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Now I keep running out of bugs!
🕑 Added 2023-03-23 22:18:52 +0000 UTC
Working on a Wild Insect Farm to fix that.
The idea is that you find wild bugs and put them inside the farm (like an aquarium), then every so often (TBD...) it clones some of the bugs inside to 'breed' them.
I like the fact that you still have to find the bugs. I'm not sure how many bugs it should create, but probably at least daily. They aren't worth much on their own, but they're useful in creating more valuable things like serums, herbalism potions (and the Apothecary Kit items that are similar).
Also trying to work up some more varied 'plant/weed' effects inside the terrarium. I have it adding/removing various bug effects depending on how full it is right now.
Should you have to feed them? I could look at the Eco Lifestyle grub/cricket farm and use some of those dynamics, idk. Fruit maybe?
As always, suggestions are very welcome. Thanks again for your support!
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Simsonian Library
Right now, it's unlimited. One drawback with that, though, is that when the 'breeding' event happens, it picks a random bug from inventory to clone. If you end up with an unbalanced mix of bugs (lots of one kind, few of another), you are statistically more likely to get more of the bugs you already have a lot of. I currently have a runaway mosquito population in one of my boxes, lol. I guess that's how nature works, though, lol. It uses the storage box inventory type, so each one has it's own inventory. You could have a lot of farms, with one type per farm. I also wanted to represent the bugs (as terrarium effects) the way the aquarium does with fish, and am a bit hesitant to add 23 FX slots for the different types of bugs, lol. Might work fine, though. Or maybe I'll have it only 'show' about 6 type of bugs (if there are 6 types of bugs inside) rather than try to show all 23.
Heidi
Oops, meant to Shift/return. How many types of bugs per terrarium do you have? I am always looking for ways to put more in one item, like the enlargo spell mod for the fish bowl, so I can keep ones I want to save for potions safe. Plus I like to keep my sims houses in the micro tier if at all possible and having to store a bunch of stuff sucks.
Simsonian Library
I like that idea.
Heidi
Yikes! So many options. I love the idea. I hate the constant search for the few insects I need or having to copypasto them all the time. Breeding them is brilliant, maybe the more expensive the flower or veggie the more offspring they breed?
