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PalmArrow's avatar
PalmArrow
Seasoned Hotshot
6 years ago

Is there a mod that slightly changes how the Motive Mobile works?

One of my sim households owns the Motive Mobile as a family heirloom. I love how this vehicle looks (especially when styled with a pattern, it looks like a hippie van), and I mostly like that it fills the sims' needs.

https://i.imgur.com/1PDGKGv.jpg

However... I would be happier if it didn't fill the energy bar. I want my sims to sleep during the night and feel refreshed in the morning. I don't know what to do with them if their energy bar is full in the evening, so I always use testingcheats and lower the energy bar, then send them to sleep.

I'm kind of hoping that the same thing has also bothered someone who knows how to make mods, and that there is a mod that either makes the MM fill all needs bars except energy, or one that makes all the bars only slightly fuller, but not completely full?

(Oh, and I absolutely don't want to know what goes on in that vehicle to make all the sims' needs be filled at once! :p )
  • Looks like this can be done with one setting change in NRaas Retuner. The settings are under Sims3GameplaySystems > Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.Vehicles.CarMotiveMobile > kCommoditiesToUpdateMaxLevels > Index 3 > Value =70. We can't remove Energy from the list of motives the vehicle impacts, but it has an index of 3 and that maps onto max motive score of 70 so try setting just that one much lower (like at 10).

    That path might not be exactly right, am not in-game and am going by the what its master tuning file says. Let me know if I need to expand on that a bit.

    Although when my sims gain excess energy throughout the day, I usually have them read in bed or do something constructive like that until their energy motive decreases enough to be able to sleep.
  • UlanDhor's avatar
    UlanDhor
    Seasoned Novice
    My sims usually still try to get some sleep in the early morning, even if the energy bar is only half down.
  • PalmArrow's avatar
    PalmArrow
    Seasoned Hotshot
    Thank you very much, @igazor ! :) I will try that later today when I'm in game!