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rumbutter
Hero (Retired)
12 years ago

Re: Stones Throw Greenhouse not working

yes it does work building your own on your home lot BUT there are a couple of things that you need to know and  do which also depends on if you have certain expansion packs seasons and into the future not that you need to to have the expansion packs to work the greenhouse  just if you have seasons you need to weatherise the greenhouse

you cannot plant trees in the greenhouse unless you first plant the trees then build the greenhouse around the trees to accommodate the height of the trees the greenhouse needs to be two floors high however as you said you have all the expansion packs you have the into the future expansion pack then you can plant trees in the greenhouse using the floor soil rugs that come with into the future

when you build your greenhouse you must paint the walls and place floor tiles or else your sim will get the unfinished room moodlet once you place the floor tiles carpet tiles will do  then place the soil rug that comes with into the future then once you have decided to go one floor or two floors again you must place floor tiles before you place the glass roof decor pieces (those you will find in the buymode outdoors roof decorations ) or the glass floor pieces (those you find in buy mode rugs ) that come with into the future or else snow and rain will enter the greenhouse

a very small greehouse to give you an idea on how to (with the carpet tile and a soil rug for the tree

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    Just to make it a bit clearer (no offense Rum) - if you have Seasons, you must tile the roof first and then put the glass roofs over. As you put the glass roof on, the tile will disapppear magically. 

    There was a fixed version released for the actual lot - I assume you know that?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    I will be trying both of your suggestions shortly and let you know how it went. I had tried building a two story building, with the roof tiles added first, then the greenhouse roof decorations. It did not work, the snow still got in and on top of that it tells me I "must plant outdoors" when I try to plant something. I hope the soil from into the future works with regular planting as well and not just trees.

    Roughly it was going to be a 6x12 square, 2 story building. I had planned on putting that growing station, or whatever it is called in there, then have extra room for additional planting.

    Also, I had downloaded the updated version, as far as I can tell. Someone had linked me to it in the sims store, and it says that I owned that item, so I am thinking that I have the updated version. Hopefully they wouldn't still be selling the old version when there is an updated one.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    It's me again....

    Rum, your solution worked perfectly. Thank you so very much. I had spent hours (over 3 days) on this trying to get it to work, and trying various things that I saw when googling the problem. No one had ever mentioned this before, and it's perfect.

    FYI, I did not have to plant the tree before building a greenhouse. After I built the (6x12, 2 story) greenhouse per your instructions, I started all the planting, and it allowed me to plant an apple tree.

    Thanks again!

  • rumbutter's avatar
    rumbutter
    Hero (Retired)
    12 years ago

    great to hear you have a working greenhouse 🙂  i even have a money tree in my sims kitchen using the soil rug which is funny when i go up a floor to the bedroom it looks like he has a pile of notes on the floor :D

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    Oh crap, I came across a problem.

    It is currently winter in my sims world, and my plants have gone dormant. Is there some fix to where my plants inside a greenhouse do not go dormant?

    I really wish they had spent more time on this content working like it's suposed to.

  • rumbutter's avatar
    rumbutter
    Hero (Retired)
    12 years ago

    thats normall when you plant in winter indoors even in in  a planter bowl the plants will be dormant for about a sim day

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    Haha, it's not normal in a real greenhouse. The whole point of a greenhouse is to be able to grow plants year round. I stupidly assumed that if I bought a greenhouse for Sims 3 that it would work similar to what it is supposed to do.

  • rumbutter's avatar
    rumbutter
    Hero (Retired)
    12 years ago

    ikr 🙂  it does the same if i plant in winter in the sims house using either the planter bowls or the rugs  the plant is dormant for a sim day

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