Originally a "Power Outage" in the game? Could modders plz help get it back?

[SiuPang]

I've heard there is some "Power Outage" scenario hidden in the original game. There was supposed to be weather in the game (even without Seasons) and every so often a Power Outage may occur. A popup will then appear asking whether you want to try to keep your Sims in good mood even though there's no electricity... If you succeed, you will be rewarded a wind-energy generator.

People said all the hidden contents were already in the original Sims 2. Just wonder if it is possible to make it back into the game? Well, I dun care about the generator stuff, I guess some1 has made it available as a decorative item already... I just think it would be cool if that Power Outage can be made available again.....

Just some suggestions: the power outage may happen randomly (just like the burglar visit, BTW, how come the burglar has never visited any of my Sims so far? Is that the probability for that to occur is really really low? ) and maybe during the thunderstorm in Seasons or when you use the weather changing machine from Seasons....

I'm really bad at modding stuff... All I know is how to clone and recolor objects... Can some real modders plz check if making such a hack is feasible?

[Hellyes]

Sorry, but there is no such thing as a power outage scenario.  You must of heard a stupid rumor.

[jsalemi]

Yea, the power outages were really caused by the fire-breathing toddlers...

[ElfPuddle]

The only power outages that I know of in the game were caused by this.

Have fun storming the castle.

[Lerf]

I've heard that story too.  IIRC Numenor at MTS2 mentioned it when he put in the windmill thingie he's got up there.  AFAIK he's the only one who knows anything about this.

[floopyboo]

The latest insim has an option to turn off the electricity AND the water. Fun!

[J. M. Pescado]

The power/water code originally existed, but has basically been reduced to a vestigial stub that no longer functions because things don't adequately check for it.

[maxon]

Didn't Carrigon have a hack that enabled this with the base game and early EPs?  I remember trying it and it was quite fun to vary the gameplay.  I don't know whether it works with the later EPs, especially Seasons, though but you might be better going over to Sims 2 Workshop and asking her.

[MajorMercedes]

just like the burglar visit, BTW, how come the burglar has never visited any of my Sims so far? Is that the probability for that to occur is really really low?

I asked myself the same question, and it seems like I'm always getting a burglar.
Be careful of what you wish for.

[Ambular]

Yes, the scenario existed.  Various aspects of it have been resurrected by different modders at different times, but I don't know whether anyone ever succeeded in enabling the whole thing or what exists that works with current EP/SP configurations.  Poke around Simslice (which is to say, the Booty) and MTS2's older objects and you should find some stuff relating to it.

[buddha pest]

It would've been kind of funny I bet. What would those little creatures do without their blogging machines??

Well, I guess we already know, judging by their reactions to the blogging machines being already occupied by someone else (the horror!)

I'd like to see them cry rather than yell though...just 'cause it makes me laugh when they cry. Roaches! Sob, sob!

[morriganrant]

I've played the scenario. Too bad I didn't get pictures. I can't remember what configuration I had, I think that it had been Base and Uni, with a mod from MTS2 that re-enabled rain. The power did go out(or at least said it did) and requested that you keep your sims entertained in the hour or so that it would be out. If you kept them happy then the wind generator appeared as a present from the sims city electrical company for basically being a good sport. Bit of a lame mini game, but I did like the electricity going out. I believe that after a Ep or two, that mod threw quite a few errors.

[buddha pest]

Bit of a lame mini game.

Yeah, it doesn't exactly sound difficult...at all. And what the hell does a wind generator do anyway? Make it so that future power outages don't matter? That's no fun.

[morriganrant]

Bit of a lame mini game.

Yeah, it doesn't exactly sound difficult...at all. And what the hell does a wind generator do anyway? Make it so that future power outages don't matter? That's no fun.

As far as I know, that's what it was supposed to do, but not in the case of the one that spawned with that mod. I did the scenario a few times and got a new one each time. I believe that it was buyable rain, the rain would last several sim hours, the electricity would go off almost every time. You could not save while the rain was on lot or it could possibly cause lot corruption.

[buddha pest]

Haha, I remember that mod actually. The Don't You Dare Ever Save While It's Raining Mod. Wasn't it from Carrigon?

I just didn't know it included the power outage scenario, or I might've actually given it a try. Oh, base game nostalgia.

[morriganrant]

Haha, I remember that mod actually. The Don't You Dare Ever Save While It's Raining Mod. Wasn't it from Carrigon?

I just didn't know it included the power outage scenario, or I might've actually given it a try. Oh, base game nostalgia.

It could have been, much too long back to remember whether or not Carrigon used to upload to MTS2. I hadn't been paying attention to name brands on hacks back then.

[witch]

Huh, wouldn't be that hard to make sims have fun in the dark, just make them do what humans do when the lights go out. WOOHOO!

[Zazazu]

Some who play that one challenge that runs through time periods (I can't recall the name) play that way for generations. No phone, no lights, no tv, etc. I've kind of done it in poverty challenges, but only for a day or two.

What would be nice is if power going out in the winter meant they could freeze inside as well as outside. Where I grew up, we lost power every couple of months and the times it would go out for more than one day during January were loads of fun. Luckily we had a fireplace in the livingroom and we'd keep the fire going and sleep on air mattresses (that we had to blow up manually, of course) a safe distance away. Bathroom needs were extra fun after the first time someone had to do #2.

Now I wonder why we never stayed the night in a hotel or over at a relative's.

[SiuPang]

Sorry, but there is no such thing as a power outage scenario.  You must of heard a stupid rumor.

Are you sure? If you aren't sure, dun come to any conclusion that early... Just a little piece of advice for you, dun act smart when you actually aren't, it's quite disturbing.... LOL

[kiki]

am I smoking crack, or did they re-enable the power outages in seasons on a low chance during thunderstorms? I'm sure I read something in the booklet that came with my seasons box saying there was a risk of a power outage for a few hours during severe thunder storms but I've yet to see one myself...

[Strangel]

Sorry, but there is no such thing as a power outage scenario.  You must of heard a stupid rumor.

Are you sure? If you aren't sure, dun come to any conclusion that early... Just a little piece of advice for you, dun act smart when you actually aren't, it's quite disturbing.... LOL

-grabs the popcorn and prepares to watch the fur fly-

[Zazazu]

Could have told you that from the opening post, but everyone seemed to want to take it seriously.

[Liz]

Sorry, but there is no such thing as a power outage scenario.  You must of heard a stupid rumor.

Are you sure? If you aren't sure, dun come to any conclusion that early... Just a little piece of advice for you, dun act smart when you actually aren't, it's quite disturbing.... LOL

Kids, if you're going to fight about stupidity and the having thereof, it may enhance both your arguments to take note:
"You must HAVE heard."
"DON'T come, and DON'T act smart."

Right, then. Proceed.
*yoinks some of Strangel's popcorn*

[SJActress]

Kids, if you're going to fight about stupidity and the having thereof, it may enhance both your arguments to take note:
"You must HAVE heard."
"DON'T come, and DON'T act smart."

Liz, head to the thank you thread.

Power outages?  I have some sort of blinking memory of this...do Sims even still require lights and windows for environment scores?  I swear I saw on a house-building tutorial that they don't care anymore.  I'm only asking because if they don't, this would be a harder thing to bring back, wouldn't it? 

[Lorelei]

Kids, if you're going to fight about stupidity and the having thereof, it may enhance both your arguments to take note:
"You must HAVE heard."
"DON'T come, and DON'T act smart."

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