Off the Grid & Getting Bills

"Plainevil;c-17737715" wrote:

"Justin;c-17737688" wrote:
Just encountered this myself. Is there a way around or is it a bug?

Off the Grid, gets bills now, just not the water and Elec part you also get a discount of about 20% off the lot and inventory value.

Really? That sucks honestly. I was using it for my homeless challenge /: thanks for letting me know

"Justin;c-17738244" wrote:

"Plainevil;c-17737715" wrote:

"Justin;c-17737688" wrote:
Just encountered this myself. Is there a way around or is it a bug?

Off the Grid, gets bills now, just not the water and Elec part you also get a discount of about 20% off the lot and inventory value.

Really? That sucks honestly. I was using it for my homeless challenge /: thanks for letting me know

But, a homeless sim will probably not have much of a lot value? Would be strange if a sim living in a huge off the grid castle should not pay any bills at all, even if living primitively. I'm all for a small charge. Anyone hating it can easily cheat enough money to cover those bills. But I thought a challenge was part of the fun?

"GalacticGal;c-17205023" wrote:
I have to say I love the idea of living off-the-grid. In reality, it's really, really hard. My poor Sim gets wash-tub arms just trying to keep her small family in clean clothes. Not only that, but it rains entirely too much in my game and stuff rarely gets dry in a timely manner. Since this save is 'set' in the 18th century, I have made it a good will effort to stay true to the times. But, I have made a choice, that when they move again (and they moved about every three years) I will reflect his growing success by giving them a real washer and dryer in their outlying washhouse. Then, once they move to the Settlements (the Original Wild West), gone will be the niceties, shortly thereafter. Candles were very hard to come by, for instance. No matter if you could pay for them, or not.

As far as your rain problem, IRL I live in a very very rainy place. Clotheslines where I live have rainroofs over them. Maybe you could try building a room, putting a roof over it, and then delete the room and put wooden pillars to "hold up the roof" and put the clothesline under that. and see if your sims clothes dry in a timely fashion. It would be a realistic thing, and would be in keeping of your 18th century theme.

And now for the OP, try clicking on the mailbox and chose the "show bills information" option. It will show you what it is that your sims are paying for.