Off The Grid Living

"Rudiarose;c-17162895" wrote:

The stove is silly cannot anymore then two items no matter how high your cooking is. That and salad. The grill is the only thing you can make more on.

It's utterly ridiculous! Everything you can cook on or in an electric stove/oven you can more or less do on gas stoves and cast iron stoves that uses wood.


I mentioned this on another discussion about off the grid but might as well mention it here aswell:

I really like the idea of the trait, and would love to have some of my sims live on a lot with it. I actually have one in Brindleton Bay and another in Windenburg that technically are! But I don't feel like playing them until it gets sorted out. The top things being these:

• There are items that should be marked as off-the-grid, yet they're not. Like the wash tub and some candle lights.
  
• Being able to clean things. If I can flush the toilet and shower, even though they are water saving, then I sure can clean them. There are even ways to clean without water.
  
• Useage of baths. Again, if I can take a water saving shower then I can fill a bathtub with a little water to clean a toddler or a dog.
  
• Stoves and the cooking/baking. I may not be that familiar with gas stoves but I am quite so with cast iron stoves that uses wood (Which one of the stoves is, not gas), and they can be used almost the same way as my modern one. That includes baking! It's just different and harder if you're not used to it.
  
• A search filter for the items would be nice.
  
• Newspaper/catalog of some sort so sims can look for work and order upgrade parts etc.
  

I'm sure there is more, but those are the ones I could think of right now.
It would be great with some item additions to the trait aswell. Such as rainwater collectors, solarpanels, outhouses, more lights like oil lamps, iceboxes, windmills etc.

I’m going to try a glass roof and lots of windows for the day time.

I agree with @RIP-Troika-Games we need off the grid baths. When you live off the grid you don't have showers 1. Because you need some sort of pump to get enough water pressure for a shower and 2. A shower is single person single use whereas with a bath you fill with 2 inches of water then you can wash your entire family, your clothes and your pet and then use the water outside. With the one fill of the tub.
I lived off the grid for years as a child and was shocked that showers were the off the grid bathing item.

I don't know if anyone already suggested this and I'm not going to search through 9 pages of posts, but you can plant a garden and live off fruits and veggies and won't even need a fridge or a stove. Although, I'd at least buy a camping cooler for drinks and other quick foods to eat. Probably a camp fire as well.

"Arzekial;c-17163912" wrote:
I don't know if anyone already suggested this and I'm not going to search through 9 pages of posts, but you can plant a garden and live off fruits and veggies and won't even need a fridge or a stove. Although, I'd at least buy a camping cooler for drinks and other quick foods to eat. Probably a camp fire as well.

@Arzekial I did that on a sim in my teen runaway challenge and that was before off the grid. So I don't see any reason to why it shouldn't work on off the grid :)
Though, I must say it feels a bit tiresome sometimes telling your sim to munch down a bunch of fruits and veggies, over telling them to eat one single meal.

"RIP-Troika-Games;c-17163931" wrote:

"Arzekial;c-17163912" wrote:
I don't know if anyone already suggested this and I'm not going to search through 9 pages of posts, but you can plant a garden and live off fruits and veggies and won't even need a fridge or a stove. Although, I'd at least buy a camping cooler for drinks and other quick foods to eat. Probably a camp fire as well.

@Arzekial I did that on a sim in my teen runaway challenge and that was before off the grid. So I don't see any reason to why it shouldn't work on off the grid :)
Though, I must say it feels a bit tiresome sometimes telling your sim to munch down a bunch of fruits and veggies, over telling them to eat one single meal.

Yeah, it can get a little annoying. However, if you carry around several different types you can select different fruits/veggies and it will queue them up to eat and won't seem as annoying. Like : eat - apple, grape, plantain, carrot.

Not only that, it never spoils and you always have food on you. So, if you're ever at a ruins party and get hungry, but the bartender decided to take the night off, you can still eat!

"Arzekial;c-17163943" wrote:

"RIP-Troika-Games;c-17163931" wrote:

"Arzekial;c-17163912" wrote:
I don't know if anyone already suggested this and I'm not going to search through 9 pages of posts, but you can plant a garden and live off fruits and veggies and won't even need a fridge or a stove. Although, I'd at least buy a camping cooler for drinks and other quick foods to eat. Probably a camp fire as well.

@Arzekial I did that on a sim in my teen runaway challenge and that was before off the grid. So I don't see any reason to why it shouldn't work on off the grid :)
Though, I must say it feels a bit tiresome sometimes telling your sim to munch down a bunch of fruits and veggies, over telling them to eat one single meal.

Yeah, it can get a little annoying. However, if you carry around several different types you can select different fruits/veggies and it will queue them up to eat and won't seem as annoying. Like : eat - apple, grape, plantain, carrot.

Not only that, it never spoils and you always have food on you. So, if you're ever at a ruins party and get hungry, but the bartender decided to take the night off, you can still eat!

I rather have a tasty apple over a drink anyway!

In my game I have a cc canning station (probably MTS). It would make the off-the-grid sim busy with food related activities. Canned stuff can be eaten, but I don't know for sure if that specific cc stove requires electricity. If so, you could always make a canning corner on a community lot, and go there like a daily chore to fix your meals. Those canned jars can also be sold, either from inventory or at the market table.

I've built an entire house to be livable off the grid and it works really well (gallery name: Conservationist Hideaway). As long as you're not putting leftovers away, the fridge will not have food rot so you can use it to get ingredients out of it and cook them. Fresh ingredients that are grown in the garden will not rot in an off the grid fridge but fish will.

"PlayerSinger2010;c-17108150" wrote:

"Dannydanbo;c-17106760" wrote:

"nerdfashion;c-17106755" wrote:

"Dannydanbo;c-17106681" wrote:
If your sim lives on a lot with the Off The Grid trait, will their cell phone still work?

Hmmm... now the ordering pizza tactic might not work...

I was wondering about selecting odd jobs.

From what I've read, cell phones won't work when you're on a lot with the Off The Grid trait. But I don't see why it wouldn't work if you go into town or to another lot.

Even if they have a job I don't think the prompt to go to work ever happens. But they can go into town and register as self employed and do fishing or painting or gardening or all.