Key Points
- Drinking alcoholic beverages will reduce the Problem meter on your character.
- To avoid being an alcoholic, you need to drink water.
- Once you reach 0 Problem, the bar will change to Thirst instead, which indicates sobriety.
Since My Winter Car is a sequel to My Summer Car, you will find most features similar to its predecessor. But one of the newer features added to the game is the Problem meter for your character, which replaces the Thirst meter. There is a way to change Problem bar to Thirst so that your character stops their dependency on alcohol entirely.
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What does the Problem Meter do
The Problem meter signifies your character’s alcoholic tendencies. If you go without drinking alcoholic beverages, the Problem meter will fill up, which will ultimately kill you.
How to Reduce the Problem Meter
Drinking alcohol is one way of reducing the Problem meter, but it is not a permanent way to eradicate it. To stop being an alcoholic, you need to consume other beverages like water to turn your Problem meter into Thirst.
How to Get the Thirst Meter
You can turn the Problem meter into the Thirst meter by following the steps below.
- First, fulfill all your other needs and bring them down to zero.
- Next, avoid drinking alcohol to fill up your Problem meter to 100.
- Once the meter turns red, start an IRL timer side by side.
- Wait for 38 minutes real time, then immediately head over to the tap to drink water.
- This will bring the Problem meter down to white and will also drop the bar to 37.
- Keep drinking water a couple more times till the Problem bar gets to zero.
- Continue to consume water till you notice the Problem meter turns into Thirst, which indicates sobriety.
FAQs
Why do I keep dying while trying to turn my Problem meter into Thirst?
You need to set all your other needs values to 0 and avoid eating, drinking, or moving around during the 30-40 minute time frame after the Problem bar turns red. If you do eat or move around, then your thirst meter will fill up faster, which will cause a miscalculation and premature death.
Where can I buy alcohol?
You can purchase alcohol from Pub Nappo or the PSK Gas Station; they sell beer and vodka.
My urine meter fills up while drinking water. How do I set it to zero?
Press P while drinking water to drain your urine meter simultaneously.
Is there another way to lower the Problem meter?
You need to access your local game files and open the savefile.txt in MSCEditor. Find the “playeralcoholism” option and set it to 0. Another way to reduce the Problem bar is to chug down beer and immediately drink water right after. Or switch to milk instead of alcohol to reduce the meter.
Will my Thirst bar turn back to the Problem bar if I consume alcohol?
Yes, like with all addictions, your Problem meter will return if you start consuming lots of alcohol.
