Seasons: What mods are you already begging for?

[Liz]

I so miss the Pantry from Unleashed! I'm having a great time with Seasons, but I'd love it if the produce they're spending so much time on could be stashed in a pantry for actual food points, instead of the nebulous "freshness" value it seems to count towards in the fridge (if I'm misunderstanding that, though, please feel free to mock correct me!).

I also really like the idea of encouraging sims to grab leftovers autonomously instead of cooking up a new plate of charred lobster thermidor (especially when they're barely even hungry! grr, that tendency has never ceased to annoy ;p). Barring that, though, I do wish they'd created an option to allow kids to get leftovers out of the fridge. I understand why they don't let children cook (simwise, that's just a huge kitchen fire waiting to happen, plus new animations they'd have to make), but "open door, grab plate" should be well within the range of a child's - even a SimChild's - capabilities.

[Sagana]

I could have sworn my simchild was able to get leftovers out. Will checktomorrow - maybe I had the teen get them out, but I really thought it was the kid.

[PlayLives]

I would like to see a no pranks hack, or at least an updated one. My sims are pranking each other all over the neighborhood left and right again.

[Liz]

sagana, I just tried again, and my SimKid now has the option to "Get Leftovers" from the fridge. At breakfast-time, his only choices were Snack or Check Food Supplies, but now that it's evening, he's allowed to grab the leftover Bass with Squash. Parents can grab any leftover at any time, though. Weird, huh?

[Sagana]

Very. It was breakfast mine was having but I think I had some leftover omlettes (I know, eww) in there as well. Maybe it has to be the right kind for the time for the kids?

[pioupiou]

I so miss the Pantry from Unleashed! I'm having a great time with Seasons, but I'd love it if the produce they're spending so much time on could be stashed in a pantry for actual food points, instead of the nebulous "freshness" value it seems to count towards in the fridge (if I'm misunderstanding that, though, please feel free to mock correct me!)

The food (except fishes) that you put in the fridge count as food points with the bonus for freshness on top. You can have fridge with 0 food points and 250 fresh food points : you'll be able to cook everything like normal.
I found out that food points depend on the quality of the vegetables/fruit. From worst to best, here are the food values I found in game :

Tomato : 1/2/3
Pepper : 1/2/3
Orange : 1/2/3
Lemon : 1/2/3
Apple : 2/4/6
Cucumber : 2/4/6
Strawberry : 2/4/6
Bean : 2/4/6
Eggplant : 3/6/9

I'm currently in the process of noting the differences between harvests in the different seasons, with compost, with fertilizer or without both. Might take some time, as I'm also playing my families for fun....
Pioupiou

[Liz]

Curiouser and curiouser... SimKid can now help himself to some leftover 'bass with squash' for a breakfast treat, so it looks like the "meal vs. time of day" thing wasn't it. No idea why he couldn't do it two days ago, but it's working now. Big what, small ever

pioupiou, thanks for the great info! I'll be sure to get my elder to stash his vast hordes of tasty tomatoes in the fridge before he gets buried with them... then again, he's spent so much time happily gardening away and chatting with his plants that it might be fitting to bury him with the produce he so loved

[miramis]

I just want to echo several others in this thread, in pining for a food cabinet, or some modification that will allow food to be put in and taken out by the family. A pantry, storage cabinet.  Even a bread bin, who cares so long as it saves me from click, click, clicking on several thousand individual items to hand them over to another sim. 

It's two clicks per item too, the knuckle area of my Index finger is actually still a little sore - for real!

[RainbowTigress]

I don't understand why sim kids can't get leftovers autonomously, instead of getting the message that "Sharla is just skin and bones! You'd better feed this kid before the Social Worker takes her away!"    I can tell her manually to go get them, but it seems like she could pull them out herself.  Just like they should be able to pour cereal or make a sandwich themselves.  This would be a great addition to Dizzy's Smart Serve hack. *hint hint*

[sloppyhousewife]

Some more mods I'd be more than grateful for:

- Air conditioning mod: No temperature change due to indoor activities (I want my hottub parties back)
- No autonomous wearing coats: I'm fed up with sims changing into outerwear just to greet someone .

And a food cabinet would be great, too

[RainbowTigress]

- No autonomous wearing coats: I'm fed up with sims changing into outerwear just to greet someone .

Or to take the trash out, or get the mail, etc.  How many people actually put boots, coat, hat, and gloves just to run out to the mailbox?  I suppose it depends on how cold it is and how far away the mailbox is, but if it's not far like in most of my sims' houses, it's hardly worth getting all dressed up. 

[J. M. Pescado]

- Air conditioning mod: No temperature change due to indoor activities (I want my hottub parties back)

The warmth mod coming out soon will make it so that it will not be possible to overheat from any indoor activities, even if they do affect temperature. Warmth capping will also work correctly, reducing lag from random overlay application.

- No autonomous wearing coats: I'm fed up with sims changing into outerwear just to greet someone .

I think the latest APO included a patch to erase the stutter-warp effect when running through a door. It also eliminates the outerwear-check when doing the same. We're debating over whether or not to discontinue one of the disrecommended features on APO to seperate this out. In any case, it presently produces the effect where if you run through a door, no outerwear change will be performed. And who doesn't run everywhere, anyway?

[RainbowTigress]

Would you have to have APO set up in every house then?  Some of my sims are too poor to afford APO. 

[J. M. Pescado]

Would you have to have APO set up in every house then?  Some of my sims are too poor to afford APO. 

No, it's a passive side effect of the portal BHAV, it affects all doors. This feature will probably be seperated out from APO (resulting in the "Death" option being discontinued, as killing sims in this manner, although amusingly therapeutic, really can no longer be recommended and is largely a relic of the old days before the horribleness was fully revealed. Plus the new Smite button on the Lot debugger is funnier.).

[sloppyhousewife]

The warmth mod coming out soon will make it so that it will not be possible to overheat from any indoor activities, even if they do affect temperature. Warmth capping will also work correctly, reducing lag from random overlay application.

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you! *pushes sheep thanks button*

I think the latest APO included a patch to erase the stutter-warp effect when running through a door. It also eliminates the outerwear-check when doing the same. We're debating over whether or not to discontinue one of the disrecommended features on APO to seperate this out. In any case, it presently produces the effect where if you run through a door, no outerwear change will be performed.

I must try it out as soon as I get home - this continuous *swoosh* really drives me mad. Do I have to expect any conflicts with TJ's Visitor Controller?

And who doesn't run everywhere, anyway?

Exactly

[RainbowTigress]

Well, I got rid of the "swoosh" effect with Monique's mod, but they still pause and change, which causes a noticeable lag in gameplay.

[jsalemi]

Plus the new Smite button on the Lot debugger is funnier.

Oooooo, I hadn't noticed that one yet!  I'll have to check it out later.

[phyllis_p]

I second those calling for a mod to keep the gardeners out of the vegetable garden -- or at least make it optional.  I like for them to come clip hedges on my heavily landscaped lots, but I don't want them going in the greenhouse or vegetable garden.  I like using the sprinklers, but use of the sprinklers and the gardener results in overwatered plants (s/he waters them whether they need it or not).  I also like tending the vegetables myself, to build gardening skills for my Sims.

[Lorelei]

Plus the new Smite button on the Lot debugger is funnier.

Oooooo, I hadn't noticed that one yet!  I'll have to check it out later.

Is Smite fatal or just extremely uncomfortable? As a Sim punishment tool, discomfort is good, but dead Sims are unable to learn anything. Unless resurrected.

Of course, this isn't a huge change from live Sims, who already seem incapable of learning much.

[J. M. Pescado]

It's as fatal as the naturally-occurring version is or isn't.

[ChamiMinds]

APO stands for? Yeah yeah go ahead make fun of me not following but I've mulled this one over a few days and finally decided to be very unawesome and ask.

[gynarchy]

APO = Authorized Personnel Only

[ChamiMinds]

APO = Authorized Personnel Only

Now see that makes perfect sense.  Thanks!

[jdanddpt]

I'd like a mod that prevents the "Influence to... Serve Meal" interaction from randomly trying to serve Fish meals that aren't in the fridge.

i.e., my Sims are busy, so I use Influence a lot.  Now, with Seasons, the "Influence to... Serve Meal" can fail because the indentured serv-... I mean, influenced Sim walks up to the fridge, opens the door, then a dialog box pops up saying something like "You can't serve such-and-such Fish dish, because that Fish isn't in your fridge." (or whatever... you get the idea)

The new Seasons dishes simply shouldn't be available for the "Influence to... Serve Meal" interaction.  Or there should be a sanity check against the fridge's contents before the Sim tries to serve.

[Xianah]

nochangingclothesatdoors.package  <--- dreams 

I'm still begging for a hack to stop Simmies changing clothes everytime they go through a door. I'd rather select when they change clothes the old fashioned way. All this swishing is causing lag and its annoying the hell out of me! grrr (the non swish hack has no effect here)

I have requested this hack a few times on several sites and as yet no one has made a hack, is it because its not possible or too awkward?  I wish I knew how to do things like that. So I really hope one ofthe talented folks can make this hack.

Thanks for reading
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