Did seasons break outdoor retreat And herbalism?

"KirbySkywalker;d-947928" wrote:
I know plants only grow if you are on a lot at 5am since seasons.

Really? I wasn't aware of that. That explains a lot. Wild/community lots plants in general are problematic since then, also due to the weather and if they are or not in season. It affects as you say the scientist lot, but also the festival harvestables, the parks and community gardens you might build and yes, OR too. They won't grow at all, or very slowly, or be dormant for half the sim year.

What I found out so far regarding the OR plants:
- None of them grows in winter (as far as I remember)
- All of them grow in summer
- Some grow in summer and spring or summer and fall
So the best time to go to Granite Falls to collect them is summer.

"AlbaWaterhouse;c-16722113" wrote:

"KirbySkywalker;d-947928" wrote:
I know plants only grow if you are on a lot at 5am since seasons.

Really? I wasn't aware of that. That explains a lot. Wild/community lots plants in general are problematic since then, also due to the weather and if they are or not in season. It affects as you say the scientist lot, but also the festival harvestables, the parks and community gardens you might build and yes, OR too. They won't grow at all, or very slowly, or be dormant for half the sim year.

What I found out so far regarding the OR plants:
- None of them grows in winter (as far as I remember)
- All of them grow in summer
- Some grow in summer and spring or summer and fall
So the best time to go to Granite Falls to collect them is summer.

That’s great! Thank you. I will try again in the summer.

Seasons broke almost everything in this game... so the answer is probably yes.

"Lustianicia;c-16722164" wrote:
Seasons broke almost everything in this game... so the answer is probably yes.

Truer words have never been spoken.

I was able to collect them all in summer so no, herbalism is not broken.

I've completed the Outdoor Enthusiast aspiration twice since Seasons came out so no... You just need to learn when the plants blooms and work with the new system. If you are having some other bug you should report it.

The science lab plants are borked though for me also. I've reported it as a bug. My scientists just grow their plants in an indoor garden at home as a work around for the time being until it's fixed. Have you reported this bug @KirbySkywalker?
Here is the link in case you haven't it helps to go report it so it get's fixed sooner
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-GTW-Plants-at-science-lab-don-t-produce-harvestables/td-p/6891565

"KirbySkywalker;c-16722130" wrote:

"AlbaWaterhouse;c-16722113" wrote:

"KirbySkywalker;d-947928" wrote:
I know plants only grow if you are on a lot at 5am since seasons.

Really? I wasn't aware of that. That explains a lot. Wild/community lots plants in general are problematic since then, also due to the weather and if they are or not in season. It affects as you say the scientist lot, but also the festival harvestables, the parks and community gardens you might build and yes, OR too. They won't grow at all, or very slowly, or be dormant for half the sim year.

What I found out so far regarding the OR plants:
- None of them grows in winter (as far as I remember)
- All of them grow in summer
- Some grow in summer and spring or summer and fall
So the best time to go to Granite Falls to collect them is summer.

That’s great! Thank you. I will try again in the summer.

According to Carl's plant guide, some of the OR plants are active in Spring-Summer or Summer-Fall. In any event, as you'd presumably be spending more than one night in OR, the plants in the campground area shouldn't be a problem, but your Sims would either have to bring a tent and stay the night or get up bright and early to get a plant to produce in the national forest or Deep Woods.

"KirbySkywalker;d-947928" wrote:
I know plants only grow if you are on a lot at 5am since seasons. So plants in the GTW Scientist career are completely ruined. They can never be harvested since you can’t stay over night and you don’t go in til 10am. They eventually die.

Does this terrible and lazy design expand into O.R.? Did they ruin O.R. with seasons?

Fix for the scientist career is to get the plants you need at home. Although I myself haven’t had an issue with the plants not growing and being harvestable.

The last time I tried herbalism in OR, the main problem was that my Sim identified all plants immediately. When you clicked on an unkown plant, you always could see its name ("harvest fire leaf").

"KirbySkywalker;d-947928" wrote:
I know plants only grow if you are on a lot at 5am since seasons. So plants in the GTW Scientist career are completely ruined. They can never be harvested since you can’t stay over night and you don’t go in til 10am. They eventually die.

Does this terrible and lazy design expand into O.R.? Did they ruin O.R. with seasons?

click on the pot and buy the seeds they'll have the plants you need