I use clubs a ton. They're a massive part of my gameplay. Every generation in my legacy challenges is in a club with their roommates, who they've been friends with since childhood. But something drove me up the wall: the roommates, upon seeing my Sims, would stop what they were doing just to cheer. I've had roommates wake up from sleeping to cheer at the sight of my Sims.
And so I dug ...
2021-04-28 13:45:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Ever get tired of how complicated and somewhat ineffective sentiment cheats are, particularly in removing sentiments? Not only do you have to type the name of both Sims—which sometimes doesn't even work—you have to remember the tuning name for every single sentiment, which means you have to constantly look each one up. On top of that, even if you remove a sentiment by typing all of that ...
2021-04-24 16:19:12 +0000 UTC View PostI hope everyone had a good month! I've been somewhat distracted by real life (new romantic interest! Writing inspiration came back!) but I've managed to get a little work done. Here's what I've been working on:
Easy Sentiment Cheats
2021-04-22 13:57:45 +0000 UTC
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This mod prevents the game from generating romantic relationships between NPCs. In my last save game, my Sim was engaged to a roommate. This same roommate went to class one day. Later in the day, I added her to my family for something routine and, to my dismay, I found out that she had cheated on my Sim when an NPC introduced himself to her. It completely derailed my story! Since then, I have been de...
2021-04-21 11:22:04 +0000 UTC View PostI'm still learning the ropes of Patreon and I've realized it's probably a waste of your inbox space to update constantly. So to avoid spamming your email, I'm going to limit updates to twice a month. This one won't count, so at the end of the month, I'll make another.
That's all. Thanks for your support.
Sorry that I've been quiet for about a week. I've made a few mods, but they require more playtesting to see if they work as intended. Here are just a few updates:
Easy Sentiment Cheats
So, good news and bad news. Here, you can see that I've added quite a few sentiments. Most of the dirty work can be done with Mod Constructor, but each new sentiment that I add requires som...
2021-04-13 06:25:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Easy Sentiment Cheats. I'm constantly typing modifyrelationship dumbass mcgee headass guy 100 sentimenttrack_bitter_lt_grudge and I wanted an easy way to add sentiments to someone. This mod puts those cheats into a neat and tidy pie menu. This is an early version; right now I'm adding subordinate pie menus for positive and negative sentiments. I'll probably have another pie menu for the romance cheats so they aren't added by accident.
I might also add a pie menu for removing se...
2021-04-06 02:34:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Please note that this mod requires Parenthood!
This simple tuning mod allows Sims to hug their best friends (including Evil best friends) lovingly. It also allows them to hug family they aren't directly related to. For example, if a Sim raised you and they're not technically your parent, you can now hug them lovingly.
This was a problem in my last legacy challenge. ...
2021-04-04 16:58:34 +0000 UTC View PostHey all,
I'm finalizing about 10 new interactions in SS. I want to add some more before I release the update, but before I get too deep into it, I want to know if you have any suggestions and wants for it. Please note that these interactions are rudimentary; if you have the mod, you know what to expect.
2021-04-03 23:44:46 +0000 UTC View Post
This mod changes the walkstyle for elders to the normal walkstyle. Caveat: it seems that female elders have the male walkstyle, and as far as I can tell, there is no way to fix that.
Technical stuff: it edits the game's Locomotion Config file and changes a few things. Each walkstyle has an animation linked to it and the file denotes who should perform which animation. ...
2021-04-03 21:33:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Is it just me or is the Compassionate reward trait kind of useless? You're able to calm emotions, but if a Sim is particularly upset, it barely does anything. Ostensibly, it makes a Sim's negative buffs ease -- and it does somewhat, but really it just reduces the length of time that they will last.
This mod makes it so that the interaction completely removes any negative buffs. Specifically ang...
2021-04-01 20:13:30 +0000 UTC View PostWith tier 2 ($3), you now get all big mods early. Previously, it was only updated versions (so when I update Storytelling Socials, you'd have gotten early access). Now, regardless if the mod was just released or updated, you'll have early access.
2021-04-01 17:29:12 +0000 UTC View Post
A simple tuning mod that raises the max length for descriptions from 140 to 1000.
Technical stuff: this modifies E882D22F!0000001B!000000000002F3D6.rename_CelebrityTile.InteractionTuning.xml -- previously, the interaction only let you enter 140 characters in the description. This mod does the simple change of raising that to 1000.
Again, it modifies E882D22F!00000...
2021-03-28 16:01:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I noticed that after reaching level 9 in the Parenting skill, parents could no longer force their children/dependents to do anything since "Influence To" always succeeds. I thought that was kind of silly; it's nigh impossible to get the "Oh Captain, My Captain" relationship bit without using Force To, and if you use it often enough, your parenting skill goes up regardless, which makes it so ...
2021-03-27 22:11:21 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the only one I have a screenshot of currently, but I'll talk a bit about new interactions that I've just added.
This one is "Instill with Cosmic Dread", which is a mischief interaction that gives the target Sim dread over the abhorrent size of space. This one doesn't really aid storytelling in any way, but I've often found myself staring at the sky just taking in how vast everything is and being struck with palpable terror. Cosmic horror is one of my favorite genres for this rea...
2021-03-27 11:49:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's one I just whipped together. Sims can now propose at any relationship level.
Technical stuff: the interaction originally had a test condition that disallowed the interaction if your Romance with the Sim was below 50 and if your Friendship was below 35. This mod changes both to -100, so you can propose whenever you want.
This modifies E882D2...
2021-03-26 20:33:41 +0000 UTC View Post
My last legacy challenge was one of all famous heirs. I loved it, but there was one persistent problem that bugged me during the entire 8 months that I played it.
The dreaded celebrity wave.
A Sim gets out of bed: "sul sul," with that stupid wave. A Sim spawns on a lot. "Aw, dag, dag dag," with that infuriating wave that they can't move or talk during. What's worse is that Sims will...
2021-03-26 19:04:31 +0000 UTC View PostI can confirm Storytelling Socials still works. As for my tuning mods, I'll keep messing around with it and see if it any of them are broken, but I don't foresee an issue.
2021-03-26 15:53:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are a few screenshots of the new interactions. The first three show an interaction I added today, while the last is "Beg Pathetically to be Taken Back".
I've been told it's attractive when one's partner fixes things around the house, so I added an interaction where if a Sim has either of the Handiness buffs from upgrading, someone that they've WooHoo'ed with can Compliment their "Handiness". I assume the innuendo won't be lost on anyone.
2021-03-24 12:33:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is a character of mine walking like a normal adult.
The mod is basically done, but I'm having a problem where women walk with the male walkstyle. I'll spend the next few days working on it, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to hammer it out; I've tried everything, even overriding something in the code that really didn't need to be changed.
If I can't make any progress, I'll upload it ...
2021-03-23 09:50:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Wow. This one was a doozy. In short, it does exactly what it says: it removes the weird neutral reaction that Sims would perform when a Sim was doing either the "Profess Undying Love" interaction or the "Recite Love Poetry" interaction.
Technical stuff: where do I even begin? Essentially, each interaction has an animation (obviously). That animation in itself is linked to an Animation Tun...
2021-03-22 14:10:11 +0000 UTC View PostDon't have an in-game screenshot yet as I've only just added them, but here are the interactions I have in the new version:
Not the usual mod from me. I actually have one of these in my room and didn't have one for my apartment in Sims so I whipped this together.
Available in two swatches; black and white. Shown above.
2021-03-20 15:03:38 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a pretty simple mod that I've had on my computer for about 7 months now. Modifies the string table 24242BC9. It just always bugged me the way it was worded.
2021-03-19 01:17:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Currently testing out a mod that allows you to use the "No Trespassing" menu on Apartment elevators. I wanted to do this since I'm constantly having vampires and friends come into the dorm and it's pretty goddam annoying.
The problem I'm having is that I don't know how this would affect actual apartments (i.e. the ones in San Myshuno). The code seems to say that this just affects the lot....
2021-03-18 23:37:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Storytelling Socials is an expansive mod that adds over 50 interactions to the game (with more planned in the future), complete with immersive moodlets, occasional skill gains, and, at times, hyperspecific context. Discuss your wedding date with a fiance! Roast your friends! Have a Loner ask an Outgoing Sim ...
2021-03-16 01:51:09 +0000 UTC View Post
A simple tuning mod that makes it so that any caregiver, parent or not, can give a teenage dependent the WooHoo talk. For example, the Sims pictured above are cousins.
Technical stuff: previously, the interaction was only available if the TargetSim (the Sim the action was being performed on) was the son or daughter of the Actor (the Sim giving the talk). This was done through the son/daug...
2021-03-14 19:39:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Disables the "Annoyed by Mess" reaction. It works by blacklisting/blocking the interaction for all species, meaning that humans and all occults will have no reaction when something is broken. In other words, the interaction still exists in-game but Sims will not perform it.
This modifies E882D22F!00000000!0000000000012213.reaction_AnnoyedByMess.InteractionTuning.xml 2021-03-04 19:22:21 +0000 UTC View Post
(Description copied from MTS)
Ever get to the Starlight Accolades and the host and celebrities are so distracted that you only get through four or five awards? Annoying, right? This mod makes the event longer so you're able to get through more of them.
This mod changes both the time they take place and the length. This had to be done because of how events work in Sims; ...
Here we go, this is a biggun'.
Storytelling Socials. This has been my big WIP for over three months, I think. It's a mod that adds over 50 interactions to the game. Some of them are hyper-specific, others are broad and purposely crafted to fit all Sims. From enthusing about your relationship, roasting your friends, mocking unfamous Sims, and more, this mod has quite a lot.
The full list of interactions will be available soon and the mod will be ready for public release in ma...
2021-02-24 11:13:41 +0000 UTC View Post