More Off-Grid / Living Off the Land...Please!
I really wish The Sims would go more in-depth with living off the land and off grid themes.
- Collect Rain Water
* Washing Dishes
* Flushing toilet
* Washing hands
* Showering
* Watering the garden
- Water filters (to avoid the brackish water taste)
* Store bought (like Berkey)
* Homemade (like the ones you see on survival shows)
- Solar Panels (for lights, tv, computer, etc)
* For Lights (when cloudy have emergency candles or use the lanterns already available)
* TV (limit hours, makes the game more challenging)
* Computer (limit hours, makes the game more challenging)
* Dishwasher (if not running off gas or electric...have the option to convert to solar)
* Fridge (if not running off gas or electric...have the option to convert to solar)
* NOTE: The Solar Panels could look like normal panels that attach to the roof/stay on the ground or could look like the shingles for more expensive homes (aka Solar shingles..is the roof).
- Have Eco-Solar Appliances and/or make an option to Convert them to Eco-Solar (Handiness skill)
- Have Meters
* Tells you your rainwater levels
* Tells you your solar levels (be able to sell the extra your sim doesn't use)
* Could also require repairs/maintenance (that up your handiness skill)
- Chickens
* Collect eggs to eat, use in recipes and sell
* Butchering for meat to eat, use in recipes and sell
* Rooster for breeding
* Being able to sell chicks/Raise to add to your own chicken family
- Goats
* Collect milk to drink, use in recipes and sell
* Butchering for meat to eat, use in recipes and sell
* Maybe add breeding in this one too
- Compost Bin....Could buy or make Homemade (use to fertilize garden or sale)
* Food scraps
* Spoiled food
* Dead plants
- Compost Traveling Toilet
* Be able to put in inventory (for nomads/camping)
* Requires cleaning it every couple of days (contents can be dumped in compost pile/bin or buried)
* Could make a "fancy" or leveled up one to have a built in incinerator that works with solar.
- Small Fridge that goes in/under the counter (like the dishwasher) that will work off-grid/gas/solar.
Pleeeaaseeee! Just some ideas I thought I would throw out there but would like to see The Sims do more challenging things! Makes more longer gameplay time and less burn out (due to the game being too easy to play and way to easy to make money). Greatly appreciate all that you guys do. I've been playing since the first Sims 3 base game and love it a lot.
Thanks for taking the time to read.
- Collect Rain Water
* Washing Dishes
* Flushing toilet
* Washing hands
* Showering
* Watering the garden
- Water filters (to avoid the brackish water taste)
* Store bought (like Berkey)
* Homemade (like the ones you see on survival shows)
- Solar Panels (for lights, tv, computer, etc)
* For Lights (when cloudy have emergency candles or use the lanterns already available)
* TV (limit hours, makes the game more challenging)
* Computer (limit hours, makes the game more challenging)
* Dishwasher (if not running off gas or electric...have the option to convert to solar)
* Fridge (if not running off gas or electric...have the option to convert to solar)
* NOTE: The Solar Panels could look like normal panels that attach to the roof/stay on the ground or could look like the shingles for more expensive homes (aka Solar shingles..is the roof).
- Have Eco-Solar Appliances and/or make an option to Convert them to Eco-Solar (Handiness skill)
- Have Meters
* Tells you your rainwater levels
* Tells you your solar levels (be able to sell the extra your sim doesn't use)
* Could also require repairs/maintenance (that up your handiness skill)
- Chickens
* Collect eggs to eat, use in recipes and sell
* Butchering for meat to eat, use in recipes and sell
* Rooster for breeding
* Being able to sell chicks/Raise to add to your own chicken family
- Goats
* Collect milk to drink, use in recipes and sell
* Butchering for meat to eat, use in recipes and sell
* Maybe add breeding in this one too
- Compost Bin....Could buy or make Homemade (use to fertilize garden or sale)
* Food scraps
* Spoiled food
* Dead plants
- Compost Traveling Toilet
* Be able to put in inventory (for nomads/camping)
* Requires cleaning it every couple of days (contents can be dumped in compost pile/bin or buried)
* Could make a "fancy" or leveled up one to have a built in incinerator that works with solar.
- Small Fridge that goes in/under the counter (like the dishwasher) that will work off-grid/gas/solar.
Pleeeaaseeee! Just some ideas I thought I would throw out there but would like to see The Sims do more challenging things! Makes more longer gameplay time and less burn out (due to the game being too easy to play and way to easy to make money). Greatly appreciate all that you guys do. I've been playing since the first Sims 3 base game and love it a lot.
Thanks for taking the time to read.
