James: I don’t really develop storylines for my sims, that’s more of Deli’s thing Also James: Chaz has a hard time interacting with Trenton because he looks so much like their father, who Chaz hates
I really like Jame’s style of playing because of that. Sometimes, the storylines just feel so, so forced, it takes me out of the game. And well, Chaz did hate his father naturally in the 3 Brothers let’s play. Then their relationship got a reset so it’s not a true ”storyline” per say.
@@KangelofEcho I agree. Honestly I really don't like Deli's playstyle because she plays a lot of play pretend for fake sims things that just arent there (too forced). I like the more chaotic style of james where he just stumbles on to stuff that actually happens and acknowledges actual glitches and flaws.
@@KangelofEcho Agreed it's a turnoff when it feels too forced. James' has felt so natural from the beginning. I always say The Bigwallet Saga is my favorite soap opera 🤣
The best part of James' lets play is the utterly chaotic way in which events unfold and he ends up adding new goals to achieve before the end of the season - I'm fondly remembering the "Operation Destroy Thorne Bailey" from Lady Bigwallet II and "Operation Revive Elsa" with Bob and co
Selling tables have a separate inventory and do keep things fresh. The selling tables from City Living have a cooler as part of the item, so you could use those for realism
I think the Laundry Day washing line would be a really cute addition to the farm! Also building a little Farm Shop would be cute, a lot of farms in the UK have little shops where they sell produce!
@@az25blue oh my gosh. Same! It storms constantly it feels like and it makes it hard to do stuff for your animals when your sim keeps cancelling everything to run back and forth lol. Thanks for the suggestion! Will definitely be buying it.
@tatilibero3 true! I have to keep them in check when outside and raining because they will be running towards the house and ruining all the queued stuff i had for them to do 💀
Hennibal doesnt need her coop to have an alarm James! Pretty sure when you read the description of evil chickens she told you, it said that they keep wild foxes away!
Yes I was thinking that as well. Fake Gamer Girl just did a shrek build and when she put that kind of roof on her outhouse at first i was thinking "ew what? No what are you doing?" But then she was right and it looks so much better than the gabled roof.
I kept thinking about this! I've never seen an outhouse with that kind of roof before, so I think it'd definitely look more authentic with the sloped roof
@@emmadyer I put cat hangout on my residential lot builds all the time. It's great! Your sim can have all the benefits of having cats around but doesn't haven't to take care of them or worry about them running away.
I really love the fact that his "Please leave your comments and feedback down below. THANKS for watching. I’ll see you next time and HAVE an AwEsOmE DaY!" is actually something he means for real. He actually really reads our feedback and enjoys it. Thank you James for keeping it real! 😎
@James Turner thanks for the like but I think I bugged something out… one second your like is there and the next it’s not. This is, in no way at all, like the relationship glitches we are all encountering with this pack. Nooooo. Not at all….
Hey James! The pub owner did give you an upgrade part(an electronic upgrade part)!! The errands that mention that they'll give you an upgrade part "for an animal shelter" , that's the ones you want! 😊
I tried using sprinklers to efficiently take care of my 4 by 6 rows of crop patches. After using them for an in game week I can confidently say DO NOT USE SPRINKLERS. They're awful, expensive and you need them lined one per patch which cost over 5k simoleons. If that wasn't already expensive they break every few days. Even then I was like okay I think this can work after barely making back the cost of the sprinklers after my first yield. But my last straw was my water bill amounting to 10k. Save your simoleons and get the free service reward trait and hire a daily Gardener or start a gardening slave club. I wish I did sooner.
Don’t they have an upgrade to make them unbreakable? I was also planning on getting the water collectors to produce our own water. I guess we will see how it goes!
@@JamesTurnerYT Fair enough :) I was in the process of getting my sim to level up Handiness to upgrade it all but I just canned the project after the bills lol. Definitely try out the water collectors would probably be a big help. Farming life is rough!
Regarding selling the aging animals, I say do it for the Simoleons. This is a Rags to Riches challenge after all so it makes sense. RP Sidenote: I lowkey love the idea that when the chickens are getting old, instead of "being sent away to a farm in the country", they go off to the big city to find adventure. "Henrietta takes Manhattan!"
Honestly James Turner has been the only youtuber I've been watching lately since I've sloped down into depression agai So, thank you James, for being here Might seem like an odd comment but, I just really wanted to thank you
james has a super soothing voice and just an overall caring seeming personality so its just like watching a friend play the sims. ive been watching maybe since seasons and i have loved every ep
@@DevilFoodCait Yes! A staple in any British farm (TBH normally we'd have a few, not just one, typically of varying ages so the youngsters can learn from the elders and when the elders retire the farm isn't up shit creek)
Thank you for that tip! I’ve been trying like crazy to get the upgrade parts and now it makes sense why they’re never the right ones. 🤦🏻♀️ Guess I don’t pay enough attention to detail. Lol
Also when James joined the brothers at the dinner table I almost spat out my drink I wasn’t ready haha brilliant I actually look forward to your videos and is one of the first things I check when I wake up
I also used debug to make the livestock barns a lot nicer... You can add a lot of shrubbery directly against the stone walls, add a lot of debug whispy grass so they actually look like they're grazing, bales of hay, and even barn doors if you use the wooden fence gates in debug. I even put the hay bales in a spot where the cow automatically goes down to graze so it looks like they're eating hay
I think it would look awesome if the house were further back on a sloping hill overlooking all the crops and animals around it. Maybe a pond in front, the crops out back, chicken area on one side and the cows on the other? Also, go CRAZY with the vines, ivy, and plants all around. Turn the place into a cute floral overgrown little cottage.
I don't think Chaz should get a gardening club. With his brother, Patchy and the animals helping out I think it should be enough. Plus it's the struggle to get to a point where the farm is basically running itself that is entertaining :) Edit: If more help is needed you could hire a gardener!
It's definitely enough, I have a huge farm where Patchy basically does all of the weeding along with my two rabits, birds take care of the bugs and the sprinklers work just fine if you upgrade them to be unbreakable
That was my suggestion, and I agree that the wild animals should be enough to keep weed/bug free however...the club also helps socialize my animals and members like to encourage crop growth. Before, even fertilizing daily, I only got a couple larges in 12 plots. Now they are all max size. Plus, my club is made of family members, so it's nice for the kids to be able to see their grandparents and aunts/uncles every day.
Aida cloth is a stiff cloth with the fibers arranged in a strict grid-like form specifically for cross stitching. The number indicates the density of the grid. It ranges from 12 to 22 (I'm guessing squares per inch). The finer grids are ideal for really detailed designs and the larger grids are better for simple, bold patterns and allow you to work up a large area quicker.
Depends on the building and what modifications have been done to it. Some folk split the livingroom up to give themselves a dining room, or knocked through the kitchen into the living space for a larger open lan space. Though open plan is only recently popular, used to be seperating the spaces was much more common.
The living room size and shape is actually pretty accurate and common in the UK, Iquitos a few of my family members have weird long living rooms with two doors
In real life farms people do eat their own animals, which is extremely sustainable and in my opinion better option than buying meat from a store. I don't think anyone should be upset about trading animals for meat. So it would only make sense for them to change the animals for meat and ingredients or at least for money. That would be extra food for them.
@@Donna-LookingUp Yes. It only makes sense really. Animals give you eggs, milk, wool etc and meat of course. Farm people probably never buy meat from stores. And some people maybe only grows one animal at the time and eats it some special day like Christmas. But usually if you have a farm and animals you eat them also.
Totally agree. No reason to avoid trading animals for meat. It's done in real life and these sims are not vegetarian or vegan. People are allowed to choose their own diets and should not be shamed into avoiding eating meat in a video game just because some random person on the internet doesn't agree with the fact that humans are biologically omnivores. Not to mention this isn't factory farming which is one of the more common complaints against eating meat that vegans and vegetarians have.
@@Skytoxin24 yes, more good points! Makes total sense. UA-camrs should not be forced to please every single person in the internet especially in these kind of things which are just normal life and nothing bad. This is also actually promoting better way to enjoy meat and help planet 🌏 like you said this isn't factory farming animals!
@@Donna-LookingUp I'm a vegetarian on a farm. We have chickens because they give manure which is great for the vegetables and fruit trees, they also help to eat bugs and tractor up the weeds. We would not eat them even when they're old (they'd be very tough meat in any case) Also we're thinking of getting some sheep to keep our paddocks grasses down instead of using petrol to slash it (we don't have time to scythe). So people do keep animals even if they don't eat them or their products to help with tasks and or to be sustainable in other ways. That said I don't have issues with others who keep animals for meat, it's definitely more humane and sustainable way. My spouse and I just couldn't do it and choose not to. We have plenty of fruit and veg (well we will our farm is a work in progress) I also have no problem with James trading them in a game. It's just a shame the game doesn't have a penalty for selling them too old or sickly.
I love this! So funny when you sat at the table. Giving me some great ideas, I very much want to start my own farm now. Maybe a little, community….some may call us a cult…..we will be called Simtologiests…..they are just jealous lol! Okay thanks for bringing out my silly!
Yes, bees can go indoors. I have 3 bee boxes in the basement gardens of 2 of my houses. It doesn't change anything for them either. Unlike seasonal plants, they still go dormant in winter even when inside.
What about the fridges/display cases for businesses? The ones that are the open cases. They keep food fresh longer, and you can see the items you are storing. You can put it in the small room off the kitchen.
I once watched a Simmer search for her flying robot thing (?), giving up and making another one, then losing that one too. She followed her third creation and ended up finding the first two hiding in the hedge. I died XD
it's all about the circle of life James, I grew up on a farm, our chickens were healthier, did'nt have and yes after they slowed down on giving eggs, killed them , we cleaned them, thourghly and ate them, we sold a lot of eggs...etc...we were self sustained for the most part, we bought things like vanilla,spices etc....never meat ,eggs,etc.....
I noticed in my own play that the roosters are almost always full but the poor hens are hungry. Clearly the roosters eat first and most leaving scraps for the hens and chicks.
I'm fine with the chickens getting traded for meat, but if it personally weirds you out, I'd either sell them or get animal treats for them. And have Trenton do it as he hasn't bonded with the chickens as much. :P But yeah, it's nice to see everything coming together! The pond looks nice, the crops are coming along. . .I agree Cowlene and Lenny should have a fence, but it's not a huge priority, so. . .and the rabbits eating the weeds is strangely adorable. :) (And yes, it is weird the pies appear in the cooking menu, but since not everyone has Get To Work. . .what they really need to do is move Baking to base-game like they moved the Calendar, but who knows if they ever will. . .)
James stated at the beginning of his Cottage Living LP (or in passing during Dream Home Decorator, I can't recall) that the canon we're following is that Chaz completely hates his family (save for Trenton), and decided to remove himself from associating with the Bigwallets at all. We, as an audience will know it, but I guess for Chaz, changing his name was the only choice to make. Start fresh in an alleyway somewhere in the British countryside, completely separate from the drama.
Maybe not a fancy entrance but definitely a more distinguished one. Like an actual farm driveway. Maybe with the pond to one side of the driveway and fields on the other, the barns and such at the back of the farm...just an idea
37:00 james, debug has a bunch of stepping stones, you should use those. also, you could put a tree or two between the pond and the crops, and blend the bunny and bird stumps in there. patchy too, they look so out of place by themselves.
I fenced my chickens in around my house. Next thing I notice, two chickens are strolling through my house! “Hey, you get Animal Network on this Telly? I want to catch the next episode of Henswives of HOB.” 😳😂
Also when you get relationship up with patchy you can ask for gardening advice and that will boost your gardening skill up. For me it was 50% sometimes
"Trenton how are you doing..?" LOL I lost it. You picked the perfect moment to switch to him struggling with Lenny 😂 Also I am so happy hearing that you see and acknowledge the comments we make ❤ I was someone who suggested meat but I can get behind any of the more comfortable options. Maybe try produce and decide if what you get is worth more or less than the simoleons you would get instead. If you can buy more produce with the money you get than what they give for the chicken then money seems like the smarter option. Also there are flat garden stones in debug or something I think. REALLY REALLY love the farm! When you first started I thought it was weird that the house was right up front rather than further back but now I think it looks really good so idk. Would probably look good no matter where you put it honestly.
You can search the snail in the bramblewood and it counts as a foraged item! This helped me a lot Also with being outside water proof and storm chaser is a huge help!
Same with Patchy. I try to harvest before he wakes up so he doesn’t snag my stuff. It just disappeared for me but if anyone knows that the harvested crops go somewhere specific when he harvests let me know!
@@mandydini Good point! And it's worse with Patchy as you don't control when he is active, unlike the club where you can wait until you have finished harvesting before calling the club together. I don't know where the harvestables go with Patchy, but I'll have a poke around and see if he has a hidden inventory or something,
He could have just built whatever. It's not like Hazel always follows the rules, ya know. Just throw a cheap video gaming system in and voila. Gaming bathroom. Or whatever.
You could say that you're actually take the old chickens to a chicken retirement home. Like an old dogs sanctuary but for chickens. It's run by a nice old woman who's lifes work is giving old chickens their best possible life. Maybe the money/groceries is from her chickens very active social media presence.
I totally agree! I really wanted to be vegetarian for a long time but I’m anaemic and we really don’t have the money to keep that at bay without eating meat. It’s also a big thing in my culture to eat meat so my mom wouldn’t let me go vegetarian 🙃
James: I don’t really develop storylines for my sims, that’s more of Deli’s thing
Also James: Chaz has a hard time interacting with Trenton because he looks so much like their father, who Chaz hates
I really like Jame’s style of playing because of that. Sometimes, the storylines just feel so, so forced, it takes me out of the game. And well, Chaz did hate his father naturally in the 3 Brothers let’s play. Then their relationship got a reset so it’s not a true ”storyline” per say.
Yes!!! lol This man just LOVES to contradict himself in the very same sentence; or in the very next one.
@@KangelofEcho I agree. Honestly I really don't like Deli's playstyle because she plays a lot of play pretend for fake sims things that just arent there (too forced). I like the more chaotic style of james where he just stumbles on to stuff that actually happens and acknowledges actual glitches and flaws.
@@KangelofEcho Agreed it's a turnoff when it feels too forced. James' has felt so natural from the beginning. I always say The Bigwallet Saga is my favorite soap opera 🤣
The best part of James' lets play is the utterly chaotic way in which events unfold and he ends up adding new goals to achieve before the end of the season - I'm fondly remembering the "Operation Destroy Thorne Bailey" from Lady Bigwallet II and "Operation Revive Elsa" with Bob and co
I wish we had sheep so you could name one "Baatuu."
Honestly, I totally support naming a llama that just for the lols.
Bamuu (like Moo) (for a cow) (lol)
Actually sheeps belong to this whole vibe more than llamas in my oppinion.
I think there is a Mod with sheep
@@cocktailmood01 yeah but since its the sims, lamas are more fitting
James should get an evil rooster and name him roocifer
except in real life this is whats causing the extinction of the regular bee
whoops wrong comment
@@linal427 Nono, it’s much funnier this way
LMFAO
@@samordo You should name a chicken "Your Hen-ness"
"We don't even have a tv or much else to do..." If only there was an ARCADE! XD
Omg seriously 🤣 🤣 💀
exactly
James saying “oh yeah, Batuu!”, never fails to make me smile
Same though! It’s the new “Katrina” shout!
I always feel like he's trying to inception us into liking Batuu
I was in Disney World and kept saying "Batuu!"
Start of the video is just James proving to us that he does read the comments and honestly, I'm here for it!
I was thinking the same the other day ✌🏻😍
Literally I’m the one who suggested we trade the chickens for meat and he actually considered it that was my first time commenting as well
He mentions things from comments in almost every video, ofc excluding the early access stuff for obvious reasons
Trade for monny because this is rage to riches
it’s great knowing that he cares about our thoughts and opinions :D
Selling tables have a separate inventory and do keep things fresh. The selling tables from City Living have a cooler as part of the item, so you could use those for realism
Chaz could sell his own produce in town with that table instead of selling everything to the grocery owner too!
@@karacoleman2475 yesss he could set up his own farmers market
Bees in greenhouses = Yes it's a thing. For pollination. Beekeepers get paid for putting them there.
James actually had 2 bee boxes in his seasons L.P. lol
And both were in the green house most of the time
Do they put them in during pollination times, or all the time?
@@kater9982 Exactly. I think James needs to re-watch his own Season LP, lol.
except in real life this is what is causing the regular bee to become extinct
I think the Laundry Day washing line would be a really cute addition to the farm! Also building a little Farm Shop would be cute, a lot of farms in the UK have little shops where they sell produce!
They're really popular in Canada as well! There's at least 12 in my small town haha XD
"we won't make Trenton do all the dirty work..."
*2 minutes later*
"Trenton come test the toilet please." 😂😂😂
The vacuum outside is the most Sims thing I've ever seen
My Roomba has made several bids for freedom, I say it's fairly realistic
yes, "Lock door for Roomba"
Chaz grew up in a Haunted House full of ghosts with Vampires and Aliens and he's scared of a Scarecrow?!
He knows the threat is real
To be fair a scarecrow in your garden that comes to life is a pretty terrifying concept.
Maybe he thought it's his father visiting? :"D
look, we all have limits, mmkay? lol
Patchy has a pumpkin for a head; maybe he's worried about his giant crops coming to life too.
You don’t need the scared trait to stop them being afraid of storms, just the storm chaser trait, and it’s much cheaper at only 1000 points.
I definitely have to get this. My poor sims are scared out of their minds from all the storms in HOB.
@@az25blue oh my gosh. Same! It storms constantly it feels like and it makes it hard to do stuff for your animals when your sim keeps cancelling everything to run back and forth lol. Thanks for the suggestion! Will definitely be buying it.
@tatilibero3 true! I have to keep them in check when outside and raining because they will be running towards the house and ruining all the queued stuff i had for them to do 💀
Weather Options Menu Disable Thunderstorms: Am i A Joke to You
@@WolfheartFoxlover see i like the storms though. I just don't want my Sims scared out of their minds lol
james: "does this keep stuff fresh for longer?"
item description: "it will keep your food fresh for longer"
Hennibal doesnt need her coop to have an alarm James! Pretty sure when you read the description of evil chickens she told you, it said that they keep wild foxes away!
they do, but I don't know if it will work if they're in separate coops :(
Yeah, That's why I think he should have it with the rest of his hens, cuz it's gonna be like a guarding hen.
Rumba on the way to clean the greenhouse
James: WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE 😂
Rumba: 👁👄👁
LOL!
James: "What have you got there?"
Rumba which is cleaning the greenhouse: "A milkshake."
"Unfortunately Santa has escaped."
-James Turner (2021)
Lol
the Sims 4 quote of the year if there was an actual award hahaha
sounds like it could be from callmekevin lmao
Did santa escape or was he abducted by 3 little HENchmen for their bag of bugs boss?
@@mi1kguts I was thinking the same thingXD
I think outhouses often have a single slope roof. If the way the roof looks is still bothering you :)
YES, I was thinking the same thing!
Yes I was thinking that as well. Fake Gamer Girl just did a shrek build and when she put that kind of roof on her outhouse at first i was thinking "ew what? No what are you doing?" But then she was right and it looks so much better than the gabled roof.
@@Moonmoonnwbcw Yeah and it makes sense... it's so small, you'd only need the snow and rain to slope off of one side.
I kept thinking about this! I've never seen an outhouse with that kind of roof before, so I think it'd definitely look more authentic with the sloped roof
you should turn on the “cat hangout” lot trait and they can be like your little barn cats!! or you could adopt a cat
I hope he does this! He could adopt one of the strays that come around. Barn cats are so common and useful!!
as far as i’m aware that trait isn’t available for residential lots… could be wrong though
@@emmadyer if it's not then he could still get a kitty
@@emmadyer I put cat hangout on my residential lot builds all the time. It's great! Your sim can have all the benefits of having cats around but doesn't haven't to take care of them or worry about them running away.
@@emmadyer i’ve had that lot trait on one of my houses before😊
I didn’t keep count on hen names, but man, “Hen Solo” would be such a cool name for a hen 🤣
Are you telling me no one suggested “Hen Solo” ???
so good!
i did some episodes ago! but i dont think he's seen it
You are a genius!
Last episode someone suggested a lot of Star Wars x Hens names xD Yolkda, Hen Solo, Chickbacca, ect.
I did, too :)
Variant Agnes: *exists*
James, a member of the TVA: NOT on my watch
I really love the fact that his "Please leave your comments and feedback down below. THANKS for watching. I’ll see you next time and HAVE an AwEsOmE DaY!" is actually something he means for real. He actually really reads our feedback and enjoys it. Thank you James for keeping it real! 😎
@James Turner thanks for the like but I think I bugged something out… one second your like is there and the next it’s not. This is, in no way at all, like the relationship glitches we are all encountering with this pack. Nooooo. Not at all….
@@lexieblais6845 If you edit your post, it'll clear a UA-camr's like.
@@lexieblais6845 You edited your post so that's on you
I believe that I edited my post before. But my phone crashed so I think that is what happened…. All my apps got bugged out.
Deli: Building meaningful relationships.
James: Building awesome outhouses.
You sound like the government 😂 “we can’t test the birds today they don’t work in thunderstorms”
The birds work for the bourgeoisie
Yes! Sell chickens to make your money back if you’re just gonna loose them to the grim reaper might as well get some of that back!
Hey James! The pub owner did give you an upgrade part(an electronic upgrade part)!! The errands that mention that they'll give you an upgrade part "for an animal shelter" , that's the ones you want! 😊
I tried using sprinklers to efficiently take care of my 4 by 6 rows of crop patches. After using them for an in game week I can confidently say DO NOT USE SPRINKLERS. They're awful, expensive and you need them lined one per patch which cost over 5k simoleons. If that wasn't already expensive they break every few days. Even then I was like okay I think this can work after barely making back the cost of the sprinklers after my first yield. But my last straw was my water bill amounting to 10k. Save your simoleons and get the free service reward trait and hire a daily Gardener or start a gardening slave club. I wish I did sooner.
Don’t they have an upgrade to make them unbreakable? I was also planning on getting the water collectors to produce our own water. I guess we will see how it goes!
You can upgrade them to be unbreakable tho
@@JamesTurnerYT Fair enough :) I was in the process of getting my sim to level up Handiness to upgrade it all but I just canned the project after the bills lol. Definitely try out the water collectors would probably be a big help. Farming life is rough!
If you get the perk 'free services' you can get a free gardener
I have lots of sprinkles on my farm, no one's broken yet and they work fine. Turns on an off as they should.
Regarding selling the aging animals, I say do it for the Simoleons. This is a Rags to Riches challenge after all so it makes sense.
RP Sidenote: I lowkey love the idea that when the chickens are getting old, instead of "being sent away to a farm in the country", they go off to the big city to find adventure.
"Henrietta takes Manhattan!"
*Henhattan :D
@@phiepy I was thinking Manhenttan 😂🐣 But yours flows better hahaha
HOW IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT "Are my hands in your food here? Is this a problem?" I died. 😭
Sheldon would've freaked out
Debug has some great stepping stones! The come in irregular shapes and could def be used for a pathway 🙂
doesnt the evil chicken scare off the grimm reaper? Moving Hennibal back in with the rest might protect them in old age
This!! I was thinking the same thing!
I saud that last video but my comment got lost under all the others😅
Doesn’t it scare away foxes too?
Yes I tought it too! seems so powerful!
That's what I said!!
I love to see the vacuum cleaners going anywhere they want in various LPs and all the simmers searching for them
Okay, here are some names I gave my real life chicken: Hen Solo, Obi-wan Henobi and Kylo Hen ;))
Please call a hen Princess Layer. 😂
omggg i love it so much haha
Eggra Bridger and Henra
Jabba the Hen
Anahen Skywalker
When Hazel is renovating Chaz’s house, Let her upgrade everything
I think the trading when the chickens are elders make a lot of sense
He should definitely "trade" them for meat. That's the farmer's lifestyle.
I agree with this and I'm a vegetarian lol
True that it’s the more realistic way, but I can’t help but feel like the chickens deserve to live out their days peacefully on the farm.
He also needs meat for some recipes
I trade off my excess roosters for produce and treats. Healthy treats makes the poultry live much longer.
I think trading the old chickens for meat would ad a nice touch of realism, it is not morbid, its just how things work.
there's stepping stones in debug that aren't completely round
Yes, and they are in Base Game, so by filtering for Base Game only, you can find them very easily.
Yeahhh I've seen Sydney use them in her videos
yup, I use these ones all the time. They're perfect - I hate that they're locked in Debug
Commenting to boost your comment! This is what I was thinking!
Yes! I was just thinking that. I remember seeing LilSimsie use them a few times.
Honestly James Turner has been the only youtuber I've been watching lately since I've sloped down into depression agai
So, thank you James, for being here
Might seem like an odd comment but, I just really wanted to thank you
Hey, I hope things feel brighter soon ❤️
Hey same for me here! Idk why but his sense of humor and his chill attitude in LPs help me go through my rough days
james has a super soothing voice and just an overall caring seeming personality so its just like watching a friend play the sims. ive been watching maybe since seasons and i have loved every ep
@@MRSIHATECAKES James do really be our savior in these tiring times
It’s nice to just have a good laugh and watch sims haha. 😂 Sending you positive vibes! You got this 👏🏼
Somewhere, somehow, Professor Oak can feel the betrayal… “Someone… is riding their bike indoors!”
You win best comment.
You win the internet forever
James yes! I think trading the chickens when they’re elders makes a lot of sense and is very realistic. Especially trading for meat is realistic
James: Bees inside seem odd.
Everyone: 👀
Seasons R2R: Have you forgotten me already?
Bonnnnd with the beeeeees
This. Thought the same thing when James was questioning that 😂
Yup Yup Yup. I commented on another reply, but it feels like James needs to re-watch a bit of his own Season LP sometimes, hah.
@@Terahnee Definitely! lmao
A farm dog would be a cute little addition to the family to make the farm even more alive!
Yesssss PLEASE JAMES !! GET A DOG !!
A border collie!!!
@@DevilFoodCait Yes! A staple in any British farm (TBH normally we'd have a few, not just one, typically of varying ages so the youngsters can learn from the elders and when the elders retire the farm isn't up shit creek)
as a vegetarian of 10 years, i’m okay with you trading a simulated chicken for simulated meat lol
@Thristan Hull dude shut up and let people eat whatever the fuck they wanna eat -someone who loves meat
@Thristan Hull imagine making fun of someone
i am vegetarian and not all agreed with that .. 🤔🤡
@Thristan Hull imagine spelling words correctly
@@H.H1208 Reminder. Video game animals are not real animala
James : doesn't pay attention to the stories the locals tell him.
also James: "Why are they asking me to do this?"
love this series by the way !
The rogue robot vacuum vacuuming the yard had me in stitches. Typical Sims chaos.😅
James is 100% going to forget to unlock the door before getting the make over
ALSO the stepping stones that you’re looking for are in the DEBUG catalog
When selecting Errands from townies take ones with "Animal barn upgrade part" and not "upgrade part" it will be just regular upgrade part. Cheers.
Thank you for that tip! I’ve been trying like crazy to get the upgrade parts and now it makes sense why they’re never the right ones. 🤦🏻♀️ Guess I don’t pay enough attention to detail. Lol
Definitely move the house back, with put a deck in overlooking the lake. Then a fancy driveway/garden would look amazing.
Also when James joined the brothers at the dinner table I almost spat out my drink I wasn’t ready haha brilliant I actually look forward to your videos and is one of the first things I check when I wake up
There’s lots of stepping stones in Debug which would be perfect, I use them in a lot of my builds
I was just going to write this! I think you need the live edit objects cheat to find them!
I also used debug to make the livestock barns a lot nicer... You can add a lot of shrubbery directly against the stone walls, add a lot of debug whispy grass so they actually look like they're grazing, bales of hay, and even barn doors if you use the wooden fence gates in debug. I even put the hay bales in a spot where the cow automatically goes down to graze so it looks like they're eating hay
I think it would look awesome if the house were further back on a sloping hill overlooking all the crops and animals around it. Maybe a pond in front, the crops out back, chicken area on one side and the cows on the other? Also, go CRAZY with the vines, ivy, and plants all around. Turn the place into a cute floral overgrown little cottage.
26:54 "We need to prune one of the Anges" Love the LOKI reference!
Every time someone dances.
James: Whoah-ho Yeah!!
I don't think Chaz should get a gardening club. With his brother, Patchy and the animals helping out I think it should be enough. Plus it's the struggle to get to a point where the farm is basically running itself that is entertaining :)
Edit: If more help is needed you could hire a gardener!
It's definitely enough, I have a huge farm where Patchy basically does all of the weeding along with my two rabits, birds take care of the bugs and the sprinklers work just fine if you upgrade them to be unbreakable
Also the last time he tried a gardening club he had the problem of club members harvesting the plants.
That was my suggestion, and I agree that the wild animals should be enough to keep weed/bug free however...the club also helps socialize my animals and members like to encourage crop growth. Before, even fertilizing daily, I only got a couple larges in 12 plots. Now they are all max size.
Plus, my club is made of family members, so it's nice for the kids to be able to see their grandparents and aunts/uncles every day.
@@babybonesxd4810 Yeah, they do that. Also they get your eggs. You have to harvest before starting a gathering.
@@fuzzypumpkin7743 I am going to try this on my lil farm today! How fun! My rules aren't as strict as JT's. Lol
My absolute favourite chicken name is Attila the Hen.
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Aida cloth is a stiff cloth with the fibers arranged in a strict grid-like form specifically for cross stitching. The number indicates the density of the grid. It ranges from 12 to 22 (I'm guessing squares per inch). The finer grids are ideal for really detailed designs and the larger grids are better for simple, bold patterns and allow you to work up a large area quicker.
Old English houses have large lounges so the size of the living room is perfect
Depends on the building and what modifications have been done to it. Some folk split the livingroom up to give themselves a dining room, or knocked through the kitchen into the living space for a larger open lan space. Though open plan is only recently popular, used to be seperating the spaces was much more common.
I hope Trenton gets a mini story line with a family! I love that the Bigwallet family just keeps getting more branches.
The living room size and shape is actually pretty accurate and common in the UK, Iquitos a few of my family members have weird long living rooms with two doors
In real life farms people do eat their own animals, which is extremely sustainable and in my opinion better option than buying meat from a store. I don't think anyone should be upset about trading animals for meat. So it would only make sense for them to change the animals for meat and ingredients or at least for money. That would be extra food for them.
Agree! If you didn't you probably wouldn't want animals on the farm but instead just live in a small country house with a regular job.
@@Donna-LookingUp Yes. It only makes sense really. Animals give you eggs, milk, wool etc and meat of course. Farm people probably never buy meat from stores. And some people maybe only grows one animal at the time and eats it some special day like Christmas. But usually if you have a farm and animals you eat them also.
Totally agree. No reason to avoid trading animals for meat. It's done in real life and these sims are not vegetarian or vegan. People are allowed to choose their own diets and should not be shamed into avoiding eating meat in a video game just because some random person on the internet doesn't agree with the fact that humans are biologically omnivores. Not to mention this isn't factory farming which is one of the more common complaints against eating meat that vegans and vegetarians have.
@@Skytoxin24 yes, more good points! Makes total sense. UA-camrs should not be forced to please every single person in the internet especially in these kind of things which are just normal life and nothing bad. This is also actually promoting better way to enjoy meat and help planet 🌏 like you said this isn't factory farming animals!
@@Donna-LookingUp I'm a vegetarian on a farm. We have chickens because they give manure which is great for the vegetables and fruit trees, they also help to eat bugs and tractor up the weeds. We would not eat them even when they're old (they'd be very tough meat in any case) Also we're thinking of getting some sheep to keep our paddocks grasses down instead of using petrol to slash it (we don't have time to scythe).
So people do keep animals even if they don't eat them or their products to help with tasks and or to be sustainable in other ways.
That said I don't have issues with others who keep animals for meat, it's definitely more humane and sustainable way. My spouse and I just couldn't do it and choose not to. We have plenty of fruit and veg (well we will our farm is a work in progress)
I also have no problem with James trading them in a game. It's just a shame the game doesn't have a penalty for selling them too old or sickly.
I love this! So funny when you sat at the table. Giving me some great ideas, I very much want to start my own farm now. Maybe a little, community….some may call us a cult…..we will be called Simtologiests…..they are just jealous lol! Okay thanks for bringing out my silly!
Yes, bees can go indoors. I have 3 bee boxes in the basement gardens of 2 of my houses. It doesn't change anything for them either. Unlike seasonal plants, they still go dormant in winter even when inside.
"We need to prune one of the Agneses. There's too many variants of Agnes." 😂 We see what you did there.
26:56 “We need to prune one of the Agnes’s”
Someone has been watching Loki :P
James: Where are the upgraded parts you promised me???
Me: It’s in your inventory, James. You got a Kitchen Upgrade Part. 😂😂😂
28:56
You could get another evil chicken and name it Dehentor, then make the 'fort' as Azkaban 😄
YEEEESSSSS
Azkabarn or azcoopban?
Rather not have references to the work of a transphobe
Laughed until I cried at the rogue vacuum with big dreams 🤣
I knew you’d name one Cluck Norris, you always listen to us James
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
What about the fridges/display cases for businesses? The ones that are the open cases. They keep food fresh longer, and you can see the items you are storing. You can put it in the small room off the kitchen.
The mud room? Or boot room as James calls it
Yes or it could go into a walled off storage room in the large living room
I once watched a Simmer search for her flying robot thing (?), giving up and making another one, then losing that one too. She followed her third creation and ended up finding the first two hiding in the hedge. I died XD
it's all about the circle of life James, I grew up on a farm, our chickens were healthier, did'nt have and yes after they slowed down on giving eggs, killed them , we cleaned them, thourghly and ate them, we sold a lot of eggs...etc...we were self sustained for the most part, we bought things like vanilla,spices etc....never meat ,eggs,etc.....
excuse the misuse on the keyboard, on the laptop, i hate it lol
I just LOVE this series. One of the greats up there with Seasons. This Cottage/Dream home era is a solid one!
*Gives food to one chicken. *
*Others come out to eat as well. *
"Guys no, I was only feeding one chicken!"
Relatable.
I noticed in my own play that the roosters are almost always full but the poor hens are hungry. Clearly the roosters eat first and most leaving scraps for the hens and chicks.
I raised chickens and this is extremely accurate. They would all gather around me when I would come out with their feed.
@@jorwayblacknight3619 Yeah, my grandpa used to own chickens so I know what that's like
I'd give this farm the Creepy Crawlie lot trait cos I can imagine there'd be lots of bugs and spiders about
But it's the English country-side, there'd be no poisonious spiders there!
“It’s too many Agnes variants” I love a fellow marvel fan
I'm fine with the chickens getting traded for meat, but if it personally weirds you out, I'd either sell them or get animal treats for them. And have Trenton do it as he hasn't bonded with the chickens as much. :P But yeah, it's nice to see everything coming together! The pond looks nice, the crops are coming along. . .I agree Cowlene and Lenny should have a fence, but it's not a huge priority, so. . .and the rabbits eating the weeds is strangely adorable. :) (And yes, it is weird the pies appear in the cooking menu, but since not everyone has Get To Work. . .what they really need to do is move Baking to base-game like they moved the Calendar, but who knows if they ever will. . .)
James: "I will concentrate on making money with the animals instead of farming"
Also James: "I am building the biggest farm!"
lmaooo
Any way you can change Chaz’s last name to Bigwallet… or Ricks-Bigwallet at the very least… He’s gotta pass on that LEGENDARY name somehow…
Oh definitely I love the Bigwallet name
I wonder how the Ricks surname came about. Is Bonehilda called Bonehilda Ricks? 😂
@@tinnie75 It was randomly generated because Bonehilda doesn't have a last name.
James stated at the beginning of his Cottage Living LP (or in passing during Dream Home Decorator, I can't recall) that the canon we're following is that Chaz completely hates his family (save for Trenton), and decided to remove himself from associating with the Bigwallets at all. We, as an audience will know it, but I guess for Chaz, changing his name was the only choice to make. Start fresh in an alleyway somewhere in the British countryside, completely separate from the drama.
He hates his father, why would he want his name?
You sitting at the table with Chaz and the farmhand was the best bit! 😂 caught me off guard and really made my night! :P
James "sitting" next to his Sims is my absolutely favourite gag
I loved that part too 😁
I have waited this entire LP series to finally hear "Ah! Baatu!!"
Maybe not a fancy entrance but definitely a more distinguished one. Like an actual farm driveway. Maybe with the pond to one side of the driveway and fields on the other, the barns and such at the back of the farm...just an idea
James when you edited yourself into the dining table i chocked on air!
Yes, that was hilarious!!
Yes! That was so funny!!!
37:00 james, debug has a bunch of stepping stones, you should use those.
also, you could put a tree or two between the pond and the crops, and blend the bunny and bird stumps in there. patchy too, they look so out of place by themselves.
I fenced my chickens in around my house. Next thing I notice, two chickens are strolling through my house! “Hey, you get Animal Network on this Telly? I want to catch the next episode of Henswives of HOB.” 😳😂
Also when you get relationship up with patchy you can ask for gardening advice and that will boost your gardening skill up. For me it was 50% sometimes
"Trenton how are you doing..?" LOL I lost it. You picked the perfect moment to switch to him struggling with Lenny 😂
Also I am so happy hearing that you see and acknowledge the comments we make ❤
I was someone who suggested meat but I can get behind any of the more comfortable options. Maybe try produce and decide if what you get is worth more or less than the simoleons you would get instead. If you can buy more produce with the money you get than what they give for the chicken then money seems like the smarter option.
Also there are flat garden stones in debug or something I think.
REALLY REALLY love the farm! When you first started I thought it was weird that the house was right up front rather than further back but now I think it looks really good so idk. Would probably look good no matter where you put it honestly.
I played this pack for like 16 hours this weekend. No regrets.
same lol
Ditto!!! 😂 😂
Same! Been waiting the new pack to start the decades challenge....both a blessing and a curse
I seldom left the computer to “live”. Lol I’m just so caught up in the gameplay and my own little goals that I totally lose track of the day.
you could give trenton the storm chaser reward trait, i think that’s cheaper than the never scared one.
James, the Storm Chaser trait is cheaper than Brave if you want them to work through the storms sooner rather than later.
The birds have a very long range on helping with plants. I had a flock off of my lot that would still come by and help!
You can search the snail in the bramblewood and it counts as a foraged item! This helped me a lot
Also with being outside water proof and storm chaser is a huge help!
Don’t do a garden club! I did that once, and my clubmembers harvested my crops and I never got them back. ☹️
Yeah, I’ve used them. It works, but you have to harvest before you start a club gathering :/
If you use the club you do need to remember to harvest all before starting a group meeting, otherwise this does indeed happen!
You have to harvest them before starting the gathering
Same with Patchy. I try to harvest before he wakes up so he doesn’t snag my stuff. It just disappeared for me but if anyone knows that the harvested crops go somewhere specific when he harvests let me know!
@@mandydini Good point! And it's worse with Patchy as you don't control when he is active, unlike the club where you can wait until you have finished harvesting before calling the club together. I don't know where the harvestables go with Patchy, but I'll have a poke around and see if he has a hidden inventory or something,
Too bad Chaz and Trenton will never get their arcade.
Hahaha
He could have just built whatever. It's not like Hazel always follows the rules, ya know. Just throw a cheap video gaming system in and voila. Gaming bathroom. Or whatever.
I named my chicken coop: "What's the coop?" and named all of my chickens after different ice cream flavors: Chocolate, French Vanilla, and Rocky Road.
james: we need to prune one of the agneses
me: loki stan
You could say that you're actually take the old chickens to a chicken retirement home. Like an old dogs sanctuary but for chickens. It's run by a nice old woman who's lifes work is giving old chickens their best possible life. Maybe the money/groceries is from her chickens very active social media presence.
8:25 When Chaz is scared, it looks like he’s posing for a UA-cam thumbnail. 😂
James… as a vegetarian, I’d rather the meat be used. They would die anyway. Also. Guys. It’s a game
True
I remember when PETA was against Pokèmon and Cooking Mama.
@@KagamineRinVocaloid and Animal Crossing 💀
@@llondriga I didn't know that. Jeez
I totally agree! I really wanted to be vegetarian for a long time but I’m anaemic and we really don’t have the money to keep that at bay without eating meat. It’s also a big thing in my culture to eat meat so my mom wouldn’t let me go vegetarian 🙃