The Seasons and Weather Controller allows you to change the current season and the season's length with just a couple of mouse clicks. There is also an option to make weather and even turn weather off altogether. You can find the object under misc/misc in the object catalog.


3/15/2007 Update: The options to set the seasons were labled incorrectly if the hood's seasons were set in any order other than the default. I took the advice of one of the simmers that posted in my support forum and relabled the choices as Season 1, Season 2, Season 3 and Season 4. The numbering corresponds to the order of the seasons as set at the neighborhood view. The functionality of the object is unchanged.


Notes:
You can change the seasons by simply clicking on the season name under Set Season. The length of the season will default to 5 days if you have not changed the global constants that determine the season length. Any weather control devices on the lot will be updated so they know what season is it (EA thought this was important so I added the code to object to prevent any kind of sync issues).

The length of the season can be set to infinite. This will keep the season from changing forever. To return the seasons to their normal rotation, simply pic a new length for the current seasons.

If you turn off weather, it will remain turned off forever. You can return the weather cycle to normal by selecting Reset Weather on the Make Weather menu.

Any weather that you create will stay turned on until you select Reset Weather on the Make Weather menu or turn weather off completely.

The weather controller does not need to remain on the lot after you use it. Once you have made your changes, the controller may be deleted again if you so desire.



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