Chestnut Ridge World Discussion

"Amapola76;c-18281121" wrote:

"BariSaxy;c-18281114" wrote:

"SimplyJen;c-18281073" wrote:

"BariSaxy;c-18281040" wrote:
I'm not big on desert worlds. Having the full experience of seasons is so vital to me. I'll only ever have my sims visit this world like every other world that doesn't have seasons. I'm glad that the horses, sheep and goats aren't tied to the world.

Oasis Springs and Strangerville have seasons. It just doesn't snow... unless I'm missing something. :/

Well, as I said, having the full experience of the seasons is most important to me. There may be some variation in the desert worlds, but it just isn't anywhere near enough.

Well, it does sometimes snow in Arizona, so hopefully instead of just having a kneejerk design of "desert= no snow," maybe it will have at least the occasional light snowfall, even if it doesn't stick. I mean, how pretty would that be in the national park area.

That would be really cool to see. Texas has had some pretty crazy winters the last few years. It was wild seeing beaches I've been to covered in snow.

"BariSaxy;c-18281040" wrote:
I'm not big on desert worlds. Having the full experience of seasons is so vital to me. I'll only ever have my sims visit this world like every other world that doesn't have seasons. I'm glad that the horses, sheep and goats aren't tied to the world.

Well, having grown up in a desert town where it rarely rained, and only once or twice in a lifetime snows, the constant rain and snow in some of the towns in sims 4 tends to drive me and my sims crazy, lol. The desert I grew up in was an upper desert where it was quite cool with nice breezes in the summer, and quite cold in the winter, but not a lot of precipitation….

"Amapola76;c-18281121" wrote:

"BariSaxy;c-18281114" wrote:

"SimplyJen;c-18281073" wrote:

"BariSaxy;c-18281040" wrote:
I'm not big on desert worlds. Having the full experience of seasons is so vital to me. I'll only ever have my sims visit this world like every other world that doesn't have seasons. I'm glad that the horses, sheep and goats aren't tied to the world.

Oasis Springs and Strangerville have seasons. It just doesn't snow... unless I'm missing something. :/

Well, as I said, having the full experience of the seasons is most important to me. There may be some variation in the desert worlds, but it just isn't anywhere near enough.

Well, it does sometimes snow in Arizona, so hopefully instead of just having a kneejerk design of "desert= no snow," maybe it will have at least the occasional light snowfall, even if it doesn't stick. I mean, how pretty would that be in the national park area.

Actually, up by Flagstaff it snows a lot in the winter! Or at least it did when I was younger and we drove through there on the way to my Grandparents. There are beautiful pine tree’s up there too. It does just depend on what part of Arizona you are in.

Mt Komorebi has 14 lots and 4 people were collaborating with EA so I guess that this time we have the same amount of lots. However I have my fingers crossed for more. Especially after San Sequoia disappointment.

"SheriSim57;c-18281212" wrote:

"BariSaxy;c-18281040" wrote:
I'm not big on desert worlds. Having the full experience of seasons is so vital to me. I'll only ever have my sims visit this world like every other world that doesn't have seasons. I'm glad that the horses, sheep and goats aren't tied to the world.

Well, having grown up in a desert town where it rarely rained, and only once or twice in a lifetime snows, the constant rain and snow in some of the towns in sims 4 tends to drive me and my sims crazy, lol. The desert I grew up in was an upper desert where it was quite cool with nice breezes in the summer, and quite cold in the winter, but not a lot of precipitation….

Interesting, thanks for your viewpoint.

I grew up in Southern US (not the deep South, thank goodness) and that has surely shaped my views. When I was younger winters were chillier and had a lot more snow than now. Global warming has taken a toll on the southern US. And I haven't been okay with that because I've noticed that the lack of four seasons is taking a toll on me mentally. So I want that in my games at the very least. Desert worlds, California-style worlds, tropical worlds, and the like depress me, TBH.

I am moving to the Northeast within the next year so I perhaps I will come more at peace with the climate up there and be more open to playing the other worlds. lol

question: why do so many people keep calling it a desert world when the blog description says prairie and even mentions Prairie Grass?

"blur0se;c-18281655" wrote:
question: why do so many people keep calling it a desert world when the blog description says prairie and even mentions Prairie Grass?

Well, on that note, I looked up prairie areas in the US and it doesn't include Arizona or anywhere that far West, so this could be more in line with Western Oklahoma, the Texas panhandle, eastern New Mexico or Northward of those areas. That could make it more variable in terms of climate, as I know that those areas get hit with a fair amount of ice and snow each winter.

But I'm inclined more to the idea that EA isn't that in the know and we'll just get another hot desert world.

I don't live in any of those areas, but I have watched their climate with awe. A lot of winter storms happen in those areas, along with lots of some of the worst severe thunderstorms. Yet they're also very dry and deserty somehow. I've visited Western Oklahoma, it has mesas and is very deserty.

"blur0se;c-18281655" wrote:
question: why do so many people keep calling it a desert world when the blog description says prairie and even mentions Prairie Grass?

Since it’s something to grow and feed to horses. It’s probably something like Bermuda or Coastal, but maybe they picked “prairie grass” as a way of explaining what it is.

"Lenny_Ogg;c-18281078" wrote:

Now we get the third (if we count Del Sol Valley in - fourth) north american desert world.

Del Sol Valley isn't a desert world, lol. It's basically the LA area. Just because deserts have warm weather doesn't mean everywhere warm is a desert.

Isn't LA at least near a desert, though? Serious question from someone who has never been outside of Europe. But in most shows and movies that take place in the LA area, a desert is usually not far away. And while I wouldn't call Del Sol Valley a desert world in the true sense of the word, my head does put it in the same general region as the true desert worlds, and the same will probably be true for Chestnut Ridge.

Speaking of which, I used to say that the new world will probably only have 12 lots again. But now that four game changers have built three lots each, which amounts to 12 in total, I'm hopeful there might be 14-15, if only because every world usually comes with at least one completely empty lot.