So this happened...

StephSteb · September 2020

This is only the second time I've had a meteor hit in 7 years playing. No sims were harmed, but it took out my entire garden!

Vivi_WillowTree · September 2020

If the lot was bigger I'd put some water in it and make it a pond. I haven't had one this save, but I'm waiting for it.

Nikkei_Simmer · September 2020

Me, I love dropping meteors on my sims deliberately. "NRAAS>Debug Enabler>Options>Trigger Meteor (two flavors)

Small things amuse me.

StephSteb · September 2020

kaylin205 wrote: »

If the lot was bigger I'd put some water in it and make it a pond. I haven't had one this save, but I'm waiting for it.

I moved them to an entirely new house

That one was a starter and my sim had just gotten married so I was getting ready to move to a bigger home anyway. The meteor just sped that up

Nikkei_Simmer wrote: »

Me, I love dropping meteors on my sims deliberately. "NRAAS>Debug Enabler>Options>Trigger Meteor (two flavors)

Small things amuse me.

Mikezumi · September 2020

I had my first one recently and I was terrified because it was my future heir, then a child, who saw the sky getting dark!

StephSteb · September 2020

Mikezumi wrote: »

I had my first one recently and I was terrified because it was my future heir, then a child, who saw the sky getting dark!

Lol, the first time it happened it took out 2 of my sims! I had no idea that when that message popped up it meant RUN!

Mikezumi · September 2020

@StephSteb I was just looking for the pics I took. The sims in the yard are neighbours. My sims were safely inside because I moved them as soon as I got the warning! Sorry you lost your sims

Joe, who was a child, had been painting right beside where the big meteor fell. He would have died for sure!

StephSteb · September 2020

Great photos

I had JUST finished making my sims and had been playing for a whole 15 minutes when POW! everyone but the dad sim GONE! That was a fun day googling to figure out what in the world just happened

SimplyJen · September 2020

R.I.P. garden

...

On another note ,congratulations!! It's random events like this that makes the game so interesting and dare I say fun.

OliviaAR · September 2020

I am so envious.
I have yet to experience one in the five years I've been playing.

StephSteb · September 2020

SimplyJen wrote: »

R.I.P. garden ...

On another note ,congratulations!! It's random events like this that makes the game so interesting and dare I say fun.

Definitely interesting and fun. I've never had anything hold my attention as long as Sims 3 has

OliviaAR wrote: »

I am so envious.
I have yet to experience one in the five years I've been playing.

If a message pops up that says ".... is wondering why the sky got dark" RUN as far away from wherever you are immediately

If you like mods, NRaas Debug Enabler can trigger meteors. I never want meteors, though, so I don't use it. I would say I hope you get one soon but....that sounds mean

OliviaAR · September 2020

@StephSteb I will keep that in mind. :D I want to experience a meteor shower, but not lose one of my sims to one. If I wanted a ghost sim that died from one, I would just make one in CAS. lol I am took attached to my sims, though. <3

Nikkei_Simmer · September 2020

I just love the little synchronized dance they do when they're terrified.

Yup...in Nikkei_Simmer's Riverview...life will never...EVER...be the same.

bekkasan · September 2020

I've been playing since 2012, no natural meteor strikes ever. I'm still waiting.
I don't mind cheating things in the game that I don't really consider cheating if I need it to happen for a story, but I would like to have an unexpected one occur first. So, not pushing that Nraas button for a meteor strike.

I don't particularly want to lose a sim either, but that is what quit is for and why I use the saveas feature. lol

StephSteb · September 2020

@Nikkei_Simmer I wouldn't be surprised if all of your sims have Chicken Little syndrome by now

@bekkasan I don't want them, EVER

liizzys1302 · September 2020

Lucky!! I've so far never had a meteor hit and i've been playing for years.

jaletu2005 · September 2020

Man, those meteors are huge! I got a strike right away when I first got Ambitions but then played for years without another. Then all of a sudden, while in Roaring Heights, it said "the sky is getting dark". I managed to move my Sim just in time. Made a lot of money that day.

It is a scary thing when it happens. You just know someone is going to die.

HillyBeth · September 2020

I remember this so vividly that it's funny:
My sim in an old save was in his garden when that pop-up appeared. He was killed before I switched to him, as I'd been controlling his wife at the time.

luellacorliss · December 2020

I just had my first meteor ever in 9 years of playing!!! Very exciting. It took out both my tractors and some of my garden, though. :'(

Question: I picked up the meteor rocks and can't find anything else to clean up, but my sims are still getting the "filthy surroundings" moodlet in the area the meteor landed. I replaced everything that got broken, and didn't see any ashes when I erased my terrain paints. Any idea what I may have missed

DivaDoodle · December 2020

@luellacorliss That happened to me too. I ended up replacing 1/3 of the lot, so a whole entire huge wrap around porch and side of (+2 squares into) the entire house, and driveway. They did not look burned/damaged At All. But my simies still complained. I think my sims must have thought it still smelled scorched! lol

emorrill · December 2020

Only two meteor strikes have happened in my 10 years of playing and they were so tragic, I never want to see them again.

I'd mod them out if it's possible.

IreneSwift · December 2020

If they're getting the moodlet then there definitely is something still around that is scorched. There could be scorched flooring under a kitchen cabinet or even stairs. I had that happen to me, though it wasn't from a meteor strike, it was from a starting scenario. I couldn't do anything about cleaning under the stairs, so I started over and rejected the scenario.

If your sim is neat, have them clean the house, and watch them. If not, hire a maid. If they go to clean something and throw a fit about not being able to get somewhere, you will know where the problem is. Hopefully, you'll be able to move something in buy mode so they can mop under it.

KevinL5275 · December 2020

emorrill wrote: »

Only two meteor strikes have happened in my 10 years of playing and they were so tragic, I never want to see them again.

I'd mod them out if it's possible.

@emorrill Yes NRaaS Retuner will allow you to remove meteors.

Edit: Here is is, the bottom of this page: https://www.nraas.net/community/Weather-And-Seasons

StephSteb · December 2020

@luellacorliss There's probably some scorched floor under a rug or something. Try what @IreneSwift suggested, that's how I found all of the spots. I was really bummed to lose my garden but it also pushed me to move to a bigger place with a bigger garden

@emorrill I don't want them, either.

Thanks so much for the mod suggestion, @KevinL5275

luellacorliss · December 2020

Thank you all for your help! @DivaDoodle @IreneSwift @StephSteb

It was the fence around my garden. It didn't looked scorched or have a replace option, so I ignored it at first, but once I deleted it and built a new one, the moodlet was gone.

I have to say the meteor experience was super exciting for me! Glad to know the game can still surprise me. It's possible this has unleashed a new meteor monster on my unsuspecting sims... :D

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