I haven't gotten a chance to play Seasons much yet but I found it difficult to choose which save game I wanted to test seasons with since most of them I'm a pretty controlling rotational player.I feel like seasons will have a significant impact on rotational play. Normally I like to play one household for a week, from Sunday to Sunday but I feel like I'm going to need to restrategize.I think my biggest concern is winter. I don't want to have to set all my played sims hot/cold weather clothes until I actually play that sim/household. Can currently uncontrolled played sims freeze to death while you are playing another household? In other words; if I'm currently playing X and run into Y from another played household at the park during a blizzard...can Y freeze to death since I can't currently control him/her?Anyway, just wondering if anyone has experienced any interesting ways that seasons have effected your rotational play. I'm thinking gardening will be a little trickier now and having all your households experience the different seasons & holidays, etc.

All Sims have game-generated Hot and Cold outfits to start, so that at least isn't an issue!

I am so glad you started this thread. I am too a controlling rotational player and I have to say I am going to have abit problem with my rotationals. I play over 20 households in my favorite saves and about a week in those I favor most and about 2-3 days in the others that are my least favorites and really just support, complimentary to my favorites (friends, neighbours and relatives). With seasons being fixed with 28 days on each season in an overall saved game I too am going to have to make some changes.I just wish we could start with a season on day one in each household and say if I stop playing a household on day 7 and move into another household, when I go back to the former household their season would still be on day 7. That way I could progress each household with seasons evenly.

I have a huge rotation of about 20+plus households. My rotations just got really long but I sort of like it and allows me to connect with the families a little more. I have aging on during the spring for 7 days and then I turn it off and play out the rest of the seasons with aging off. This is the only way I can get all of my household to enjoy all of the seasons.When I start from the beginning again, I will age through the summer etc so birthday are not always in the Spring.

The game-generated Hot and Cold outfits can look weird sometimes, so it's probably best to change the worst ones. I've went quickly in CAS with each household to change these. I plan on doing 28 weeks seasons, but since I don't have exactly 16 households in my rotation, it will most likely shift a bit each year. I initially wanted to one year per rotation, but I didn't realize new year's eve would fall in the middle of winter, and it kinda throws off my plan. One thing I've noticed so far is that while visiting the family in other neighborhoods, there can be different weather there, which adds another reason to go visit them instead of inviting.

Before I hit live mode, I made sure all my playable Sims had a hit and cold outfit of my own choice (because you know how weird randomised outfits are in this game :D ).I have only 5 households at the moment that I am playing and the settings I have so far are:Seasons last 2 weeks. The lifespan is set on normal and for only for the active household. With the first family I set it to also age unplayed households. It is working great at the moment because I play from Sunday to Sunday with each household and like this get to enjoy the season dinamically.

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luthienrising
Hero+
7 years ago
All Sims have game-generated Hot and Cold outfits to start, so that at least isn't an issue!
Stina1701A
Seasoned Novice
7 years ago
I am so glad you started this thread. I am too a controlling rotational player and I have to say I am going to have abit problem with my rotationals. I play over 20 households in my favorite saves and about a week in those I favor most and about 2-3 days in the others that are my least favorites and really just support, complimentary to my favorites (friends, neighbours and relatives). With seasons being fixed with 28 days on each season in an overall saved game I too am going to have to make some changes.

I just wish we could start with a season on day one in each household and say if I stop playing a household on day 7 and move into another household, when I go back to the former household their season would still be on day 7. That way I could progress each household with seasons evenly.
keekee53
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
I have a huge rotation of about 20+plus households. My rotations just got really long but I sort of like it and allows me to connect with the families a little more. I have aging on during the spring for 7 days and then I turn it off and play out the rest of the seasons with aging off. This is the only way I can get all of my household to enjoy all of the seasons.

When I start from the beginning again, I will age through the summer etc so birthday are not always in the Spring.
benjiu
7 years ago
The game-generated Hot and Cold outfits can look weird sometimes, so it's probably best to change the worst ones. I've went quickly in CAS with each household to change these.

I plan on doing 28 weeks seasons, but since I don't have exactly 16 households in my rotation, it will most likely shift a bit each year. I initially wanted to one year per rotation, but I didn't realize new year's eve would fall in the middle of winter, and it kinda throws off my plan.

One thing I've noticed so far is that while visiting the family in other neighborhoods, there can be different weather there, which adds another reason to go visit them instead of inviting.
AlbaWaterhouse
7 years ago
Before I hit live mode, I made sure all my playable Sims had a hit and cold outfit of my own choice (because you know how weird randomised outfits are in this game :D ).
I have only 5 households at the moment that I am playing and the settings I have so far are:
Seasons last 2 weeks. The lifespan is set on normal and for only for the active household. With the first family I set it to also age unplayed households.
It is working great at the moment because I play from Sunday to Sunday with each household and like this get to enjoy the season dinamically.
N0NoTToN0N
New Spectator
7 years ago
"Stina1701A;c-16559723" wrote:
Wait. Does aging off affect the seasons? Does it stay still if hte household has aging off?

I don't think so. You can use the weather machine to try and change the weather or season. You can also tweak snow, rain, thunderstorms and blizzards in settings.
N0NoTToN0N
New Spectator
7 years ago
"AlbaWaterhouse;c-16559780" wrote:
Before I hit live mode, I made sure all my playable Sims had a hit and cold outfit of my own choice (because you know how weird randomised outfits are in this game :D ).
I have only 5 households at the moment that I am playing and the settings I have so far are:
Seasons last 2 weeks. The lifespan is set on normal and for only for the active household. With the first family I set it to also age unplayed households.
It is working great at the moment because I play from Sunday to Sunday with each household and like this get to enjoy the season dinamically.

Yeah...not a fan of sims dressing themselves
purplestarz2006
New Spectator
7 years ago
"treece01;d-942611" wrote:
I haven't gotten a chance to play Seasons much yet but I found it difficult to choose which save game I wanted to test seasons with since most of them I'm a pretty controlling rotational player.
I feel like seasons will have a significant impact on rotational play. Normally I like to play one household for a week, from Sunday to Sunday but I feel like I'm going to need to restrategize.

I think my biggest concern is winter. I don't want to have to set all my played sims hot/cold weather clothes until I actually play that sim/household. Can currently uncontrolled played sims freeze to death while you are playing another household? In other words; if I'm currently playing X and run into Y from another played household at the park during a blizzard...can Y freeze to death since I can't currently control him/her?

Anyway, just wondering if anyone has experienced any interesting ways that seasons have effected your rotational play. I'm thinking gardening will be a little trickier now and having all your households experience the different seasons & holidays, etc.

To answer your question about uncontrolled Sims freezing to death.,.yes, they can.

I posted this same story on another thread yesterday, but I decided to throw an outdoor toddler play date during a heat wave. Some of the parents changed into their (hilarious) hot weather outfits, but not all of them. About 2 hours in, they started dropping so fast Grimmy couldn’t keep up.

(For what it’s worth, once I reloaded I tried again but used a different lot; one that has a building on it so they could go inside. This time everyone changed or showed up in the right outfit.)
N0NoTToN0N
New Spectator
7 years ago
"purplestarz2006;c-16559961" wrote:
"treece01;d-942611" wrote:
I haven't gotten a chance to play Seasons much yet but I found it difficult to choose which save game I wanted to test seasons with since most of them I'm a pretty controlling rotational player.
I feel like seasons will have a significant impact on rotational play. Normally I like to play one household for a week, from Sunday to Sunday but I feel like I'm going to need to restrategize.

I think my biggest concern is winter. I don't want to have to set all my played sims hot/cold weather clothes until I actually play that sim/household. Can currently uncontrolled played sims freeze to death while you are playing another household? In other words; if I'm currently playing X and run into Y from another played household at the park during a blizzard...can Y freeze to death since I can't currently control him/her?

Anyway, just wondering if anyone has experienced any interesting ways that seasons have effected your rotational play. I'm thinking gardening will be a little trickier now and having all your households experience the different seasons & holidays, etc.

To answer your question about uncontrolled Sims freezing to death.,.yes, they can.

I posted this same story on another thread yesterday, but I decided to throw an outdoor toddler play date during a heat wave. Some of the parents changed into their (hilarious) hot weather outfits, but not all of them. About 2 hours in, they started dropping so fast Grimmy couldn’t keep up.

(For what it’s worth, once I reloaded I tried again but used a different lot; one that has a building on it so they could go inside. This time everyone changed or showed up in the right outfit.)

Hmm....I'm not opposed to townies dying but I generally don't want my played sims dying without my approval. Lol. But even if I set the hot/cold weather clothes for all my household is that a guarantee that they'll wear them appropriately when I'm not playing them?
Reddestiny921
Seasoned Veteran
7 years ago
I rotated just fast enough to see one of my played sims was about to die of freezing, I got the notification but managed to warm him up enough.