Ugh excuse me while I vent...

Why cut the power because a vote is coming up? What a strange pack EL must be. I'm so very glad I opted to bypass that one. Oi! I feel your frustration, I do. Is it possible to roll back your game save and prevent the vote so that your Harvestfest isn't obliterated? Bad enough weddings often are a struggle, why violate the sanctity of giving thanks for the bountiful harvest?

If you get five or more signatures from your friends and Neighbours you can appeal the vote. I did after the same thing happened to me.

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for dinner. Or something like that.

"simgirl1010;c-17972842" wrote:
Guess you got some of that unexpectedness some are always clamoring for. :p

And which in my game I tend to enjoy! Where I live we have unexpected power shutdowns approximately once in a month and nobody is asking if it's a perfect timing for them or not. I don't mind the same happening in sims. It makes the game unpredictable and more challenging forcing to find a solution of some sort.
In one of my games I've ended with power shutdowns in the household where my sim was a gaming streamer. The power went off right in the middle of his 24 hours stream. Sure this was against plan but life always happens. And Sims is a life simulator. So next time he had an option to repel NAP or to invest in some power-generating equipment. It was a first time I was involved in repelling procedure and it was a nice additional experience.
But if I wouldn't search for it I have tones of options to evade it from turning off NAPS in general to using cheats for insta-rempving NAPS. Also cellphones works just fine if you leave the boundaries of your lot just a wee bit. Step outside on a sidewalk and boom phone is working again. I use this little "cheat" all the time.

@Harukotyan I mean my point isn't even really the power outage itself, but the fact that your cell phone doesn't work. That doesn't make sense considering it just went off. Cell phones don't need electricity right a way. That's my main complaint.

"BatmanFanGirl;c-17974253" wrote:
@Harukotyan I mean my point isn't even really the power outage itself, but the fact that your cell phone doesn't work. That doesn't make sense considering it just went off. Cell phones don't need electricity right a way. That's my main complaint.

Agree, that totally makes sense. Phone situation is pretty inconsistent. Not only phone behavior is unrealistic. I also do not like that they don't work at home but magically start working 5 meters away from sim lot as I mentioned above. Also the fact that they can't use the phone doesn't stop them from playing mobile games autonomously from time to time.

Yeah, NAP's are garbage. Gameplay buggy madness. Suggest you take em off to save your sanity.

Next holiday, Cook Grand Meal the day before & stick it in the fridge. Long as sims eat it on the actual holiday, the tradition is satisfied. Worked for me (but that was before lot trait updates). OR reschedule your calendar holidays & only sub the traditions with ones that won't be as 'challenging'.

Personal Vent:
Lore's taking 4 classes in Foxbury living solo in the Spice District. Lotta homework, no sleep. Friends with most of the neighbors, but no one had an Apartment Key. Came home from class one day & her homie was making cakes in the apartment! Excuse me? Sent her home, locked the door & more peeps kept staggering in. Spice Festival next day sent a bunch of unknown townies through her locked door making white cake. Total cakes in Inventory: 9

Lessons Learned: Buh-bye NAPs & too much cake makes them sick.

About the cell phone not working right away, in real life if power was deliberately shut off as per government order, it's possible they would also shut off power to the cell-phone towers and not allow the backup systems to kick in (To save energy as per the NAP). You could still turn on your phone until it's battery goes dead, but there would be no connection for communication or internet.

It is funny though (and dumb) that you can just step off the lot in game and it works. What do they do? Transmit interference EMP's to every house (Lot)? lol

"JunkyPoem;c-17974423" wrote:
Next holiday, Cook Grand Meal the day before & stick it in the fridge. Long as sims eat it on the actual holiday, the tradition is satisfied. Worked for me (but that was before lot trait updates). OR reschedule your calendar holidays & only sub the traditions with ones that won't be as 'challenging'.

I've gotten rid of the major premade holidays in Seasons—Love Day and their versions of Thanksgiving and Christmas all got binned. I replaced them with fun holidays like "Basketball Season Starts!" (the second Tuesday in autumn*) which has as its traditions Watch Sports and Grill Food. The start of NBA season on a Tuesday in October is the biggest day of my own fall calendar, so my sims follow suit.

I did, however, keep the periodic smaller holidays in the game, like Skill Day or Talk Like A Pirate Day (arr!) or whatever.

*my seasons are 28 days long, FWIW.

Eco Living gives me a fine because I use too much water. My home currently has no toilet.