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NEW Love and Hate Mod

I'm excited to officially release the Love and Hate mod I've been working on that seeks to address some of the issues with sim personalities seeming the same, by putting the power in your hands to change what the sims in your world Love and Hate, impacting their autonomous behavior and providing them with various bonuses or penalties for doing what they Love and Hate. 

Unlike some projects I've released in the past, my current plan is to expand on it after release, if there are are...

April 16, 2019 Patch: Status of Mods

I did my usual evaluation of my mods, along with keeping up with what other modders know about what's going on. Most of my mods seem to be ok in my evaluation so far. A few needed an update. They are as follows:

Become a Sorcerer (some strings needed fixing)

Literally a Door Portal  (pretty muc...

Quality of Life update for: Lock Skill Gain Progress Mod

Armed with some newer stuff I know how to do with scripts, I did a 'quality of life' change to the Lock Skill Gain Progress mod, so that instead of having a bunch of blank strings when you don't own some expansions that add skills, the Lock/Unlock will only show the stuff pertaining to expansions you do have. So no more blank strings, lot less cluttered and hard-to-navigate menu.

You can get it here:  2019-04-08 20:27:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Sorcerer 3.1

As some know, I've been dealing with being sick and trying to get over that. That's going well enough (as well as getting over being sick ever is lol). 

But I managed to get an update for the Sorcerer mod done and call it finished. It was becoming too much of a distraction from other projects. Didn't get everything in it I wanted to, but I didn't want to just keep delaying it, so here it is. Don't expect something huge here, but there are a number of little tweaks and additions goi...

Update for: Social Pariah Trait

Hey folks, I made a little update for the Social Pariah Trait, so that it should more reliably block all socializing (and block it in both directions). 

I also gave it a cheat interaction, so you can add/remove the trait with that, rather than needing to put in a cheat command.

You can get it here: https://triplis.github.io/mods/social-pariah-trait.html

Introducing HABIT - A Morning Routine Mod

You know that feeling when you feel like you're forgetting something and you aren't quite sure what? I feel that way sometimes when trying to put together all the pieces to release a mod. But I don't usually feel that way in the morning. Mornings are pretty clear and the routines get set in a pattern of behavior over days, weeks, months, years.

Inspired by a conversation I had with Scumbumbo about autonomy and the 3 S's of hygiene, I decided to challenge myself and see if I could make a...

New little mod for little ones: Toddler Walk Together

A couple of months ago, I made a mod that allows a toddler to walk/run around (like the Wander / Run Around interaction) with an older sim following them, so you can have your toddler get some exercise and build movement skill with somebody watching over them. This was using some newer game functionality and was too buggy at the time for me to feel comfortable releasing it.

Today, I looked at it again, tweaked some things, fixed some bugs, and am releasing it to you now.

You can f...

Bug Fix: Block Phone Dialog While Silenced

Hey, I fixed a mistake in the code for the phone mod that messed up the little popup thing for some careers an hour before work, even if your phone wasn't silenced, resulting in ceaseless ringing for about one sim hour. I managed to do what I thought was impossible and accidentally invent a way to make the phone more annoying! :)

Thanks to Scumbumbo pointing me in the right direction, I fixed the error and there should no longer be issues with the logic of the code unless EA changes tha...

Sorcerer 3.0b: Couple fixes and Chinese translation

Hey, I updated the Sorcerer download to version 3.0b. Nothing major here, just a couple bug fixes, Chinese translation up-to-date, thanks to justin10, and cheat interactions for turning off rep gain/loss for Dark/Light spells.

You can get it here, as always: https://triplis.github.io/mods/sorcerer.html

Complete patch notes are as follows. You can also find them at the end of the Version 3-0 patch ...

New little mod: Block Phone Dialog While Silenced

If you're like me and find it annoying when you're getting spammed with phone notifications and there's no way to stop them, this now provides a way to stop it: by silencing your phone. Normally, the phone silencing will prevent the ringing sound, but you can still get notifications that disrupt gameplay anyway. This blocks them completely while the phone is silenced (if it's unsilenced, the experience should be exactly the same as before).

You can get it here: 2019-03-05 22:36:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Become a Sorcerer 3.0: Specializations

The Sorcerer update is finally here! After nearly two months of work, I'm releasing it to you now. You can get it and read all about it here:

https://triplis.github.io/mods/sorcerer.html

You can also watch a couple teaser-like things I made for the update:

Introducing the Dark 

2019-03-02 17:36:17 +0000 UTC View Post

February 21 patch and my mods: "all clear" so far

Just wanted to let you know, my mods seem to be fine as is with the February 21 patch so far.

Feel free to let me know if you think you spot something that broke with the patch. I checked most areas, but I could have missed something.

- Triplis

Nap on the Ground update: Redid Sleep Animation

I redid the Sleep animation to try to make it look smoother and more realistic. There's also a bit of an idle now, so they don't look like a statue while sleeping. Feel free to let me know what you think of it! 

When you've been tweaking and staring at an animation for long enough, it can become difficult to look at it with any kind of objectivity to judge how it looks. 

You can find it here:

2019-01-30 17:55:32 +0000 UTC View Post

Nap on the Ground update: Sleep Added

Before we get into the update, let's talk some technical mumbo jumbo briefly. Scumbumbo released a library called XML Injector. The idea is that modders can do certain basic things that would normally require scripts and instead of needing their own scripts for every mod, each mod just needs to have the XML Injector installed for it to work. 

This does not cover all types of scripts...

Literally a Door Portal Fix for: Staying Invisible

There was an issue I noticed in some edge cases where if a sim was interrupted while traveling through a portal, they might stay invisible until they were reloaded or went through again. 

I've tweaked the code, so that they should fade in / fade out, but will always re-appear, even if interrupted.

https://triplis.github.io/mods/literally-a-door-portal.html

As far as I'm a...

Literally a Door Portal Update: Locks and Door Variations

Not long after releasing Literally a Door Portal, I realized I could add locks like what doors have pretty easily and it'd be nice for there to be some variety in what type of door you're using.

I added a Portal version of every base game door and they all have locks like the ones that doors have, so you can restrict who is able to travel through them.

I also added some info on routing issues, to clear up any confusion about the facing of the doors and sims being able to go throug...

NEW Mod "Literally a Door Portal"

Sometimes for unrelated reasons, I stumble across something in the game code that sparks a thought, "Could I do that?!? Would it work?"

I didn't think this was going to work, if I'm being honest. But I'm pretty sure it did, or I nodded off and this is a very lucid dream.

I've added a new mod to my website called "Literally a Door Portal."

It's a new door called Portal Door Plain and as the name suggests, it is literally a portal. If you place two or more of them, you can eff...

Sorcerer V2-5-1: Minion more sandbox-ish

The Minion system has been given some changes, with the goal of making it more flexible and engaging to use. In brief, you can now toggle roles on/off at will and combine them together as desired, rather than only having one active at a time. 

You can read about it and download it here: https://triplis.github.io/mods/sorcerer.html

There is now a full Patch Notes section on the Sorcerer page, ...

Become a Sorcerer 2.5: NEW Mischief Arts Skill

Whew. So Mischief Arts, what is it?

As a Sorcerer, you can now pursue the new Mischief Arts Skill. This is paired best with the Ritual of Neutrality I added in V2-4-11, though you can use it with the other rituals (it just won't interact in any way with Alignment or Magical Connection).

The Mischief Arts are about trickery and fun, sometimes at the expense of others.

The extensive details can be found on the webpage under the new section Spells Mischief:

2018-12-21 11:32:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Sorcerer Neutral-ish Option

The somewhat-asked-for option to play without your needs being replaced is now available. To go this route, pick the new ritual available Ritual of Neutrality. This option will add Magical Connection and Alignment, but they'll be pushed down out of view and locked in place (Magical Connection locked at full and Alignment locked at a neutral, middle level, something like 0). You will still be able to pursue the Dark and Light skills, just without any managing of the Magical Connection Need or imp...

Modding Tool - Sims 4 Auto Hash

Hello again, this time I'm not talking about mods, but about modding and tools for doing so. To speed up my own process, I built a tool to help in creating unique hash IDs and applying them to files. I've gotten it to a clean enough point where I feel comfortable sharing it, so other modders can make use of it (though it does come with a few warnings as to usage and limitations).

You will find a new section on my website "tools" that has the tool for download, as well as the source C++ files t...

Sorcerer Get Famous Reputation Integration

Hi peoples, I did some more things.

Given how important the concept of dark and light and reputation was trying to be with the 2.4 update to the Sorcerer mod, I made it a priority to integrate the reputation system from Get Famous. If you play the mod with Get Famous, it will now affect your reputation doing dark or light spells in public. 

This update also:

- changes the light spells animation and the vfx effect for the light/neutral alignment Superspeed run (I swear this wil...

Sorcerer Light Animation change (feedback needed!)

Hey folks, I know some people don't like change and this one isn't strictly necessary. It's just something that I never felt fully satisfied with and I wanted to see if I could make it better.

The Sorcerer Light spell animations, I thought I would give it another go at them. This time, I utilized a particular dance animation, along with some carefully chosen vfx (one of which wasn't available in the past), to try to make it look more like the elaborate movements of what a typical sorcerer migh...

Sorcerer: Minion quality of life tweaks and change to animation for Create Lightning Rod

Hey folks,

In fiddling around with minions some recently, I noticed some things that I felt could be a little more convenient, so I made some tweaks. You can read in detail about what the tweaks are in the patch notes on the Sorcerer mod page on my website here:  https://triplis.github.io/mods/sorcerer.html 

I was also thinking about a suggestion someone had made a few months back about utilizi...

Mods Updated for November 13, 2018 Patch

Hey folks, I just got finished updating a bunch of mods. Most were given an update, even if they don't use scripts, as there was some build-up of tuning errors that I hadn't addressed in the past.

You can find them all here: https://triplis.github.io/

Let me know if you spot any broken features. I did some cursory testing, but a lot was checked via looking for errors appearing in logs, rather than testing each mod in turn...

NEW Thinking Skill Mod

As someone who chronically overthinks everything, thinking is near and dear to me. I even overthought how to write this blog post.

The Sims 4 doesn't have thinking though. Toddlers think, Child Sims go Mental... er, I mean, have Mental. And Teens and Adults have... Logic? It always seemed like a gaping hole was there. Thinking isn't just Logic. It's also taking long walks while you scour your very soul; spending inordinate amounts of time staring at walls seemingly doing nothing while...

Sorcerer Mod Update: Removing Script Dependency

Hello, I have put out another update for the Sorcerer mod, primarily to remove its remaining dependency on scripts (which wasn't much). You can download it and see the full patch notes here (there are a few fixes as well): https://triplis.github.io/mods/sorcerer.html 

I heard about the upcoming changes being made to the 2018-10-09 07:15:27 +0000 UTC View Post

New website / Bugs for August 16, 2018 patch

As mentioned in the previous post, I'm moving my mods to being hosted on their own, dedicated space.

The website can be found at: https://triplis.github.io/ 

You can download a fix for the Sorcerer mod on there, V2-4-6, that fixes some vfx issues.

You can download a fix for some pie menu icons and vfx for the Plant Sims Interactions mod, V3.

You can download a fix for some pie menu icons for the Child Tra...

Where I'm at with Modding

Hi folks,

As some of you may have noticed, I kind of dropped off the face of the earth for a while. Even updating mods was slow and still is. The primary reason for that - distractions from my RL - hasn't changed, but I've made a bit of time to try to organize some things, so that they are easier to manage going forward.

I was planning to close down my Patreon as part of a plan to clean up things I'm not attending to and consolidate my communication channels into one place, but after a l...