Odd things I noticed about Seasons
withacy:
I played this game almost non-stop over the weekend (I know, that's really really sad, I have no life - why do you think I have to live through my sims?).
One thing I noticed is that the Prima guide seems to say that you can "serve juice" (it mentions a batch of juice that serves 6 only needs 6 pieces of fruit, where serving one - say orange juice - takes 4 pieces) - but I don't get that option. The juice maker only makes one glass, and I can't even get the person making it to put it down (even by canceling as soon as they finish making it) so that a child can drink it. It would be nice to let kids drink the apple juice to do their homework faster, or orange juice if they get sick.
I also noticed that trees go dormant in the winter even if they're in a greenhouse.
Finally, I'm a little bit slow, but I finally figured out that the smartest way to build a greenhouse cheaper (if you don't use money cheats - which I rarely do) is to use regular walls for just under half the wall space of the greenhouse. They're a LOT cheaper, plus you can put lights on them for gardening in the dark. For instance, I'll use them on the corners, and a few squares here and there in the middle of the walls. They don't look too bad.
jsalemi:
Two things I've noticed about Seasons:
1) Each sub-hood has its own season schedule -- it doesn't inherit the seasons from the main hood. I use Strangetown as my test hood, and I discovered this both when I went to Uni for the first time, and when I went to my custom business hood for the first time. I set the main hood to be in autumn first, but Uni and the sub-hood both have summer set as their first season, and both had 1 day left in summer when I first entered lots there.
2) The autumn skilling boost is amazing for Uni -- one term paper and one class or 2 assignments fills up the grade bar completely. I had students ready to take the final with almost 60 hours left in the semester. With TJ's college clock I was able to get a student through an entire year in less than an hour of playing time. It may never be summer in my Uni. :)
MistyBlue:
So that's what happened...
I had 2 uni students set to rampage and they completely filled the meter before the day was through and I think before their fun meter bottomed out. It was the first day of a new semester so I didn't even have to worry about them for the rest of the time.
I thought something was going awry, but come to think of it, they did have those leaf things around their skill meters.
Simsample:
Quote from: withacy on 2007 March 05, 04:34:40
One thing I noticed is that the Prima guide seems to say that you can "serve juice" (it mentions a batch of juice that serves 6 only needs 6 pieces of fruit, where serving one - say orange juice - takes 4 pieces) - but I don't get that option. The juice maker only makes one glass, and I can't even get the person making it to put it down (even by canceling as soon as they finish making it) so that a child can drink it. It would be nice to let kids drink the apple juice to do their homework faster, or orange juice if they get sick.
I found that if you have poor quality fruit (i.e., a bland apple) that the 'serve' option does not show. If you have good quality produce (i.e., mouthwatering peppers) then the serve option shows up. The juices of the best produce also have special qualities- for example, the pepper juice seems to max out the energy bar, the eggplant juice gives a skill point (randomly selected) and the 'beauty cocktail' gives the drinker hearts and flowers- I presume this is the equivalent of the love potion and/ or perfume.
pioupiou:
Quote from: withacy on 2007 March 05, 04:34:40
One thing I noticed is that the Prima guide seems to say that you can "serve juice" (it mentions a batch of juice that serves 6 only needs 6 pieces of fruit, where serving one - say orange juice - takes 4 pieces) - but I don't get that option. The juice maker only makes one glass, and I can't even get the person making it to put it down (even by canceling as soon as they finish making it) so that a child can drink it. It would be nice to let kids drink the apple juice to do their homework faster, or orange juice if they get sick.
From my testings in game yesterday :
Apple Juice- 3 apples / 18 apples
Beauty Cocktail- 2 oranges, 2 cucumbers / 12 oranges, 12 cucumbers
Eggplant- 2 Eggplant / 12 Eggplant
Lemonade- 6 Lemons / 36 Lemons
Orange Juice- 6 Oranges / 36 oranges
Orangeade- 4 Oranges, 2 Lemons / 24 Oranges, 12 Lemons
Pepper Punch- 2 Peppers, 1 beans, 1 apples / 12 peppers, 6 beans, 6 apples
Strawberry Juice- 3 Strawberries / 18 Strawberries
Strawberry Lemonade- 2 Lemons, 2 strawberries / 12 Lemons, 12 Strawberries
Tomato Juice- 6 tomatoes / 36 tomatoes
Vegatable Cocktail- 1 tomato, 1 cucumber, 1 Pepper, 1 Beans / 6 tomatoes, 6 cucumbers, 6 peppers, 6 beans
Seems like the serving is always 6 times the single juice.
I don't know if the quality of the vegetables and fruits plays a role. The testing was done with the best qualities (mouthwatering ?? I'm playing the game in french)
Pioupiou
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