NormalVille

Was playing around a bit and got rid of the neighbors that are already infected (just the premades) and the town is pretty normal. Other than having a few of the bizarre plants around my sims live pretty fine and weather is normal too if you didn't engage in the story line (meaning you opened the door with the keycard.)

In the Summertime I got like multiple heatwaves back to back. R.I.P my sims. :#

Yeah my town is pretty normal @LadyKyn cos I haven't been to the lab. I'm loving Strangerville, it's so beautiful to play in.

"elanorbreton;c-16997802" wrote:
Yeah my town is pretty normal @LadyKyn cos I haven't been to the lab. I'm loving Strangerville, it's so beautiful to play in.

Yep, even before I deleted the premades I only ever see them now and again. (They seem more active at night for me for some reason). Things are fairly normal other than the plants. Can understand if no one doesn't want to see the plants.

I really like the town myself. Atmosphere is great and just listening to the sounds at night is definitely different from other worlds. Definitely get this out of the way small town feel from it that you may be passing on through and that you probably didn't even know there was one out here hidden behind these rock formations. Never knew how much I enjoyed a western/desert fashion. XD

"elanorbreton;c-16997523" wrote:

"LaBlue0314;c-16997481" wrote:
You have to trigger the game to start up the infection/storyline. As long as you don't send your sim over to the mysterious science lab in the crater, it should not start up anything.

So why do people need mods or a 'clean' start up save?

Basically when you start a brand new save the strangeness is very mild. You will see a few glowing purple flower pods and the occasional affected sim walking about. But, once you play through all of that is gone and StrangerVille is a prettier version of Oasis Springs unless and until you decide to restart it.