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meeshmeesh3
5 years ago

Re: Unable to evolve plants - they are all perfect too fast.

Thank you both for the replies! I am using PC, no mods or cc. My home isn't tiny, and I don't believe I used anything from the pack (I had only just downloaded all of those packs that day, aside from eco living, which I bought the game with). I'll have to play around to see if it is because of the footprint, or lot traits, because I haven't paid too much attention to the footprint - but I have been using lot traits. The thing is that I *haven't* been evolving them, but I have been tending to the garden, so watering, weeding, and harvesting (occasionally talking and researching too). I will also bring my sim to another lot and try gardening there to see if they can evolve a plant elsewhere, thanks for the advice. I really just want to get the aspiration - I don't mind evolved plants 😛 although I do agree it seems very OP. 

I have tried planting new plants in my lot, and they start out normal. The next time I looked at them they had evolved themselves. Maybe I could also try fencing my garden to be sure other sims aren't entering? I don't ever see it but I suppose it's possible...

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  • RandomBuzziness's avatar
    RandomBuzziness
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago

    @meeshmeesh3 Which world and which neighborhood is your Sim's house located at? There is a neighborhood in Evergreen Harbor called Grims Quarry and in a new game that neighborhood starts off with a Green Eco footprint. I don't know if it's a bug or by design but any plants I grow in a Green Eco Footprint neighborhood will evolve like crazy all the way to Perfect quality without my Sim doing much of anything. The neighborhood I am currently playing is in Newcrest and this neighborhood, like almost all other neighborhoods in the game, has a Neutral Eco Footprint. The plants I grow in this house evolve at a normal rate. I'm not playing that Aspiration but I have evolved many plants while playing this house. If you are playing Grims Quarry or any other neighborhood with a Green Eco Footprint maybe just try temporarily moving to a different house where the Eco Footprint is Neutral and plant your garden there.

  • Psychotps's avatar
    Psychotps
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago

    @meeshmeesh3That sounds about it then.

    Just to be sure, keep an eye on the plants and their current evolution stage. IE. "Normal, Great, Magnificent", etc.

    "Tending" to a plant won't make it evolve. You MUST click on "evolve" normally for that to work.

    If you see a plant suddenly jump from say "Normal" to "Magnificent" or "Perfect" and you didn't hit Evolve, then that's the ECO Footprint. There is NO WAY to stop it from doing that without turning off the Eco Footprint.

    The lot traits and tiny lots gardening boosts I mentioned won't make the plants jump in evolution. You still have to click on Evolve, the problem with the gardening boost traits is they evolve too quickly. I'll evolve a tomato plant one day, and the next day, it wants to evolve again. Since there are only 4 or 5 stages, and 2-3 days to grow from planting, they're all perfect in a week. I'd much rather stretch it out a bit... or a lot.

    @RandomBuzziness Well, yeah. That's exactly the problem.  It's the Eco Footprint flaw.  Every time a neighborhood goes "green", all plants immediately jump up 2-3 stages in evolution without you doing anything.  Problem is, the ECO Footprint is so BROKEN, it's constantly jumping around. It goes from Green, to Neutral, to Industrial, and back to green within a day. And every time it does, your plants jump around with it. Green = +2 to +3  stages. Industrial = -2 to -3 stages.

    If the darn ECO footprint would just stay still and not keep jumping around... it might be better.

  • meeshmeesh3's avatar
    meeshmeesh3
    5 years ago

    Thanks everyone. I didn't know that the eco footprint would *evolve* my plants like that, it should just make the process move quicker imo. I will try turning off the eco-footprint and see what happens (I am doing a legacy challenge so I don't want to have to move my family - they are in (I think) oasis springs - in the landgraab's lot. I definitely haven't been evolving them myself, and they are definitely evolving on their own - so I guess that all narrows down to the fact that I have Eco Lifestyle installed and it basically makes everywhere have a green eco footprint after a few days of playing (kind of OP if you ask me). 

    I'll keep you all updated after I turn off the eco-footprint to see if that fixes it, but I will assume that will do the trick as it is the only explanation I can think of for this. Thanks again for your ideas! 

    -Meesh

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