🌪️ WILD WEATHER — BETA is here!

Tornadoes have finally rolled in. The forecast can turn on you now: dark skies, howling wind, thunder, lightning and flying debris, plus a whole prep-and-survive loop so your Sims actually have to brace for the storm.

This is an early BETA and I'd LOVE your feedback. It's playable start to finish today, and there's a big roadmap below.

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✨ WHAT'S IN THE BETA

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🌩️ Real tornado storms — a genuine severe storm rolls in: dark clouds, wind, thunder, lightning strikes and blowing debris.

📢 Watch → Siren warnings — a calm "Tornado Watch" gives you a few hours to prepare, then an URGENT siren (with the game's alert sting) sounds when the tornado actually hits.

🏃 Secure Outdoor Items — during a warning, click your Sim and send them jogging around the yard to storm-proof your things. Takes ~30 sim-minutes (no instant wins!). Anything secured rides out the storm undamaged.

🏠 Take Shelter — one click rallies the whole household indoors. Everyone walks to safety on their own, and infants/toddlers get whisked inside (they can't shelter alone). When the tornado hits, the family auto-heads inside too.

💥 Storm damage — outdoor furniture gets battered and grimy as the storm rages.

🔧 Clean Up & Handiness — after the storm, click any storm-damaged object and your Sim walks over, cleans/repairs it, and levels up Handiness while they're at it.

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🎮 HOW TO PLAY

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During a warning, click your active Sim for "Secure Outdoor Items" and "Take Shelter." After a storm, click any battered object for "Clean Up Storm Damage."

To trigger and control the weather (it'll also do it automatically randomly during spring), open the cheat console (Ctrl + Shift + C) and type any of these:

• tornado.warn [hours] — Issue a Tornado Watch. The tornado hits after ~[hours] sim-hours (default 3) and unlocks the prep actions on your Sim. This is the full experience.

• tornado.summon [hours] — Skip the warning — a tornado strikes right now (default ~3h long).

• tornado.clear — Calm the skies and end the event.

• tornado.secure — Instantly protect all outdoor items (skips the 30-min action).

• tornado.shelter — Send the whole household indoors right now.

• tornado.indoors — Report who's inside vs. outside.

• tornado.damage [0–1] — Batter a fraction of your outdoor items now (default 0.4).

• tornado.repair — Instantly clean up all storm damage.

• tornado.status — Weather & season diagnostics.

• tornado.forecast — Peek at / roll the forecast.

• tornado.lightning — Fire off a lightning strike.

Tip: try "tornado.warn 0.1" to make the tornado hit in a few minutes so you can test the whole warning → prep → storm → cleanup loop quickly.

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📋 REQUIREMENTS

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• The Sims 4 with the Seasons expansion (EP05)

• Script mods enabled (Options → Game Options → Other → Enable Custom Content and Mods + Script Mods)

Install: drop both the .package and .ts4script into your Mods folder (they can be one folder deep). Restart the game fully.

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🗺️ WHAT'S COMING NEXT

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This is just the first storm. On the roadmap:

• ❄️ Snow days & blizzards — whiteouts, snow pile-up, and cozy stay-inside days

• 💸 Insurance claims — file a claim to recover the cost of repairs after a disaster

• 🏫 School & work closures — severe weather cancels the day so the family can hunker down

• 🌊 More natural disasters — heatwaves, floods, hail and more

• 😱 Fear & reactions — tornado-specific moodlets and Sim reactions to the chaos

Because you're on the BETA, your feedback directly shapes what gets built next. Found a bug? Have an idea? Drop it in the comments on the download page, I read everything. 💛

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