IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT UPDATE: FINAL CALL FOR BLOODLINES!
I'm writing with a major update on the Clan Aspirations Mod. The project is entering its final phase, and I wanted to share the roadmap and give you all a crucial opportunity to weigh in.
I am currently in the process of rigorously testing 15 brand-new aspirations that will join the existing ones in the mod. The full list of all clans/bloodlines currently in development or already released is:
Banu Haqim, Brujah*, Daughters of Cacophony, Gangrel, Gargoyle*, Giovanni*, Lamia, Lasombra, Malkavian*, Nagaraja*, Nosferatu*, Pisanob, Ravnos, Salubri, Samedi, Ministry, Toreador (Actor), Toreador (Dancer), Toreador (Musician), Toreador (Painter)*, Toreador (Writer), Tremere*, Tzimisce, Ventrue*
(Those marked with * have already been released in previous versions.)
Once this testing is complete, I will compile everything into the DEFINITIVE VERSION of the mod. With this release, I will be making a significant technical shift: I will stop using the Mod Constructor and begin tweaking the traits directly with Sims 4 Studio.
After the definitive version is released, I will NOT be adding new clans or bloodlines.
If there is a specific clan, bloodline, or even a particular archetype (like a different Toreador specialty or a Hecata family) that you want to see included, NOW is the time to speak up!
Please reply to this post, with your most-wished-for addition. I will review all requests seriously before finalizing the pack.
Enhancement Update for the Trait Badge Gain Speed Mod
Update for 12/31/2022:
Download link with all info is here. Updated info after the cut.
Affects: Fishing, Gardening, and Cashiering badges. Upon downloading, please replace the original (or last updated files) with this one.
Gardening and Fishing Badges
Sims gardening/fishing who have Loves/Hates the Outdoors traits will now go through a check to see if the “room” they are currently in is outdoors or not.
Gardening
Loves the Outdoors: if a Sim is inside and does not have the Green Thumb or Gatherer Traits they will gain Gardening Badge points at the regular rate. If a Sim is outside with the Loves the Outdoors trait without the Green Thumb or Gatherer Trait, the Sim will gain Gardening Badge points at the enhanced rate, from being outside.
Hates the Outdoors: if a Sim is inside and has the Green Thumb or Gatherer traits respectively, they will gain Gardening Badge points at the enhanced rate. If a Sim is outside, they will gain Gardening Badge points at the slower rate, due to being outside and feeling off from it.
Fishing
For fishing badges, the checks are done in a similar vein. If you recall, the loop counts for Angler or Loves the Outdoors are significantly smaller (shorter time to catch a fish) than a Sim with the Hates the Outdoors trait, where it would take a longer time to catch a fish.
If a Sim has the Loves the Outdoors trait without the Angler Trait and is outside, they will catch fish (and gain badge points) at a faster rate. If they are indoors and do not have the Angler trait, they will catch fish (and gain badge points) at the regular rate.
If a Sim has the Hates the Outdoors trait without the Angler Trait and is outside, they will catch fish (and gain badge points) at a slower rate. If they are indoors and do have the Angler trait, they will catch fish (and gain badge points) at the faster rate. If a Sim has the Hates the Outdoors trait without the Angler trait and is inside, they will gain Fishing Badge points at the regular rate.
Caveat: The game considers greenhouse walls as outdoors (so far in my testing), so the game will recognize anything within a greenhouse as outside. Even if there is only one greenhouse wall surrounded by walls, it will recognize the “room” as outside. If you have a Sim who hates the outdoors, you can probably just use regular windows and doors if you’d like the daylight to come through. So if you have a Hates the Outdoors Sim, you will probably just need to use the sunlight lamps, optionally surrounded by windows in place of the greenhouse walls.
Cashiering Badge
The mod will now check to see if a Sim is using the antique register from Open For Business. If the object used is indeed the antique register, it will skip over the Technophobe trait and move on to check to see if the sim has the Genius or Computer Whiz traits. If the object is the antique register and the Sim is a Technophobe with a Genius or Computer Whiz (that’s none of my business 🐸🍵) trait they will gain Cashiering Badge points at the enhanced rate. Otherwise, if the Sim has the Technophobe trait and is not using the antique register, they will gain Cashiering Badge points at the slower rate.
That should be it as far as the updates go, for now... Bye for now! Have fun, happy Simming, thank you for taking the time to read, and updating this mod if you so choose.👋 Have a happy and safe New Year! 🎉
Sul Sul, Simmers! Sorry for taking so long to update this mod, I hereby announce that my Custom Club Activity Project is now officially renamed to Club & Business Activity Expanded.
In the new version, not only is all the activities updated to be compatible with new update, a lot of new activities were added specifically for Small Business - Like Tend Market Stalls, Offer Occult Training, and Tend Gravesite!
You can have a detailed list of all the activities and whether they're available as Club Activities, Small Business Customers or Small Business Employees here.
Base Game: View Aquarium, Attend to Babies, Back Float, Bake and Eat Cake, Bake Cake, Bake Cupcake, Charity, Complain, Cowplant, Cowplant's Cake, Critique, Critique Art, Cupcakes, Dig for Treasure, Friendly Ghost, Ask Future Cube, Game Livestream, Gossip, Haunting Ghost, Open Holiday Cracker, Do Erratic Things, Lounge on Chairs, Brag, Play with Molding Clay, Mourn the Dead, Parent-Kid Activities, Write to Pen Pal, Take Photos, Take Photos, Take Photo for Others, Sell Art, Use Social Network, Talk about Vampires, Tell Stories, Tip Performers, Care for Toddlers, Care for Infants, Help with Homework, Rummage Trash, WooHoo, Try for Baby, Practice Typing, Use Toilet, Witness Death, Fruit Punch Fountain, Use Vending Machine.
Cross-Pack: Care For Birds, Play with Birds, Be Mean to Birds, Order Street Food, Tend Market Stalls, Give Gifts, Go Shopping, Window Shopping, Listen to Stories, Offer Makeover, Toy with Motives, Influence Other Sims, Create Negative Emotions, Spread Positive Emotions, Freeze, Mind Control, Transform Objects and Sims, Play with Animals, Be Mean to Animals, Make a Wish at the Well, Offer Occult Training, Request Occult Training.
Cats & Dogs: Be Mean to Pets, Train Pets, Use Vet Objects, Craft Pet Treats.
City Living: Ask for Bribe, Ask for Donation, Bubble Bottle, Critique Food, Critique Performances, Deface Murals, Fireworks, Attend Festivals, Attend The Flea Market, Attend The Romance Festival, Try To Find Love At The Romance Festival, Attend Geekcon, Attend Spice Festival, Attend Humor & Hijinks Festival, Join Jokesters at Humor & Hijinks Festival, Join Pranksters at Humor & Hijinks Festival, Be Friendly to Talking Toilets, Be Mean to Talking Toilets, Have Fun with Talking Toilets, Sabotage Talking Toilets, Paint Murals, Haggle, Sing Karaoke, Watch Living Statue, Collect and Trade Posters, Collect and Trade Snow Globes, Protest, Play with Hand Sparklers, Play Console Game, Watch Speech.
Cool Kitchen: Make and Eat Ice Cream, Make Ice Cream.
Cottage Living: Collect Farm Products
Dine Out: Color Placemat, Discuss Food
Discover University: Grade Homework, Ride Bikes, Play Ping Pong, Play Juice Pong, Use Keg Stand, Do University Coursework, Write Research Papers, Contribute Knowledge
Eco Lifestyle: Craft Candles, Drink Juice Fizzing Products, Recycle and Compost, Dumpster Dive, Play in Acid Rain, Sketch Blueprint
For Rent: Snoop On Others, Clean Mold, Spread Spores, Spread Mold, Cook Tomarani Cuisine
Get Famous: Perform Scenes, Flaunt Fame, Flaunt Wealth, Interact with Fans, Play in Money Pile, Use Streaming Drones
Get To Work: Contact Aliens, Dance with Mannequin
Growing Together: Play on Treehouse, play in Splash Pad, have Pillow Fights.
Horse Ranch: Ride Horses, Be Friendly to Horse, Be Mean to Horse, Use Horse Obstacles, Harvest Prairie Grass
High School Year: Ride Pier Attractions, Make and Eat Ice Cream, Drink Boba Tea, Use Photo Booth.
Home Chef Hustle: Bake Pizza, Make Waffles, Make Prepped Ingredients
Island Living: Ride Aqua-Zips, Collect Seashells, Go Sailing, Sand Activities, Play with Dolphin, Sunbathe, Make and Drink Kava, Make Kava.
Laundry Day: Watch Laundry
Life & Death: Tend Gravesite
Movie Hangout: Discuss Movies
My First Pet: Play with Rodents, Be Friendly to Rodents, Be Mean to Rodents, Study Rodents, Clean Rodent Cage
My Wedding Stories: Collect Message in a Bottle, Prepare for Wedding
Outdoor Retreat: Roast Food on Campfires, Use Tents, Brew Herbalism Potions.
Paranormal: Explore the Haunted House
Parenthood: Show Gross Manners, Make a Mess, Play with Doctor Playset, Work on School Project Carefully, Work on School Project Sloppily, Shout Forbidden Words, Write Private Journals
Realm of Magic: Have Magic Duels, Set Fire, Offer Magic Training, Read Magic Tomes
Seasons: Bond with Bees, Disturb Bees, Give Romantic Gifts, Give Mean Gifts, Play in Kiddie Pool, Rake Leaves and Shovel Snow
Spa Day: Soak Feet, Get Foot Massage, Get Body Massage, Polish Nails, Ask for Manicure and Pedicure, Take Soak Baths, Relax in Sauna, Use Face Masks
Spooky: Carve Pumpkins
Strangerville: Hail to Mother! Use Listening Device, Military Spar, Do Military Training
Vampires: Dark Meditation, Vampire Duel, Have Vampiric Training
Vintage Glamour: Use Vanity Table, Play with Makeup, Study Globe
Werewolves: Werewolf Spar, Hunt for Food, Scavenge for Relics, Mark Territory
DOWNLOAD HERE.
Translation update: @kimikosoma created the French update for my Additional Bucket List mod, check it out here! https://www.curseforge.com/sims4/mods/mod-additional-bucket-list-skills-par-rex-trad-fr
Traduction française du mod Additional Bucket List - skills créé par Rex : - Rex's Additional Bucket List - skills mod French translation
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Mod Update: Club & Business Activity Expanded - MORE Business update!
Happy Simming, Simmers! After Business and Hobbies released, I tested my mod in the new system and found more opportuny, as well as bugs to be fixed! So here's a major update to the mod.
Bug Fixes:
Various Text and Images were missing from the first version, they're fixed in this new and improved update.
Tend Stall now officially works as intended.
WooHoo Business:
Apparently this is one of the most anticipated feature of WooHoo Addon, but it wasn't working before, now it is.
The present activity WooHoo will still work with restrictions, for Simmers who just want customers to be intimate with their partners and sleep at a hotel.
New activity has been added: WooHoo with Small Business Employees (for customers) and WooHoo with Customers (for employees). You need to pair them up so customers have employees to ask for WooHoo. Don worry, they won't ask for WooHoo from random janitors who was only assigned the task 'Clean'!
They're now fully autonomous, and your small business even earns money from it! Charisma, Fitness and Romance skills affect the payout.
As customers, you can expect to check in your favorite small business for a casual WooHoo, too!
Photo Studio:
I always wanted a way for my Sims to pay some Simoleons and take their photos. You can sort of simulate it with the updated Photography activity.
Employees will Tend Tripod along with Photo Studios now, and taking pictures for customers with tripods now earns them Simoleons. It just does not display on the text. Photography skill and Fine Arts Degree affect the final payout.
As a customer, you can see the employees Tend Tripod. They're just cosmetics and don't actually matter. You just strike a pose with your Pose Player and select Ask for Photoshoot either from a Tripod or the Ticket Kiosk. Selecting the photographer affects your payout.
Self service as a customer now also cost you Simoleons.
Fashion Studio:
The Make-Up Chair and Wardrobe Pedestal is probably the ACTUAL most asked feature in this update. It's HERE!
Your can assign employees the task Tend Make-Up Chair and Tend Wardrobe Pedestal. This is necessary for customers to find a hairdresser/cloth designer.
For NPC Customers, once you choose the activity Be Styled or Be Outfitted, you can just let the Make-Up studio or Clothing studio work in the background, and you'll earn money from it. Fame and Fine Arts Degree affect the final payout.
However, manually Offer Make-Up/Hairstyle/Outfit will earn your Sims more Simoleons. Manually Offer to Update Appearance on Wardrobe Pedestal also earns your Sim money.
If you want to also earn money from Offer to Update Appearance interaction on Make-Up Chair, use this mod by LittleMsSam.
As a customer, you can choose any interaction on the Make-Up Chair and Wardrobe Pedestal, and you'll be styled/outfitted for a fee! Note that only Ask to Update Appearance lead your Sims to CAS and allow you to customize, the other interactions are random.
Tarot Reading:
Life and Death allowed us to open a Tarot business, but not as a customer? This is fixed in the mod.
Front Desk Assistant:
This is so random but some kind Simmer asked for this feature. Requires Get to Work though. While the Front Desk is tended, customers will be automatically welcomed, helping you a tiny bit in customer rating.
Grocery Shopping:
The Get to Work Lice Freezer now works with Small Business! Stock up with snacks, fizzy juice, harvestables and farm products, and watch your business grow into local Sims-mart!
Works with Brazenlouts' Produce stand, too!
As a customer, you can also purchase ingredients stored in the retail fridge.
Occult Training:
Occult Training now earns you money based on your rank and length of mentorship.
Note that Occult Training is very strict on customers, so this might not be a good idea for long-term business.
Turns out I forgot to upload my Basketball mod for SO LONG! Sorry folks!
The following mods have been updated:
Basketball Mod
Sorry I've been inactive lately, there's a lot of work in real life, and the Sims community is also not in a great place. But since CNY is coming next month, I might have more free time and update my mods to be compatible with new packs soon!
