tell me if you have this too. I wonder if this is a bug or a glitch into my game, or something or what ? It's the purple/blue square with the herbalism (herboristerie in French) but there is no listing under it at all.
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and yes, it's always raining there in my game.
They're perfectly fine sleeping in a tent, and can take a shower in the tarp shower when it's freezing. So long as they're wearing their winter clothing, they're quite happy to sit at the campsite reading. I haven't had a blizzard yet - I'd imagine they'd be confined to the tent. (I'm hoping they won't try to pile up in the little toilet building I built at the site.)
You can plant spinach if the temperature is just above freezing - useful for bait if you want to do some fishing. (Fishing is only possible when it's above freezing, of course.)
I downloaded the "Cooler are cooling" mod & it works perfectly! You have to place the esky in the world but once there you can open it up & put fish or plates of food in there. It all remains perfectly fresh until you get back to civilisation. You could even load it up with food cooked at home & take it with you so you don't have to cook on your camping trip.
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