Talk:Weather (game mechanic)

TS3:S Weather
Soon after The Sims 3: Seasons is released, I'm inclined to create a new page for TS3:S Weather. The content in this page is already detailed enough for TS2:S and I'm sure it will be entirely messed up if TS3:S Weather gets clogged up here as well.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  04:21, October 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * From what I gather of TS3:Seasons, the weather in it won't be much different than the weather in TS2:Seasons. That said, what might be best is to rearrange this page in a different manner once the TS3 ep comes out, but for now I say we wait and see what the new EP brings. --  LiR speak ~ read 05:30, October 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * It would be better to have a separate page. Heck, I'll be confused if the info from TS3 Seasons is mixed with TS2 Seasons. And I wonder if we can have separate pages for each seasons, but it may be better if the seasons info will be all combined to a page and be called "Season(s) (The Sims 3)", then the weather info combined to "Weather (The Sims 3)", as there are five weather types.Animated sims plumbbob.gifa TalkieAnimated sims plumbbob.gif 12:43, November 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I suppose it's not a bad idea to have separate page of each season, and then merge both EP features there (much simpler than having each season page for each EP), while this article is enough to summarize information about seasons. I'm not sure, however, if we can make a page under "Season(s)" title, because all along we've tried to separate the "Season" term into "Weather," because otherwise it might be pretty confusing if someone is looking for an EP or feature instead.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  12:53, November 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, to be honest, Weather is different from Seasons (for TS3 Seasons) because weather basically talks about the types of weather (rain, sunny, etc) and what are the effects while season talks about the changes every year using weather. That's why "Season(s)" is a perfect name for the page. ah I don't know how to explain but I think this web link will.
 * Probably it's common sense for someone to know what "Season" does he want to know. But maybe we can make a disambiguation page of all things "Season".Animated sims plumbbob.gifa TalkieAnimated sims plumbbob.gif 13:33, November 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'm aware of the difference. Maybe we should consider about renaming here... Nevertheless, the actual weather (rain, snow, hail) has been covered in precipitation, but we can change it too. Climate? Hmm, I don't think there's a major point of climate throughout The Sims series. I'd like to know if others agree with the name change.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  17:39, November 16, 2012 (UTC)
 * Ignore the climate part. heh. We'll be focusing on weather and seasons. Animated sims plumbbob.gifa TalkieAnimated sims plumbbob.gif 09:15, November 19, 2012 (UTC)

Turning On/Off
Hi, I'm interested in the Sims 3 Seasons, and I was curious if the weather system had an 'on' and 'off' switch. Does it?Kajune (talk) 22:38, March 30, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes. You can turn off what Season and precipitation may occur. You can have snowless, neverending Winter in your neighborhood if you want to, for example.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  05:09, March 31, 2013 (UTC)

Sims 2: Desert Town(s)
I was wondering if the weather affect the desert town like Strangetown or my custom made town, Like there is snow in winter in desert but not in real life, or something. Is effect weather in desert town than other town (Grass, Lush, Concreate)?