The Sims Freeplay- HANS On! Quest

The HANS On Quest is back as a Player Favourite Quest. Which means you will be able to start this quest between the 19th Feb-2nd March to get the full 7 day time limit, if you complete this quest in the time limit you will unlock dishwashers and HANS (Home Automation Network System) to dim the lighting in your sims houses and change the colour of the lights! These are optional so you will need to click on the green play button next to the title of the event in the active tasks tab to start:

If you completed this quest last time you won’t get it again, if you started it last time but didn’t finish it unfortunately you have to start from the beginning again this time.

Watch my step by step walkthrough of this quest here (video is from the first time this quest was available)

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First Set – Second Set – Third Set – Prizes

Times may vary depending on what star rating the item has and whether or not your sims are inspired.

First Set: Complete the first set of goals to earn 5 Social Points

Talk to Professor Hans Free- 30 seconds

Consider helping the Professor- 41 minutes (on a park bench)

Agree to help the Professor- 2 hours 15 minutes

Sleep on some ideas- 2 hours 40 minutes (bed)

Sanity check ideas- 1 hour 26 minutes (on a computer)

Watch ‘talking tech’ on tv- 3 hours 10 minutes

Discuss ideas with the Professor- 3 hours 15 minutes

Install HANS on a computer- 1 hour 44 minutes

Inspect computer- 3 hours 10 minutes

Report to the Professor- 4 hours 35 minutes

Discuss solution with the Professor- 5 hours 55 minutes

Get clarity from the Professor- 4 hours 55 minutes

Find 20 parts in house objects- 2 hours (click find parts on items around your house)

You will need to use as many sims as you can (you can use a maximum of 8 sims) to find all the parts to complete this task quickly

TIP: if you speed up with LP you will find more parts than if you just wait for it to complete.Need LP? Read this post on how to earn LP quickly!

Make the HANS transmitter- 6 hours 26 minutes (click on x at front of house)

Plug HANS transmitter into computer- 7 hours 30 minutes

FIRST SET OF GOALS COMPLETE!

Wait for HANS to boot- if you take less than 3 days to complete this set then you will have to wait the rest of the 3 days until you can move onto the next set, for example if the first set takes you 50 hours to complete the wait time will be 22 hours (so the exact time varies depending on how long it takes you to complete the previous tasks in this quest) OR click on the orange fast forward button to use 10 LP to skip the waiting time and move straight onto the next task

If you take more than 3 days to complete all the previous tasks then it should go straight on to the second set without having to wait

Second Set: Complete the second set of goals to earn 15 Social Points

Vent to a sim- 1 hour 15 minutes (select the interaction between two sims)

Consider Professor’s design- 2 hours 40 minutes (on a couch)

Discuss power source- 3 hours 55 minutes (you need to complete this 5 times so use 5 pairs of sims (10 sims) to complete this quickly)

Read ‘Geological Records’ from a bookcase- 4 hours 30 minutes

Dig for dimlite ore in park- 5 hours 30 minutes (click on x)

Add dimlite to HANS transmitter- 1 hour 8 minutes (using a computer)

Respond to mysterious voice- 4 hours 10 minutes (computer)

Have a cold shower- 2 hours 40 minutes

Speak to HANS- 2 hours (computer)

Talk to HANS about ice cream- 3 hours 50 minutes (computer)

Have a selfie with HANS- 1 hour 50 minutes (computer)

Befriend HANS on simbook- 2 hours 40 minutes (you need to do this 8 times so have 8 sims completing this at once to complete it quickly)

Teach HANS about lighting- 4 hours 10 minutes (computer)

Confront HANS- 3 hours 50 minutes (computer)

Call ‘computer whisperer hotline’ on a phone- 4 hours 30 minutes

Discuss problem with Susan Sparks- 6 hours 5 minutes (she will appear at your sims house)

SECOND SET OF GOALS COMPLETE!

Wait for Susan- if you take less than 6 days to complete both of these sets then you will have to wait the rest of the 6 days until you can move onto the next set, for example if you complete both sets in 5 days the wait time will be 1 day (so the exact time varies depending on how long it takes you to complete the previous tasks in this quest) OR click on the orange fast forward button to use 10 LP to skip the waiting time and move straight onto the next task

If you take more than 6 days to complete all the previous tasks then it should go straight on to the third set without having to wait

Third Set: Complete the third set of goals to earn the dishwashers and HANS panel

Discuss HANS solution- 5 minutes (talk to Susan)

Find 50 parts in house objects- 2 hours (click find parts on items around your house)

You will need to use as many sims as you can (you can use a maximum of 10 sims) to find all the parts to complete this task quickly

TIP: if you speed up with LP you will find more parts than if you just wait for it to complete.Need LP? Read this post on how to earn LP quickly!

Give parts to Susan Sparks- 15 minutes (can’t find Susan? Check all your sims houses, she will hopefully show up at one of them!)

Get HANS to dim lighting (select option on computer)

Get HANS to change light colour (select option on computer)

Turn off HANS lighting (select option on computer)

Deliver news about HANS- 30 minutes (talk to the Professor in the park)

Beg to the Professor- 45 minutes

Call Susan for help- 1 hour 26 minutes (using a phone)

Download HANS to cell phone- 14 minutes (using a computer)

Convince the Professor- 1 hour 15 minutes (go back to the park to find him)

Present HANS to the Professor- 2 hours 15 minutes

Discuss HANS’ wish with the Professor- 2 hours 25 minutes

Thank Susan Sparks- 2 hours 55 minutes (Susan will appear at the park)

Take photo with the Professor and Susan- 2 hours 5 minutes (click on x at park)

Say farewell to the Professor and Susan- 4 hours 10 minutes (click on the Professor)

QUEST IS COMPLETE!

Prize: HANS Panel and Dishwashers

Where can I find them? The HANS Panel is in the electronics section and the dishwashers can be found in the kitchen section of the home store

How much do they cost? The first HANS Panel is free, after this they cost 15LP each. The Stainless Steel Dishwasher costs S150,000 and the Brown Black Dishwasher costs S26,000

Is it worth it?

HANS Panel- You can use the HANS panel to open and close the curtains/blinds in your house, dim the lights and change the colour of your house lights. I am not really sure what the point of changing the colours is but being able to open and close the blinds all at once is a great time saver!

You can dim the lighting by 25%, 50% and 75%:

You can change the house lights colour to Yellow, Red, Blue and Green:

Dishwashers- It is worth completing this quest in the time limit just for the dishwashers! They are amazing! For all of you who know the annoyance of completing the cooking hobby and having hundreds of plates laying around that have to be cleaned up individually this is a must! Just select load all plates on the dishwasher and they will all disappear!

Once you have used the dishwasher you need to wait an hour before you can use it again: