You could try to give them the "neurotic" trait and let them harvest a death flower (on the home lot, not the cemetery). Other plants work as well, but with death flowers, you can be sure that they die once harvested. No guarantee, but the constant crying over barren plants was the reason why I stopped making any sim neurotic.
Oh, but make sure that it's the only plant they harvest (or the last one). It doesn't work when there are other plants still queued up.

Late to the party, but anyway - how do you manage to get the Macro... Eat option on non-owned community lots? I've tried, but in spite of having several "lunch bags" in the sims' inventories, the option just wouldn't show up. Is it dependent on the macrotastics version (I have the one from the BV director's cut), or am I just doing it wrong?

You can delete the SDSC shown in the resource list just fine. It's the same thing, only presented in a different way. Personally, I prefer the way the sim description is shown in the newer SimPE versions, because (unless you're really blind and/or fatfingered) there's just no way to accidentally delete the sim DNA as well.
Plus, you don't have to write down the decimal values of the character files while "preparing for deletion" in-game, because SimPE shows both dec and hex values (okay, it does in my version).


It depends. The resources of a custom object, for example, are really just that (files within a package), so if you mess with them and your game blows up, you can usually repair the damage by removing the flawed package(s). Original objects, on the other hand, have a different structure. There aren't seperate files for the objects, but for the resources (one for all GMDCs, one for all SHPEs etc.) with a shitload of cross-references. If that's what you mean by "layer of abstraction", then yes.

My bet's on "stackable". As I understand it, the Pets fireplaces can't be placed on top of each other like other fireplaces (using the same chimney). No idea if there's a fix, though.

Different age group maybe? Happened to me once, that I couldn't find a sim I'd just saved, because the filter was set to YA (per default, I think), whereas the sim I was looking for was an adult. I re-created him two times before I realized that there was an age filter .

I have no idea if this makes a difference, but have you tried to place counters in a custom color scheme instead of placing counters in original colors and then style them?

If you really want to keep every idiot in the relationship panel, buy the "no distant friends" reward. It doesn't just prevent friends from becoming distant friends, but simply stops *any* relationship decay. Or at least, slows it down extremely. I've not noticed any changes for weeks (ingame). On the plus side, this is the case for negative relationships, too. My sim is still in the red with the burglar whose ass he kicked ages ago.

On the contrary - thanks to this option, there's no need to invest time in socializing. The game really doesn't need even more ways to improve plant quality.


Still, you could have posted your question in said thread.

From what I've seen, it just raises social, but much faster than in TS2. It's perfect for loner sims without any acquaintances, but it seems to do nothing for the plants.

Yes, awkward wording from my side, sorry. What I'm trying to say is that unlike in the predecessor, I do not have the feeling that I spend so much time watching them sleep, skill etc. because I'm not limited to the one active residential lot and thus can do more interesting things within the game, while the sims are occupied.

You watch your sims sleep? I use these hours to browse the town, so I know where to send them to collect stuff / go fish / visit potentially interesting spots right after waking up. Or I go to the beach and watch the waves .

Have you tried to restart the game? That's how I fixed a similar problem with the omniplant quest - after a restart, the option suddenly showed up. I have to add, though, that my opportunity log already said "Go there to finish the opportunity", which doesn't seem to be the case here.

They are - I've had several excellent (or even great) plants jump to perfect after being planted by a level 10 gardener (with the super green thumb perk, but not the green thumb trait). I think that it depends on the plant level, too. It takes several rounds of steak planting to get a perfect plant, whereas low-level stuff like lettuce improves really fast.

Seconded.

Heh. If this only were the case. I had a sim eat at the bistro, and not only one, but two townies decided to play for tips in front of the building. In combination with the bistro music, the acoustic result was interesting, but hardly enjoyable.

Good to know, thanks!

Same here.


I like the deathfish better . I grow them to stock my pond.

Oh, btw - can you stock a pond with salt water fish, too, or will they die?

Ah - another myth busted then. Yes, I knew about the reduced weeds, that's why I wanted the omniplant (and all other plants) in the first place. Not just to grow deathfish, although it does look funny.

Hit Movie Composers get the option to sign autographs (I guess, Rock Stars do, too?). It's a minigame where you have to sign as much autographs as possible in a given time. Easy money, a nice ego boost buff, and watching the fans freak out is funny, too. I was strongly reminded of TS1 Superstar (ah, the good times).

Solved! I was so damned sure that I'd overlooked something obvious (because that's usually the case when I get stuck in quests), that I didn't even think of a glitch. Restarting the game worked wonders, the option suddenly appeared.

You have no idea how often I controlled the steak quality and put them in and out of my inventory to see what the questlog said .

ETA: One thing is still unclear for me: Do you need all the other plants to complete the opportunity or not?

Okay, so I finally got the omniplant opportunity. I grew 10 outstanding/perfect steaks, but had no option to deliver them. I even made sure to be there when the bistro was open (11am - 11pm), although usually, opp options are just greyed outside the business hours instead of not showing at all.
Then I realized that I was still missing the flame fruit (the last one except the omniplant), and thought that this might be the reason why I couldn't finish the opportunity. More seed hunting. I lucked out and found some flame fruit seed, grew it, harvested it, back to the bistro - nada.

Any ideas what the hell I'm missing? I'm pretty sick of carrying those stupid steaks in my inventory .

Hm... I was sure that I'd examined every single plant in all three categories (flowers, bushes, trees). Will look again, thanks.

ETA: Yes, found them. Thanks again, Roflganger

1. Pianos
2. PIANOS
3. Shelves
4. - 10. FUCKING PIANOS !!1
11. Water plants*

* or am I blind? The Landgraabs *do* have water plants, but I've been unable to find them in build mode.

At least we have fountains and rugs - the lack thereof drove me mad in the TS2 base game.

Does anyone know what happens if you accidently decline this specific opportunity? Will you get a second chance, or are you just screwed (double screwed given that this opportunity seems to be mandatory for the omniplant one)?

Somehow, I now picture you with an exoskeleton.