BG - Custom Preferences
🕑 Added 2021-06-03 16:07:55 +0000 UTCI tried my hands at this... and I'll not do more because I don't care enough and it's a pain in the ass, but this can be used as a base for more I guess.
Works the same as Maxis ones, needs the XML Injector
Overrides nothing.
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UPDATE:
Separated the files, added missing strings for chess because I'm an idiot and I deleted them, added likes/dislikes reading
Comments
Scipio Garling
Hello...?
Scipio Garling
A preference category should exist for the book genres, but I can't see that anyone has made on. How would I do that?
Zero_
Why did they add them at all? There were already preferences in game (movies from movie hangout and weather from seasons) and didn't even go back to fix them... Now it feels like something disconnected from the rest of the game like every addition they do.
GengarUsedLick
Why did they not add preferences for all of the activities? It's beyond me! (Thank for the reading one :D)
Zero_
The new career has a lot of problems. Preferences seem to have a lot of problems too (knowing another sim preferences breaks the profile if the other sim is not in household) https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-DHD-Empty-Gig-List/td-p/10390829, https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-DHD-CL-Can-t-enter-penthouse-lots-for-gigs/td-p/10390339, https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Sim-Profile-not-opening-after-Learning-Dis-Likes-LUIE/m-p/10376525/highlight/true#M183378 these are all unrelated to mods
Mic Mathers
So I was finally able to test these. Reading, chess and no random would let me select gigs but no likes/dislikes were visible. Main would not even let me select a new gig. Clicking on the clipboard icon, to open the available gigs menu, did nothing. the menu would not appear. I tested these alone, one at a time. Side note, I can not enter apartments for HD gigs. I'm sure it's unrelated, but I know how much you like Maxis' QA department, so thought I'd share.
Zero_
Right.. I need to test this on my own because I'm getting contradictory reports about the mods causing this problem...
Mic Mathers
Sorry I do have the "no random preferences for NPCs". But on it's own, it doesn't seem to cause any issues.
Mic Mathers
I have just the three here, reading, main and chess.
Zero_
do you also have the one that removes the random assignation of preferences to sims?
Mic Mathers
It would appear that problem persists. I haven't tried them individually yet.
Mic Mathers
I certainly will. I should get some time tonight.
Zero_
yes, same problem she's having too... i haven't tested the career, let me know if it works now.
Mic Mathers
I haven't had a chance to play yet. I did mod removal and troubleshooting to find the issue. When it wasn't working, I was still able interact with clients but no info was updated in the gig menu. In fact that section was completely blank. No circles or text or anything.
Zero_
did it work now? 'cause someone is having this same problem with no mods (also the interactions to ask the preferences aren't there)
Mic Mathers
Likes would not show up in the gig menu, so I wouldn't know what did or did not like. When I removed the older chess preference mode, it was functional again.
Zero_
that's controlled from the script... what problem were you having? I probably know the cause
Mic Mathers
Nice! The previous version I had to remove, because it messed with the career client likes.
Zero_
I uploaded it just so people can have a template to work on... Doing them is probably easier than personally trait, but to make them work like Maxis ones there are a bunch of buffs involved
TheTreacherousFox
It seems like too much types of actions need to make over for uploading new likes/dislikes. It's really boring to make over all but about from 3 to 5 maybe ok. Thanks for sharing. I'm going to explore your mod =)
Zero_
I started doing that too but really.... it's a pain in the ass, they're all pointless fluff, i got bored midway
TheTreacherousFox
Flower arranging vs chess...hmmm