Off the Grid
Now that we have off the grid we need two things: 1. A filter for all off the grid items. 2. All the off the grid items properly marked and enabled. Why did they label the wood stove as a gas s...
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"Sindocat;c-17130410" wrote:"unsatisfied;c-17130336" wrote:
It would also be cool if we could boil water from the ocean in island living to drink...
You can't boil the salt out of water. The water evaporates and you end up with everything else. To treat seawater to become drinkable, it has to be distilled, which is messy. Primitive living has never come up with a good way of desalinating seawater, and even with tech, it's surprisingly tricky. What Sulani does have plenty of, however, is freshwater streams. That's what actually made South Pacific islands habitable. A rain-barrel cistern would work, too.
I hope that the devs do revisit the "Off The Grid" Lot Trait to make it more representative, and it does seem rushed. Off the grid living is a thing I have done in real life, from time to time, and it is awkward and a hassle, but there are occasions where I could see wanting it for my Sims, and I'd like it to be implemented better.
Yes, for me it would be great when playing my ancestral game save. We're talking 18th century when they either used candles (if they were well-to-do, or just rush lights that lasted for an entire hour). Washing was done by use of a bucking tub and bat (the tub they gave us in the game would do nicely) and then hanging the clothes (after cranking the items through the box mangle to squeeze out the excess water) over bushes. TVs and radio wasn't back then, so they told stories after supper (which was really their cold leftovers from Dinner— what we now call lunch). Interesting to learn what we can and can't do with this lot trait.
