Weather (game mechanic): Difference between revisions

'''Weather''' was introduced in the ''[[The Sims 2: Seasons|Seasons]]'' [[expansion pack]] for ''[[The Sims 2]]'', and returnsreturned in ''[[The Sims 3]]: [[The Sims 3: Seasons|Seasons]]''. (SimsThere wereare ablefour toseasons: [[Interests|talkWinter]], about weather[[Spring]], [[The Sims|long before thatSummer]], and Weather is also an [[Interests|InterestAutumn/Fall]]. foundIn inthe ''[[The Sims 2: Seasons]]''.) Thereeach areseason fouris seasons:five [[Winter]],days [[Spring]],long [[Summer]]making it a twenty day year. However, andIn the ''[[Autumn/FallThe Sims 3: Seasons]]. Eacheach season hasby fivedefault Simis daysseven in itdays, sobut thecan fullbe cycleajusted runsup forto 20 Sim28 days. However,per inseasons. TheIn 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 featured in [[The Urbz: Sims in the City]] (the first game to feature this), [[The Sims 2 (console)|The Sims 2 for console]], [[The Sims 2 Pets (console)|The Sims 2 Pets for console]], and [[The Sims 2 Castaway|The Sims 2 Castaway for console]]. When it rains, Sims will put an umbrella or newspaper over their head.