This is one of my OG mods. It started as a basic active career that I made for one of my Sims that had just graduated from University with a degree in Fine Arts but I wanted her to have a more of a 9-5 rather than being a self-employed artist. No idea what happened to that save file (I don't think I got past Gen 2) but the mod remained and over the years I've been going back to it via various sims and adding more and more to it. At a certain point you have to stop tooling with it and move on and I guess I'm at that point!
The Basics: This is an Active career (similar to the Firefighter career) where you work in the local art gallery, building relationships with local artists in town, buying pieces from them or from the local auction and then selling them to clients. You can also throw gallery events to promote local artists or raise funds.
Requirements: Ambitions, Late Night, University, Into the Future. Built on ver 1.67, should be fine with 1.69
Credits & Thanks: The foods come from ACNH and DDV. The drinks are converted from Sims 4. The computer, safe object and pamphlet accessory is from @aroundthesims. Refreshments table is from @kandiraver-sims.
The auction items are from the following creators: QBUILDERZ, spladoum, k2m1too, Frances Ngai, Meinkatz Creations and Blams EA Store. All credits go to them. There is a merged version and also a folder of the items individually if you have some in your game.
I only just added in the custom LTW last week and it's something I've wanted to test out for a while and velocitygrass' excellent tutorial made it surprisingly simple. Also I'm grateful that we have Gamefreak130's custom LTWs which were great references for something more updated since the tutorial is pretty old and to see how to link non-major wishes.
Also thanks to @sarahsarita00 who tested an old version of this like two years ago and was probably wondering what the hell happened to it 😭😭
There's more details on how to play all the features below the cut and detailed instructions in the documentation you'll find in the downloads folder. And as always, bug reporting (not all caps vague cries for help) is always appreciated. 😄
Download HERE
Manage the Local Art Gallery
Sell Art: Every crafted painting, sculpture, and photograph becomes a valuable "art piece" for sale on your gallery lot. Add custom frames to painting canvases to match their level of elegance and craftsmanship.
Total Control: Set your own prices, curate collections, and design the perfect space to attract rich buyers and art enthusiasts.
Delivery System: Securely store your inventory. Sell a piece and personally deliver it to the buyer's home for the perfect placement.
Digital Marketing: Leverage your artistic skills to update the gallery website and social media and drive traffic to the gallery.
Sales Interactions: Hand out brochures, show art and entice buyers to convince visitors to purchase. Your charisma and skill directly impact your sales success.
Turn Beautiful Art into Cold Hard Cash
Art Sales: Selling for the gallery also benefits you as you earn sales commissions from each sale. The bigger the sale, the more money you make!
Secure Grants: Use your writing skill to apply for grants and secure up to §10,500 in funding for the gallery to grow your business.
Host Fancy Events: Unlock Artist Showcases (Level 6) to boost an artist's profile (and the value of their pieces) and Gallery Fundraisers (Level 8) to schmooze with elite donors and secure massive donations. Success depends on your charm, the art, and even the refreshments and rewards you with a hefty bonus!
New Lifetime Wish: Prove you can be the ultimate art mogul by completing the brand new "Profit Picasso" LTW from reaching Level 10 of the career and selling over §500,000 in art.
Forge Relationships with Artists
Discover & Recruit: Research local artistic talent and offer to represent them. Once you do, you’ll get first dibs on their newest creations.
Negotiate Art Purchases: Buy art directly from anyone, negotiating the price based on skill, relationship, and the piece's value.
Create a Integrated Economy: If you play as an artist in another household, you can actively set your price and sell your art to any working gallerist in town which can fetch you a higher price rather than selling into “the void”.
Master the High-Stakes Auction House
Get Your Paddle Ready: The thrill of the bid awaits! At Level 7, gain entry (hopefully) to exclusive art auctions.
Strategic Gameplay: Employ different bidding strategies in a fast-paced mini game to outsmart competitors and win rare pieces. But make sure you stay within budget!
Unique & Valuable Pieces: Acquire one-of-a-kind art pieces not available anywhere else. These exclusive items can appreciate in value over time, making them perfect investments for wealthy Sims looking to spend their money.
Customizable: Load your own custom paintings and sculptures into the auction cycle to switch it up!
I’ve been slowly trying to create a new ActiveCareer for ts3. It’s very alpha-y right now, so I haven’t added any specific interactions yet, just trying to make a template so people can use it later on with a tutorial for it :) (It’s not as easy as just a regular rabbit hole career, in fact, it’s all hard-script coded.)
Buuut enough of that, what I will eventually use it for myself is to try creating something similar to TS4′s vet career! Now we only need a wait a little bit till we really get to see what’s like, but here are some concepts I made myself:
Career level 1 > 3:
Works at active lot (Same as firefighter lot in a way)
Researches Animal Diseases, basically what the doctor’s career has with the books
Diagnoses animal patients sickness (Only cat and dog)
Cleans vet’s machines/diagnosis table. (maybe upgrade/keep machines up to date too eventually?)
Career level 4 > 5:
Will actually get to take care of animals. After diagnosing, the sim will get the ability to use the diagnose table to take care of pet.
Rarely will get a house call, this will include taking care for horses now.
Still will need to read books on animals
Will get phone calls asking for tips. Will have a 2 decision popup thingy. Every good answer will gain some career points.
Career level 6 > 8:
Will get more phone calls
Will get more house calls on checking on pet.
Maybe get’s this emergency beeper thingy like doctors do for evening emergencies?
More interactions unlocked for the diagnosis table
Gets to use Xray machine. Might be linked to the diagnosis table?
New upgrades added?
Gets own vet car?
Career level 9 > 10:
Gets to start taking care of animals at home, or doesn’t necessarily have to be on the lot itself.
Can give other vets tips/help them increase a specific skill
Maybe still have to research animals?
Will unlock a super machine that is all those objects in one?
Added sim interactions:
Giving sims tips on animal health care
Telling sims which gender the litter will be
Can give sim a special food brand to try out
Brag about career? (For specific traits?)
Diagnose pet (When not working)
Maybe like visiting an animal park and a popup will show up from the owner? Same as the career doctor’s career
Pet entertainer?
Another career, but a bit like a owned business kind of thing like inventing stuff. In this case that could be creating clothes for animals and crafting toys? I’m not sure if creating a skill is exactly easy. I know Arsil figured it out, however I do know it’s a pain in the ass to create.
Let me know if you have some suggestions! What to add, whether something sounds boring, anything else? :) Let me know! Do keep in mind it will take me a pretty long time to finish this in the first place since I’m doing this all on my own :)
Hi Olomaya I hope you are doing well in this new year. You're the only person I know of that is working on custom active careers. Do you think you would ever make a tutorial for this? Or where did you learn how to make them? I can't really find many resources on this. Thanks! ♥
Heya and happy new year to you too! (I have a few more days when I can say that).
Probably not a tutorial but I have thought about creating a template XML file for custom active careers. I can probably include a template script that has the basics of what you need.
I don't have a timeline on that so if you're looking to do something now, I would recommend to take a look at Arsil's Managaka career on MTS and the Firefighter Active career in the game files which are both really good guides on how to create one.
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