Question about "after" winning the fight

"DemyanoSlav;c-16980108" wrote:

"FairyGodMother;d-956329" wrote:
My sim finished fighting the "Mother" and then I had her join the Military (she is level 4 now, I think). She gets fan mail, which is a nice touch but now to the part where I am really worried.

Question:
She hangs out at the bar after work and I noticed the toilet there has vines growing out of it. My whole town seems to be back to normal. Is this the start of starting over? (I don't want to go thru that again)

Why are you worried... it's a bloody game.

Sure its a game, but I wasn't ready to stir all that up again atm. I already started a new one and going to play it differently. I just want to preserve my first game in case I can't defeat her again, LOL

"mock68;c-16992534" wrote:
How did you beat the mother plant?
My sim and the three sim team members went for the plant and fought it but it ate my main sim and the game ended?
How do you beat it?

Load up on vaccines- you can use them throughout the fight to throw at the mother plant and kill her quicker. Also make sure you are commanding the sims to mega spray the mother so her health goes down quicker.

Watch your infection levels- if they rise too quickly then it’s best to retreat.

"FairyGodMother;c-16980278" wrote:
@Writin_Reg and @Freygea I never cleaned it. I ended up tucking it away as my safe game.

I already started a new game, but haven't stirred anything up yet. I will take your advice and clean the darn vines if I beat her again! LOL

It won't start up again unless you revive her - from my understanding. I have not revived the mother so I don't know firsthand. I just know cleaning a sink or toilet with the vines has gotten rid of them permanently. I am playing a regular game in the town now and no illness or plants has returned.

I saw where some simmers have revived the mother and she acts more like a Genie I've heard - but have not tried it myself. I am enjoying just playing in the town for now. I moved my Sim up to one of the empty lots on the Hill and have been building him a house as he earns his way up the Ladder in the military. He is one of the Men in Black kind of soldiers and is pretty high up. Oddly his best friend is the kooky Conspirator Theorists that runs that stand - my sim gave him a key way back when the town was infected so he comes and goes quite often - visiting to use my sims stuff - like the huge telescope - a lot.

I do wish we could do something with that big lab though - at least on the main floor - that way the Mother could stay there in case I ever get an idea to want to revive her - but it just sits there wasting all that space for no good reason. I don't want to delete it so it is annoying I cannot do anything to it. I keep thinking it could make an interesting Mall and club if it would let me clean it up with out cheats etc. I don't use cheats or mods -

Reviving the Mother doesn't start the infections/story again. But you can ask her for weirdness (3 different levels) and the spores will be there again. You can also ask her for presents (money, youth or promotions) and there won't be any changes in the neighbourhood .

"Writin_Reg;c-16993016" wrote:

"FairyGodMother;c-16980278" wrote:
@Writin_Reg and @Freygea I never cleaned it. I ended up tucking it away as my safe game.

I already started a new game, but haven't stirred anything up yet. I will take your advice and clean the darn vines if I beat her again! LOL

It won't start up again unless you revive her - from my understanding. I have not revived the mother so I don't know firsthand. I just know cleaning a sink or toilet with the vines has gotten rid of them permanently. I am playing a regular game in the town now and no illness or plants has returned.

I saw where some simmers have revived the mother and she acts more like a Genie I've heard - but have not tried it myself. I am enjoying just playing in the town for now. I moved my Sim up to one of the empty lots on the Hill and have been building him a house as he earns his way up the Ladder in the military. He is one of the Men in Black kind of soldiers and is pretty high up. Oddly his best friend is the kooky Conspirator Theorists that runs that stand - my sim gave him a key way back when the town was infected so he comes and goes quite often - visiting to use my sims stuff - like the huge telescope - a lot.

I do wish we could do something with that big lab though - at least on the main floor - that way the Mother could stay there in case I ever get an idea to want to revive her - but it just sits there wasting all that space for no good reason. I don't want to delete it so it is annoying I cannot do anything to it. I keep thinking it could make an interesting Mall and club if it would let me clean it up with out cheats etc. I don't use cheats or mods -

It would be so fun to be able to make a nursery for Mother and her babies on the top floor of the lab. (I think there is a cheat to add a mother plant and then you can place her anywhere)

"Gagea;c-16993028" wrote:
Reviving the Mother doesn't start the infections/story again. But you can ask her for weirdness (3 different levels) and the spores will be there again. You can also ask her for presents (money, youth or promotions) and there won't be any changes in the neighbourhood .

You don't need to revive her to get the gifts. First time I played, first time I met her, I kept selecting the option "Attempt to communicate" and saw her friendship bar kept getting better. I kept doing it, eventually it went from full red to full green. (Took quite a while). Then I could ask for gifts. The gifts aren't much though.

I was hoping I could use the external small plants to ask for gifts, but it doesn't work like that. You have to keep going all the way back to her and ask.

"mock68;c-16992534" wrote:
How did you beat the mother plant?
My sim and the three sim team members went for the plant and fought it but it ate my main sim and the game ended?
How do you beat it?

My sim had the strangerville mystery aspiration, traits were paranoid, active, and creative. I kept an eye on the aspiration to see what I needed to do. I also skilled up my sim in between working on beating the mother. My sim ended up recruiting two military people and one science person to help. First time two of them had to pee and walked real slow, I just disbanded and went home (didn't even make it to the bottom floor where the Mother was). Then the next morning I made sure her needs were full and called the recruits together and then directed them in tiny steps, to where the mother was. (I figured if I did it in late morning, the recruits should have needs filled or at least not have to pee). :D I used the mega spray (not sure if that was an available option at the beginning of the fight?) but I used it pretty consistently. I only had them "be careful" a few times. I didn't have them retreat because I didn't know what to expect, but my team was high in the red bar! Finally won though.

I have made several "new games" since I tucked this game away and saved it as my "win game". I have yet to stir things up in my other games, as I am enjoying the game, but I will.....eventually!

Keep trying, you will beat it, sometimes it takes multiple tries from other stories I have read!

@kalaksed Very insightful thread you linked! Thank you!

I did not know I could go alone and the recruits would just show up at the bottom! I really didn't know how long the medicine (or whatever it was you gave them to recruit them) would last. I was worried (since I waited till the next day) if they would even stay or help, LOL.

I would not want to go solo at all, If I go down.....I want to take others with me :D

How did you beat the mother plant?
My sim and the three sim team members went for the plant and fought it but it ate my main sim and the game ended?
How do you beat it?

"gettps;c-16993476" wrote:

"Gagea;c-16993028" wrote:
Reviving the Mother doesn't start the infections/story again. But you can ask her for weirdness (3 different levels) and the spores will be there again. You can also ask her for presents (money, youth or promotions) and there won't be any changes in the neighbourhood .

You don't need to revive her to get the gifts. First time I played, first time I met her, I kept selecting the option "Attempt to communicate" and saw her friendship bar kept getting better. I kept doing it, eventually it went from full red to full green. (Took quite a while). Then I could ask for gifts. The gifts aren't much though.

I was hoping I could use the external small plants to ask for gifts, but it doesn't work like that. You have to keep going all the way back to her and ask.

Anybody knows if you can use the "Besties Greating" on Mother?