Oh, hey! PlantSims!
I might have to actually play this scenario to encourage y'all! :D
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I also played it completely vanilla while trying to test something for the bug forums. I did have a lot of fun! and it saved my sanity while watching cats to see if they were going into heat or not. 😉
I think PlantSims would be a great option for people who were doing a Rags to Riches. They don't need a kitchen or a toilet. Here's her little house, LOL:
(It's basically a greenhouse with a bed and a camping shower and pet gear. Sadly, she cannot photosynthesize in her greenhouse.)
Free advice for anyone doing this scenario:
- Choose a sunny world. We went to the beach in Sulani during thunderstorms because I foolishly chose Henford-on-Bagley.
- Make a greenhouse or choose a plant without seasons (avocado?) or two to plant.
- Plant one of your Forbidden Fruits. (It also has no seasons.)
- Fertilize, fertilize, fertilize with things worth at least $25.
- Get bees immediately.
- Micro homes give you double plant growth. Also use the great soil lot trait.
- Choose a couple of cheaper plants that are your "absorb solar energy" plants and leave the rest alone. Travel instead, if you can.
- I picked Henford-on-Bagley for a reason that paid off: Our bird friends gave us a golden treat, so we now have a golden chicken. That said, well, she's busily upgrading Magnificent plants, so if I was patient I would have gotten perfect plants anyway, so if I were going to do it again I'd do it in Oasis Springs or Sulani.
I might play with PlantSims more often. They don't have a lot of special abilities that other Sims don't have, but not needing a kitchen or toilet is an advantage. I've only ever played with PlantSims in the save where they're disgustingly rich and have a huge fancy kitchen and kids, and the plant-obsessed gardener wife becomes a PlantSim occasionally, and you know how when you have multiple Sims you're less likely to travel unless you have something for the whole family to do because otherwise it's like "Yes, I'm going to the beach to photosynthesize and you're going to do your homework and school project there..." (Bummer! lol)
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I'm glad I didn't decide to buy the Super Green Thumb reward trait to help myself, because THAT'S the reward!
Ah awesome! I'm just about to launch this! Was so excited when I first saw this was a scenario option I hope it hasn't gone away yet. Plant sims are so interesting and I love gardening in the sims. I can't remember when I last had a family that didn't garden! I bet the scarecrow can help a bit with this too
Well don't take any brief breaks from eating the forbidden fruit like I did as without warning the scenario complete screen popped up and said I'd completed it.
After the effects of the first fruit wore off I took a quick break before he ate another one as he lives in Cordelia's Secret Cottage and was trying to befriend foxes and rabbits but they kept getting a plantsim thought bubble and a negative reaction to his attempts to speak to them. So while he was human I wanted to make some furry friends and then eat another fruit.
All I had left to do was the perfect plant task.
Strangely enough though, it's left him with generally high needs. He doesn't need as much sleep or food. It's as if he's used the Seldom Sleepy reward as he doesn't tire quickly now and he only needs breakfast and nothing else till the next morning. And he did plant a lot of crops while he was a plantsim.
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