Cold weather clothing indoors

I notice my sims might keep their cold clothing on if it's freezing temperatures outside and it effects the inside of the house.

I’ve noticed this too and so far I can handle it since I just have one sim, but as she makes a family it’s gonna get bothersome having everyone inside in coats and what not.

I also noticed at the festivals it’s cold enough for my sim to change into her cold weather clothes but the sims around her all seem to be wearing their festival costumes or everyday wear, I don’t want every outing to be townie death time, so hopefully this gets tweaked. Also every single townie has a black umbrella when it rains. I’d like to see some variety there.

Speaking of clothing issues I read somewhere that sims can get heat stroke in their normal swimwear if it’s not tagged for hot weather, another thing that really needs to be tweaked.

"bluelighting;c-16564352" wrote:
cant wear hair mods in cold or hot settings for some reason.

They don't show up when you x off the filter in CAS?

I take a somewhat different view - I don't think of the cold weather clothing necessarily as outerwear, like it was in Sims 3, so I am actually dressing my sims in their cold weather clothes in the morning and they are supposed to stay like that all day. I did this because, even though they have a thermostat and their house is warm inside, it looked silly to me to have my sim walking around in a little sleeveless dress when it was snowing outside. I have however given them a range of cold weather outfits, ranging from light but warm clothes for indoors, to blizzard level clothes for outerwear. The game can't tell the difference, of course, so I just choose something that looks appropriate for them to change into.

I do wish that there was a proper outerwear category, though. Actually, what I would have liked, ideally, would have been seasonal options for every category of clothing, instead of just hot and cold weather clothes as separate categories. So, for example, when you choose your sim's everyday outfits, you would click a button for each outfit and choose the season during which it would become the default outfit. Then you could do the same for formal outfits, sleepwear, athletic wear, etc. I am sorry that this part of the EP was not more carefully considered.

"FKM100;c-16564921" wrote:
So, for example, when you choose your sim's everyday outfits, you would click a button for each outfit and choose the season during which it would become the default outfit. Then you could do the same for formal outfits, sleepwear, athletic wear, etc. I am sorry that this part of the EP was not more carefully considered.

That would be an awesome way to do it! And no more freezing joggers.

"Bellesim67;c-16565111" wrote:
I lost 3 or more crazy silly elders who should not go jogging especially during a blizzard. They were my "spares" for my main first family but still wow lol.

I had a sim die eating lamb , in a bikini, and sitting at the pool in a blizzard. The rest of the family was eating inside. There seems to be a problem with sims wearing everyday outside as well as never changing from winter wear.

"tegteg87;c-16565350" wrote:
I have yet to play in proper snow (I started in Spring so I've only just got to late fall in my game) but it sounds like sims are dying rather prematurely? How long does it take for them to die in freezing weather if they're not dressed in their cold weather clothing? I would expect this to take many hours, not happen as quickly as it takes them to eat a meal or watch a death, as some are suggesting?

Maybe they wanted to turn Sims 4 into a survival game to cash in on the craze. Sims 4 meets The Long Dark!

Pity dead sims don't turn into zombies lol. We could have The Walking Dead.

I have my thermostat on HOT and they never change back from cold clothes when coming inside.
In fact, I don't get what the thermostat settings are for at all, I have not seen a difference (I play in an appartment, so AFAIK my rent does not go up).

Incidentally, I have noticed that my sims will mostly change into their cold weather clothes when going outside, but not if they are carrying something; for example, if they are taking out garbage, or hanging out the washing. Then they keep the same clothes on. I have to watch them really carefully, because they will persist in hanging out washing on the clothesline, even when it is snowing, if I don't catch them first and make them use the dryer. Silly things!