Island Living Q&A - Early Access!
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CAREERS
Base game teen part-time jobs are being updated with the pre-pack patch. They are available to everyone teen+ and have various shift options. You can even work 2 part time jobs if you take 2 different shifts.
New part time careers are also being added with this pack:
There is also a new Odd Job system where you can work casually, taking jobs when you feel like it to earn a little money. Enough for a visit to the bar or a few meals, anyway. Combining this with collecting and living on an Off-the-Grid lot makes for great Rags to Riches beginnings as it's a really frugal way to survive. This is available for teens+.
Conservationist is a new Work From Home (CL-style) career. It has 2 branches:
LIFE & DEATH
Ocean deaths can be caused my sharks and evil/mischievous Mersims pulling sims under water. This can tank their needs, and they can possibly drown.
Firey deaths can be caused if you touch red-hot lava bombs before they cool down.
New woohoo and baby-making spot is the waterfall on the natural island. Don't woohoo if there are frogs around though, because all those eyes are kind of creepy. You can also play in, shower and feed/attract frogs to here, so it's a useful resource for survivalists or campers.
COLLECTIBLES
There are over a dozen new varieties of fish, though it wasn't stated what they are. It was mentioned there are some endangered varieties, so choosing to fish for these (or otherwise harming them) might have an adverse effect on the local environment.
The Fishing skill is also getting an overhaul in the pre-patch with changes to tuning, notebook, bait etc. New fishing methods (trapping and spear-fishing) are coming with Island living. We didn't get much info about these other than spear-fishing is tied to buoys.
There are 4 new harvestables that are fully integrated with the gardening system:
You can also collect shells for fun and clutter,but they aren't a collection in the collection panel. Just watched Deli's gameplay video and they actually are a collection. There is also a Buried Treasure collection... Intriguing!
MISC
The radio station is Island Tunes (I think?) and is mellow/slow paced/tropical sounding. I think it's the only station. There is also a venue speaker for it, and apprpriately tropical menu/bb music too.
Most of the foods I saw listed seem to be seafood and Pit BBQ recipes (there's at least 1 vegetarian-safe pit recipe), and I'm not sure which skill they fall under. There's also a Kava Bowl object for making Kava (local drink with mild psychoactive properties)
ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY
This info was provided by EA Game Changer's Network. The format was a 1 hour long private GC live stream, hosted by SimGurus Jill, Morgan and Geoff, with the ability to ask questions during the stream. We were not allowed to capture any video or screenshots.
The majority of the stream was showing us the world and gameplay and some talk about things not shown. They spent very little time in CAS or build buy. Due to this, there are some things I don't know and questions I can't answer.
Disclaimer: A few odd bits of info might have snuck in due to various other info sources, but it's hard to remember where at this point, so let me know if I got anything wrong, and I'll edit my post.
Thanks for reading my thread, and let me know if your question hasn't been answered or you need clarification on anything I've written.
Base game teen part-time jobs are being updated with the pre-pack patch. They are available to everyone teen+ and have various shift options. You can even work 2 part time jobs if you take 2 different shifts.
New part time careers are also being added with this pack:
- Diving Instructor
- Lifeguard
- Fishersim
There is also a new Odd Job system where you can work casually, taking jobs when you feel like it to earn a little money. Enough for a visit to the bar or a few meals, anyway. Combining this with collecting and living on an Off-the-Grid lot makes for great Rags to Riches beginnings as it's a really frugal way to survive. This is available for teens+.
Conservationist is a new Work From Home (CL-style) career. It has 2 branches:
- Marine Biologist - This branch is more active fieldwork based, even in the higher levels.
- Environmental Management - (Not sure on the name of this branch) This branch is more admin based at higher levels and include things like environmental law and accessing government funding.
LIFE & DEATH
Ocean deaths can be caused my sharks and evil/mischievous Mersims pulling sims under water. This can tank their needs, and they can possibly drown.
Firey deaths can be caused if you touch red-hot lava bombs before they cool down.
New woohoo and baby-making spot is the waterfall on the natural island. Don't woohoo if there are frogs around though, because all those eyes are kind of creepy. You can also play in, shower and feed/attract frogs to here, so it's a useful resource for survivalists or campers.
COLLECTIBLES
There are over a dozen new varieties of fish, though it wasn't stated what they are. It was mentioned there are some endangered varieties, so choosing to fish for these (or otherwise harming them) might have an adverse effect on the local environment.
The Fishing skill is also getting an overhaul in the pre-patch with changes to tuning, notebook, bait etc. New fishing methods (trapping and spear-fishing) are coming with Island living. We didn't get much info about these other than spear-fishing is tied to buoys.
There are 4 new harvestables that are fully integrated with the gardening system:
- Pineapple
- Coconut
- Taro
- Kava (used to make the new Kava drink)
You can also collect shells for fun and clutter,
MISC
The radio station is Island Tunes (I think?) and is mellow/slow paced/tropical sounding. I think it's the only station. There is also a venue speaker for it, and apprpriately tropical menu/bb music too.
Most of the foods I saw listed seem to be seafood and Pit BBQ recipes (there's at least 1 vegetarian-safe pit recipe), and I'm not sure which skill they fall under. There's also a Kava Bowl object for making Kava (local drink with mild psychoactive properties)
ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY
This info was provided by EA Game Changer's Network. The format was a 1 hour long private GC live stream, hosted by SimGurus Jill, Morgan and Geoff, with the ability to ask questions during the stream. We were not allowed to capture any video or screenshots.
The majority of the stream was showing us the world and gameplay and some talk about things not shown. They spent very little time in CAS or build buy. Due to this, there are some things I don't know and questions I can't answer.
Disclaimer: A few odd bits of info might have snuck in due to various other info sources, but it's hard to remember where at this point, so let me know if I got anything wrong, and I'll edit my post.
Thanks for reading my thread, and let me know if your question hasn't been answered or you need clarification on anything I've written.
