My sim, Lorenzo, got out of bed and started shivering. He went to go downstairs to get his leftovers for breakfast and put on his snowsuit! I checked the thermostat and it was set to warmer so I don't understand why he has to wear a snowsuit indoors. He gets the central heating moodlet but yet he was shivering and is now wearing his snowsuit. Is my thermostat broken?I never noticed this problem with any of my one story houses that I have but it happens in both of my multi-story ones. One even has a swimming pool 3 levels below ground and in the freezing temperatures it still says it's too cold to swim. The swimming pool is in the house. So is there an issue with multi-story houses and thermostats or is it my game?I even tried putting a thermostat on each floor but still, the same thing. It doesn't happen all of the time, but most of the time. It just seems weird to see my sim in front of a lit fireplace trying to practice the piano while wearing gloves or getting into a full snowsuit to go into the next room to use the restroom.I'm on the Xbox One

@PenguinFoop I saw something like this at the Harbor Quarter Gym in Windenburg after I installed the Seasons pack. Even though I added a thermostat and put the temperature setting to warm, my Sims would change from their Athletic outfits to Cold Weather outfits when walking from the fitness areas on the main and upper floors to the showers in the basement. It had that odd seating area, adjacent to the basement swimming pool, that had an open ceiling to the sidewalk area outside. I closed that ceiling area and now I do not see this problem anymore.I've seen similar effects like this in a few, but not all, other public venues that were designed prior to the Seasons EP release. Like snow inside nightclubs and karaoke clubs. I've gone back into Build/Buy mode and fixed any design flaws I could find (i.e. missing ceiling sections, false or incomplete rooms, etc.) and this seems to have cleared that problem too. I save these "fixed" versions in My Library so I can use them in new saves.This might be the easiest fix to try. It does not involve any cheats or mods. If you do not wish to spend that much time in Build/Buy mode, maybe you could check The Gallery for already-fixed versions of any venues you are having problems with.I hope this helps :D

@PenguinFoop Well the good news is that your game might not be bugged, it could just be something in those builds that is a little bit off and the game is allowing outside weather to affect the inside. I mean like a quirk in the build system and not a mistake on your part. Which platform are you on? Would you be willing to upload one or both lots into The Gallery in case others might be able to do some testing?At least one of the buildings I had to fix in San Myshuno was a case where all walls, ceilings, and the roof were intact but the game was not recognizing all of the interior spaces as "rooms". It was like parts of it were a bunch of separate walls but nothing I could select the as an actual room in Build Mode. I mean it looked nice and everything was fine until I downloaded Seasons, and then I started seeing that outside weather effects were getting inside. I re-modeled the walls so that all spaces could be selected as "rooms" in Build Mode and then the thermostats worked fine & no more snow would get inside. Maybe something like that is going on for you? I hope it's something we can figure out because your buildings sound awesome! :D

@PenguinFoop I have them both downloaded and I will try to play around with things tomorrow. I don't have one of the packs you used in your builds so I am not sure how well it will work out though.

@PenguinFoop wrote:Here's a link from forums.thesims.com https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussions It appears I'm not alone.Thank you for posting here 🙂Hopefully we can help you find a solution.For clarification I am adding the direct link to your original post:Thermostat Issueshttps://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/973460/thermostat-issues/p1

Cool. Glad you have it downloaded. I removed the one without the roof from the gallery though. I didn't think about using it in maybe Oasis (that's the only world I have that shouldn't have many, if any freezing days/nights since it's a desert.)As for "Downward Living," I haven't double-checked the ceiling or anything in that one because I've just been loving "The Modern" so much. lol

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PenguinFoop
6 years ago
Thanks for testing it! Unfortunately, that solution looks terrible on this house. ☹️ Is there a way to make a suggestion to the devs? It seems to me that there may be a simple fix to a whole host of weather related issues. If the user can click a room and designate it as indoor or outdoor that should resolve the problem. It should also resolve the opposite problem which is when the sim goes to an outdoor balcony/patio in his/her underwear and isn't affected by the weather conditions.
And thanks for the compliment on the house. Feel free to give it a ❤️. 🙂 Also, you can submit it to the "most awesome build of all times" list, have it showcased by Maxis and Sims 4 and call me Architect Supremo if you want. 🙂 I kid, I kid! Well maybe I kid. Okay, no, I kid. lol
As for "Downward Living," have you tested that one? I'm pretty sure that everything has a ceiling on it. However, the very bottom basement, where the garden is) had to be set to taller walsl to accommodate the trees so I'm wondering if that may be the issue there. I haven't tested that theory though so was just wondering if you had.
By the way, "Downward Living" is a prime example of why we should have elevators in our build options. lol
EuphorialQueen
Hero (Retired)
6 years ago
@PenguinFoop There is a bug report for the issue with indoor pools.
[OPEN] [S] Indoor pool has greyed out options in freezing weather
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-S-Indoor-pool-has-greyed-out-options-in-freezing-weather/m-p/8509237/
RandomBuzziness
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
@PenguinFoop I have both versions (new and original) of your "The Modern" house downloaded (and Favorited) to My Library. The original version with the open patio area should work well in worlds like Oasis Springs or Sulani where it never freezes (I think?). I have not yet placed the newer version in my game but I will do that sometime soon as I am curious to see how you built the new roof section.
I have not yet tried the "Downward Living" house, I'm thinking that will be next. The only indoor pool I can think of that I ever use is at the gym in Windenburg. I've modified that lot for all of my saves because I do recall it having weather-related design problems but I can't remember if the swimming pool being grayed-out on freezing days was one of them.
PenguinFoop
6 years ago
Cool. Glad you have it downloaded. I removed the one without the roof from the gallery though. I didn't think about using it in maybe Oasis (that's the only world I have that shouldn't have many, if any freezing days/nights since it's a desert.)
As for "Downward Living," I haven't double-checked the ceiling or anything in that one because I've just been loving "The Modern" so much. lol
RandomBuzziness
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
@PenguinFoop Here is the roof build I came up with for your "The Modern" house for the outside deck area. I actually finished this roof design a few days ago but I had to wait for winter to end in this save (I use the long 28-day seasons in my game). It was too hard to see any detail when it was covered in snow. My Sim will not change into her Cold Weather outfit in this house even with no thermostat installed at all. I know it's not the solution you are looking for but a roof like this can still look very nice in the game. I changed the curved wall to angular to go better with the octagonal roof section.
Disregard the changes to the fences and yard area, that's just me trying to see if this house would fit on a 30 x 20 lot (it will). Also the windows look different because I don't have some of the packs you used in your Gallery upload. Speaking of the Gallery, I am looking forward to using this version in my regular game saves but of course I will not upload it to the Gallery. This is your build. I decided against trying the "no roof" version in Oasis Springs because of the thunderstorms I often see there on Mystery Weather days.
I did place the "Downward Living" house in this same test save but unfortunately there wasn't anything I was able to find to fix the swimming pool issue. I tested the indoor pool at the gym in Windenburg and the same thing was happening there. It seems like swimming pools only look at outside temperatures even if the pool is indoors. I'm sure you have seen the Bug Report on this by now. It's still good for swimming laps even on freezing days.
Anyhow, good luck I hope this helps :D

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