I have resisted the desire to toggle off rain/thunderstorms for a long time. I was afraid it would make the game more like the Endless Summer we get without Seasons. However, my Sim just can't get outside to tend to their garden. Weeds and bugs abound! They live in HoB, for one, and it seems to rain nearly all of the time. My Sim, a Rock Star, had a concert and a photoshoot to get to. He got struck by lightning in between events, so now he's dazed, besides a crispy Sim. It's been pouring in my game. I'm very tempted to turn rain/thunderstorms off, at least for a bit to see what happens.Has anyone else gone ahead and toggled off rain/thunderstorms, at least?

I use a mod by Bienchen called "Less Rain More Sun", that doesn't completely turn it off, it just lessens the frequency of rain and allows more sunshine instead.https://bienchen.sems-own-world.de/seasons/

I turned off anything that deals with storms and thunder, I got tired and annoyed with how much my sims were stressing out over it.

@GalacticGal you can always buy the weather machine. That will let you temporarily change the weather from rainy to sunny for a bit without having to turn off rain/thunder in game options. Though I think the available options depends on handiness level (?).

I use MCC weather cheats on the mailbox. I just left click/shift on it and choose which weather situation I want and how long I want to make it last. I use it all the time when my sims have farm animals who need to be cleaned, fed and sheds cleaned out. Boy does it make managing the weather easier.

I was tired of rain spoiling every outdoor event or activity my sims were doing so turned it off, and don't miss it.

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Chicklet45368
Rising Traveler
3 years ago
I use a mod by Bienchen called "Less Rain More Sun", that doesn't completely turn it off, it just lessens the frequency of rain and allows more sunshine instead.

https://bienchen.sems-own-world.de/seasons/
LaBlue0314
Rising Scout
3 years ago
I turned off anything that deals with storms and thunder, I got tired and annoyed with how much my sims were stressing out over it.
djsboonie
Seasoned Scout
3 years ago
@GalacticGal you can always buy the weather machine. That will let you temporarily change the weather from rainy to sunny for a bit without having to turn off rain/thunder in game options. Though I think the available options depends on handiness level (?).
bshag4lv
Seasoned Adventurer
3 years ago
I use MCC weather cheats on the mailbox. I just left click/shift on it and choose which weather situation I want and how long I want to make it last. I use it all the time when my sims have farm animals who need to be cleaned, fed and sheds cleaned out. Boy does it make managing the weather easier.
Susim62
New Spectator
3 years ago
I was tired of rain spoiling every outdoor event or activity my sims were doing so turned it off, and don't miss it.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"JustinB113;c-18194991" wrote:
I had a crazy storm in Glimmerbrook for about a week or so, it really changed the whole direction of what I was doing.

Just didn’t stop, destroyed some of my things my sims had just bought, all the sims were running around scared, all the trees and plants got weeds.

As someone who takes everything as it comes and enjoys randomness, this was awesome! ?. But if it happened too much or it went against something I was trying to do, I could see turning it off. But I did enjoy it.

My first cue should have been back when I was playing my Ancestral game save that is set in the 18th century. The clothes on the line (something most didn't have back then) never got dry. Never. They could hang there for days on end and still be wet. Too much rain. :open_mouth:
DaniRose2143
Hero
3 years ago
"LaBlue0314;c-18194445" wrote:
I turned off anything that deals with storms and thunder, I got tired and annoyed with how much my sims were stressing out over it.

I just recently did the same. It didn't bother too much if they were outdoors, it kind of made sense. But indoors and you're still freaking? It's not like the game added tornadoes or hurricanes. Then it would make sense, their being scared indoors.
dkk1327
New Spectator
3 years ago
Would be nice if you could simply train your Sims to not have anxiety in these weather conditions. ?
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"StuffyMarx;c-18195775" wrote:
A few of my Sims have the aspiration reward "Storm Chaser". They love thunderstorms. Getting hit by lightning makes them energized, but they're still all crispy on the outside.

I haven't tried that one, yet. Doesn't suit the personalities of the Sims I've been playing. One is a Musical Genius, Rock Star, Global Superstar, who has been struck by lightning in his recent past. His older brother is fast becoming a Soccer Star (trying out a new career for him, this go-around) and his next younger brother is a Physician, who was very Socially Awkward as a Teen. Dad is a Professor, Mom's an Erratic artist of some renown. Sister is in Starfleet, a scientist, Archaeologist and Anthropologist. Maybe she'd be the one, but she's newly married and the mother of twins. No time, there. LOL I may get adventurous at some poin.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"bshag4lv;c-18194944" wrote:
I use MCC weather cheats on the mailbox. I just left click/shift on it and choose which weather situation I want and how long I want to make it last. I use it all the time when my sims have farm animals who need to be cleaned, fed and sheds cleaned out. Boy does it make managing the weather easier.

I am going to have to check that one out. I always knew I wasn't using MCCC to its fullest. Thanks for the hint!