Weather (game mechanic): Difference between revisions

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'''Weather''' was introduced in the ''[[The Sims 2: Seasons|Seasons]]'' [[expansion pack]] for ''[[The Sims 2]]'', and will return in ''[[The Sims 3]]: [[The Sims 3: Seasons|Seasons]]''. (Sims were able to [[Interests|talk]] about weather [[The Sims|long before that]], and Weather is also an [[Interests|Interest]] found in ''The Sims 2''.) There are four seasons: [[Winter]], [[Spring]], [[Summer]], and [[Autumn/Fall]]. Each season has five Sim days in it, so the full cycle runs for 20 Sim days. However, in The Sims 2 each [[neighborhood]] and [[sub-neighborhood]] has a separate Season Chooser, which allows the player to determine which seasons will occur there, and what order they will occur in. By default, a neighborhood will start in Summer, followed by Fall, Winter, and then Spring. [[Riverblossom Hills]] is exceptional, with the order of Winter, Winter, Spring, and Fall. [[Sim]]s' moods can also change with the weather. Each season has a slightly different color cast, (e.g., winter is more desaturated, and fall has warmer, reddish tone).

Weather is also in [[The Sims 3 (console)#Nintendo Wii only features|''The Sims 3'' for Wii]]. The seasons work the same way and have the same characteristics as in real life.