When Sims die & other noob questions

@lanlyn who posts over in the "What happened in you TS3 Game today?" took the greenhouse lot and converted it over to a home lot for the Sims to live in.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/808585/what-happened-in-your-sims-3-game-today/p2763

@lisasc360 I think that’s where I saw the greenhouse for the first time. Beautiful!

"Rhiannon58;c-16592822" wrote:
@lisasc360 I think that’s where I saw the greenhouse for the first time. Beautiful!

@Rhiannon58, it sure is. Lanlyn did a good a job in changing it over to a house... :)

@Rhiannon58 if you're into gardening you might want to add this set as it adds several havestables https://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:72093&categoryId=11488&scategoryId=14459&pcategoryId=14460&ppcategoryId=12861
Welcome back to sims 3 :)

How lovely! Thanks for the suggestion!

"igazor;c-16592547" wrote:
--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

It should be noted that you cannot build the store bought greenhouse and plant seeds inside it- you have to have at least one section of wall missing in order to plant. Once you're done planting, you can rebuild that section.

"igazor;c-16592662" wrote:

"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).

With a Motive Mobile, driver's ed is a breeze- they can drive until they die of old age without their motives going down.

"Nabril;c-16593196" wrote:

"igazor;c-16592547" wrote:
--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

It should be noted that you cannot build the store bought greenhouse and plant seeds inside it- you have to have at least one section of wall missing in order to plant. Once you're done planting, you can rebuild that section.

That has not been my experience, but I do remember having to place the seeds on the ground before they become plantable as opposed to trying to plant them from inventory. I think though it might be the NRaas Tempest mod that is fixing this for me.

I use the greenhouse 'all the time'. I use the venue after fixing it to my liking and use the various roof decor in builidings.

If you have seasons installed you'll need to make it weather proof by placing a flat roof over on your building and placing the roof decor on top. Placing the roof decor will make the flat roof become clear.

If you don't want to make it weatherproof you can do away with the flat roof and just place the roof decor. Doing it this way gives you shadows cast by the dark joining bits in the decor.

I add the Humble Harvest Stands along the front and the Lemonade Stand. They came with the Al Fresco Market venue. Plus I change the bar out for a professional bar and add a few other bits and pieces inside. I keep my amended greenhouse in my library and place it in just about every game.

I also have lots of extra harvestables that I've got from mods.

have to rush out now but can give you more info later if you need.

Happy Simming

"igazor;c-16592654" wrote:

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.

So I found the ceiling and special windows in the building section special collection. I don’t see the special walls. Am I looking in the wrong place?

Also, if I get it built correctly, will my plants grow in the winter? ETA: if I had read the above posts carefully I would have seen you have to take out a wall piece to plant. Otherwise things are growing nicely in my new greenhouse!