Seasons was released while I was out of town, so I'm only just now getting to play with it, but there's one thing I can't seem to figure out. Maybe I have a mod installed that is giving me issues, but how exactly does one handle rainwear? My sim that's been outside hasn't put on a raincoat automatically (and as a result is complaining about being wet) -- do I need to manually put one on every single time a sim goes outside when it's raining?! And where does one set the outfit(s) to be worn as rainwear? Right now I have them under Hot Weather, but they aren't available by default, and you need to remove the Hot Weather filter in order to find the raincoats. But I see no Outdoor/Rainwear category. And with them as HW, when I click on my sim to switch outfits.... they don't change their outfit to the raincoats!Seriously, am I missing something obvious?

Well that's dumb! The announcement trailer (only one I've seen -- again, was out of town) certainly implied raincoats would actually be useful, as only one of the scenes in the rain had someone carrying an umbrella -- the rest were just wearing raincoats! Maybe they'll patch it in soon, with a little luck. Thanks for the info!

There is no rainwear category so your sims won't automatically switch to their rainwear when it's raining. They have umbrellas though and should automatically take one out provided you've had them select an umbrella. They will automatically change into their hot/cold clothes because there are hot and cold categories. Their raincoats and such will not keep them dry. Only the umbrellas do that. At least, that's how I understand it.

From my understanding the raincoats are mainly just for visuals. I have a rain outfit set both in my hot outfit category and my cold, I manually switch into those outfits when I want my sims to play in the rain, they still get wet but at least it looks like they're wearing some form of rain protection.

Kinda made me sad there wasn't a raincoat category too. :( Even if it came in a usable item, like the umbrella stand, where we had an interactable coat and shoe rack.. that actually would've been kinda awesome.

I've used raincoats as "Cold" outfits for Sims who live in warmer climates. I figure they just don't own full-on cold-winter gear and make do :)

Raincoats -- am I missing something?

14 Replies

TranquilloSims
8 years ago
There is no rainwear category so your sims won't automatically switch to their rainwear when it's raining. They have umbrellas though and should automatically take one out provided you've had them select an umbrella. They will automatically change into their hot/cold clothes because there are hot and cold categories.

Their raincoats and such will not keep them dry. Only the umbrellas do that.

At least, that's how I understand it.
filipomel
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
From my understanding the raincoats are mainly just for visuals. I have a rain outfit set both in my hot outfit category and my cold, I manually switch into those outfits when I want my sims to play in the rain, they still get wet but at least it looks like they're wearing some form of rain protection.
WyntirNox
New Veteran
8 years ago
Kinda made me sad there wasn't a raincoat category too. :( Even if it came in a usable item, like the umbrella stand, where we had an interactable coat and shoe rack.. that actually would've been kinda awesome.
JSwartz0181
Seasoned Rookie
8 years ago
Well that's dumb! The announcement trailer (only one I've seen -- again, was out of town) certainly implied raincoats would actually be useful, as only one of the scenes in the rain had someone carrying an umbrella -- the rest were just wearing raincoats! Maybe they'll patch it in soon, with a little luck.

Thanks for the info!
luthienrising
Hero+
8 years ago
I've used raincoats as "Cold" outfits for Sims who live in warmer climates. I figure they just don't own full-on cold-winter gear and make do :)
ebonie422
8 years ago
I put my raincoat in everyday wear and it kept my Sims dry.
gunngirl184
8 years ago
I agree there should have been a rainy weather category. I love the raincoats and boots. They should have included raincoats for dogs too.
LaurenLoser
8 years ago
On one hand, yet another category to stress about in CAS sounds sort of awful (for a player like me who hates CAS).

On the other, it is annoying when my sims are wearing the wrong outfits autonomously. I don't like it in everyday, because they'll choose to wear raincoats occasionally when it is bright and sunny out. I don't like it in the cold category, either, because sometimes in summer it is raining but still warm out.
BadCowboy1969
7 years ago
Ok am I missing something? Y'all are talking about the raincoats, but no one's saying where they are. I looked all through the clothes and can't find them anywhere. Are they listed under something I'm just not looking at? So far I've looked at jackets, tops, and sweaters.
paradiseplanet27
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"TravisBlackfox;c-16695012" wrote:
Ok am I missing something? Y'all are talking about the raincoats, but no one's saying where they are. I looked all through the clothes and can't find them anywhere. Are they listed under something I'm just not looking at? So far I've looked at jackets, tops, and sweaters.

They are in the Full-Body outfits/Suits category.