Does anyone else put this trait on home or community lots outside of Selvadorada to add a sense of realism and or danger to their game? My current sim was "shipwrecked" on the island in Windenberg so I gave the lot the trait as it felt realistic to the scenario. His mermaid wife got bitten and might die of poison. They are living off the grid at this stage in the game and are not allowed to go anywhere other than The Bluffs so she has no hope of an antidote. My guy might end up being a single dad soon but at least it's making the game more interesting!

That shipwreck thing sounds like a great idea. I might have to steal it sometime, if that's okay.But yeah, I use it for formerly-abandoned houses, so I can pretend they're infested with bugs. I also use them when I'm doing challenge runs, for a little extra difficulty. Negative lot traits make for a lot of fun.

Sounds like the Windenburg island is a perfect location for your game, @Mariefoxprice83 I keep forgetting using lot traits, and because I added several packs lately, there are probably many traits I don't really use. The crawler thing might work well in some of my poor quarter houses. Would be cool if the trait was more active in night than in day, then I might also add it to some parks and graveyards ;)

"Chazzzy;c-17348457" wrote:It’s weird to me because no bugs appear. If the trait made it so bugs showed up in your house, that would be cool. As of right now it’s just a moodlet. So, there's not even spiders falling from the ceiling, like they do in Selvadorada?

This is interesting, no, I haven't used that trait. The roughest I've been is that I've sent a research team of YAs into the jungle twice and only randomly gave out the various repellents for hardships in the jungle. Two of the sims died, one per trip. I did not pursue looking up the antidote and let them be random deaths to add unpredictability. They weren't "main sims" in my rotation but I had other plans for them. I just said that the antidote for poison hasn't been discovered yet. I do have a shipwrecked sim in the shipwreck in Sulani. He is not indigenous. He went missing from a ship and managed to wash up in the shipwreck. He's currently considered missing in whatever part of the world he came from. I have rules for how he will interact with and discover the world. Only eventually will he realize that there's a city there. Currently, he doesn't know where he is. He's also not going to marry just anyone because he has to discover others. I'll also not send him outside of Sulani but I'm generally playing that way with that world. Sulani in my game is really remote so currently it's not easy to travel there. It will gradually get easier and maybe it will have more tourism but that has to develop over time.Anyway, I have a shipwrecked guy. He has a shaggy beard and battered clothes. He lives off of things that he finds and his lot is still off the grid. I like the idea of his eventually finding the bar in Sulani and just saying, "Well, life could be worse." The only money that he will make is by scavenging and maybe eventually he'll be a conservationist or take an island part-time job.

I'm having fun. The mermaid survived and is pregnant with their 2nd child. :)

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Karamazov123
Seasoned Hotshot
5 years ago
That shipwreck thing sounds like a great idea. I might have to steal it sometime, if that's okay.

But yeah, I use it for formerly-abandoned houses, so I can pretend they're infested with bugs. I also use them when I'm doing challenge runs, for a little extra difficulty. Negative lot traits make for a lot of fun.
Simmerville
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Sounds like the Windenburg island is a perfect location for your game, @Mariefoxprice83

I keep forgetting using lot traits, and because I added several packs lately, there are probably many traits I don't really use. The crawler thing might work well in some of my poor quarter houses. Would be cool if the trait was more active in night than in day, then I might also add it to some parks and graveyards ;)
Simmerville
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"Chazzzy;c-17348457" wrote:
It’s weird to me because no bugs appear. If the trait made it so bugs showed up in your house, that would be cool. As of right now it’s just a moodlet.

So, there's not even spiders falling from the ceiling, like they do in Selvadorada?
ChampandGirlie
New Spectator
5 years ago
This is interesting, no, I haven't used that trait. The roughest I've been is that I've sent a research team of YAs into the jungle twice and only randomly gave out the various repellents for hardships in the jungle. Two of the sims died, one per trip. I did not pursue looking up the antidote and let them be random deaths to add unpredictability. They weren't "main sims" in my rotation but I had other plans for them. I just said that the antidote for poison hasn't been discovered yet.

I do have a shipwrecked sim in the shipwreck in Sulani. He is not indigenous. He went missing from a ship and managed to wash up in the shipwreck. He's currently considered missing in whatever part of the world he came from.

I have rules for how he will interact with and discover the world. Only eventually will he realize that there's a city there. Currently, he doesn't know where he is. He's also not going to marry just anyone because he has to discover others. I'll also not send him outside of Sulani but I'm generally playing that way with that world. Sulani in my game is really remote so currently it's not easy to travel there. It will gradually get easier and maybe it will have more tourism but that has to develop over time.

Anyway, I have a shipwrecked guy. He has a shaggy beard and battered clothes. He lives off of things that he finds and his lot is still off the grid. I like the idea of his eventually finding the bar in Sulani and just saying, "Well, life could be worse." The only money that he will make is by scavenging and maybe eventually he'll be a conservationist or take an island part-time job.
mariefoxprice83
Seasoned Hotshot
5 years ago
I'm having fun. The mermaid survived and is pregnant with their 2nd child. :)
Huiiie_17
5 years ago
I've used it on a haunted house I've built, but barely played in.
mariefoxprice83
Seasoned Hotshot
5 years ago
I almost always assign traits to played residential lots and often to community lots too but I don't use the negative ones much.
mariefoxprice83
Seasoned Hotshot
5 years ago
"Chazzzy;c-17348457" wrote:
It’s weird to me because no bugs appear. If the trait made it so bugs showed up in your house, that would be cool. As of right now it’s just a moodlet.

Yeah, I see what you mean but I am not a fan of bugs IRL so I am a little relieved to be honest.

"JACKIEJOY;c-17348415" wrote:
The volcano one from IL is fun.

I haven't really used that one yet :(
mariefoxprice83
Seasoned Hotshot
5 years ago
My main sim died of poison :( As they are are living off the grid and are not allowed to visit other lots I turned the trait off to make sure his widow doesn't die while the kids are underage.
mariefoxprice83
Seasoned Hotshot
5 years ago
I managed to move the dad's ghost in with the family so I'll keep him around until the eldest son is a teen. :) It's handy because he has high gardening and handiness, which I missed before I got his ghost back.