(NEW POST) (Compatible/Tuned Mods) FreeTime Soccer Net With Better Needs Tuning + Low Fun Need Annoyance Fix
Changelog at the bottom of the post.
One thing I've heard and seen around the The Sims 2 Community for awhile now is the Soccer Goal from FreeTime and it's horrible needs drop! Before I tuned it, it took only 2 HOURS before a sim would stop because the energy would drop soooo fast! Not even the Need Benefits help that much, if not at all! Not only that, if a sim's fun was too low (-80 and below to be exact) they wouldn't play, even if the Soccer Goal is a fun activity for them and they will autonomously interact with it, they would quit! Decide what to do, damn it! So sims shouldn't get exhausted anymore and can finally play all day long! And, when bored, get out and play some soccer! Because your -80 or below Fun Need doesn't hinge you anymore! You're freeeeeee! Read down below if you're interested to TUNE IT yourself!
The Package file(s) is already compressorized.
Installation CHOOSE ONLY THE "Both In One" FOLDER OR THE "Seperated" FOLDER PACKAGE FILE(S) OR YOU WILL GET DUPLICATES! YOU CAN MIX THE MODS BUT DON'T GET DUPLICATES OF EITHER ONES! Unzip the file and then drop the Package file(s) into your Downloads folder in your Documents>EA Games>The Sims 2 OR The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection OR The Sims 2 Legacy folder, depending on your version of the game.
Conflicts/Containing Files UPDATED: Simler90's Slower Fitness Gain Version 2 - make sure my mod "BetterNeeds/BetterTuning" loads before that mod.
Cyjon's Soccer Quit Fix - Remove their mod before using my original or my compatible/tuned version of Cyjon's Soccer Quit Fix (NoFunMotiveFail/BetterTuning) ONLY GET ONE VERSION OF EACH FILE (BetterNeeds and NoFunMotiveFailing or both in one file (BetterTuning)) OTHERWISE IT WILL BE AN OVERRIDE! AND REMOVE "Cyjon's SoccerQuitFix" MOD FROM YOUR FOLDER BEFORE USING MINE AND MAKE SURE MY MOD "BetterNeeds/BetterTuning" LOADS BEFORE "Simler90's SlowerFitnessGainVersion2", BOTH MY VERSION AND THE COMPATIBLE/TUNED VERSION OF Simler90's MOD!!! Anything that edits the: BCON (Behavior Constant) - Name: tuning - play // Group: 0x7FC80134 // Instance (High): 0x00000000 // Instance: 0x00002002 and/or the: BHAV (Behavior Function) - Name: Play - Game - Alone // Group: 0x7FC80134 // Instance (High): 0x00000000 // Instance: 0x00002033 and/or the: BHAV (Behavior Function) - Name: Play - Game - Together // Group: 0x7FC80134 // Instance (High): 0x00000000 // Instance: 0x0000202B (NEW) Custom Standalone BHAV: - Name: Exit Object - Motive Failing? Soccer Net (NEW) // Group: 0x7FC80134 // Instance (High): 0x00000000 // Instance: 0x00002040
I decided to seperate the Package file into each own Package file:("WolfTest_EP7SoccerNet_NoFunMotiveFail" "WolfTest_EP7SoccerNet_BetterNeedsTuning") just in case someone doesn't want both / both in one (WolfTest_EP7SoccerNet_BetterTuning)
UPDATE: Only get one versions of the BetterNeeds and NoFunMotiveFail mods, either the compatible version or my version. You can mix with my version and the compatible versions but don't get duplicates.
Let me know if there's any issues :)
Download MTS // SimFileShare
Download Compatible/Tuned versions: MTS // SimFileShare
PLEASE READ THE POST IF YOU'RE UNSURE WHAT/HOW TO INSTALL!
How to tune it yourself! Is the tuning too kind to you? Wanna tune it yourself? Check this out! Open the Package file in SimPE, then click on the Behavior Constant (BCON) // tuning - play
IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!! DO NOT edit anything else what I haven't mentioned since I don't know what the other numbers do! Here you can see the tuning table! The only ones that I know works (and what they are) is:
NEW 0xF (15)Body fitness gain modifier. I originally kept it at 10, it's very slow, but if you want, you can either tune it yourself, or use my compatible/tuned version if Simler90's SlowerFitnessGainV2, make sure my mod (BetterNeeds/BetterTuning) loads before Simler90's SlowerFitnessGainV2 mod!
0x1 (1): Fun Need Speed 0x4 (4): Hygiene Need Speed
0x6 (6): Energy Need Speed
0x13 (19): Fun Need's Limitation to stop the sim from continuing when the Fun Need is filled to 100 (originally) (I've set it to "9999" decimal, which means it never ends when the Fun Need is at 100(full)) The Needs doesn't switch (fill or empty a Needs Bar of your choice), it only tunes the speed of it, 0 and below (-) affects the Needs that goes down, faster or slower (same with Fun, but opposite, above 0)
Credit: SimPE Simler90 for Slower Fitness Gain Version 2 - ModTheSims Cyjon for the Soccer Quit Fix mod - Cyjon's site
CHANGELOG: 09-03-2025 Removed and replaced the global BHAV "Exit Object - Motive Failing?" into a NEW STANDALONE BHAV, "Exit Object - Motive Failing? - Soccer Net", so it shouldn't be globally used by other objects anymore and only exclusive to the Soccer Net from now on! It wasn't gamebreaking before, it just skipped to check the Fun Need if usable or not.
10-25-2025 Made compatible versions of Simler90's Slower Fitness Gain and Cyjon's Soccer Quit Fix.