Post Seasons Affective Disorder

[theresatv]

I've recently added BV, FT and AL after running my game for a long time under Seasons. I'm generally happy with the new features but there are a couple of minor annoyances that I have, as they worked under Seasons and I see no reason that they should have been changed. I'm wondering if the relevant parts of Seasons could be used to patch them.

First of all, on-lot ponds no longer appear blue in the neighborhood view or on neighboring lots when there's snow on the ground - they are only shadowy holes. This is happening with all post-Seasons EP's in various combinations and on two completely different PC's, one older with an ATI card and one new and fierce with a Nvidia card. Seems to be independent of neighborhood and custom content too. I've searched for information and haven't found anything - is this a known issue that I'm the only one who cares about, and is there any way to correct it?

Secondly, Sim pathfinding seemed a lot more logical in Seasons - at least they avoided going outdoors to get from one point to another in the same building. Is the pathfinding system set up in such a way that the Seasons "logic" could be brought forward to the later EP's while still allowing Sims to do the new stuff?

[moondance]

First of all, on-lot ponds no longer appear blue in the neighborhood view or on neighboring lots when there's snow on the ground - they are only shadowy holes.

You mean like they've frozen over for the winter?

[theresatv]

No, they only appear as a snow-covered depression in the ground with a colorless shadow over it. With just Seasons, there was a light blue overlay on top of the snow to make it look like it was still a pond. This is particularly an issue for community lots or unoccupied houses that are never saved with weather/temperature effects. When a pond is "frozen over" on a residential lot I still see the "ice" in the neighborhood view.

[J. M. Pescado]

I've noticed this behavior, but there is no solution for it. This seems to occur if it is winter on the last lot you played, and therefore, the neighborhood, but not winter on those lots.

[brownlustgirl]

Yeah, there's a major problem with sim's routing. Improved when I downloaded Pescado's "noroutefail". You can find it in the Hack Directory. I hated when sims go outside and around the building to do something in the next room.

[buddha pest]

I don't think that's what noroutefail even does.

[brownlustgirl]

I know that is not the original use for that mod, but my game improved since I installed it. It's worth a try.