(Seasons) Guide to Seasonal Lot Markers
So, you’re interested in lots that change throughout the year with the seasons? Well, you’ve come to the right place! This thread has everything you need to understand how these lots work, and even in...
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Mass amount of replies inc :mrgreen: Glad to see that the guide has been helpful to get people started with this unique object.
Yes, I did! Updated the post and thank you!
Sorry but no. Terrain Paints are a build mode tool and it will not be possible to have them rotate throughout different seasons.
Setting a lot as "Festival Grounds" just affects the tuning/behavior of Sims on the lot, and auto places a Seasonal Lot Marker on the lot as the true experience of the festivals is to have them change throughout the year. Sims will want to visit that lot more often, and will have appropriate behavior depending on which mode the lot currently is. A "Big Park" lot for example is roughly equivalent to the construction mode of a "Festival Grounds" lot. If you want to place festival objects on a dog park, you're welcome to do so.
Thanks for pointing that out about the columns... I'll have to double check them, I could swear that they're able to rotate properly.
As for your issue with your concession stand workers getting rained on, could you post a picture of the area you're talking about? I'd have to see it to really understand what the issue you're having may be.
For starters, yes - feel free to disable the cheats once you're done editing your lot.
If you buy a Pinball Machine to satisfy a wish (going by your example), then it will appear in whichever version of the lot you place it on in buy mode. Now if you replace an object, such as one that burnt... hrmm, I don't know exactly how it handles that on residential lots off the top of my head. If you run into any troubles with that situation let me know and I can investigate further.
Thanks for pointing this out - definitely good to know. I assume you're talking about the Ice Cream Maker from the store? We don't typically touch that content, so I'll have to check with the store team about it. For the time being, I'd recommend leaving it on the common version of the lot.
Precisely. This is why I recommended putting in the codes before entering build/buy to avoid this confusion. If you're already in build/buy mode when you enter the cheat codes, the marker object won't just appear. You'll have to switch modes before it becomes visible.
asdfthesims wrote:
Did you mean to say Construction mode instead of Common mode? I just want to make sure.
Yes, I did! Updated the post and thank you!
Wreck_Diver wrote:
Is there any possibility of the Terrain Paints eventually being added to the seasonal transitions?
Sorry but no. Terrain Paints are a build mode tool and it will not be possible to have them rotate throughout different seasons.
Simmerville wrote:
Just read this very helpful guide again, and am about to prepare one of my community lots.
There is just one thing I don't quite understand;
What is the difference between marking a lot "Festival grounds" and just adding the seasonal marker to a lot branded as ie "big park". Will festivals require the "festival grounds" category, and if so, what will I actually miss if I go with the "big park" category?
I plan to use the marker on a field that is already marked as a "Dog park", and I still want sims to bring their pet there, even if there will also be festival content. Is that not possible?
Setting a lot as "Festival Grounds" just affects the tuning/behavior of Sims on the lot, and auto places a Seasonal Lot Marker on the lot as the true experience of the festivals is to have them change throughout the year. Sims will want to visit that lot more often, and will have appropriate behavior depending on which mode the lot currently is. A "Big Park" lot for example is roughly equivalent to the construction mode of a "Festival Grounds" lot. If you want to place festival objects on a dog park, you're welcome to do so.
Faith_Andhope wrote:
Your Build/Buy list on the first page says columns can be used on a rotational basis from season to season, but any columns I placed automatically went into common, not the season I was editing.
How can we keep the weather off the food vendors?
Thanks for pointing that out about the columns... I'll have to double check them, I could swear that they're able to rotate properly.
As for your issue with your concession stand workers getting rained on, could you post a picture of the area you're talking about? I'd have to see it to really understand what the issue you're having may be.
Gmn19665 wrote:
So I set my lot up with different furniture and deocor based on my liking for each of the Seasons. And then I start playing. Its Summer....my Sim has a fire and she loses a table. I buy a new one. Or I want to fulfill my Sims wish for a Pinball Machine. Will that table or Pinball Machine show up in every season? Meaning is gameplay mode considered "common". I hope so. It would be a hassle to keep having to rebuy that same item whenever the season changes.
Oh...and can we disable "testingcheatsenabled true" when we are done seasoning our lot?
For starters, yes - feel free to disable the cheats once you're done editing your lot.
If you buy a Pinball Machine to satisfy a wish (going by your example), then it will appear in whichever version of the lot you place it on in buy mode. Now if you replace an object, such as one that burnt... hrmm, I don't know exactly how it handles that on residential lots off the top of my head. If you run into any troubles with that situation let me know and I can investigate further.
enkeli63 wrote:
I just wanted to inform you (because it might be a bug, or either way, I think it needs to be fixed) that ghosts can use items that have been hidden with the Seasonal Lot Marker.
I had an ice cream maker for summer time and a ghost used it in the fall to make ice cream. The ice cream maker still looked invisible, but after the ghost made ice cream, all the sims in the house autonomously helped themselves to ice cream (it looked like they were grabbing ice cream cones from thin air!).
Thanks for pointing this out - definitely good to know. I assume you're talking about the Ice Cream Maker from the store? We don't typically touch that content, so I'll have to check with the store team about it. For the time being, I'd recommend leaving it on the common version of the lot.
cherid87120 wrote:
If you can't see the seasonal lot marker ball after entering buydebug, go to *build* and then to *buy*. After doing this at least once the ball will show up again. I have found that if I am build mode after entering buydebug I can't see the ball until I go to buy. And if I am in Buy I can't see it until I go into Build.
Precisely. This is why I recommended putting in the codes before entering build/buy to avoid this confusion. If you're already in build/buy mode when you enter the cheat codes, the marker object won't just appear. You'll have to switch modes before it becomes visible.
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