KaBloom! Gardening Cheat
Do you have a garden in the Sims for the sheer enjoyment of watering, weeding and waiting for the harvest? If so, this mod is definitely NOT for you! It is intended for players who garden as a means to an end -- such as growing fruit for a fizzy factory, or flowers for perfume. It's also meant for players irritated by the long standing Sims bug where your garden decides to reset itself into dirt piles spontaneously. I got this suggestion from one of my Patrons, so thanks for the idea!
This mod adds a Cheat menu item named 'Ka-Bloom!' that will instantly (more or less) grow all of your harvestable plants up to the blossoming state, and fill them with harvestables (fruit, vegetables, flowers, etc). The plants will mature and bloom regardless of whether they are in season or not. The 'Ka-Bloom!' cheat also causes all the wild plants in the neighborhood to come into bloom and bear fruit.
TO USE: Shift-Click on the ground, and select 'Ka-Bloom!'
This lets you get all the flowers blooming at once, which is pretty cool. Or an entire grove of fruit trees, or 10 zillion Soy Plants (if you are really, really into candle making). And if the game throws the 'reset all your plants' bug at you, you can fix it instantly with 'Ka-Bloom!'.
NOTE: The cheat may need to ask the game to spawn a LOT of items at once (all the fruit, flowers, etc). Sometimes, this takes several seconds if you have a very large garden, and there's not any indication that anything is happening (I'm working on adding an effect or notification to solve that).
Can you use this cheat over and over again? Yes! You can spend all of your time Ka-Blooming, harvesting, then Ka-Blooming again. The only limitation is your attention span!
Does it work with Meatwalls? Yep, works on meatwalls (and other vertical garden plants) as well.
Does it work on Giant Vegetables from CoL? Idk, haven't tried it yet. Those things creep me out...They work a bit differently than other harvestables, so I might need to add some more code to handle those.
As always, I'm happy to hear your suggestions and input! Thanks again!
Change Log:
12/14/2022, 1.0b, Initial Patreon Release
12/14/2022, 1.0.1b, Patreon Bugfix Release, removed inadvertent dependency on TwistedMexi's AllCheats mod
12/25/2022, 1.0.2, Public Release, added notifications
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