#patch check

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Storytelling Socials v2.0 [UPDATE]

Storytelling Socials v2.0 is here! The main feature of this update is that it's updated to ensure compability with the latest patch. Because of that, I reworked how the mod adds interactions to Sims.

But it's also the sexuality update for the mod. There aren't that many romance interactions (I think there's 10 or so?) but all of those ten were missing failure states for sexuality and tests to prevent Sims from using them on Sims not attracted to them or on Sims they aren't attracted to. You may not have noticed this because the vast majority of those (with one exception, Impress with Fame) were unusable unless you were already in a relationship with a Sim. But now, if a Sim's sexuality changes mid-relationship, those fail too.

I also did, a while ago, the pronoun update, as well as the pie menu update, so this is pretty much completely up to date with the game's current interactions.

In accounting for the new interactions I can now give an actual count of interactions in the mod. There are 87 new interactions included in this mod, and the pie menu should load quicker now that the script is gone and each interaction is not injected individually.

Once again this mod REQUIRES XML INJECTOR. To install this, make absolutely sure you delete both v1.7 and its script file from your mod folder. Then you can just throw the package file attached in.

Download (free). Technical stuff under the cut.

Technical stuff:

So basically how the mod worked before is that each interaction was injected via a script. This meant that the script file only needed to be updated when new interactions were added. Because no new interactions had been added in some time, it didn't need to be updated.

However in the new patch, Maxis for some reason changed how scripts are read which broke a lot of mods injecting interactions via this method. These same changes mean that Better Autonomy is broken, and the "dark part" of Storytelling Socials is broken (way less annoying to update though, so I'll do that tomorrow, since there are only like 7 interactions in it).

So I used an XML injector snippet instead. This removes the necessity of the script and makes it a lot more durable between patches. I also wanted to do this for a while, since before adding even one new interaction would require me to re-export the entire mod in Mod Constructor v4 and make any changes I did manually again. Now I can add new interactions without doing that.

(P.S. don't poke around in the file there might be spoilers for upcoming releases).

(PPS please ignore that this still says v1.6 I don't want to make a new image)

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Patch Check

Big Mods

Storytelling Socials is functional. I still haven't updated the dark addon though. Sorry.

Better Autonomy appears functional. I wish it was easier to test this mod but it is what it is.

Small Mods

No Constant Phone is functional.

I haven't noticed any problems with any other small mods, but as always, report any issues with them.

Hug Lovingly for Best Friends and More has been updated to include extended family. Note that this also includes Distant Relative. As result it does not replace the default package; the original still works, but I figured some people wouldn't want that added. So it's just an extra flavor. I also just added niblings to the original file.

I have another small mod coming out in just a second. Sorry for the double post.

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UPDATE: Better Autonomy v1.0

Better Autonomy has been updated. Remove the script file and old version.

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Patch Check

Looks like my mods are compatible. I've gotten one report that Better Exceptions flags Better Autonomy as incompatible but I cannot reproduce whatever it's alleging. So, that should be fine too..

I have also uninstalled Sims for now to play The Outer Worlds 2. So any patches in the next month or two, I won't be able to update mods!

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Patch Check

Late post! Sorry, my life has been chaos and Sims hasn't been my main focus. All mods appear to be compatible. I'm noticing an odd thing where couples are outright obsessed with watching the skies together and I'm not entirely sure if that's a Better Autonomy thing or Maxis thing since I have so many interactions disabled with MC Tuner. It's not particularly intrusive and the mod is not broken but if you're also having this issue feel free to remove the mod until I tune it.

As always I have a lot of small tuning mods and overrides, but the big ones:

Storytelling Socials

Easy Sentiment Cheats (though you should really be using Lumpinou's Sim Info Toolbox as it has every sentiment)

Hug Lovingly for Best Friends and More

Forever Entertained

Club Gatherings on Vacation Lots

"Force To" Restored

No Constant Phone

These mods are compatible; if you notice anything weird with a mod not listed here please let me know. Keep in mind that XML Injector was updated for the Life and Death patch, and if you haven't updated that, SS, ESC, and Forever Entertained will not work.

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Patch Check

Looks like the only mod that needed to be updated for the patch was Longer Starlight Accolades. You can get it here.

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XML Injector

If XML Injector is broken, then Storytelling Socials and Easy Sentiment Cheats are broken. They will not work until XML Injector is fixed. XML Injector is not my mod, but my mods rely on it. Once it's updated, SS and ESC will work!

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Patch Check

all of my mods appear to work