When Sims die & other noob questions

Iut goes to another sim jjn their household

I've always heard the expression "you can't take it with you." Guess this is what it means. :/


Edit: The number of questions on the OP seems to have increased since I responded.

--When we talk about functional greenhouses, we usually mean by using the greenhouse TS3 Store set to build one.
https://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:58192&section=UpSell

-- Level 3 is the highest on the Driving skill, once reached the lessons are over and the sim has learned how to drive. The certificate should arrive in the mail the next sim day.

Thanks for updating your response. I just edited my post so I didn’t create a bunch of single questions that come to mind while I’m playing today. So is that amazing greenhouse placable on an existing lot or is it a separate lot to play?

So I didn't know about the driving thing either. have never been able to fully teach any of my teens to drive. I sent one parent out once with my first teen I had in the game and I didn't see a meter above their head, and it just seemed to go on all night so I just had them come home. I am not sure if it was just glitching out or if I just should have just tried again. I am curious now so maybe I will try it again.

"Rhiannon58;c-16592628" wrote:
Thanks for updating your response. I just edited my post so I didn’t create a bunch of single questions that come to mind while I’m playing today. So is that amazing greenhouse placable on an existing lot or is it a separate lot to play?

I can't actually remember if a pre-made building comes with the set, sorry not in-game at the moment. But it's not that difficult to build one once we get used to its special walls and ceiling parts. There may be pre-built lots out there, but then that would be a community use greenhouse as opposed to one we build on an existing residential lot.

"MKSizzle;c-16592640" wrote:
So I didn't know about the driving thing either. have never been able to fully teach any of my teens to drive. I sent one parent out once with my first teen I had in the game and I didn't see a meter above their head, and it just seemed to go on all night so I just had them come home. I am not sure if it was just glitching out or if I just should have just tried again. I am curious now so maybe I will try it again.

I've had this process fail for various reasons. In one world, the parent and teen kept walking out of the house in opposite directions instead of either or both of them even getting into the available car. World routing issues, I guess. After a number of failures like that eating up too much game clock time, I will tend to grant the teen a skill level or two (if not all three) by way of MasterController.

The teen can also take a driving class at I think it's City Hall but that only grants them one skill level (in my experience).

Thanks for the excellent information about the gardening pack. It prompted me to finally register my entire set I got the other day and that netted me around 2k store points. I used them to purchae the greenhouse set. Eventually, my family will have a huge garden including grapes for wine making. My teen has half a point to finally be drivable. Dad is at the very end of his life so I’m hoping he’ll be able to finish what he started!

The Stones Throw Greenhouse premade lot shown in the picture is included (scroll down to see items included) and the lot thumbnail is there. @Rhiannon58 Sims 3 build tools are a little different from The Sims 4. We can't place lots onto other existing lots to merge the two if that's what you're asking. The Stones Throw Greenhouse premade lot is actually a 40x30 community lot but you can place it down onto an empty 40x30 lot or bigger... and of course, build one yourself on a much smaller scale for your sims like igazor pointed out.

To use create a greenhouse using the Store set, it's easier than you think. The glass roof pieces are not actually real roofs so instead, find them in Decorations - Roof Decorations. You can count the number of tile space to build your walls. Diagonal walls as well for some of the pieces. Once you have the walls built, place tile across top to create a ceiling. This is important for those with Seasons installed. Then, place those glass roof pieces on top. The tile should be invisible now but blocks any weather from coming in.

This review is one of many out there but it will give insight on the objects included such as the SwiftGro Gardening Station & PvZ Sunflower.

*The set also includes a planter bowl. It can be placed indoors or outdoors. Keeping indoors will keep it safe from weather w/ Seasons installed. The Supernatural expansion pack also adds a planter bowl.

Since you already purchased it, I won't bother explaining how to make a greenhouse the old school way. It's basically using moveobjects on cheat to place plants indoors without those really nice greenhouse glass pieces from the set.

"SimplyJen;c-16592706" wrote:
The Stones Throw Greenhouse premade lot shown in the picture is included (scroll down to see items included) and the lot thumbnail is there. @Rhiannon58 Sims 3 build tools are a little different from The Sims 4.

To use create a greenhouse using the Store set, it's easier than you think. The glass roof pieces are not actually real roofs so instead, find them in Decorations - Roof Decorations. You can count the number of tile space to build your walls. Diagonal walls as well for some of the pieces. Once you have the walls built, place tile across top to create a ceiling. This is important for those with Seasons installed. Then, place those glass roof pieces on top. The tile should be invisible now but blocks any weather from coming in.

Actually it seems like building is a lot more like TS2 then TS4 which is way fine by me. Installing ALL of the EPs and SPs at the same time has created a huge learning curve for me but with all your help, I’ll get it all figured out!

The gardening system is one of the things I really love about TS3 and is one of the many reasons I’ve come back to it after many years.

"Rhiannon58;c-16592730" wrote:

"SimplyJen;c-16592706" wrote:
The Stones Throw Greenhouse premade lot shown in the picture is included (scroll down to see items included) and the lot thumbnail is there. @Rhiannon58 Sims 3 build tools are a little different from The Sims 4.

To use create a greenhouse using the Store set, it's easier than you think. The glass roof pieces are not actually real roofs so instead, find them in Decorations - Roof Decorations. You can count the number of tile space to build your walls. Diagonal walls as well for some of the pieces. Once you have the walls built, place tile across top to create a ceiling. This is important for those with Seasons installed. Then, place those glass roof pieces on top. The tile should be invisible now but blocks any weather from coming in.

Actually it seems like building is a lot more like TS2 then TS4 which is way fine by me. Installing ALL of the EPs and SPs at the same time has created a huge learning curve for me but with all your help, I’ll get it all figured out!

The gardening system is one of the things I really love about TS3 and is one of the many reasons I’ve come back to it after many years.

The whole collection at once is a lot to take in (but so much fun). Even after all these years, I'm still exploring new things. We are happy to help here anytime.