Island Living - 'Off the Grid' lot trait
Does anyone have any information on the 'off the grid' lot trait. I saw the icon in a Sims VIP article as one of two new lot traits. Will it mean no electricity and water and therefore no bills? I...
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> @Beardedgeek said:
> The biggest issue is the complete logical failure that items that provides water cannot be cleaned "because there's no plumbing ".
>
> Hello? I just washed my hands in this sink and now I can't turn the tap on to scrub the sink itself??
The entire lot trait suffers from a logic failure.
- Can set auto-light for a single candle, but not an entire room because no power.
- Can comfortably shower in a waterfall or rain, but not in a shower that's presumably using collected rain.
- Only a couple of things can be cooked with gas, while IRL fully-functional gas stoves and ovens are quite common.
- Cell phone will work for days on the lot, but a laptop? Nope.
It's like they're trying to both ignore and embrace modern technology when it comes to off-the-grid living, and failing spectacularly.
> The biggest issue is the complete logical failure that items that provides water cannot be cleaned "because there's no plumbing ".
>
> Hello? I just washed my hands in this sink and now I can't turn the tap on to scrub the sink itself??
The entire lot trait suffers from a logic failure.
- Can set auto-light for a single candle, but not an entire room because no power.
- Can comfortably shower in a waterfall or rain, but not in a shower that's presumably using collected rain.
- Only a couple of things can be cooked with gas, while IRL fully-functional gas stoves and ovens are quite common.
- Cell phone will work for days on the lot, but a laptop? Nope.
It's like they're trying to both ignore and embrace modern technology when it comes to off-the-grid living, and failing spectacularly.
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