Warmth Fix Mod
J. M. Pescado:
The hot tub is not a source of temperature stability. Rather, it raises temperature by specific amounts every interval. So when a sim is in the hot tub, two conflicting forces battle over the sim's temperature: The decay for being outside in the cold naked or in a swimsuit, vs. the heat added by the hot tub. What outcome results from this fighting will vary widely, but for the most part, a sim cannot freeze because the -1/15m decay from reaching -95 will not be able to beat out the heat from the tub itself, so sims will most likely stick there.
Apsalar:
I installed the hack and so far I've been most pleased by it. I even got a sim 'sunburned' which haven't happened that much before. I don't know why I was worried, maybe because I was non-awesomely ignorant of how the hack works. I did notice though, that my sims seem to be able to reach the blue level indoors in the winter - plus he did the 'ooh it's cold reaction' - I checked the roof, and it was intact. Not that I complain, I thought it was very realistic. My sims did get warm when she went to bed. :) The other sim got warm when she was napping on the sofa.
Zazazu:
Navigator, when checking for indoors temperature integrity, you need to check 3 things.
1. Is the space completely enclosed by walls? (yeah, I know, that's a bit obvious)
2. Is the space completely covered by a roof?
3. If on the ground level, is the floor completely tiled? (this was the death of one of my sims)
If you've checked all three, your last solution is to cover the level the roof rests on with roof tiles. Sometimes the way the roofs are drawn leaves gaps that aren't noticeable by anything but the code vagaries.
jsalemi:
I had an odd one last night where sims were getting cold in one bathroom on the first floor, and when it snowed there was snow in the bathroom. Found out that it was caused by an in-floor hottub being in the open deck above the bathroom -- the game saw that as a hole in the roof! Got rid of the in-floor and everything was fine.
J. M. Pescado:
Another caveat: the "attic wall" produced by drawing gable roofs is not an insulated wall and will not stop temperature loss. OFB dome and cone roofs are also believed to be ineffective: Such structures need you to cover the top surface of the room with floor.
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