"WinMacSims3;902583" wrote:
Yes I know you can use cheats or mods but there are Simmers (such as myself) who want to get things without cheats. I always play my games without using any cheats or mods.
Growfruit can be bought in Granite Falls if you have OR (still not sure if this is by design or a bug, but it works for me everytime).
As for the other missables I suggest a simple rule: If the effort you have to put into obtaining them is on par or higher than that of the original challenge, then you have earned the item in question fairly. Instead of raising growfruit to perfection, for example, you could require your sims to do the same with an UFO fruit or dragonfruit (which they have to aquire first) to unlock the growfruit challenge planter box.
I guess it's less of a problem for sandbox players who do not need the validation of having "earned" or "unlocked" an item. When I set my stage for a new save, then I have no qualms about unlocking whatever I need and mentally (on scratch paper or in a text file) locking what features/items I don't my sims to have access to yet.
