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TS1299
5 years ago

I wish they make their Expansion Packs More Mod Friendly.

Recently aside from tuning some attributes I started to noticed that the new packs are not mod friendly anymore. In every livestream they said that ehen a new feature comes they cannot wait to see what the modders will do on the features that they added because it will bring possibilities, yet they make it hard for that to happen unfortunately. A Lot of features requires Injectors that needs heavy scripting in witch the modders cannot figure out how to bypass it. This are the examples.

1. Spells from RoM. There are custom spells and someone managed to create a script mod but it's been years since it was last updated. After the creator left, no one was able to update it anymore, making it impossible to buy from Magic HQ Shops. You can have custom spells but you cannot buy anything on the Magic Realm.
2. Potions From RoM. We never got a proper injector for this.
3. N.A.P. They said that they are excited for the possibilities of this particularly in modding but no one was able to add new N.A.P. rather than tune the buggy and uninspired N.A.P. Categories. Random Fighting NAP? Didn't we already had random fighting holiday in Seasons? Seeing that they do not update their old expansion packs we are stuck with the uncreative choices (in my opinion) of NAP Policies.
4. The Community Space. No one was able to have a community space that can change the lot type to anything. Like into a library, museum, or nightclub. We are stuck forever with Marketplace, Community Gardens, and Maker Space. No one was able to replicate those system. Compare in previous packs like Get To Work where the main features was able to mod to all careers making them all active.
5. Lifestyles. The current selection of lifestyles are ok but since we are no longer going to get new lifestyles in the features, especially with more packs installed, then how can we get the potential of this feature? Sadly it was not user friendly to begin with.

Some Modders Sentiments
https://twitter.com/lumpinou/status/1332374697766481920

https://twitter.com/ZerbuTabek/status/1270099640751403011

I just wish they make the gameplay features of the new packs to be more open to modders.
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  • Babykittyjade's avatar
    Babykittyjade
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago
    I wondered why there were no mods for this! I was waiting for custom NAPS. Now I'm wondering if hiking together in other worlds would be possible for modders.... I was sure that would be done right away buy still haven't found it. ..
    Though it's totally understandable that they don't make this game with mods in mind nor do I expect them to.
    What a shame though.

    I know deep down the Devs are probably annoyed with mods anyway? because it seems 90% of the people I see ranting at the gurus and crying over bugs and broken games is because of mod related things. Too many people use mods but don't know how to maintain and care for them. I helped many on Twitter and it was all mod related stuff or cc breaking their game. Like I've seen people screaming fix the broken game and glitches and then say they have 245 mods. (Not cc but mods)
    I'm like my game would have exploded ? no way I will believe that many is up to date, properly working and smoothly running together with no conflicts or adverse game effects.

    I not long ago found out myself, I broke a few saves and had weird stuff going on in my game
    from having unzipped files, jpgs and files that enf in cr I think. Which are corrupted files that didn't download properly. And if you have a lot of cc like I do its almost impossible to find without mod conflict detector. I was shocked of all the stuff I found. Not including the hundreds of duplicates.
    And then there is the cc that has to be properly updated with sims4studio especially if you download something old.

    My point is mods and cc really make the devs job even harder because they get blamed for mod and cc bugs all too frequently. I know they are not going to go out of their way to make it even more mod friendly lol.
  • Babykittyjade's avatar
    Babykittyjade
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago
    "SPARKY1922;c-17785426" wrote:
    @Triplis

    Thank you for that wonderful explanation which unfortunately went over the top of my head but I am sure others will understand more than me :)
    I also wanted to thank you for your own mods which I use a lot but from a players perspective i can say that it's not often clear when some mods need updating or have been updated in some instances which can get very confusing. ( I am referring to all modders here-)

    I know that a lot of players have stated the spell injector mod either does not work in their game or it causes issues so i had not tried to use it for months until I spoke to LittleMsSam yesterday and found further information about it. By comparison I always feel more confident using the XML injector mod as I know it's you updating where necessary and updates have been reliable. I wish the modder for the spellbook injector was still around as that particular mod made many other mods by other creators possible. I appreciate every single modder as I am sure many other players do I just wish sometimes for better info as I am often left wondering if it's okay to use something or not after a patch.


    So is it safe to use the spellbook injector??
  • nikkiheathcote95's avatar
    nikkiheathcote95
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago
    "SPARKY1922;c-17785488" wrote:
    Oh okay apologies @Nikkih put it down to a blonde moment shall we then :)


    Ooh I know the feeling I'm blonde too ?@SPARKY1922
  • sparky1922's avatar
    sparky1922
    5 years ago
    @Babykittyjade

    Yes according to LittleMsSam but she does only use it in her practical spells mod addon but went on the state:

    "the Spell Injector has an issue with MACs. Windows works fine but some MAC Users can have issues. Maybe it is that what those ppl mean"

    So while I have not given it a go as yet I will start by using it again with LMS's own mod and addon first then I might try and find some old mods I used to use that provided extra spells in ROM but when I thought the spell injector creator had stopped updating and several reviewers were complaining of issues I reluctantly stopped using the mod altogether..If you use it before me come back and let me know how it goes and I will do the same once I have used it..

    @Nikkih I apologize I truly do it's not often I react like that and over nothing really. Then when I had intimated the blonde moment joke I went away to make a cup of tea and thought maybe I should not have said that either as perhaps someone will find it offensive followed by my next thought of I wish it was the eighties where I never had to think like this :)

  • nikkiheathcote95's avatar
    nikkiheathcote95
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago
    "SPARKY1922;c-17785508" wrote:
    @Babykittyjade

    Yes according to LittleMsSam but she does only use it in her practical spells mod addon but went on the state:

    "the Spell Injector has an issue with MACs. Windows works fine but some MAC Users can have issues. Maybe it is that what those ppl mean"

    So while I have not given it a go as yet I will start by using it again with LMS's own mod and addon first then I might try and find some old mods I used to use that provided extra spells in ROM but when I thought the spell injector creator had stopped updating and several reviewers were complaining of issues I reluctantly stopped using the mod altogether..If you use it before me come back and let me know how it goes and I will do the same once I have used it..

    @Nikkih I apologize I truly do it's not often I react and then when I had intimated the blonde moment joke I went away to make a cup of tea and thought maybe I should not have said that either as perhaps someone will find it offensive followed by my next thought of I wish it was the eighties where I never had to think like this :)



    First of all if someone is that easily offended they need too grow a sense of humour bone ?, there was nothing wrong in what you said at all so dont worry @SPARKY1922

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