Okay. I gave Cowplants another try. I was so down with this. I spent many hours building a 'Botanist Herbalist Lair'. I even bought the pack to develop an herbalist and hung out with the hermit and gathered many goodies. I'm generally a good sport and I'm of the understanding that my guy will need a Cow Plant for some aspirations, plus I'm sharing the build in my gallery, so hey, I grow the guy a Cowplant for his 'office/work room'. So, it matures. This carnivorous plant is on double-lockdown. I know the drill. It's locked a room that only the botanist can access. Plus there's a fence around the Cowplant with a gate that I lock from everyone, and only unlock it for the botanist as he is going in to feed it. I'm so careful. No problem. Ya, right...'Mr. Botanist' feeds the Cowplant, plays with it and goes to work. All is on lockdown. I'm working on other household stuff and notice out of the corner of my eye that one of the household members has come home from work and is making a beeline for the backyard. Before I can get to him he's standing in front of the Cowplant. Too late. 'Brandon' was vomited out into a puddle of green goo. He seems to have come out of it fine. Finally got to try the milking thing. :/ Wow. The real kicker is that I double checked and the door and gate were locked in the manner I mentioned. What???https://monsheridesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CowPlant.jpghttps://monsheridesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CowPlant-2.jpg

youch! I guess the cowplant's seduction bypasses all locks? I had to let mine die off because he was so demanding and also regularly eating one of my sims. that cake slice is simply too strong.

Your poor sim! I’ve had one sim die by cow plant but usually I can’t keep them alive long enough to kill sims.

A while back I had problems with locks simply not working. I don't know if this is still the case.Good news for you is that sims always survive the first time and from what I've heard, they wont autonomously take the cake while they still have the moodlet (which would kill them).

Locks have been buggy for a while. I've noticed that if I lock it for everyone but my sim, it works fine. But once I add additions like 'Except for employees,' it breaks. Suddenly, everyone walks through the gate/door like it's not even locked.

"@TLM08;c-16763975" wrote:I have a question about the cowplant. Can anyone tell me when the cowplant was first released in the game? I thought it had been around since The Sims (1) but my fiancee swears there wasn't a cowplant until Sims 3. "The Cowplant first appeared as the career reward for the Natural Science career in The Sims 2: University." I thought it was in TS1 too but guess not! A similar plant made an appearance in Bustin' Out as well.

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littlemissgogo
7 years ago
youch! I guess the cowplant's seduction bypasses all locks? I had to let mine die off because he was so demanding and also regularly eating one of my sims. that cake slice is simply too strong.
MidnightAura86
New Spectator
7 years ago
Your poor sim! I’ve had one sim die by cow plant but usually I can’t keep them alive long enough to kill sims.
simsimsere
Rising Scout
7 years ago
A while back I had problems with locks simply not working. I don't know if this is still the case.

Good news for you is that sims always survive the first time and from what I've heard, they wont autonomously take the cake while they still have the moodlet (which would kill them).
janyses
New Observer
7 years ago
Locks have been buggy for a while. I've noticed that if I lock it for everyone but my sim, it works fine. But once I add additions like 'Except for employees,' it breaks. Suddenly, everyone walks through the gate/door like it's not even locked.
littlemissgogo
7 years ago
"@TLM08;c-16763975" wrote:
I have a question about the cowplant. Can anyone tell me when the cowplant was first released in the game? I thought it had been around since The Sims (1) but my fiancee swears there wasn't a cowplant until Sims 3.

"The Cowplant first appeared as the career reward for the Natural Science career in The Sims 2: University." I thought it was in TS1 too but guess not! A similar plant made an appearance in Bustin' Out as well.
Karababy52
New Spectator
7 years ago
Cow plants creep me out. I've mostly only had my Sims grow them to fulfill the Freelance Botanist aspiration and then they get sold or I let them die and use them for landscape decorations. However, they are good simoleon makers for financially disadvantaged Sims. If any of my Sims fish up a cowberry they don't need, I would have them take it home, plant it and then immediately go into build mode to sell it for 475 simoleons! They have to plant it first though to get that amount of simoleons.

Of course, this was before the gardening patch prior to Seasons when the berries were only worth 20 simoleons. I think they're currently worth 180. Not sure what they are worth after they've been planted now since I don't send very many Sims fishing anymore and kinda/sorta abandoned gardening after the grafting option was borked. *shrugs*
invisiblgirl
7 years ago
"SheriGR;c-16760209" wrote:
"IceyJ;c-16760050" wrote:
Locks have been buggy for a while. I've noticed that if I lock it for everyone but my sim, it works fine. But once I add additions like 'Except for employees,' it breaks. Suddenly, everyone walks through the gate/door like it's not even locked.

Good to know, @IceyJ ...I will keep that in mind. Unfortunately in this case I had the outer room set to lock for everyone but this sim, and the gate around the Cow Plant is locked to everyone. So weird. It used to work for me before (when I had Cow Plants in the 'big city'. The other locks work in the house (I have certain doors and locks set to be locked for dogs). Go figure. Anyway, I think that Cow Plant is going to live in their inventory until he needs him for a grant or goal... and then I can remove the gate until it's feeding time for the 'handler' to handle. :/

It's in Newcrest. Anyone have the issue in Newcrest?

My locks work fine (though I did have an issue with a nanny who couldn't get in, even though the door was enabled for employees).

As for the cowplant, I agree that it's become very demanding. I'd feed it when my Sim did the rest of the gardening in the morning, and by evening, it would be offering cake. (I also have an evil whim to put a cowplant in a public park, but sadly, I couldn't transfer it out of the household inventory when I edited the park.)
SheriGR
Hero
7 years ago
"Karababy52;c-16764037" wrote:
Cow plants creep me out. I've mostly only had my Sims grow them to fulfill the Freelance Botanist aspiration and then they get sold or I let them die and use them for landscape decorations. However, they are good simoleon makers for financially disadvantaged Sims. If any of my Sims fish up a cowberry they don't need, I would have them take it home, plant it and then immediately go into build mode to sell it for 475 simoleons! They have to plant it first though to get that amount of simoleons.

Of course, this was before the gardening patch prior to Seasons when the berries were only worth 20 simoleons. I think they're currently worth 180. Not sure what they are worth after they've been planted now since I don't send very many Sims fishing anymore and kinda/sorta abandoned gardening after the grafting option was borked. *shrugs*

Ya... what's up with the broken grafting thing? Don't get me started on that one... :|
Tiffym020806
7 years ago
@littlemissgogo Thanks! I was having a hard time finding this!
waving-cheshire
7 years ago
My gates almost never lock when they're supposed to. Especially if there's something of interest like the Cowplant behind it for the Sims to want to get to. I'll double check that a certain Sim can't get in, go do something else with a different Sim, and then a few minutes later the other one has to pee, but can't because he's ow locked inside an area he was never meant to be in. Honestly, this needs to be fixed. I can't stand watching my Sims just plow through a fence I took the time to lock, just to get momentarily eaten by a plant. Even if it is funny to watch, sometimes.