Sims 4: Season and weather Expansion Pack

EA/Maxis: Please do not limit weather/seasons to certain towns and cities!!!!!

Check out my Vacations idea!!! It would go well with seasons!!!
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/902432/sims-4-vacations-idea-if-sims-2-vacations-and-sims-3-world-adventures-had-a-baby#latest

Sims 4 Seasons/weather:

Natural disasters:

I like what @Tornadoduhboy2u2 suggested about the tornado could send your sim to a wizard of Oz-like world. So I thought of some other ideas the natural disasters could do.

Tornado:
If your sim gets caught into a tornado you might end up in a wizard of Oz-like world or it can send them to the grave, lol.

Hurricane or Flooding:
If your sim gets caught in the waves or the waters of a flood, they could fall into a cyclone and transport to a different world you have installed in your game or get eaten alive by sharks.

****Earthquake:
I can't think of anything, but I'll let everyone else come up with something. Maybe some unimaginable silly place the sim gets transported to and or of course they can get trapped in a crack and die.


Weather-related jobs:

• Storm chaser/Meterologist:
  

Thrill-seekers who have a passion for the weather will get to develop weather and climate reports and report them on tv by using charts, graphs and computer software as well as up-close-and-personal experience and photographs of tornadoes, rain storms, floods, hurricanes and other natural phenomena. They will work at a weather station and have their own lab, similar to scientists. In addition, they will own a doppler, weather balloon and weather radar machine.

• Season/weather actions
  

The weather will have an affect on your sim’s mood
Sims can check on the weather (today, weeks forecast, natural disaster) through their tv, newspaper or they will surprisingly find out if they forget.
Sims can make rain catchers for plants or maybe they want to be more homestead to have their own water to drink
Sims can put on sunscreen or tanning lotion or sun burn
Sims can have pollen allergies (indoor or outdoor)
Sims can sweat from heat

• Summer weather and environment:
  

warm to hot temperatures
Late night crickets
Flash Flooding
Thunderstorms
Tornado season (maybe just a week)
Drought
Big ocean waves (perfect for surfing)

• Fall weather and environment:
  

Windy; leaves blowing in the air (el nino; la nina(can mean colder winter)) don’t let the wind carry you
Cool to mild
Occasional raining
Wild pumpkin growing
Birds flying south
Flu
Plants begin to die. Time to harvest

• Winter weather and environment:
  

Chilly to frigid
Wind chill
Frostbite
Winter flu
Sore throat
Light to blizzard snow conditions (low visibility)
Icey ground
Loss of power (Better have candles)

• Spring weather and environment
  

Swarm of bees (watch out or send a swarm of bees by mail to a sim you dislike), but also means delicious honey
Butterflies fluttering around
High pollen means allergies
Baby ducks are born
Frequent raining; light to heavy
Occasional thunderstorms
Hummingbirds by honeysuckles
Flowers blooming


Seasonal activities:

Summer: As the summer comes, sim children can finally breathe from school, sim adults want to travel or spend vacation time with their family and friends. Sims just want to have to fun!!! (Please do a Sim version of “Girls just want to have fun”)

• Summer vacation for Elementary-University students. 3-4 weeks.
  

• Beach Volleyball
  

• Firefly catching
  

• Bird watching
  

Take and collect pictures of different bird species
Watch and learn their different behaviors
Write down what you learn about them in a notebook
Turn your research into a book about birds
Own a bird sanctuary park

• Dancing in Neon at night clubs (teens and adults)
  

• Beach Nite-Neon party w/bon fires
  

Summer Festival:

• Fish/Seafood Market/Food truck-fest
  Various venders selling the best and freshest seafood.
  

• Crab-fest eating contest
  

• Sim brew: Sim adults can try some “adult drink only” from the best brewers that only come once a year. This will make sim players more excited.
  

• Summer annual Music fest
  

Sim players will get to take their family or friends to enjoy and listen to great, hopefully not deplorable music.


Fall: Time for everything apple or pumpkin!!! Pumpkin spice latte vs. Apple cider tea. Let the games begin!!!

• 2-day Thanksgiving-esque vacation
  

• Produce Market: Similar to the fish and seafood market
  

• Apple harvests fest
  

Bobbing for apples
Find the golden apple and win a prize
Dunk tank: Throw an apple to dunk a sim
Apple orchard picking
Apple relay race or barreling apples race
Free giveaway “I love apples” “I love apple pie” “ I love apple cider tea” shirts

Apple food contest: Sim players can compete in a contest and have their sim bake or cook a dish that heavily involves apples.
Apple Pie
Apple tart
Apple crisp
Apple cider
Apple waffle panini
Apple-cheese Danish
Apple cider donut bites
Apple glazed pork chops
Apple and gouda grilled cheese sandwich
Cornbread and apple dressing/stuffing
Candied apples
Apple caramel popcorn

• Pumpkin patches fest
  

Find the golden pumpkin contest and win a prize!!
Pumpkin “ring toss” game
Pumpkin painting/design
Hay Riding around town
Pumpkin cannon ball/launching
Free giveaway “I love pumpkins” “I love pumpkin pie” “ I love pumpkin spice latte” shirts

Pumpkin food contest: Sim players can compete in a contest and have their sim bake or cook a dish that heavily involves pumpkins.
Pumpkin pie
Pumpkin spice latte
Pumpkin sweet tart
Pumpkin, beef and black bean chili
Pumpkin and ginger soup
Pumpkin waffles
Curried Pumpkin and peas
Pumpkin bread
Pumpkin and cream cheese muffins
Savory pumpkin pizza
Pumpkin fries
Pumpkin spice popcorn


Other activities:

• Haunted house or graveyard
  

• Watching scary movies
  

• Learn to knit and make blankets and clothes to sell, keep or gift
  

• Tailgating party at the football stadium parking lot
  

• Trick o Treating and costume party
  

Winter: Winter is coming!!!

• Winter vacation
  

• Winter festival:
  

Sledding down a hill
Building a snowman or igloo
Horse riding through the town
Merry-go round
Bake goods and comfort food Market: Similar concept as the Fish Market
Cinnamon rolls
Warm casserole
Hot cocoa
Chili
Pies
Eggnog
Mac n cheese
Cookies
cakes
Etc
Listen to carolers or maybe the carolers can go door to door and sing for your sims and they can either listen enjoy or tell them to get off their porch.
Find the jolly elf (it can be a real elf hopping around or just a porcelain figure) and win a prize

• Christmas shopping
  

Various stores will have christmas shopping sales throughout the weeks before christmas. The earlier sims go shopping, the better deals and content they can get. In addition, the content can only be bought during the winter christmas sales and there will be many festivities occurring during the sales. Sim players must prioritize and be attentive on sales! This will make gameplay more exciting and challenging.

Gift content may include:

• Adults/Teens:
  

Camera drone
Wireless portable speakers
Slow cooker
Pong or foos ball table
New clothes
3d printer
Drum set
Wireless headphones
Mini cola vending machine
Handheld game system
Vintage arcade system
Steampunked pocket watch
“Adult drink” cooler (for adults)

• Children
  

A working wagon sim children can use. They can ride down a hill or pull it through the neighborhood and put their items in it.
Toy car. Your sim child can finally drive around the neighborhood sidewalks or parks like an adult.
Nerf-like gun
Snowball blaster
Jellyfish tank
Mini toy race cars w/remotes
Outdoor non-rabithole fort/clubhouse

Mini interactive robot friend (This item should be hard to catch during the winter sales season)

• Talks to sim child
  
• Retrieves items
  
• Plays games like hide and seek or voidcritter with sim child
  
• Can do sim child’s homework as long as it doesn’t get caught.
  
• Can help with sim child’s homework
  
• Can cook for sim child
  
• Can drive sim child w/toy car
  

Christmas content can be purchase through the retail stores, the online or Christmas catalog.

Or if your sims are low on funds or just want a simple christmas, they can DIY gifts by collecting items around town and craft them into gifts.

DIY gifts include:

• Adults/Teens
  

Candy bottle
Crochet beard
Sailor knot bracelets
Cash in a chocolate box
Patchy artsy overalls
Handmade messenger bag or backpack (denim, pattern or patchy)
Knitted scarf
Comic coasters
Bath bombs
Lana Del Rey inspired flower glasses
Knitted tie
Mini herb planter box
Bottle cap necklace
Oil can guitar
Actual playing cards your sims can play with
Fabric headbands
Fabric watches
Painted canvas shoes

• Children
  

Knitted “DOMO” character-like hoodie
Plush horse stick
Fabric flower headbands
Tie die apron or jacket
Minecraft-ish designed t shirt
Dino hoodie (dinosaur)
Felt toy monster figures
Sock monkey
Felt crown or princess hat
Pirate treasure map
Painted jeans or overalls
Animal print pouf
Animal ear headbands
Painted boots
Painted card board Doll house
Sewn patched-blanket fort
Super caps with masks


Other activities:

• Ice hockey
  

• Snowball fights
  

• Chop down a christmas tree or buy one at the festival
  

• Wealthy NPC Sims will throw the best parties in town
  

• Start a family tradition action:
  

Sim Players can start an annual christmas time tradition with their sim family. This action can be similar to throwing a party. Sim player can list up to 5-10 activities to do for their sim family's christmas tradition. They can set the duration of the tradition, it can go from a day to a week. They can also change their traditions as well.

Family Activities can include:

Making baked goods or making pizzas together
Singing while playing the piano or violin together
Decorating the tree, exterior/interior house
Go to winter festival
Snow ball fights
Building snowmen
Fire and s'mores
Watch a christmas movie
Volunteer at a soup kitchen or at restaurant that is serving food to the underprivileged sims
Wear flannel, bunny or christmas design pjs while drinking hot cocoa
Wear ugly sweaters all day
Play a board/card game
Go ice fishing


Spring

• Spring Break
  

• Spring festivals
  

Cherry Blossom-esque (Similar to the on in D.C.) fest
Baseball
Music
Easter egg hunt-esque activity and win prizes
Feed ducks and duck racing
Plant a tree for Earth day
Fresh Farmer’s Market (Produce, dairy, fresh herbs)

Other activities:

• Kite making and flying
  

• Make compost for planting
  

• Have a picnic (similar to My Sims)
  

• Go to the grande Art festival gallery
  
  

I'm sure many of these ideas won't come to fruition, but hopefully this list will give the Sim makers some ideas.
What do you think? Have any more ideas to add?

"Rose59;15235772" wrote:
Wonderful ideas I see it said the many points :smiley:


And also activities in the summer:

Building sand castles at the beach
Windsurfing
Riding a jet ski
Diving and search for valuable things
Availability of foods carts to sell ice cream and juice (drinks) and refreshing snacks

"amandaneun;15244147" wrote:
I fully support this also! I especially love the idea of having my sims being swarmed by bees (or better: having my sims prank others by unleashing angry bees on them). I also love the vacation ideas for school/university aged sims! I wanted that badly in Sims 3, it was so annoying to me that festivals would come around and my child/teen sims could only go during the weekends, because there wasn't enough time during weekdays to get everything done (after school) AND still go to enjoy everything at the festival. They at least deserve a break during summer!

"hotkaki;15244235" wrote:
seasons system should be in a free update since it's such a basic and dominant factor in real life. it should have been in the base game in my opinion. but of course they would never do it..if they did i think all simmers from all around the world would explode from happiness and it would make everybody respect more the creators and not say all the time that they never create what we want anymore. it would seriously be a huge gift for us all. But back to reality, maybe make this all a game pack? ;) :D

"duhboy2u2;15246054" wrote:
I absolutely love the idea for Weather person/Storm Chaser. I live in a small (nearly rural) community and we actually have a group of Storm Chasers that get all the footage for the news and such. Probably bigger areas do too, but I've only ever seen them in small towns like this one. :D It'd be neat. Though its the sims so I sorta see something like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz happening where you can get plum up into a tornado and land in OZ :P hehe

"amandaneun;15249682" wrote:
Coming back to this thread, just because I had an idea.

I'd love if they implemented air conditioners/heaters/fans into the game!

During summer months, when it gets too hot outside, sims could really benefit from an air conditioner (or fan, if they can't afford it). Otherwise, they sweat and have negative moodlets from being too darn hot. An air conditioner could cool them down, so you don't have to complete 2849249242 interactions to cool them down (like in TS3, when you had to put them in the pool and all that). Fans would help, but they'd probably want to save up for an air conditioner. There could be different types of air conditioners; like ones that cool the entire house, or one that cools a single room. Then for AC's and fans alike, there could be heap ones that break too easily, or expensive ones that are reliable and really cool them down.

During the winter, heaters would be nice! Same concept with air conditioners.

Plus little side interactions so the AC's and fans have more than one purpose. Children sims blowing into the fans (y'know that robot voice that we all did as children), pets (if we ever get them) playing around on the equipment, sims complaining about the settings ("It's too cold in here!" "It's too hot!"). Little things like that.

Probably never gonna happen, of course, but one can dream. :wink:

"MasonGamer;15244328" wrote:
Which is why they need to add favorites, So sims can have a Favorite weather, Which could calm sims down form extreme emotional states. winding them down to the Default "Fine" emotion.

I love Blizzards Storms and Sun showers these two types of weather make me calm/excited.

What I really want out of this is, How snow accumulated in the Sims 3, I really loved that sims stood, knee deep in snow, and small animals got essentially buried.

I also want a survival aspect.

Storms cutting out power. refrigerator stops keeping food cool, only candles and lanterns for light sources.
In the summer time, the air condition could bust.
winter time the furnace could bust too. making sims result to fireplaces, wood/gas stoves.
pipes could freeze so no water, no showering.

Snow piling up, so sims can't leave their lot, trapping the player and the sims on the lot they're at... or forcing them home.

"lindaatjuh;c-15806848" wrote:
Drinking hot coco to warm up after being outside in wintertime.

Overheating when you wear warm clothes in the summer and hypothermia when you go out in the snow in your swimsuit.

Heavy storms which can keep you awake at night and damage your house of garden.

Holidays like Christmas, easter and halloween, just like TS3.

Two new vacation destinations:
- a snow/winter location where you can go icefishing, spent the night in an iglo and do wintersports
- a summer/exotic location where you can chill on the beach, swim in the ocean, go on a cruise, go surfing and visit a waterpark.