The Sims 4 Seasons: SimGuru Q&A (Part 3)

Another week means another round of new answers from SimGurus regarding The Sims 4 Seasons Expansion Pack!

This post contains a whole new batch of information regarding this pack. For more information and tweets check out Part 1 and Part 2 of our SimGuru Q&A tweet compilation!

We’ll make sure to keep updating this post as new tweets surface.

@SimGuruEmory Hi I wonder.. in the vampire pack we had a decorative iron radiator..this will be funcional with Seasons or remain just deco? #sims4seasons pic.twitter.com/SnS3IixbLW

— Zsurkusz (@Zsukemon) June 1, 2018

Oof we totally forgot about this object (probably my bad since I also worked on vampires). It’ll just remain deco, sorry! Hope I’m not in hot water 👀

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 1, 2018

🌈👍

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 1, 2018

Calendars work by days. I don’t want to steal anyone’s thunder🌩 by speaking ahead of schedule🗓, so stay tuned 🙂

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 1, 2018

It’s available in the build catalog, and with enough handiness skill, your Sim could use it to do some shocking things ⚡

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 1, 2018

Nope, the thermostat will take care of all your cooling / heating needs!

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 1, 2018

Certain plant species will go dormant in different seasons (like winter). During that time it’s probably better to leaf them alone 🌱

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 4, 2018

Both TS3 and TS4 use proprietary engines built in-house. Unity wasn’t really ubiquitous until a few years after TS3’s release. Engine choice is an interesting convo that we could spend weeks talk about, but in the end it’s a combination of capabilities, customization, and timing.

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 4, 2018

Sim birthdays will appear on the calendar when they’re about to age up. You’re free to schedule them a birthday party beforehand to age them up on your terms, but the Calendar basically gives you advance warning on when the auto-aging will happen.

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 4, 2018

For the storytellers who play with auto-aging off, a fun way to use the Calendar is to create a custom holiday and name it <Simname>’s Birthday with traditions that suit that Sim! You’ll still have to fit in an actual Birthday event somewhere to age them up manually though.

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 4, 2018

There’s an umbrella stand in build mode that your Sims can fetch umbrellas from. NPCs that appear while it’s raining might already have that ☂covered ☂ with their own umbrellas.

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 4, 2018

Yes, that is exactly what you’ll be able to use it for 🗓

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 4, 2018

Each neighborhood in the world will roughly follow the same forecast for that day, but if it’s raining in one and you travel to another, it might just be really cloudy, or it might be pouring. Different worlds have different forecasts, but it’s possible to for 2 to have the same.

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 4, 2018

Should I? pic.twitter.com/3MNwA0otaI

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 4, 2018

Sorry guys I'm currently a little pic.twitter.com/T9Vndv98u3

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 4, 2018

#CalendarHype I just got out of a meeting and have to prep for another. Maybe we need to hire another… pic.twitter.com/E07vX6ojKt

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 4, 2018

So much to do before we fly out Friday for #EAPlay2018! Hopefully Los Angeles isn't like Willow Creek or we'll end up like this poor bunny. #CalendarHype pic.twitter.com/ZJDTnrFWFA

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 5, 2018

Worlds all will have the same seasons, but they behave differently. For example, Oasis Springs will have winter at the same time as Willow Creek, but there won't be heavy snowfall in the desert world.

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 5, 2018

It's 3D. We'd call it 4D but we haven't figured out how to emit smell from your computers yet.

— Emory (@SimGuruEmory) June 5, 2018

Yep. Father winter doesn't just invade random homes! On holidays like Winterfest he will visit homes who have already set out piles of presents.
A fireplace may help!

— George Pigula (@SimGuruGeorge) June 4, 2018

Yep. But I will tell you he only stays employed while outside of your home. If you marry him and try for any Winter Babies the job gets passed to another.

Its a demanding full time job, so someone else takes up the mantle.

— George Pigula (@SimGuruGeorge) June 4, 2018

You are not limited to Winterfest or one of the piles of presents. pic.twitter.com/MTs0MWEeOF

— George Pigula (@SimGuruGeorge) June 4, 2018

A goal for Holidays was that the player is really in control. Our really talented designers wanted to do the most so that you could tell your story. I'll show how this works in the live stream.

— George Pigula (@SimGuruGeorge) June 4, 2018