"maggiemae8135;c-18075784" wrote:
In rl plants can be harvested throughout a season as they continue to grow and produce. I know playing as a scientist it is very frustrating that you can't harvest the plants, especially when need for your job. I believe this changed with Cottage Living not Seasons.
I have been forced into making greenhouses to put my plants in. This is not always possible with smaller lots.
I used to love playing the science career but with changes over time with the introduction of newer packs it doesn't run as it did with plants.
Before the introduction of Seasons I had made an allotment (community lot) for my Sims to visit and collect plants. This helped with Sims on smaller lots. I also did this with the Sims 3. There are so many types of plants now to have all of them on a household lot needs space and not possible in an apartment.
I do wonder if those making the game understand how some of the long standing players like myself actually enjoy and play the game. I have spent much of my time with all the Sims games finding ways around the game without having to resort to putting in custom content or using cheats to make my game more fun for me. Being able to make the game how I like to play is a big part of it for me and much of this has dissappeared with the Sims 4 over time.
"Stormkeep;c-18075730" wrote:
@hely0t, I was talking about the time of day when the fruit spawns on the plants. Almost all plants will spawn their fruit at ~5:00 am. So if you aren't present at 5:00 am you will never be able to harvest them. That's not anything remotely like reality. :lol:
You are correct about plants being ready at a certain time of the day but never had problems with harvesting them. Unless the season is about to change when they seem to drop their seeds and go into hiberation. Some plants even go back to a dirt pile before regrowing it can be very frustrating.
Gardening, Fishing and finding collectables in the game can be fun but with so much added into the game trying to find all of these things can be extremely frustrating. Are we not expected to collect everything?
I do use as much as the game has to offer with playing other households and using the gifting to find some of the things those households seem to find elusive or other ways. But it shouldn't have to be this way. When my household goes to another neighbourhood, plants and collectables should be there growing or there to collect. My Sim shouldn't have to spend hours or even days waiting to plants to grown and rocks to show up when visiting another neighbourhood especially when I have spent time playing families in that neighbourhood.
