Hello Test Subjects! I don't have much to share today, but this update improves stability and adds a few QoL enhancements:
You can now Extend Vacation from guest room doors to quickly extend any guest's vacation. You can also head to concierge and ask a receptionist.
Suite Life Edition Elevators now appear in the Hotel Items category when in build mode at a Hotel.
The Suite Life logo has been added to all object thumbnails to easily distinguish them in the catalog.
Fixed a regression from the 0.4.1 update preventing Penthouse lots from loading hotel systems.
Improved check out time display on Guest Room door tooltips to count down days instead of just displaying the day of the week.
Improved laundry autonomy, and added a tooltip on Claim Washer & Dryer to explain requirements to start.
Sims should now receive the usual EA laundry buffs after doing laundry and changing their clothes. (This feature is still in development).
Go Outside should appear on the Guest Room door when your Sim is inside the room.
Improved guest filters for woohoo-n-go couples to respect sexual and romantic preferences + now requires a double bed in the room to trigger this guest type so they can successfully complete their... task. I plan on adding compatibility with closets in the future.
Fixed Check Out Early interaction not working consistently when initiated from the Concierge Bell.
Please update to Core Library 1.22.1 from my website, or Curseforge for the latest bug fixes in the library! You may experience exceptions after updating to Beta 5 if you dont.
2024-08-27 04:46:51 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone! Thank you all again for your support. I have been working hard to make improvements this week, and have another update for you. I also plan to give Patrons early access to future updates once Suite Life goes public to give you all a chance to experience new features first! I have a few large projects coming down the line at my IRL job in the coming months, so I unfortunately may not be able to work on Suite Life as much as I'd like.
One major feature that I have planned are Day Trips! Your Sims and NPCs will have a selection of rabbit-hole adventures they can go on to experience the world outside of the hotel. They'll have the opportunity to explore places like a Science Center, Amusement Park, Zoo, Shopping Center, Guided City Tour, all could be dependant upon the world your hotel is in. While they're out they can take care of their needs and come back with souvenirs and memories! If you have any ideas of other excursions, pop them in the comments or Discord!
On that note: Reminder that you should join Discord ( https://lot51.cc/discord ) to receive support for Suite Life. Patreon does not support file uploads and it is necessary to see log files to troubleshoot issues. You can also get access to the Patron only discussion/support channel by connecting your Discord account to Patreon. Thank you for understanding.
Please update to Core Library 1.22 from my website, or Curseforge to continue using Suite Life!
Added new Bar Service Hotel Perk to hire Mixologists to tend bars in the common area from 10:30am to 2am. They currently do not handle any Room Service requests, but would love to expand their job in the future!
You can now select an unlimited number of Sims when using Travel to Hotel with. Your vacation group will however be limited to the max number of household sims which is 8. If you are using a mod to override that limit, like MCCC, it will be compatible.
Improved Travel to Hotel with... picker to show more info about the hotel and guest rooms. (this is a WIP)
You can now limit your hotels to specific ages. A young adult or older must always be permitted. Teens and younger will always be restricted from hotels that have the Clothing Optional lot trait (and/or comparable WW lot traits). Sims will now be kicked out of the hotel if the hotel settings are no longer compatible with their vacation group.
You will now be notified if your Hotel is built on a Penthouse lot and is missing the required non Suite Life Edition elevator for Sims to go upstairs.
Sims should no longer have an insatiable desire to view art.
Sims should now be permitted to dance autonomously.
Additional table categories have been added to the list of compatible surfaces for a porter to deliver a food platter to inside guest rooms.
Room Service requests should now be saved and reloaded properly when traveling or reloading the game. There may still be a few issues surrounding this, but staff should be able to reset on their own if they get stuck. If you experience any issues please upload your lot51_hotels.log file to Discord.
Sims given a room key should now keep their invite status when traveling or reloading the game.
Fixed an issue where undelivered Food Platters would disappear upon travel or game reload.
Fixed Call to Meal interaction not appearing on non-hotel lots
Staff should no longer shift change immediately after reloading a hotel lot, and all sims should be in their original saved positions.
Sims should shuffle around less when checking in with Concierge.
Beta 4 Hotfix 1 Released August 25th:
Fixed room cost not calculating when initially adding guest rooms to a hotel.
Fixed NPCs randomly over reserving rooms.
Sims added to your vacation group after checking in (by either Inviting to Join Vacation from the relationship panel or Join Vacation within a sim's Actions menu) will now be properly added to situations and given room access immediately. Staff that are invited to join vacation will be kicked out of their staff situations and replaced.
Please update to Core Library 1.22 from my website, or Curseforge!
2024-08-24 21:54:20 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
Fashion Authority 2.2 is now available adding a Specific Lot restriction, and a Vacation restriction. These should make it easier for you to customize staff uniforms per hotel in Suite Life + expand your guests' closets to have vacation only outfits and non-vacation outfits.
If you haven't used Fashion Authority before, this mod lets you override outfits for any sim in the game based on many different factors including season, weather, day of week, career, and more! Anytime a sim is spawned they'll pick a random outfit out of their available threads.
For Staff: Create a Thread and use the Situation Job type.
For Guests: You could use a Generic Thread with Evergreen toggled on which would force a sim to wear one of those outfits no matter what they try to wear. A Closet Thread could let you customize outfits per category, for instance you could create beach themed formalwear that would only be worn when a sim attempts to change into the formal category.
Fashion Authority is available on both my website and Curseforge.
Thank you all for your support <3 Shout out to Waffle for the vacation restriction idea in Discord!
2024-08-22 00:01:21 +0000 UTC
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Hello! I hope everyone is enjoying Suite Life! I can't thank you enough for your support so far.
I would absolutely love to see your hotel builds! Join the Discord server and post them in the #screenshots channel! https://lot51.cc/discord
There were many little fixes I lost track of but some notable ones are below:
Fixed an issue that could prevent played sims from checking in to the hotel when more than one Concierge Bell is placed.
The Hotel Concierge Bell now includes Suite Life in the name to help with searching, and will now appear in the Hotel Items category when building on the venue. It is otherwise available in the Decor -> Clutter category. I will work on getting the Suite Life Edition elevators in the venue category as well.
Fixed an issue that could prevent Kitchen Menus from opening when certain CC recipes are added.
All Chefs will now have level 10 cooking and bartending skills to ensure any recipe can be made. Even though Knox Greenburg probably shouldn't be near that stove at all.
If a recipe cannot be cooked for any reason, your room service request will be canceled and the chef will be freed up so you can try another order. Debug information will be logged if this occurs. Please upload your lot51_hotels.log file in the Discord server.
Fixed an exception related to Call to Meal on the food platter. It should also appear now if your Sim's inventory is empty.
Sims should pull out their suitcase at their spawn point instead of at the concierge desk, and all suitcase swatches will now be randomly selected!
➡️ Download Beta 3 on the Original Post
2024-08-20 01:01:07 +0000 UTC
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🛎️ Whisk your Sims away on a week-long holiday at a resort, pampering them with Room Service — or put that PRNDL in drive and go cross-country with nightly stays at different motels!
Suite Life lets you dream up a vacation destination with multiple guest rooms, daily housekeeping, on-call maintenance, a full-service kitchen with food delivered right to your door, plus all the amenities you can plop down from build mode.
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Hello everyone! Long time no see. With the return-to-office a few years ago I haven't had much time or energy to really dedicate to my next big thing. With work, the game patches breaking mods, and you know the general vibe of the world, I haven't been sure what to do beyond maintenance. I finished the core functionality of Suite Life nearly 8 months ago over the xmas season but couldn't muster the motivation to take it across the finish line until recently. Carl was a great inspiration along the way and I'm incredibly thankful for him and his friendship. Without him Suite Life may not be seeing the light of day! Another shout out to SurelySims who crafted a Concierge Bell for us with beautiful gold, silver, and bronze swatches.
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This initial beta release of Suite Life includes core functionality to have a full guest experience at a Hotel venue. There are many more ideas I have, and I'm sure you'll have as well but I would like to make sure the core systems work properly before expanding. Here are a few questions I'd love for y'all to think about as you play. Your feedback is welcome here in the comments or in my Discord server:
Are rooms priced reasonably to their perceived value?
Are all guests spawning? Each guest room door tooltip will show the number of sims expected in the group.
Are guests or staff experiencing issues where they are stuck in one place with glitchy animations? (If they are, try shift+clicking and reset them)
Are there any dirty dishes that are being ignored by housekeeping?
Are there any broken objects that are being ignored by maintenance?
Do you experience any issues with the Haunted Hotel Perk and Paranormal gameplay associated?
Are Porters consistently delivering and placing the platter of ordered food on an appropriate surface? (Not on a random shelf, or half wall)
Is Continental Breakfast being cooked and delivered completely before lunch time?
Are NPCs doing their laundry autonomously, and completing it properly?/Do you have laundry getting stuck in places on the lot?
Download is below in attachments!
I recommend you read through all of the information in the guide before jumping into the game. There are some nuances in setting up a Hotel venue that can cause critical gameplay issues if done incorrectly.
🚨 Suite Life requires Basemental's Universal Venue List or Zerbu's Venue Changes.
🚨 This mod also requires Core Library 1.22, please make sure you get the latest version from my website or CurseForge.
🛟 If you experience any issues, please join my Discord: https://lot51.cc/discord I will not be able to provide adequate support through Patreon comments.
v0.4 released August 24th: Read Beta 4 Update
v0.3 released August 19th: Read Beta 3 Update
2024-08-18 03:55:09 +0000 UTC
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Evening Update: PlumbBros 1.0.8 & Simzlink 1.2.3
Sorry for so many updates!
I've uploaded another hotfix for a High School Years patch issue preventing the active career workday from ending properly in both PlumbBros and Simzlink.
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Hi everyone! There have been a few mod breaking issues since the High School Years patch, and I have some new updates available on my website.
PlumbBros 1.0.7 & Simzlink 1.2.2
There was an issue preventing technicians from being invited in if you were missing a certain pack because of the handshake animation(I haven't figured out which one it actually was from). So Sims have reverted back to waving when inviting in.
PlumbBros also received an update to the rate Sims will experience a temperature change near an Air Vent. They should no longer get too cold or too hot as quick as they did.
https://lot51.cc/plumbbros
https://lot51.cc/simzlink
If you haven't heard about Fashion Authority yet, it's a new mod that will let you assign uniforms to any Sim around your neighborhood, including High School! It also received a minor update to 1.0.1.
https://lot51.cc/fashion-authority
2022-08-01 18:33:54 +0000 UTC
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JULY 27 EDIT:
Simzlink and Ding & Ditch Doorbell have been updated! Download now at https://lot51.cc
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Hi everyone! This patch seems to have wreaked havoc everywhere!
All active careers need to be updated which means both Simzlink and PlumbBros are currently broken. I will prioritize these mods especially PlumbBros for Patrons as its in the final days of early access! Follow the PlumbBros post for updates.
Ding & Ditch Doorbell is also throwing last exceptions because of the new Wants & Fears replacing whims and will need an update.
Follow @lot51cc on Twitter for updates!
✅ All other mods are good to go including: Slower Stories, Feral Run, Bug Life Mod, Mini Weather Controller, and Dust Buster
2022-07-26 22:43:29 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Test Subjects! 🖖 Long time no see! Thank you for your continued support, and to the Bob & Betty Newbies - Welcome!
I'm happy to finally have a new mod for you guys. This mod has been a labor of love for the past 7 months with more objects than I have created before! I hope you all enjoy.
Download and view the Strategy Guide at https://lot51.cc/plumbbros
Experiencing Issues?
Please do not report issues in the comments. Join the Lot 51 Discord at https://lot51.cc/discord and go to the #mod-support channel for one on one help.
If you do not use discord, submit a message at https://lot51.cc/contact for email support.
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This mod requires the Seasons EP. Enhanced by Eco Lifestyle, Bust the Dust Kit, and Snowy Escape.
Upgrade your homes with the PlumbBros Central Air Conditioning and Heating System! An alternative to the Thermostat/Temperature system that came with the Seasons EP.
In The Sims 4 Seasons, Temperature is represented by states like Freezing, Cold, Cool, Warm, Hot, Burning, instead of using number values we usually see in real life, and also seen in The Sims 3. The Thermostat introduced a whole new way to affect your sims’ home like never seen before in the franchise, however it only provides two simple states that affect your bills more than it affects your sims.
PlumbBros introduces realistic temperature flux to the indoors, with a fully simulated HVAC system that is dependent on how you build and optimize your homes.
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Includes an Active Career (Base Game Compatible!)
Join PlumbBros and work your way up to an HVAC Specialist through a commission-based Active Career! Study HVAC Knowledge and share it with other Sims in your neighborhoods.
Daily Work Orders will take your sim around town to complete tasks like providing Consultations, Repairing Condensers, Replacing Air Filters, Recharging Refrigerant, Insulation Installation, and Repairing Water Mains + Plumbing.
Includes 7+ unique objects with vfx, animations, and custom functionality.
- Outdoor Condenser Unit
- Water Heater Tank
- Wall and Floor Air Vents
- Disposable Air Filters
- Spinning Roof Turbines
- HeyHoney Thermostat
- Water Main Valve
Ideas for the Future
- Active Career: Emergency calls in the middle of the night
- Active Career: On-call weekends
- Apartments: Landlord gameplay for maintenance
- Apartments: Predefined & locked insulation type depending on the building.
- More object swatches once functionality seems solid.
- More interactions with your off-duty local technicians.
- More gameplay for hot water features (laundry?)
- Object upgrades for instant hot water, less condenser maintenance.
- Smart alerts when an HVAC system issue is detected.
- Eco mode for Thermostat to automatically adjust temperature for maximum savings.
- Integration with the Geothermal Lot Trait.
- Ability to affect temperature with open windows depending on functionality included in High School Years.
Let me know below in the comments or on Discord what ideas and suggestions you have!
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Download and view the Strategy Guide at https://lot51.cc/plumbbros
Experiencing Issues?
Please do not report issues in the comments. Join the Lot 51 Discord at https://lot51.cc/discord and go to the #mod-support channel for one on one help.
If you do not use discord, submit a message at https://lot51.cc/contact for email support.
2022-07-09 20:57:51 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! I just wanted to post a quick update, and apologize for not being as active recently. A lot has changed in life and I have not been able to dedicate as much time to really be productive, but I do have a big update for Simzlink in the works, and will be releasing my PlumbBros HVAC mod within the next month or two. I can't wait, and really appreciate your patronage while I'm in between work.
Most importantly, I want to address some major concerns in the community surrounding your information. I will NEVER share or sell your personal data to anyone for any reason.
My custom content for the game will also NEVER be perma paywalled. After the 21 day early access period, all content and updates will be free for all.
Thank you all so much for your support.
💚 Lot 51
2022-04-19 16:40:58 +0000 UTC
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Happy New Year Everyone! I hope you all had a safe holiday! I can't believe it's actually 2022... Without a doubt, last year was probably the worst year ever, but the silver lining was getting into modding and meeting some amazing people in the community. I am eternally grateful for your support, it truly means so much as a single dollar could mean not being able to pay your bills or buy a meal.
Starting the new year fresh I want to start giving more progress updates on the project you're all anticipating.
Near the end of last year I hit a huge wall on Plumbob Elements. The game would often crash because of certain commands, and I just lacked some knowledge of how to even implement certain things well. I had to take a step back and start "smaller".
The Smart Doorbell and Simzlink were ideas I had when I had first started modding and thanks to getting involved in Discord communities and meeting other creators, I seriously learned so much to complete them and be inspired for Plumbob Elements. Like creating custom object meshes/textures, advanced scripting techniques like custom loot and custom tests to really expand the capabilities of Sim interactions, and I even fixed my major game breaker that caused certain commands to crash the game.
Besides the phone-like app you've seen in videos and screenshots, there are many other components involved to make Plumbob Elements run. In the past few weeks I've made some serious headway on the infrastructure that will power the Online Service.
In an effort for full transparency of how your funds will be used, I am including the current cost forecast to run each component.
This map shows how each piece of the system will communicate with the app. Starting with:
Your Device.
The Sims 4's simulation server (Python) has the ability to retrieve sensitive data about your operating system, and even execute insecure code within the game. To keep your game and device safe, The Plumbob Elements mod within The Sims 4 will never communicate with the outside world directly. Any events and actions from third party services, plugins, and even the Lot 51 Online Service will be processed by the Plumbob Elements app first. Sensitive information about your device will never be collected or uploaded to the Online Service. Privacy is king/queen.
The Online Service at launch is planned to comprise of 5 major components: Scrapbook sharing, Delivery system syncing via Drone/Carrier, Sim syncing, and Friend Codes.
Login System
A login system has been setup through Auth0 which will store your login credentials to the Online Service. They provide all the necessary tools to keep your account safe, like threat detection and two-factor authentication, and meeting various security compliance requirements. This component will support up to 7k users for free which should be more than enough for the first year of operation, otherwise the upgrade will be $23 USD per month.
Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks generated in the within Plumbob Elements will be sharable and visible to all of your friends in and out of the actual app, which means those screenshots will need to be uploaded somewhere. I'm currently working on setting up this infrastructure through Backblaze B2. From some preliminary calculations it will cost around $0.05 USD per 1 GB of files per month, which would cover around 200 high-res screenshots. Files will also be cached and routed through Bunny.net CDN. They offer on-the-fly image manipulation like generating different sized images for thumbnails. This is offered at a flat fee of $10 a month regardless of bandwidth and size and doesn't involve any additional development time to implement. In addition, these images will be cached across America and Europe delivering them as close as possible to you at the quickest speed. This will cost around $0.04 USD per 1GB. At this point in time, thanks to your contributions on Patreon, it seems feasible to keep this part of the service free of charge for at least the first year of operations. It is potentially the most expensive component of running the Online Service and may end up requiring that I charge a fee for hosting large collections.
Deliveries & Object/Sim Sync
Plumbob Elements will have the capability to serialize in-game objects to send to any of your friends. This includes orders created from the Gigazon Delivery "app", or sending a complete "RVSN Ink for Yourself Memory Keeper" with all of its text entries. If your friend has the pack/CC object installed in their game, they will be able to reproduce it in the exact same state as your game. To make this work asynchronously, meaning you can send an object to your friend at any time, and they receive it the next time they go online, this data will need to be temporarily stored within the Online Service. This component is still in the planning stages and will need more thought on scalability. The costs associated with this will most likely be a low monthly flat fee based on the size of the database requirements.
In addition to objects, with the help of ThePancake1, I've discovered how to serialize Sims, including their facial features, and even all of their different clothing styles. The idea for the Sim Sync component is for you to be able to upload different Sims and have them show up in your friends games as walk-by's and party guests. This will need the same thought and planning as the object component on how this data will be stored in the Online Service and retrieved by the app.
Friend Codes
How does Plumbob Elements know who your friends even are?! I've implemented a system similar to Nintendo, where you will have a friend code that you can share with anyone. They will be able to create a friend request using this code. If your code ends up getting exposed to the public, you will be able to instantly rotate your friend code to prevent any new unwanted requests from coming in. Once you've accepted a request, all of these features will be unlocked between you and that new friend!
Online Service API
The API that connects all of these components of the Online Service will be hosted on a Digital Ocean server. This costs around $40 USD per month and is powering the current Lot 51 website. This should be able to handle the request load at launch, and can be duplicated and expanded horizontally with a load balancer should one server not be enough. This API is currently protected and cached by Cloudflare, providing a Web Application Firewall with bot protection. This currently costs $20 USD per month.
I will also need to build moderation tools to ensure that inappropriate content can be reported and removed as swiftly as possible. As a web service in the United States, this app will be bound to rules and regulations surrounding COPPA, CCPA, Millennium Rights Act (DMCA), and preventing Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) from being hosted. Some of these regulations require registration fees to legally handle their requirements like becoming a designated DMCA agent.
Twitch & Other Chat Providers
Another major component of Plumbob Elements is to connect to services like Twitch, YouTube, or Discord and process messages like a chat bot. Allowing other people to run commands in your game, like starting fires, stealing money and more! Because we have the benefit of you running an app on your computer, your third party services will be able to connect directly to Plumbob Elements which should prevent any slowness in message delivery or even downtime if the Online Service ever went offline. Messages will be processed privately on your device and accepted/rejected based on whatever settings you have in the app. These services offer these connections free of charge so there won't be any cost incurred! Woohoo!
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While super technical, I hope this gives some insight into the current progress of Plumbob Elements and some of the complexity involved. There are a lot of moving parts that could make or break the project, and as a single person currently doing it all, there will no doubt be more road blocks on the way, but I'd like to give more updates, more often this year and would love to hear your feedback to shape the development of this service.
If you have any thoughts just drop them in the comments below, or connect your Patreon account to Discord and join the Secret Lab (https://lot51.cc/discord). Your patronage unlocks channels only visible by other Patrons! I may start posting more quick updates there as I find out new information and work on features.
2022-01-07 21:31:08 +0000 UTC
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UPDATE 0.1.1 RELEASED DEC 23. READ THE CHANGE LOGS BELOW:
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Hi everyone! I can't thank you enough for your support since the release of the Ding & Ditch Smart Doorbell. I have another one for you today, and they seem to just keep getting bigger 🥵
I also want to give special thanks to Ravasheen. Without her I would not have been able to create objects AT ALL. She is such a wonderful person, and a friend. THANK YOU.
I also want to give special thanks to Frankk. Without him this mod honestly would not have come to fruition, he is a scripting wizard and so helpful. THANK YOU.
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This mod is Base Game Compatible. Spanish translations by the Simlish4 team.
Simzlink is the best network in Llama Nation! This mod brings Internet, TV, and Music subscriptions to The Sims 4 – locking down interactions based on service status, and so much more!
GET THE LATEST STRATEGY GUIDE INFO AND DOWNLOAD @ LOT51.CC/SIMZLINK
If you have any issues please join the Discord for priority help: https://lot51.cc/discord.
Thank you so much for your support 💚
EARLY ACCESS CHANGE LOGS:
0.1.1 (Dec 21)
- Now available for everyone! Download is now available @ https://lot51.cc/simzlink
- Removed the donate object to charity (celeb interaction) from internet requirements.
0.1.0 (Dec 21)
You can now perform installations and service calls at Commercial Venues in the Technician Active Career. A dialog will give you the choice between Residential or Commercial when requesting a Work Order. Businesses owned by active households are currently still excluded. However you can still call the NPC for installation when playing on that lot.
Sims can now pay with their SNB Bank Account! A new Pay with SNB button will show up in your Bill Statement if SNB Bank is installed. Note: This is an unofficial integration so you should contact Lot 51 for issues with this specific feature instead of SimRealist. Issues regarding the SNB mod in general should still be deferred to SimRealist.
A §15 processing fee will be added to your bill if using the Pay with SNB payment method.
Lots can completely opt out of the Simzlink mod gameplay by adding the "Free Public WiFi" Lot Challenge. (Note: this is different than Commercial Mode. Commercial Mode still requires a Router on the lot, and will experience service disruptions, just disables passwords and billing since there isn't a lot owner)
More Changes:
- Sims should no longer put their Tech Tablet on the ground.
- Added the BuyCatEE_MiscElectronics tag to the list of WiFi enabled objects which should now include the Streaming Drones.
- You can now easily check your Bill Statement when contacting Simzlink Customer Service from your phone or computer.
- An element of "Story Progression" has been added; Anytime you travel to a lot that is owned by an NPC, Simzlink will check if bills are due and charge the owning household. If the household cannot afford their bill then normal delinquency effects will occur. This should prevent all your neighbors from becoming perpetually delinquent. Eventually these NPCs may run out of money as well, but seems like the lesser of two evils.
- If you don't want to travel to a specific residence or venue, you can now request a new work order while at home.
- Customer Service call durations have been reduced to make the dialogs appear faster.
- Additional requirements have been added to the "Disconnected from the World" effects. Sims will only feel the effects if they have the Webmaster, High Maintenance, or Geek Trait; in the Bored mood; or near Social failure.
- Fixed carry animations for Install/Repair Kits
0.0.5 (Dec 17):
- Added Spanish translations by the Simlish4 team.
- Sims in the Technician career will properly receive their paycheck after 7 days. You will no longer see the default "End of Shift" dialog and will see a new paycheck dialog on Pay Day.
- Toddlers can be given the password by an older Sim.
- Sims will no longer autonomously turn off the Router.
- Temporarily disabled Internet requirements when uploading music tracks/videos from the inventory.
0.0.4 (Dec 12):
- Fixed an issue with apartments that would cause you to travel and become a visitor of your own lot when your installation appointment began.
- Fixed an issue with the Complete 3 Work Orders goal being fulfilled by a single work order.
- Fixed an issue where Technicians could not quit their job.
- Fixed the chance of an advertisement including a coupon. There's a 5% chance of an advert being delivered each day with a 50% chance of a coupon.
- Added interactions for the DJ Booth, Music Mix Station, Video Production Station, and Streaming Drone to the "requires internet" list.
- Tracks can still be created on the mix station and played at a dj booth while offline, however you will not be able to post updates, live stream, or upload tracks/videos.
- Preparation for non-residential gigs during the active career in a future update.
0.0.3 (Dec 11):
- Fixed an issue causing an exception when viewing Bill Statement
0.0.2 Hotfix (Dec 9):
- Copied strings to all languages to fix blank text.
Now available for everyone!
2021-12-09 06:01:46 +0000 UTC
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This mod is Base Game Compatible. Enhanced with Parenthood and Eco Lifestyle.
Say hello to the Ding & Ditch Smart Doorbell
This doorbell brings a modern realistic touch to your home in 8 different colors. With 3 Detection Modes and Visual Ring, you'll never miss a visitor or a delivery.
The original EA door knock interaction is still available however the doorbell is simply more desirable. You may want to keep up with maintenance otherwise friends may receive an unexpected shock, but once it totally breaks, Sims will revert to knocking.
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New adult/teen animations created by thepancake1!
German translations provided by ChippedSim
Spanish translations provided by Simlish4
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Visual Ring offers an alternative alert designed for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Simmers. Once enabled, any number of lamps in your home can be enabled to flash a red color three times whenever the doorbell button is pressed.
Detection Modes
- Ring Only: Receive notifications when someone rings your doorbell.
- Motion: Receive notifications when motion is detected.
- Face ID: Receive intelligent notifications with a Sim's name and photo when they are identified.
- Off: No notifications are received, however ringtones and Visual Ring will still operate if enabled.
Color Swatches
The Smart Doorbell is offered in Jet Black, Stark White, Sixam Grey, Granite Falls Green, Sulani Sand, Gnome's Gold, Vlad's Silver, and Henford Rose.
Upgrades
- Custom Ringtones: In addition to the classic doorbell sound from The Sims 3, 5 additional ringtones from the game are available once a Sim completes this upgrade.
- Plum MX Blue Button Switch: With a few parts your Sim can nearly double the number of presses the button can withstand.
- Plathium Button: With 1 collected Plathium element, your Sim can fortify their doorbell to last a lifetime without breaking again. Plathium can be found in three metals, death metal, plathinum, and ironyum. It can also be found in four crystals, diamond, fire opal, citrine, and jet. Once you've found a metal/crystal, send it to the Geo-Council through the mail to get your elements back.
- Eco Lifestyle Fuel Cell: If you have Eco Lifestyle installed you can go off the grid with a fuel cell upgrade for battery powered alerting! Don't forget to charge the battery (add fuel).
A Few More Tricks
With Parenthood, kids of all ages can Make Funny Faces or Wave at Camera for special moments, like coming home from school and saying hello to Mom or Dad at work.
Pull the prank of legends and Ding Dong Ditch (Base Game Compatible), or Ding Dong Ditch with Gag Bag (Parenthood Required). Your Level 2 Mischief Sims can leave a smelly gag gift on the porch, ring the bell, and DITCH! With Cats & Dogs, the bag may contain poop, otherwise a horrendous fruit cake. Light it on fire for the ultimate legendary prank. You may also find some of your mischievous neighbors running amok, especially on Spooky Day.
You can also assign the Ding Dong Ditch Holiday Tradition to any other holiday for extra tricks.
/////////////////////// Special Thanks
I can't thank these people enough, they've not only helped this mod come to fruition but truly helped me grow as a creator, as a person, and kept me sane through dark times:
RVSN, thepancake1, Frankk, MizoreYukii, PandaSama
and honestly anyone else I've met in the Creator Musings Discord and on Twitter. Thank you so much. <3
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2021-11-01 13:48:27 +0000 UTC
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Hello Test Subjects! While Plumbob Elements will be my long-term project, I have a few other itches I want to scratch in the meantime 😂
The first is to improve alien abductions, which means letting animals getting abducted!
I've already started on a proof-of-concept for this one, even getting the existing human animation to work on the Cows. But as you can see.... I will have to create a whole custom animation for it to truly work. Since the Cottage Living animals cannot become pregnant, I thought they could come back with different random fur colors, and maybe their life extended. What do you think would be fun for this feature? What else would you like to see added to the Get to Work alien gameplay?
The second is to bring the OG pocket pet to the game: Tamagotchis!
This would be a base game compatible Pet that would live in your Sim's pocket. They'll have needs like hunger, bladder, and attention, and you'll interact through a pocket sized item in your inventory. This one still needs more thought, and would love to hear your ideas!
2021-09-27 15:03:32 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!! I can't believe you all have donated to support my projects. You are truly inspirational, and it's about time I introduce myself.
I'm Lot 51 aka Casey! A web developer by day, and modder by night. With the pandemic going on and working from home I started feeling so isolated and drained from worked all the time :( I started watching Twitch streams as background noise and following TS4 content creators which inspired me to get back into the game for fun. As we all know the game lacks some basically functionality, and my frustration drove me to start creating my own mods like the Mini Weather Controller, Dust Buster, and Bug Life Mod.
At the same time I was watching GTA V role players on Twitch and was so fascinated with the custom functionality these devs were adding to the game like hunger and thirst, and custom phone apps, on top of a game that really didn't have support for it at all. This is really where my inspiration came from to start building Plumbob Elements. A framework to truly unleash the game!
So what's the plan for the future?
Plumbob Elements is currently in active development, with the goal of becoming a full framework for other creators to create their own apps. My first stage is to build the core functionality that unleashes the game for you the players and ensure that it's stable. Here is what my ideas are for the current apps I've shown so far:
- Weather: Info about your current world's weather. With the ability to trigger weather events, forecasts, and lightning strikes!
- Home: Gives you full control of your house with "smarthome automation"! Create scenes for your TVs, Stereos, Lights, Robot Vacuums, maybe more?
- Gigazon: A build/buy catalog that gives you a full e-commerce experience. Mark items as your favorites, create collections, share collections with other users, then build your cart like you would on any online store! Once you place your order, your items will be delivered by a carrier or a drone depending on which membership your sims can afford ;)
- TS4 App: Pick your packs that you want to disable, toggle mods on/off and then launch your game! I plan to have other settings in here like game settings and managing your saved camera positions.
- SulSul: Plumbob Elements will be an online service that connects you with other users, and SulSul will be your gateway to connect with friends, send messages, and even gifts to be delivered by Gigazon's delivery service.
- VooDoo: Just like it sounds, this will be your hub to truly help or torture your sims. You can push interactions like farting/burping/dying/aging. Once connected to Twitch or YouTube, a chat bot will give your viewers control through commands you create.
- Simstagram: This is an experimental app right now that shows your Sims' follower counts, but would love to introduce real social media features powered by the Scrapbook app and SulSul.
- Scrapbook: Every screenshot and video you take in game will be cataloged by household and stored with a "moment". Moments will show you what lot/region you were in, how old your sim was, how they were feeling, and who they were around as well! Once you've captured your story, you'll be able to build "Scrapbooks" that organize your moments into sharable stories online! Think Sims 2 Exchange.
- Calendar: Similar to the scrapbook app, this will show events/holidays/moments through your household's entire history. The game clock counts from 0 to infinity, so you will always be able to see how much time has passed since the first generation, and be able to look not only to the past, but to the future. Set reminders on days for important things you need to do, or maybe even schedule a Date with another Sim.
- Zubo: Ride-share for your Sims! Every lot from every region (including hidden lots) will be at your fingertips without ever loading the Map. Choose which sims you'd like to travel with, and if you're into realism, you can be charged a fee for everyone's ride! Once you've chosen your destination, you'll be shown where you're going and when you'll be arriving based on loading screen events.
- Pro Tools: If there isn't an action within Plumbob Elements that is available through a cheat, then this place is for you! The normal cheat command box (ctrl + shift + c) will be available here with the ability to save common cheats you use. This app will also give raw data being received from the game. This means you'll be able to dissect all the buffs, and statistics that are on your sim and what their values are. Perfect for other creators to debug their mods.
This is just a small list of what Plumbob Elements can and will do! I have so many more ideas for integrations like syncing the colors of your LIFX or Hue lights with your Sim's mood and StreamDeck buttons that trigger actions, but it's your ideas that will help this project succeed.
I'm still missing some packs so I can't extract all the functionality and resources from the game yet. I'm also working on the online service infrastructure. This is where your funding will truly help. I want Plumbob Elements to be free, always up-to-date, and only funded by donations. I hope this can be achieved and I greatly appreciate your support so much.
Now it's time to meet you! What do you think of the plan so far? What have you dreamed of?
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2021-09-25 18:02:16 +0000 UTC
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