You have just given me the best laugh I have had in weeks!!

if your girl doesn't make it, the baby doesn't either I believe! Good luck!

Yes, I discovered that "drag woman while "going indoors" trick by accident and find it to be a handy time saver. Just drag the woman when she's walking towards the hut. If a baby doesn't appear in a few seconds, try again, and again...

Now, I've been playing this game for a (quite a) few hours, and I've noticed something about breeding. If the breeding is going to be successful, right after the "kiss" and when they say "going indoors" if you click on their detail, the woman's will say "nursing" even if she hasn't made it indoors yet!

Of course, this is probably a bug. But it makes it easy to tell if the breeding worked or not, and if you're desperate for babies, if her detail doesn't say "nursing" right away, you can drag her back on her man and try for it again right away, rather than waiting for them to slowly walk indoors and then reappear empty-handed.

-Ally (look! I registered )

Nope, it's not a bug (that's how the fish get pregnant in Fish Tycoon, too). As Arthur put it, the trip to the hut is symbolic!

There are some real advantages to registering - you can use more of the forum tools! Welcome to the 'gang'!!

I've been doing that too - although it seems a bit cruel to stop them ... having some privacy

I had three of them go in together once.... hmmmmm.
These sims are having just too much fun.

Hi all,
I've been lurking around here for a day or two just reading these posts. I have been playing VS for several days now and am totally smitten. But I can't figure out how all of you get so far so quickly. Don't any of you have regular jobs? (Ha ha).
My question is this: what do you mean by "Construction Research"? I thought there was just research. Do you use a trained builder to do the research, or do you get a researcher to do it? Thanks for any tips...
Thanks for these forums too. I learn so much and that adds to my game experience.
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Donna
Playing Plant Tycoon, VS on a Palm Tungsten E

Someone probably just phrased their explanation somewhat ambiguously. There is only one type of 'research' - the kind that your villagers do at the research table. The points they gain by doing their research are used to achieve higher technology levels on the Village Tech screen, and building is one thing that you can spend those points on. You can click on "Info" after selecting one of the village techs and see information about that technology.

The other type of advancement is to improve individual villager's skills. They do this in 5 areas - farming, research, breeding, healing, and construction - and gain skill by actually performing tasks related to a particular skill area.

I hope this helps clear things up!

All the research (harvesting, science, fertility,building etc) are all done at the research table. Get points, buy levels.