Harvesting on Community Lots
EDIT: Changed the title of thread for better clarification. __________________ Right now it is coded that harvestable plants will not come into bloom unless a sim is being actively played on a lot...
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Thank you @83bienchen for explaining what you meant, and for talking about this with me. Yes, I agree that finding a suitable time for both residential and community lot plants to go into bloom isn't going to be convenient all the time for every sim's situation. I would still like to see them come up with some kind of solution, as they keep adding gardening gameplay to places that aren't on the sim's residence.
Maybe the solution is not about time at all, but about using the loading screen as the sim's travel to make sure all the plants that are in season (if Seasons is installed) will be in bloom. This could address the Science Venue lot issue and the Eco Community Garden issue and any public area the sim loads into for foraging purposes, such as the hidden lots, the creature keeper's lot etc, anywhere in the world there's plants. They've managed to do it for the City Festivals. Both the Romance and the Spice Festival have their plants ready for harvesting. So a separate system seems possible if they think it's enough of an issue.
Who knows, maybe they've already addressed this issue with the new pack coming - as they've highlighted "foraging" as a feature. Yay if they have. Boo if they haven't. I just want to have my gardening fun back on all my community lots. And If I can't have that, how 'bout a working alarm clock? :D
Maybe the solution is not about time at all, but about using the loading screen as the sim's travel to make sure all the plants that are in season (if Seasons is installed) will be in bloom. This could address the Science Venue lot issue and the Eco Community Garden issue and any public area the sim loads into for foraging purposes, such as the hidden lots, the creature keeper's lot etc, anywhere in the world there's plants. They've managed to do it for the City Festivals. Both the Romance and the Spice Festival have their plants ready for harvesting. So a separate system seems possible if they think it's enough of an issue.
Who knows, maybe they've already addressed this issue with the new pack coming - as they've highlighted "foraging" as a feature. Yay if they have. Boo if they haven't. I just want to have my gardening fun back on all my community lots. And If I can't have that, how 'bout a working alarm clock? :D
