Things You Didn't Know!

It is great helpful information for simmers who have Spellcasters in their households @EgonVM 🙂 It is good that there are ways to remove the curses also.

Today I think I'll share mold (mould).

So then, did you know that the mold spawning is affected by three things:

• Season and weather
• Moon phase
• If the lot is off-grid

So yeah, remember the following facts:

• Mold spawns less in winters.
• Mold spawns more when it's raining.
• Mold spawns more on new moons and crescent moons.
• Mold spawns less on full moons and gibbous moons.
• Being off-the-grid will make mold spawn a little more.

Toxic mold is more uncommon than allergic mold. There is no way to make them appear more often (though sims affected by it can spread the toxic mold). You can always get it from build mode when bb.showhiddenobjects cheat is activated.

Did you know that frequencies of certain maintenance events (in Residential Rentals and lots with Maintenance Troubles challenge) are affected by lot traits and challenges?

Here's the list:

• Filthy lot challenge: Increases chance for Pool Algae and Sewage Leak events
• Cursed lot challenge: Increases chance for the Cursed Book event
• Spooky lot challenge: Increases chance for the Haunting event
• Off-the-Grid lot challenge: Eliminates Water Leak and Electrical Malfunction events
• Creepy Crawlies lot challenge: Increases chance for Infestation event
• Reduce and Recycle lot challenge: Decreases chance for Trash Overload event
• Great Soil lot trait: Decreases chance for Garden Blight event
• Sunny Aspect lot trait: Decreases chance for Tenant Revolt event

So yeah, and these are only lot traits. These can also be affected by the residents and what objects are there and how much have they been used.

It is helpful to know how the lot traits and challenges can effect the chance of events @EgonVM Thanks for the information 🙂

I've decided to elaborate on maintenance events...

So, what type of residents cause certain events? Let's take a look!

• Charity event - More with high wealth and good sims.
• Cursed event - More with evil sims
• Haunting event - Less with Paranormal Investigator sims
• Infestation event - More with slob sims
• Maintenance Day event - More with neat and high handiness sims
• Pet Adoption Drive event - More with pet lover sims and sims with no pets.

So yeah, I will say though that I feel like the things based on traits (especially good one in Charity event) might involve more traits. But yeah...

Some tips to avoid certain maintenance events (it won't prevent it most of the time, just reduce the chance):

• Pool Algae - Swim in the pools you have from time to time.
• Garden Blight - Tend the plants there are, do at least some gardening.
• Electrical Malfunction - Keep electrical objects repaired.
• Explosion - Keep explosive (don't know the full list, but stoves are one of them) objects repaired.
• Infestation - Just be ready for it more after a Sewage Leak event.
• Maintenance Day - Keep objects clean and repaired.
• Sewage Leak - Keep the toilet repaired.
• Tenant Revolt - Visit your tenants (will be annoying to do) and keep objects clean and repaired.
• Trash Overload - Empty the trashcans you have.
• Water Leak - Keep plumbing objects repaired.

Thanks for the helpful tips to reduce the chance of having maintenance events @EgonVM 🙂 It is good to know things that help. 

Secret interaction dug up!

Let's go to Paranormal stuff pack. I've always wondered what this trait is for:

trait_Hidden_ParanormalInvestigator_AskedGrim

And now I know the answer! I'll put it under spoilers!

It might have been shared on the Internet before, but still, as I didn't know this myself, I'll share it here!

@EgonVMthe information you shared over the last two weeks is great. So many great insights. I will definitely be looking back if I want my spellcasters to get a specific curse.

A detail I'd like to add:

Did you know that the decursify spell only removes one curse at a time while the potion removes all curses at once. I found this very useful when I want my sim to keep a specific curse for story purposes.

It is great helpful information that you have posted about the differences between the decursify spell and the potion @atreya33 It is very helpful for simmers who have spellcasters in their household to know.