The Sims 2 Seasons Digital Download 170157 Patch description
The Sims 2, will now be able to head outdoors for year-round fun with their Sims.

The Sims 2, will now be able to head outdoors for year-round fun with their Sims. The Sims 2 Seasons will be available as a PC expansion pack and will build on the celebrated The Sims 2 experience that allows players to create and control virtual characters throughout their lives while determining the outcome of their relationships and choosing their destiny. The Sims 2 Seasons introduces all new ways for your Sims to enjoy spring, summer, autumn & winter!

Experiencing all four seasons for the first time – from seasonal activities to all-new outerwear for unpredictable weather – is guaranteed to provide a whole new level of excitement for your Sims and for the entire family! Not only will your Sims experience the seasons changing in spring, summer, autumn and winter, but each season will deliver unique benefits, impacting your Sims relationships, mood, skills, careers and more. And be sure to dress your Sims appropriately for the weather - freezing, sunburn and other unexpected weather effects can occur!

Whether you’re strengthening family ties in winter, letting romance bloom in spring, deepening the bonds of friendship in summer, or fast-tracking your career in autumn, the seasons have a whole new impact on your Sims’ lives throughout the year! Avoid the heat; take a dip in the pool and play Marco Polo! Go skating on an ice rink; have snowball fights, build snowmen or make snow angels. Each season unfolds differently delivering stunning visuals of weather effects and seasonal changes including snow, rain, hail, lightning and more ensuring a unique gameplay experience for many seasons to come. Show Off Your Sims’ Green Fingers; make your garden blossom and reap the rewards! And as an added bonus, crops that harvest at the peak time can produce varying juices that reap special benefits, from love potions and energy boosts to cold fighters and smart juices! Time to drink up!

Here are some key features of "The Sims 2 Seasons":

Dramatic and Detailed Weather Effects:
· A brand-new visual experience has come to the world of The Sims 2. Now your Sims can experience snowstorms, thundershowers, lightning bolts, and deadly hailstones. All four seasons are spectacularly rendered to occur in every The Sims 2 neighborhood.
Benefit from Each Season:
· Seasons impact your Sims' relationships, moods, wants, and fears.
Share New activities:
· New ways for your Sims, their families, and friends to have fun together! Build snowmen, splash in the pool, play catch, and go ice skating.
Reap the Fruits

of Your Sims' Labors
· Harvest fruits and veggies all year round and blend love potions, energy drinks, health boosters, and more.
Master New Talents:
· Join the Gardening Club for tips on how to make your garden blossom, and reap the rewards! Catch fresh fish to grill on the barbeque-but beware surprising catches!
Explore 6 New Careers:
· Do your Sims crave the life of an adventurer or gamer? Perhaps they'd rather explore music, law, journalism, or education? Fun reward objects like a heavy metal guitar await your Sims with each new career path.
Dress for the Season:
· Dress your Sims in seasonal outfits including Winter coats, gloves, ear muffs, raincoats, and Summer dresses.
Fun New Items:
· Decide the season with the weather control device, harvest fruits and veggies in the greenhouse, slip in the skating rink, make a wish at the wishing well, and add fun with a pool slide.


What's New in This Release:

· Custom objects will now be preserved when uploading Lots to the Exchange.
· Musician Career Track career reward (Rock Hammer) now has audio functioning correctly.
· Sim Babies no longer cry excessively
· Sims will no longer pop out of the pool to recognize that it’s raining.
· Sims will no longer use chairs placed on roofs while performing certain interactions.
· Drinking Orangeade will now add random badge points correctly.
· PlantSim babies that age to adults will now maintain their PlantSim outfit in their clothing inventory
· PlantSim Toddlers will now not lose their PlantSim outfit after planning outfit with changing table.
· In Education Career Level 4, Sim will now actually lose 475 Simoleans as the UI states, and not get demoted.
· In Education level 7, Sims will no longer lose all their Simoleans and get demoted, but rather lose the amount shown in the UI as expected.
· Players will now be warned before the Social Worker takes away children for temperature neglect.
· Skating on rinks will now increase a Sim’s fitness level.
· Children will no longer stop dancing unexpectedly as nanny plays the Rock Hammer guitar.
· Un-moveable maple trees in neighborhood view will no longer appear at random.
· Fish will no longer become stuck on lot if set on sale while penguin attempts to eat it.
· Sims will no longer lose “fun” while playing the piano.
· Inventory will now update visually when using "undo" after inventory is empty.
· Items can no longer be permanently lost from inventory by using undo and then immediately selecting other Rewards tabs.
· Seasonal Progression from home lot will now properly transfer to owned community lots.
· Trash compactors can now be repaired by Service NPC Repairman.
· Watering a plant in a greenhouse while it is raining will no longer cause the plant to weep from being overwatered.
· Sims will no longer remain in the Energizer after all motives are charged.
· Drinking Orangeade without Open for Business installed will no longer display an incorrect skill badge.
· Primp self-interaction is again available.
· Trees placed in Neighborhood View are now again visible in Lot View.
· Sims will no longer spontaneously combust so easily (hot tubs, exercise machines, etc.).
· Sims will no longer become permanently stuck on rinks if lot is moved while Sims are currently skating.
· Barista will no longer stops working after a Sim notices it’s raining or snowing.
· “Latipsoh Green” Linoleum floor is no longer replaced by the "Neutral Sand" Linoleum floor.
· Sims will now much more rarely route through swimming pools when trying to reach locations.
· Snow saved on Community Lots will now melt properly.
· Sims will no longer take repeated baths or showers when cold.
· Vampires will now not get out of their coffin in the daytime to watch weather.
· Skill points gained from eggplant juice will now properly trigger wants.
· Dialogue box to rename your pets will now longer refer to them as a PlantBaby
· Pets will no longer sink into the ground when Sims interact with Water Wiggler.
· Children no longer levitate when watching TV Sports Channel.
· Ottomas twins’ father data is now correct.
· Stuffed rainbow trout will no longer shift below the pan during cooking.
· Sims will no longer die as easily by being struck by lightning.
· Visiting “Townie” Sims will not die as often when struck by lightning.
· Sims will be smarter about seeking out the shortest path to take to player-directed locations.
· “It's Raining” interactions will not continue to occur after a Sim has seen the weather several times.
· Teens who happen to age to an adult at the top of Music Career Track on a work day will no longer 'miss work' and get negative job performance.
· The first semester of a major (in University) can now be completed by Teens.
· Arch doorways will now not trigger Sims to change to Outerwear during winter.
· Children will no longer levitate when they watch a birth.