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Freelance Entertainer Career, Patreon Preview (updated)
The Freelance Entertainer mod adds an active-gig type Freelance career to the Sims 4. All active gigs are actually gigs — you perform shows at Lounges, wedding receptions, music festivals and more.The jobs available are based somewhat on performance skills and largely on your sim’s fame. Unknown performers have to pull morning shifts, while famous players headline on the weekends. In addition to gig pay, musicians earn tips from customers and comedians earn the standard bonuses for comedy routines.Event performance is based on the number of...
Taking Your Horse Into Space
This was kind of fun, and made it easier to get around Sixam.How to be a Space Cowboy1. Install the Hitchhiker's Guide to Sixam mod, available on this website.2. Select 'Hitch a Ride With...', and select both you and your horse (an/or several others).3. A UFO will pick you up, and you will appear on Sixam with your horse. You can ride anywhere you can walk.4. To get home, you can select 'Hitch a Ride Home With...' on the Guide to get a UFO ride back home.
QuickFixes for "Horse Ranch" Patch 1.9.9
I haven't dug into and tested all of the functionality of all of my mods after the patch, but these updates fix the 'aventure_moment' => 'adventure_moment' tuning change from that patch. I will repost these on their respective pages, but wanted to get them here as soon as possible.If you're using the Tuning Error Notifier mod, you've see warnings about these since the patch. Otherwise, only Mine Crafting's functionality was affected by it (the Explore interactions, Gnome city, etc).Also, the ArchaeologyKit update...
Game Patch Today!
I have a few new downloads nearly ready, but I'm waiting to check them out after the patch today before releasing them.The Lounge Entertainer freelance career is nearly ready for preview, finally. I added another Music Festival for high level entertainers, The Newcrest Jazz Festival. This is in addition to Burning Sim in Oasis Springs.I have another one that I worked on for most of my vacation over July 4th. It adds a way to research a sim's genealogy and look for family origins, notable ancestors, discover distant cousins, and more. Ne...
Mine Crafting Public Release
Mine Craftingenables your sim to build mines and extract either metals or crystals from them. It adds the Mineralogy skill that allows your sim to smelt valuable purified metal ingots from several pieces of metal at the Mineral Smelting Station, as well as cut gems from crystals on the Archaeology table.The Mineralogy Skill provides levels 1 - 5, so it's a minor skill (like Bowling). Higher levels of mineralogy skill will allow your sim to extract more resources from the mine each trip. In addition to increasing your mining skill by mining ...
No Patch Problems Found
I couldn't get yesterday's patch downloaded until this morning, but I took a spin through as many of my mods as I could, and everything seemed to work. From what I've seen it was a fairly non-disruptive patch.Otherwise, I have a small pile of updates to get posted here. It's been a difficult month around here, but I have managed to get some things polished up, some bugs fixed and some additional features added to a number of my mods. I'll be working on that throughout the weekend.I have a few mods that I've talked about ...
Some Updates
I posted some updates to two public releases, and one that is still a Patreon work in progress.PublicPerfumery 1.0.3 Increased length of focused buff from focused perfume to match the other perfume buffs (4 hrs). Enabled Servos to make perfume. Enabled making perfume off-the-grid.Simsco Canning Factory 1.2.3Fixed the peas-yield-fish bug in regard to boxes of cans, added Craft Beverage recipe categoryStill a Work in Progress (Patrons Only)Better Bars and Liquor Stores 1.0.3bCorrected a number of Nectar ingredients and labels.
Apothecary Kit Public Release
The Apothecary Kit adds the Pharmacology Skill, which enables your Sim to make packages of herbal gummies and bottles of serum tablets based on Herbalism Potions from Outdoor Living, and Chemistry Lab Serums from Get To Work (so you need both packs for this mod to work).You can make herbal gummies and serum tablets on the Pharmacology Workbench, available in Build/Buy under Knowledge. Additional recipes are available as you gain skill (roughly the same as the Herbalist skill and/or the Scientist career level). There are three skill books availa...
Better Bars 1.0b3 Preview, Nectar and Kegs Update!
Finally fixed my grapes! Also fully integrated with the Simsco Canning Factory Mod.Check out the initial post about this mod to get an overview , and here is the post describing the main features added in this nectar update.You can make all of the six types of nectar already found in the game: House Red Nectar House White Nectar Von Haunt Estate Meloire Soft Shadow Avornalino Riverblossum Cranerlet Nuala Monte Vista Reserve Renoit Granite Falls Grappo BlancoEach type of nectar comes from a particular strain of grape: Grape Green Grape Meloire G...
No Problems Found From Today's Patch!
No tuning errors in any of my mods have come up from today's Sims 4 patch, and from what I've been able to test so far, everything seems to work as it did before the patch.That being said...Current Bug ListI've been a bit busy with my day job lately, and only recently got a chance to roam the interwebs for any bugs that have been reported for my mods. There are 4 that I know of right now in various mods.Archeology Kit 2 Dig spell only works on pet dig mounds. Reports of Identify spell not working but not confirmed.Perfumery Kit The ...
Wild Bug Ranch 1.0.0b, Patreon Preview
The Wild Bug Ranch enables you to breed wild bugs that you find, such as Butterflies and Ladybugs, so that you can have more of them available for recipes for Magical and Herbalism Potions and Serums.To 'grow bugs', place the wild bugs you've found inside the inventory of the Wild Bug Ranch, either by dragging and dropping them on top of it or into the open Inventory window, or using the Add Insects interaction. You can put other things inside the bug ranch, but only insects will replicate. It should be compatible with all of the in...
Now I keep running out of bugs!
Working on a Wild Insect Farm to fix that.The idea is that you find wild bugs and put them inside the farm (like an aquarium), then every so often (TBD...) it clones some of the bugs inside to 'breed' them.I like the fact that you still have to find the bugs. I'm not sure how many bugs it should create, but probably at least daily. They aren't worth much on their own, but they're useful in creating more valuable things like serums, herbalism potions (and the Apothecary Kit items that are similar).Also trying to work up some ...
Apothecary Kit 1.0.3b Patreon Preview Release
Update for the nearly-ready-to-release Apothecary Kit that includes a number of bug fixes, and fancy new labels on the serum tablet bottles!Also, I gave the tablet bottles the same footprint as the bags of herbal gummies, so you can put far more of them on retail shelves and other surfaces.For a more complete description of the Apothecary Kit, please refer to the first Work-In-Progress release posts (but use the newer version attached to this post).Description of Apothecary Kit 1.0.1bLet me know if you run into any issues, or have any suggestio...
Checking out San Sequoia
So, I'm taking a look around the new pack, looking at the climate, the surroundings, architecture, etc. I'm trying to figure out where on the sims 'map' this would go? What regions is it near? It's theoretically 'San Francisco', which in my head canon (and the Archaeology Kit) would place it north of Del Sol Valley.What sort of Archaeology Kit artifacts should be found in San Sequoia? Del Sol Valley (and the adjacent Disney Batuu™ Theme Park) has Ancient artifacts. Since it's fairly urban, I could see Modern he...
Patch Status
Good news! I have not found any problems yet in any of my mods after the Growing Together patch. Just finished a mission as an archaeologist in a new save, and have a spellcasting crafter making perfume and canned vegetables, cabinets with inventory works, found some Pirate Treasure, etc.If anyone finds a problem, please let me know, and include as much detail as you can remember regarding what your sim was doing at the time it happened.As always, your suggestions and bug reports are welcome. Thanks again for your support!
About the Upcoming Patch!
A side note: Did you know that the Stable Diffusion AI sort of knows how to generate Sims 4-like Screenshots? The picture is what it thinks a "house in flames, fully engulfed, panicking, as sims 4 screenshot" looks like. I didn't boost the quality, etc, but it's not too bad.In any case, the Patch to Add Infants has been making the entire modding community nervous since we first caught wind of it. It has the potential to break EVERYTHING (all traits, buffs, etc), depending on how they implement infants. I think we're all hopi...
Status Updates!
I've been working all month on an update for Better Bars and Liquor Stores that I want to add before it's ready to release. I almost had it ready this weekend, but then I broke Cranerlet Nuala grapes, and noticed that basement aging wasn't working correctly. Yet.New features that I've added (and am trying to get working correctly) are all about Crafting! (of course...lol).Instead of adding yet another machine to buy, I'm adding the new items to the built-in Juice Fizzing station and my own Simsco Canning Factory machine. In ...
Better Bars & Liquor Stores, 1.0.0b Patreon Preview
I've been irritated at how hard it is to incorporate Juice Fizzes and Seltzers into game play. Like, why can't you order one at a bar?If you want to run a retail store that sells Juice Fizzes, it's pretty hard to manage unless you craft everything yourself. If you place them out of Build/Buy, the packages are empty, etc, since they need the crafting process to make them usable.And to be honest, the only practical way to make a lot of Juice Fizzes is to become a farmer to grow all the stuff to have enough ingredients.But what if you ...
Who Wants Ice Cream? 1.0.0b Patreon Preview
If you have the Sims 4: Cool Kitchen Stuff pack, you've probably used the Ice Cream Maker (it's kind of the main point of the pack, I suppose). There are 30 flavors of ice cream in that pack, in both bowls and cones. And aside from making it at home, and being able to add some of them to restaurant menus, there's no other way to get it (that I know of).So I wrote this mod to add all of the ice cream flavors in both bowl and cone form to the Order Food menu in a few places: Seasonal Snack Market Stalls (all four of them) Gourmet Cupc...
Two WIP Updates Available
I have two Work In Progress releases for you this evening! Since they're both ready for review at the same time, and have sort of grown up together, I'll just combine them in this post.Mine Crafting 1.0.2b Preview ReleaseFirst, Mine Crafting gets an update to 1.0.2b. Changes include adding a separate Explore adventure for mines on Sixam. It didn't make sense to me that you could get from a cave on Sixam to the Forgotten Grotto, etc. So I came up with some Sixamy stuff for this Explore interaction.As I type this, I'm trying to re...
Hitchhiker's Guide to Sixam Public Release 1.0.2
There are several mods that enable you to travel to Sixam at will (and other places), but this one gets you there in a flying saucer! I made this because I love the Alien Abduction sequence, especially the sound effects, plus it's handy to be able to get to Sixam easily.The device looks like a drawing tablet, and is named 'Hitchhiker's Guide to Sixam'. You can select 'Hitch a Ride...' from the tablet in your inventory, and a saucer will pick you up and take you to Sixam. You will need to be outside in order to get a ride...
WIP Update Notes
I started a new mod during some free time I had over the holidays! This one is a an active Freelance Entertainer career. Active, in the sense that you spend all of your time actually playing gigs at lounges, weddings, parties and music festivals.You work for the Entertainer's Union, and It plays like the Paranormal Career, in that you choose upcoming freelance gigs to perform at, although there are a lot more gigs. You start by only getting morning shifts in Lounges (6AM at a lounge is...grim, lol) and gigs like delivering singing telegrams...
Hitchhiker's Guide to Sixam Preview Release 1.0.1b
There are several mods that enable you to travel to Sixam at will (and other places), but this one gets you there in a flying saucer! I made this because I love the Alien Abduction sequence, especially the sound effects, plus it's handy to be able to get to Sixam easily.I've had this sitting ready to go for a few months, but wasn't sure if I wanted to release it on it's own or as part of another mod. Since there are a number of reasons you might want to go to Sixam, I decided to release it on it's own.The device looks like a...
KaBloom! Gardening Cheat Public Release
Do you have a garden in the Sims for the sheer enjoyment of watering, weeding and waiting for the harvest? If so, this mod is definitely NOT for you! It is intended for players who garden as a means to an end -- such as growing fruit for a fizzy factory, or flowers for perfume. It's also meant for players irritated by the long standing Sims bug where your garden decides to reset itself into dirt piles spontaneously.I got the suggestion for this mod from one of my Patrons – thanks for the idea!This mod adds a Cheat menu item named 'Ka-...
Apothecary Kit 1.0.1b Patreon Preview
The Apothecary Kit adds the Apothecary Skill, which enables your Sim to make packages of herbal gummies and bottles of serum tablets based on Herbalism Potions from Outdoor Living, and Chemistry Lab Serums from Get To Work.You can make herbal gummies and serum tablets on the Apothecary Workbench, available in Build/Buy under Knowledge. Additional recipes are available as you gain skill (roughly the same as the Herbalist skill and/or the Scientist career level). There are three skill books available, since Apothecary is a 10 level skill.The Work...
Mine Crafting 1.0.1b Patreon Preview
Mine Crafting enables your sim to build mines and extract either metals or crystals from them. It adds the Mineralogy skill that allows your sim to smelt valuable purified metal ingots from several pieces of metal at the Mineral Smelting Station, as well as cut gems from crystals on the Archaeology table.The Mineralogy Skill provides levels 1 - 5, so it's a minor skill (like Bowling). Higher levels of mineralogy skill will allow your sim to extract more resources from the mine each trip. In addition to increasing your mining skill by mining...
Ka-Bloom! Gardening Cheat Mod 1.0.1b (WIP)
Do you have a garden in the Sims for the sheer enjoyment of watering, weeding and waiting for the harvest? If so, this mod is definitely NOT for you! It is intended for players who garden as a means to an end -- such as growing fruit for a fizzy factory, or flowers for perfume. It's also meant for players irritated by the long standing Sims bug where your garden decides to reset itself into dirt piles spontaneously.I got the suggestion for this mod from one of my Patrons – thanks for the idea!This mod adds a Cheat menu item named 'Ka-...
Updates
Just an update and feedback gathering post! I've been making some gameplay adjustments to mining, played with it a bit, and this is where it's at so far.I've implemented deposits of specific types of minerals and crystals. The mine will start out (randomly weighted by region) as either a crystal mine or a mineral mine. Initially this will tend to return a mixed result of either crystals or minerals. Each time you mine, however, there is a chance that you will find a deposit of a specific crystal or mineral. I've currently set it...
Status Updates!
I've had two new crafting type mods in the works this month, and one of them sort of led to the other. I lost some time to the flu this month, but got pretty far on these in the meantime.Apothecary ModThe first is one that adds an Apothecary skill (tentatively named at this point -- I considered 'Pharmacology' as well). It's about drugs, but the medical kind, not the Basemental kind. This skill allows your sim to make several (about 20) new products on the Chemistry Lab from GTW.The premise behind this mod is that years have gon...
Canning Factory 1.2.2 Update
Features added: Added many new recipes listed below, new recipe picker with recipe categories (since there are a lot of recipes now), better compatibility with the Food & Beverage Supplier License mod, fixed Load Ingredients interaction, tooltip, labeling and ingredient bug fixes.No recipes with giant vegetables for the time being. Giant vegetables (of any size) aren't allowed in the craft sales table inventory type used by the canning factory.New RecipesPreserves from Cottage Living Box of Blueberry Jam Box of Blackberry Jam Box of Custard...
