@AzzureRain, I think this wasn't a thing because originally Plant Sims were part of an event. You see, there used to be events on the Sims 4 from time to time.. Usually during an event, a character named Jasmine Holliday would be available on your phone … you'd call her and she'd show up and explain the task or tasks for the event.🙂 In the case of the Plant Sim Challenge, you did not have to be a level 10 gardener. Jasmine Holliday would give any Sim who asked , the task of collecting magic "beans" which were like big magic seeds. You also got a magical stump to put them in... To get the beans you would have to look around for Sims in your neighborhood who were turned into plant Sims … then you would talk to them for a bit and ask them for a seed/bean and they would give you one based on their current emotion. You would then have to collect 6 of these , each a different emotion and put them in the magic stump! Then you would water the stump and it would grow into a huge magical tree. You would then enter the tree and go on a "rabbit hole" adventure and come back with some items, and usually a Forbidden fruit! :eahigh_file:
These challenges have ended since TS4 was brought to consoles. To make up for this, EA decided to make the forbidden fruit available in the very rare seed packets. So prior to that, it didn't matter if your gardening skills weren't high. But I recommend taking the one Forbidden Fruit you get and planting it. That way you don't have to spend so much money to get another one. 😉
Also, there is a way to get the forbidden fruit with cheats! Then you don't have to have such a high skilled gardener to become a PlantSim! Bring up the Cheat box by pressing "Ctrl" + "Shift" + "C" at the same time. Then in the Cheat Box type "bb.showhiddenobjects" (without the quotes) and press "Enter". (Make sure you type the period after "bb" but before"showhiddenobjects". )
Then go into Build/Buy Mode and near the Sort by Function section type in the Search Field "Forbidden Fruit of the Plant Sim" and you will find the forbidden fruit! You can also get the magic seeds/beans this way and put them in the magic stump. Just type "magic bean" in the search box after you have entered the cheat in the cheat box.😉 )
As for extending the PlantSim state to be permanent, I don't think they will do that. The challenge was a fun little thing to do but that was several years ago. It might not seem like a hard thing to do for them to extend this state to be permanent, but coding is often much more complicated than we could imagine. 🤨 Then there is also the fact that a lot of players don't even want to wait for the full amount of days for their Sim to stop being a PlantSim and are always asking for ways to shorten that the PlantSim state! So it is doubtful that they would change this.
Being a PlantSim does not affect your babies. I tried having my Sim become one while pregnant, and I've had the mom and dad become Plant Sims before woohooing to try to get pregnant. The resulting babies are normal Sims, unless of course they eat the Forbidden Fruit when they are older! 😉
Finally, if the rumor for a Univeristy pack is true, it is probably way past the time for them to make any additions like you suggested, so if they ever were to make any changes to PlantSims, I don't think it would be in Univertisy (that is , if we get Univeristy at the end of this year).
I also preferred the Plant Sims from TS2 and TS3 to the ones in TS4! I especially loved the TS2 ones!🥳 The baby Plant Sims were so cute! ❤️
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As for extending the PlantSim state to be permanent, I don't think they will do that. The challenge was a fun little thing to do but that was several years ago. It might not seem like a hard thing to do for them to extend this state to be permanent, but coding is often much more complicated than we could imagine. 🤨 Then there is also the fact that a lot of players don't even want to wait for the full amount of days for their Sim to stop being a PlantSim and are always asking for ways to shorten that the PlantSim state! So it is doubtful that they would change this. "
I mean becoming a plant sim is optional? So I don't know why you would complain about it lasting too long. I still want a permanent version of plantsims. I get it was an event. That doesnt' change my request. Maybe in an expansion refine it as an actual life state.
@AzzureRain, I never said that I felt the PlantSim life state was too long... I said many other people thought it was too long!🤨 If you don't believe me, check out this post here on EA AHQ : https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-and-Feedback/how-to-reverse-a-plantsim/td-p/6008526/highlight/true Notice that besides the Original Poster, 116 other people clicked the "Me Too" button! They didn't want to wait the 5 days for the PlantSim effects to wear off! 🤨 This is why it is doubtful that EA would extend the amount of time a PlanSim lasts! 🤔 Playing as a Plant Sim was a lot more fun in TS2 and TS3 for most people and I think they were a bit disappointed that it wasn't as well done for TS4. So people are complaining because they know that this life state could be more fun, but since it isn't' as fun for them and they have tried it, they want to stop it quickly. However, since it was given to us free, I think it was a nice gift ! 😇
Also, I doubt EA would change this in an EP. It would take resources away from the EP they were making. So, lets say we were to get a farm pack some day. Plant Sims would fit in a pack like this very well... but most people would be upset if EA spent time making Plant Sims better if it was at the expense of adding horses to the game or giving sheep owners the ability to use the wool from sheep to spin it into yarn. If EA were ever to improve PlantSims, they would most likely do this in another free patch! 😉 But they likely will just keep PlantSims the same.
Well since what we got wasn't proper plantsims. Getting proper plantsims would be a nice addition to the game. I doubt we're getting horses or sheep. And that plantsims would take away from that. It really wouldn't be that hard to make plantsims a proper life-state. They already have all the essentials for it in the game. Mostly additional texture and actual unique hair, etc. But I'd rather a life state then the ability to sheer sheep.
@AzzureRain, no, these weren't' the complete PlantSims we saw in TS2 or TS3 😢... but then again they were free! 😇 We can't expect the same level of detail for something free that we would get for something we paid for. The PlantSims we got were more about the challenge event then they were about the life state. For a while, if you missed the Challenge, you missed the opportunity to even be a Plant Sim unless you used a cheat. 🤨
I only used examples of horse and sheep because Plant Sims would fit in perfectly with a farm pack, and a great many people want a farm pack. So, since a farm pack is more likely to have a plant Sim than most other packs (since Seasons didn't include "enhanced PlantSims") I thought I would use that example. Again, it isn't about the horses and sheep per se... those were just examples. It could be cows and chickens, or if improved Plant Sims were to show up with another pack (like University) it might be at the expense of University related gameplay, some of which you might actually want! What ever pack enhanced PlanSims would be included in would eliminate some other aspect of that pack that would have made it into a pack... which EA is not likely to do since many, many people were trying to find a way to shorten the Plant Sim lifestate in the first place! Even if it were not that hard to enhance Plant Sims, it would still take resources away from something else! 😞 Resources are finite.
And we might get horses... more people want horses in the game than they want longer-lived Plant Sims! And frankly, there are people who would rather sheer sheep and use the wool to spin yarn so they can weave cloth or knit in the game then they would having a permanent PlantSim life state. But even if we don't get sheep or horses, or chickens, or extra University activities, or whatever, it still isn't very likely they would spend resources to enhance a gift that was free to the game.
Finally, it isn't as if everyone gets everything they want in the game... I really want fairies, but I doubt we will get those. I just have to learn to live with it if we don't. 😇
