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Published:
2023-01-27 23:55:38
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2023-01-27 23:57:43
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Topic: Harvestables 🌾

I have a few updates to make for harvestables and I have a larger set of harvestables coming with the next project so I wanted to start a discussion before the next set of updates. 

I'd like to know what you think of my harvestables in general. How do you like the garden effects and special seasonality of them? Do you enjoy using them in your garden? What do you think of the (long but informational) descriptions? Do you like the integrations I've made for them or would you like to see me add/incorporate them into other parts of the game? I could keep asking questions but you get the gist 😉

Please let me know what you think in the comments below. Your ideas, comments, and honesty are welcome and appreciated! Constructive criticism makes my content better but please be kind. I will take all suggestions into consideration but please remember my time is limited so I won't be taking suggestions/requests to make my mods compatible with other creators mods. 

Comments

Madame Gras, her Maniacal Plants & their Stories

I absolutely will not play a session of sims for long without your harvestables or their visual overhaul installed. I adore them to bits. If anything, I'd like to see a flower jar to hold lavender and similar flowers allowing their broadcaster to still work (i use plasticbox's? flower vase But it doesn't look good with your harvestables imo) or new flower arrangements including your flowers/the flowers being able to scent bouquets and if possible to see your plants pop up in the world (not at all important to me tbh but itd be cute). I like the long descriptions honestly, I imagine my sims are very dedicated gardners so they research their plants thoroughly. If you could add similar to EA plants, that'd be awesome. Tldr; i love you harvestables, wont play without them and please give me more of them because YES! THANK YOU 4 EXISTING

BrazenLotus

Another patron mentioned having a flower jar/vase as well, this is a great idea! I've been kind of brainstorming how I want to do it though because last I checked the game still kicks items sitting in a slot of an object that's sitting in a slot to the family inventory (if that makes sense lol). I'm trying to look at some options on how I can do that without having that issue. There's no point in putting flowers in a vase if when you leave the game and come back and they're gone 🙄

BrazenLotus

Going back and having recipes use a more basic ingredient type is something I'm currently looking at. I did a poll a while back and I think you all decided you'd rather use 'Any' ingredients with the non-Simple Living recipes but I have to double check. I'm looking at using more 'Any' ingredients for food recipes moving forward and I'll likely update my older recipes at some point. The mini-cowplant is such a cute idea!!! I'll def add that to my to-do list ✅

Melissa S

OMG so many thoughts. I adore your harvestables! Honestly your harvestables/recipes/crafting mods are my favorite mods to use, they're so much fun and add so much richness to the game. Definitely second the flower arrangements and jars. I also think it'd be fun to see descriptions of harvestables that talk about which worlds would provide ideal growing conditions? I love the idea of regional differences you can see in the game, and I have a weather mod that adds more realism and variation between neighborhoods. Bringing harvestables into that would make it even more fun, IMO, b/c I'd love for my Sims in different worlds to have gardens reflecting the climate conditions. (This is probably mega-complex but if there was a "neighborhood action" policy of planting "native gardens" based on which plants grow wild in that world, that would be SO COOL.) I also really love the harvestables where you've coded in qualities like providing ground cover or being nutrient-hungry, etc. More of that, please! It makes gardening and planting feel more nuanced b/c it creates interaction between plants, which is much more realistic. This would be fun to see in flowers, too, especially if it reflected how they behave IRL (for example, the way asters and goldenrod tend to grow together b/c they attract bees). ALSO: have you ever thought of creating different varieties of grapes, perhaps for a vineyard type of lot in Tartosa? I think another modder did this but I decided to only use your custom harvestables+recipes after awhile to keep things cleaner in my mods folder. Could be fun for possible custom nectars?

Melissa S

Also I'm sure you have a long list of specific harvestables you plan to make, but some that I would love to see: specialty citrus (Meyer lemons, Cara Cara or Mandarin oranges, yuzu), more greens (dandelion and mustard greens), beets (for salads and maybe also veg-friendly baking? Beets can be used as substitutes for fat/oil in baking), zucchini or summer squash (same note on veg-friendly baking!). For recipes, more salads (esp winter salads that use things like pomegranates and citrus and greens), zucchini or banana bread, beet chocolate desserts (molten cake?), custard pies or tarts, deviled eggs. Thanks so much for soliciting feedback! Clearly you have a lot of enthusiastic fans (myself included) :)

ValerianRoot

Your harvestables are super well rounded, honestly. The only thing I can think about to make them better is to give them more functionality on things that aren't food/garden, since that is pretty much covered :D Something to do with the flowers, since they have way less uses in game than other plants. The vases mentioned are a cool idea! Maybe something like the oversized veggies in cottage living, you can make them into decor objects if you "preserve" them. Slotting is cute but EA broke it lol. Personally, I would love more tea/coffee varieties! I love the cute little tin cans so much. Other idea is magic plants. Potion crafting is cool, but I never have the dang crystals or bugs for it, I'd rather just use plants. EA gave us like, 2 or 3, so that's pretty much unexplored. Or simply plants that can give sims some bizarre effects. Less of +2 to Happy and more turn into a plant sim for 5 days. That was a lot of brainstorming :P Looking forwards to whatever you make! ♥

Silvia Palandri

I never ever play a single time without using all of your harvestables, I love the thought you put into them, they are an absolute must. Lately I played a rags-to-riches session where my sim made money selling teas, spices and coffee tins made with the mill. That part is absolutely fantastic, I wish we had more varieties of stuff we can produce and then sell. Maybe extending the mill functionality to herbalism products? Anyway keep up the great work!!!!

Heather Bean

I agree with everyone here! The details you put into your harvestables is what makes them so special. I personally would just love more. More harvestables and more recipes would be awesome. I like the vases idea but I would also love to be able to give bouquets in game. Like if my sim goes to a party or on a date or has an anniversary or graduates or whatever. No idea if that’s possible of course but it could be fun (if interest to you)

Jane

I love your harvestables and vastly prefer them to easier/less realistic alternatives! One thing I’ve been wanting to see: in the Pacific Northwest US/Canada we have alllllllllll the drupal fruits. Blackberries and salmonberries grow wild and in abundance, and on the agriculture side we’ve got raspberries along with a billion delicious cultivars like boysenberries, loganberries, olalieberries, and my fav, marionberries. I’ve long wished for more wild drupals to hunt for (Evergreen Harbor, Brindleton Bay, and Granite Falls feel incomplete without ‘em imho) and wonder if that could be combined with splicing/breeding for new varieties. And to make ‘em even more realistic — make the wild ones thorny so that Sims picking from them might end up with an itchy buff for an hour or two!

Adventure Fox

I literally can't play the game without your harvestables and food anymore. (especially growing up in cajun louisiana). The descriptive recipes, the details in the garden with the insects and weather, the beautiful finished dishes. All perfect. Esp crawfish. the only thing I could really hope for is being able to use the purple/yellow/green carrots/bell peppers/tomatoes in other recipes.