MC Command Center Local Help/Chat Thread

"GalacticGal;15623846" wrote:
Has anyone created any kind of 'guide book' on how to use this mod to its fullest? For instance, what settings to set to accomplish a certain goal? I'm so very lost on most of it. I took copious notes with NRaas, Ind. Master Controller. I'm not seeing anything of this nature, so far. And the first thread on MCCC help got so huge so fast I haven't even begun to read it through it. I only just learned about the 'dresser' portion, for instance. I had no clue I could change the outfits of the inactive Sims I came across. :open_mouth: I also just by accident learned only yesterday I could age the inactive Sims up. Wow. I'm such a Noob when it comes to this mod.

Haha. This is so needed. I keep meaning to write something but RL seems to get in the way. And, frankly, I don't know where to start. I have been using MC for a while but I hardly touch the surface with most of it. EG had a very good 'How I use MC' help document but it morphed into the more Technical help doc that now is very good for installation and 'not working' problems. The FAQ section on tumblr is a good place to go but intentionally a bit restricted. https://deaderpoolmc.tumblr.com/help/faq

So, when you have finished writing your copious notes maybe you could publish them and a 'guide book' will be born.

"SimLibby;15623909" wrote:
There is some documentation on the tumblr. page: https://deaderpoolmc.tumblr.com/
Maybe that will help you. Also the mod itself has (after unpacking) some .pdf files.

If you have more specific questions, I think EG is your girl ;) or at least one of them.
https://discordapp.com/channels/285367261374447616/285367261374447616

First things first... Not True as of 3.3.0's public release. No more Troubleshooter PDF. (I'm off the hook!) :p

All the mod-related stuff has been rolled into the tumblr pages now. The WH stuff I'd included is no longer necessary (who can't get to Tumblr?), and I don't have to do those link PMs now.

The game menu pictures are well documented all over Simsland. (Game Options, script mods boxes, etc.)

Another post incoming, I just wanted to mention this first. The Troubleshooter is no longer needed. :) Having clickable module links is AWESOME!

"GalacticGal;15623846" wrote:
Has anyone created any kind of 'guide book' on how to use this mod to its fullest? For instance, what settings to set to accomplish a certain goal? I'm so very lost on most of it. I took copious notes with NRaas, Ind. Master Controller. I'm not seeing anything of this nature, so far. And the first thread on MCCC help got so huge so fast I haven't even begun to read it through it. I only just learned about the 'dresser' portion, for instance. I had no clue I could change the outfits of the inactive Sims I came across. :open_mouth: I also just by accident learned only yesterday I could age the inactive Sims up. Wow. I'm such a Noob when it comes to this mod.

"Cyclelegs;15624022" wrote:

"GalacticGal;15623846" wrote:
Has anyone created any kind of 'guide book' on how to use this mod to its fullest? For instance, what settings to set to accomplish a certain goal? I'm so very lost on most of it. I took copious notes with NRaas, Ind. Master Controller. I'm not seeing anything of this nature, so far. And the first thread on MCCC help got so huge so fast I haven't even begun to read it through it. I only just learned about the 'dresser' portion, for instance. I had no clue I could change the outfits of the inactive Sims I came across. :open_mouth: I also just by accident learned only yesterday I could age the inactive Sims up. Wow. I'm such a Noob when it comes to this mod.

Haha. This is so needed. I keep meaning to write something but RL seems to get in the way. And, frankly, I don't know where to start. I have been using MC for a while but I hardly touch the surface with most of it. EG had a very good 'How I use MC' help document but it morphed into the more Technical help doc that now is very good for installation and 'not working' problems. The FAQ section on tumblr is a good place to go but intentionally a bit restricted. https://deaderpoolmc.tumblr.com/help/faq

So, when you have finished writing your copious notes maybe you could publish them and a 'guide book' will be born.

Rolling these 2 into one...

We took a big hit to our "how to set things up" knowledgebase when Deaderpool deleted the mod and its 20,000+ comments from MTS. But, comments were going south fast toward the end, and it really was for the best to pull the plug on all that drama.

It DOES kind of leave us in the position of having to rebuild. I know what you mean, @GalacticGal ... it IS a big mod, a lot to figure out. And those "combo" settings, where it takes more than one to do something, still confuse me, too, sometimes. (BTW, Dresser isn't as hard now, with the UI, as it was when we did all that with command lines...) ;)

We could start off with just a question/answer thing. This is for anybody reading this post, not just GG.

If you want to know how to do something, ask. Anything at all.

We've got to start somewhere, it may as well be with something a player wants to do NOW. Right?

Here's fine, Discord's fine. I'll start putting things together as they come in.

If Deaderpool doesn't want to add it to his Tumblr (he might, there is a new FAQ page he's started on, there, too...), I can use mine for it. Drop it on him when we have something to show him, maybe. WIP. I'm brainstorming on the fly.

We'll figure things out as we go. New idea. (I ditched on Discord to come write this post!!) :) << Good feeling, considering my previous "atmosphere" issue. I'll take it! <3

I'm newly-unemployed, and my car needs another garage trip, so I've got some free time, here.

Short version: I was basically thrown under a bus at work by new mgr Tracy, and then ambushed by upper management, and taken off the schedule (resolving issue time) rather abruptly. Over something that didn't even really happen. They made me feel like garbage. 7 years of loyal service, gone in one morning. I had such a bad taste in my mouth I couldn't imagine walking back in there, and I'm certainly not going to try to work with HER, now. So, Wednesday, I told them I Quit. Finished. And I'm not even depressed about it. ;) I'm a good cashier, and I'm not at all worried about finding another job... when it's time. It'll come, but, not yet. I've earned a break. (We're not rolling in money, but, we're not hurting ATM either, I don't have to panic.)

There will be NO job hunting of any kind, until after hubby has raised and settled the issue of why we just paid his favorite garage $1200 and the car is STILL doing what we took it to them to have FIXED. (I am not their biggest fan. :| ) Mightily annoyed over that, I am. So, I'm on strike, till it's roadworthy again. I feel completely justified. I don't trust it to get out of my subdivision, much less to get me to an interview on time. Not happening. Avoidable stress, I'm avoiding. ;)

So yeah, a guide. I'm in. Let's do it!

Gimme questions.

Question: How does one go about adjusting the size of a Sims' arms or legs? Someone suggested there was a way to do that in the CAS portion of the mod, but after looking at it, I'm left scratching my head.

Another question: How does the pregnancy thing work? I tried, once, to click on a pregnant Sim (probably not the time to do that) and selected gender. Her pregnancy somehow went away. :open_mouth: I would like a step-by-step tutorial on this, please. (I never could get the caste system in MC.)

Ooh! We need @Bonxie in on this. I just realized, a lot of her "photo tutorial" pages from the other thread would still help us. Cool. We're not as close to ground zero as I thought.

Give me a little bit, @GalacticGal ... good questions! I'm not exactly an appearance/CAS expert, but I'll be back with something for both of these questions later.
<3

Anybody who DOES know MC_CAS... feel free to field that one. If you know pregnancy, go for it. We can collaborate. :)

It takes a village. Hello, village! ;)

"GalacticGal;15624376" wrote:
Question: How does one go about adjusting the size of a Sims' arms or legs? Someone suggested there was a way to do that in the CAS portion of the mod, but after looking at it, I'm left scratching my head.

Another question: How does the pregnancy thing work? I tried, once, to click on a pregnant Sim (probably not the time to do that) and selected gender. Her pregnancy somehow went away. :open_mouth: I would like a step-by-step tutorial on this, please. (I never could get the caste system in MC.)

To edit in CAS you first have to "Enable Full Edit in CAS":

Click a computer on the lot and select MC.
Click MCCC Settings -> Notification/Console/Menu Settings -> Console Common Settings -> Enable Full Edit CAS

To do some editing:
Click a sim and select MC.
Click Modify Houshold in CAS or Sim Commands -> Modify in CAS. The latter if you have more than 8 sims in houshold.

In CAS hover over the sim and look for double ended arrows. Hold down and drag the mouse cursor left or right to increase/decrease.
Note: you can't change the length of legs and arms just the width.

Second question I guess you clicked on a teen that was not pregnant at all. Sometimes they show already when they age up to teens.

@Morphar

CAS, she's talking about Templates and ingame Sim > MC > CAS settings. Stuff like resetting bellies to 0.

That one's going to take me some thinking. (Kinda hoping @Bonxie drops by, TBH) ;)

Pregnancy... I'm intrigued by that "went away" thing, too. More details would be grand.

More to come on all of this. Stewing. I'll be back.

I just wanna throw a Brooklyn style shout out to Egwarhammer (for some reason I always wanna type eggwarmer lol) for all of your help, assistance and guidance on a mod that has helped so many and that has enhanced the game tremendously. I think a lot of Simmers take for granted all of the free things that are created for The Sims, from mods to CC to everything else. So yeah, extra bacon and cawfee for you EG.

*goes back to wine & vapes* :)

"egwarhammer;15623192" wrote:

"Sha2520032003;15622862" wrote:
@egwarhammer Thank you for creating this thread!! I love Discord, still not sure I've got it all figured out just yet but I love that the interaction is real time & I'm so appreciative of Deaderpool's, yours, & everyone's time/assistance in answering questions. Even reading through the posts at others questions is so helpful, as I'm seeing I'm learning some new things that I didn't know :).

I have a question about MC Occult. I'm trying to find the sweet spot on alien abductions. I had the frequency set to alien invasion and like 3-4 spaceships were showing up every night, with multiple Sims getting abducted. Fun to watch...but a bit too high. So I changed the setting to high, and in that save file, abductions were happening at least 1-2x per week, which I was happy with. I'm in a different save file/game now with a different family & have played 7 Sim days with zero abductions thus far. Do the abductions still follow EA's guidelines of increasing abductions by having a Sim in the scientist career, having satellite on lot, metals/crystals etc. in inventory? When I had the frequency set on alien invasion my Sim had none of the things I mentioned above (satellite, scientist career, etc). Spaceships just showed up. On the high setting in other save file, same thing, my Sim had nothing to increase abductions they just happened. In my current save file, I do have the settings enabled for NPC's to get abducted, & I've heard the music when in an open space, so I think it's happening to NPC's but not to my active household. So...to make a very long story short....do I need to set the frequency on high + do other things to increase the chance of alien abduction?

Any help you can provide would be great! I'm like pulling my hair out trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong :).

Edited :p

What's your Discord nickname? I posted the middle block above to mccc_support there. I'll bring back whatever he says. ;)


From Deaderpool:

Exactly true. The things mentioned do still increase the chances. They just increase it more than usual with "High" abduction rates. That's specifically what that setting does is increase the chance to get abducted more than normal does when those conditions exist.

If you aren't seeing any error messages in your MC log, or any LastException.txt files in /Sims4, try going back through the occult pages at tumblr, here:

https://deaderpoolmc.tumblr.com/doc/mcoccult

Is there a baby or another pregnancy in the house? (Just curious... that wouldn't stop abductions, but nobody should come back pregnant, if either is true.)

I'm wondering if maybe there's a rule the one house is breaking.

Browse that, and ask me something else. We'll try again. :)

@egwarhammer Thanks for the assistance! I checked the log and no error messages. I tested tonight & moved a scientist into my household, and he had metals/crystals in his inventory & he got abducted immediately. So it's working fine. I guess I just need to do the things to increase my chances & be a bit more patient :)

"GalacticGal;15624376" wrote:
Question: How does one go about adjusting the size of a Sims' arms or legs? Someone suggested there was a way to do that in the CAS portion of the mod, but after looking at it, I'm left scratching my head.

Another question: How does the pregnancy thing work? I tried, once, to click on a pregnant Sim (probably not the time to do that) and selected gender. Her pregnancy somehow went away. :open_mouth: I would like a step-by-step tutorial on this, please. (I never could get the caste system in MC.)

@GalacticGal When you clicked on the Sim did you select the Pregnancy End option? That for sure will immediately clear the pregnancy if you selected OK in the next dialog box. I'm with @egwarhammer - & very intrigued that the pregnancy just disappeared. I'm racking my brain how that would happen. I'm only familiar with it going away when the player selects the option to clear the pregnancy.

In regards to how pregnancy works (if you're referring to viewing a Sim's pregnancy (i.e. trimester they're in, gender of baby(s), offspring count, etc), when you click on a Sim & select MC Command Center > select MC Pregnancy option. This will pull up all the Sim's information such as their name, age, etc. & will also show the information below:
Partner:
Pregnant With:
Trimester

To change the gender of the baby OR the offspring count that's listed in 'Pregnant With': for example, let's say this was showing 1 male and 0 female & you wanted to change this to 0 male and 2 females, you would select the 'Offspring' option & input the numbers for male & female & click OK.

You can view or change this at any time during the Sims pregnancy. I use this all the time, because I may want a specific gender or may not want twins/triplets.

Hope this is helpful :). I wasn't sure if your question was in regards to the actual settings in MC Pregnancy Module where you're selecting your initial settings or what I described above when a Sim is actually pregnant & you click on them & want to make changes.