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Patasimnia Adventure Toilet

The last thing you want to worry about when you’re scaling Mt Komorebi or charting the unknown depths of the Forgotten Grotto is having to find a bush to go to the bathroom.

Well, search no more! Outdoor equipment manufacturer Patasimnia proudly introduces the Patasimnia Adventure Toilet that you can keep in your inventory right next to your tent and cooler (and camping chairs, bicycle, jet ski, sailboat, 72 apples, etc…). Ready to place in the world anywhere for use, but look for somewhere private, since your sim won't want to go to the bathroom in the middle of a crowd ( probably ).

When you flush the toilet after you use it, you’ll get a bag of trash in your inventory to pack out with you so that you leave the wilderness clean instead of leaving a bunch of stinky bushes behind.

INSTRUCTIONS
You can buy it in both plumbing and outdoor equipment. Place in your inventory and carry it wherever you want. When you want to use it, place it somewhere out of sight (some privacy rules apply) by selecting Place in World, just like you do with a tent.

When you're done with it and you flush, you will end up with a bag of ..."trash" in your inventory to carry to a proper garbage can. Put the toilet back in your inventory, and you're ready for your next adventure.

Change Log
1.0, 2021-08-30 Initial release

Mod Packs Required
Eco-Lifestyle#camping

The Classic RPG Spells collection contains a selection of nine Sims 4 spells inspired by old school role playing games, with an emphasis on making them useful in-game in one way or another.

Also requires: Spellbook Injector V2 Mod to load the custom spells.

PACK REQUIREMENTS
All spells require Realm of Magic to function at all (plus the Spellbook Injector V2).
To use all of the full functionality of the spells, you may also need:

• Pets
• City Life
• Cottage Living
• Vampires
• Paranormal
• Jungle Adventure

I've listed the packs required for each spell below, so you can skip the ones you don't have packs for if you wish.

However, if you are missing some of the packs, some of the spells may still have partial functionality. For example, without Cottage Living, the Animal Friendship spell won't be able to make friends with rabbits (since they don't exist in your game), but you could still make friends with Dogs and Cats (assuming you have Pets).

Animal Friendship
Neophyte-level Practical spell
To use, click on a rabbit, 'Flock of Birds' tree, chicken, cow, llama, fox, cat or dog and select the Animal Friendship spell under the Magic category. The animal will instantly become best friends with your Sim. It is up to you to maintain the relationship over time.
Packs Required: Realm of Magic, Cottage Living, Pets

Bless
Acolyte-Level Untamed Spell
To use, cast on yourself or another Sim. Bestows an Ancient Joy buff that is contagious to other Sims (as it is in Jungle Adventure). It's an awesome party trick, since everyone ends up in a good mood for a few days after the buff gets passed around.
Packs Required: Realm of Magic, Jungle Adventure

Detect Alignment
Neophyte-level Practical spell
To use, cast on yourself. Good sims will get a light colored aura, while sims with the Evil trait will get a dark colored aura (effects from City Living's festival tuning). Sims who have neither trait will not get an aura.
Packs Required: Realm of Magic, City Living

Dispel Fear
Acolyte-level Practical spell
To use, cast on yourself or another Sim. Will immediately reduce fear and provide the Sim with a short term Brave buff, like the reward trait.
Packs Required: Realm of Magic, Paranormal

Sleep
Neophyte-Level Mischief Spell
To use, cast on another Sim. Their energy will be reduced immediately, and they will fall asleep until they recover.
Packs Required: Realm of Magic

Earthquake
Adept-Level Untamed Spell
To use, click on the ground, and you'll see a spell come up under the Magic category named Summon Earthquake. It will trigger a major earthquake based on the Quake zone lot trait.

It's a little more powerful than the lot trait, though, since it will not only panic sims on the current lot. It will cause all sims in the area to panic, so you can cast it somewhere like an outdoor festival.

NOTE: This is the first time I've released a mod with one of my own scripts, so do let me know if it doesn't work for you. Don't forget that it still requires the Spell Injector V2 as well.
Packs Required: Realm of Magic, City Living

Knock
Acolyte-Level Mischief Spell
To use, click on the front door of a residence before you knock on the door (your sim needs to be in the 'ungreeted' state) and you'll see a spell come up under the Magic category named Knock. It will open the door and allow you to enter without being greeted, in a similar fashion to the Vampire 'Always Welcome' perk.

You can also open locked vaults. Click on the locked vault door (it needs to have been locked by some other household's sim), and under the Magic submenu, you'll see Knock. Select it, and you're in.

Finally, Knock can disarm the traps in the temple in Selvadorada. Cast the spell directly on the trapped doorway to disarm the trap and open the next area.

NOTE: If you are seen breaking into a Sim's house or vault by another Sim, there is a large reputation loss. Obviously.
Packs Required: Realm of Magic, Get Famous (for vault), Jungle Adventure (for temple traps)

Lightning Strike
Adept-Level Untamed Spell
To use, click on an object that is capable of being struck by lightning (not all are) or a Sim, and select Lightning Strike from the Magic pie menu. A bolt of lightning will strike that object or sim a few moments later.

This has the same effect as 'regular' lightning (since it is, in fact, 'regular' Sims lightning). It shouldn't kill Sims, but it might set them up for disaster the next time they try to repair something. It will also short out electronic equipment, which is handy for those times when someone with a Singing skill of 1 takes a turn at Karaoke.
Packs Required: Realm of Magic, Seasons

Turn Undead
Master-Level Untamed Spell
To use, click on the active sim that you are playing, and select Turn Undead from the magic submenu. Vampires and Ghosts will leave the lot more or less immediately, and if it's a Haunted House, the Serenity of the lot will increase. This spell is kind of a superpower for Paranormal Investigators.

NOTE: I'm experimenting with using one of the animations from seances for casting this one. 
Packs Required: Realm of Magic, Vampires, Paranormal

New in version 1.1.2

Protection From Heat
Acolyte-level Practical Spell
To Use, cast on another Sim or yourself. Target of spell will be protected from extreme heat in a manner similar to the Burning Man reward perk.
Packs Required: Realm of Magic, Seasons

Protection From Cold
Acolyte-level Practical Spell
To Use, cast on another Sim or yourself. Target of spell will be protected from extreme cold in a manner similar to the Iceproof reward perk.
Packs Required: Realm of Magic, Seasons

Cure Disease
Acolyte-level Practical Spell
To use, cast on yourself, another Sim, a Dog, or a Cat. All built-in illnesses including food poisoning, Ancient Sicknesses and other rare diseases, should be cured.
Packs Required: Realm of Magic

Charm Person
Acolyte Mischief Spell
To use, cast on another sim, either before or after you've introduced yourself. You will immediately gain a moderate friendship boost with them, equivalent to the 'Incredibly Friendly' reward trait.
Packs Required: Realm of Magic

Tiny Hut
Adept-level Practical Spell
To use, cast on the ground. A spectral tent will appear that will recharge all of the motives of the sims sleeping or napping inside of it, as well as removing tense and uncomfortable moods. The tent will vanish in about 4 hours. Any sims still in the tent when it vanishes will simply get kicked out of the tent.

NOTE: Tiny Hut mesh adapted from original 'Fairy House' by Enure Sims (current site: enure-style.tumblr.com/).
Packs Required: Realm of Magic, Outdoor Living

Protection From Vampires
Master-level Practical Spell

To use, cast on a sim or yourself. Target will be protected from all Vampire powers, such as mesmerize or drink plasma, for the duration of the effect (about 8 hours).
Packs Required: Realm of Magic, Vampires

Stinking Cloud
Master-level Mischief Spell
To use, cast on the ground. A choking cloud of stinky gas will appear and cause all Sims who come near it to lose hygiene. The cloud persists for about 1 hour.
Packs Required: Realm of Magic, Paranormal

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

To install, you will need to have the Spellbook Injector V2 installed.

Change Log

1.0.0, 10/31/2021, Initial public release
1.0.1, 11/01/2021, Fixed issue with blank strings in languages other than English, also incorporated Chinese localization (thanks to MTS user GreenOnionC for the translation!).
1.1.0, 11/29/2021, Patreon prerelease. Added new spells: Haste, Tiny Hut, Cure Disease, Protection From Heat, Protection From Cold, Protection From Vampires and Stinking Cloud. Various minor bug fixes to existing spells.
1.1.1, 12/3/2021, Patreon prerelease update. Changes to Tiny Hut and Stinking Cloud.
1.1.2, 12/12/2021, Public Update. Added Charm Person.

Magazine Kit

The Magazine Kit adds functional magazines to the Sims 4. Instead of empty props or imagined activity inside a tent, the Magazine Kit has magazines with useful effects. I tried to avoid making this a cheat mod, since you can just cheat your skills already. I was hoping to simulate the effect of reading a magazine.

There are currently ten magazines. Each one provides a buff that speeds up skill increases 50% for the skills that are appropriate to the magazine, eg. reading Fitness Magazine makes it easier to learn fitness skills. Aside from granting the initial skill if not present, reading a magazine doesn't increase the skills themselves, like a skill book. They just make learning the skill easier for about two hours after reading the magazine. They also provide a skill appropriate mood to go along with the magazine, such as Energized for Fitness Magazine.

The magazine's effect also makes the reader have a higher effective value in the related skill and they will be more likely to autonomously perform actions related to that skill. Note: Some actions take the effective skill level into account, but some don't. Most of the Base Game activities do (fishing, gardening, programming). Many pack-related activities, such as Rock Climbing, do not, but the effect will still cause your Sim to learn Rock Climbing faster.

Some magazines also provide recipes, such as food or fabricator designs, or fishing tips in your Sim's notebook. Each magazine will only provide one recipe per reading session. Many of the magazine effects also allow use of social conversation topics reserved for higher skill levels in the related skill (such as 'Provide Advice on...'), since we all know that reading a magazine article makes you an expert (at least for a little while).

Reading a magazine is considered a preference activity, meaning that Sims who like cooking will enjoy reading Better Food and Beverage, while Sims who don't like cooking will not. Finally, many of the magazines will satisfy the urges for traits related to the magazine. Sims with the Art Lover trait can get their 'art fix' from looking at the pictures in the Journal of Visual Arts.

Reading a magazine is also meant to be a warm up activity. Before you workout, read Fitness Magazine first for tips, before going to an art gallery, read the Journal of Visual Arts, etc. You will gain more skills and receive more positive mood buffs. Reading Better Food and Beverage before cooking results in higher quality food and drinks.

The magazine's effects kick in about 10-20 minutes after a Sim starts reading, and lasts for two hours each time (currently, but may tweak the duration a bit).

Buying a Magazine
Place the Magazine Vending Rack (included with this mod) on any lot, then select Purchase Magazines. You can also buy them in Build/Buy mode if you use the bb.showhiddenobjects console cheat first.


PACK REQUIREMENTS
The basic functionality should only require the Base Game. All of the magazines provide at least one BG skill, and I'm hoping that much will work if you don't have the packs that the rest of the effects are from. I've listed the packs that are referenced by the magazine's tuning below each magazine.

If the magazine tries to give you recipe from a pack you don't have enabled, it should just skip it (though you won't get a recipe that reading session). Let me know if you run into problems or LE errors!

List of Magazine-Related Skills and Effects

Better Food and Beverage

• Cooking/Baking
  
• Gourmet Cooking
• Mixology

Packs used: City Living, Dine Out, Pets, Jungle Adventure.
Recipes Provided: All from City Living, Dine Out, Pets and Jungle Adventure (27 total). If you only have the BG, you won't get any recipes at all, only the buffs and skill learning bonuses.
Reading satisfies Foodie trait needs.

Wilderness Digest

• Fishing
• Herbalism
• Rock Climbing

Note: This is the magazine that the game says that you read inside a tent. I haven't connected the tuning from this version of the magazine to the tent interaction yet. It's still a very handy magazine to bring along on a fishing trip.
Recipes Provided: Fishing bait tips added to notebook
Packs used: Outdoor Living, Snowy Escape
Reading satisfies Outdoor Lover trait needs.

Popular Handiness

• Fabrication
• Handiness

Recipes Provided: Fabricator designs
Packs used: Eco-Lifestyle for fabricator designs
Reading satisfies Maker trait needs.

Literary Digest

• Writing

Trivia note: This is the magazine that your authors send books to for review.
Packs used: None
Reading satisfies Bookworm trait needs.
Also reduces Writer's Block

Journal of the Visual Arts

• Painting
• Photography

Packs used: None
Reading satisfies Art Lover trait needs.

Fitness Magazine

• Fitness

Packs used: None
Reading satisfies Active trait needs.

Erratic Magazine

• Comedy

Packs used: None
Success rate on telling jokes is greatly improved for two hours after reading.

Computer World

• Video Gaming
• Programming

Packs used: None

Farm and Garden Magazine

• Gardening

Recipes Provided: Livestock Feed recipes
Packs Used: Cottage Living (for recipes)

SpaDay

• Wellness

Packs Used: Spa Day

Version History

• 1.0.0b, 12/26/2021, Initial Patreon preview release (beta).
• 1.0.0, 3/8/2022, Initial Public Release
• 1.0.1, 7/26/2022, Changes for Patch 1.90.358
  

#magazines

The Simsco Canning Factory can be loaded with produce and dairy ingredients, then used to convert them into boxes of canned and processed products, such as boxes of jars of jam, canned vegetables, wheels of cheese and more. It looks like the Cupcake Factory, but is industrial safety yellow.

The Canning Factory pulls all of its ingredient requirements from its own inventory, not your sim's, so you need to load it first. This is meant to allow you to better decide what portion of that huge haul of apples goes toward fruit, which part toward Jam, and which part gets saved for brewing into a 'fizzy' or some other use.

You need to put the ingredients into the machine before you can make the recipes with the machine. You can Open the inventory like a refrigerator and drag things into it, you can drag and drop items onto the machine, or you can use the Load ingredients option with a dialog.



Select Bulk Food Processing, and choose one of the recipes for which you have ingredients. The machine will chug and flash and belch smoke in a remarkably steampunk way, and your box of processed food will come rolling down the conveyor belt. Your sim will wait until it is done then pick up the box and look for a surface or a shelf to place it on.



You need to clean the machine about every 6 uses. This is the same as the Cupcake Factory for now.



Recipes adapted from Cottage Living

• Box of 6 Jars of Apple Jam (6 Apples, 6 Sugar)
• Box of 6 Jars of Raspberry Jam (6 Raspberries, 6 Sugar)
• Box of 6 Jars of Strawberry Jam (6 Strawberries, 6 Sugar)
• Box of 6 Wheels of Cheese (6 Milk)
• Box of 6 Jars of Chocolate Syrup (6 Chocoberries)
• Box of 6 Jars of Mayonnaise (6 Eggs)
• Box of 6 Jars of Meat Substitute (6 'meat substitute' ingredients)
• Box of 6 Jars of Tomato Sauce (6 Tomatoes)

New Recipes/Foods

• Box of 6 Meals Ready-to-Eat (with Meat: 6 Vegetables, 6 Fish)
• Box of 6 Meals Ready-to-Eat (Vegetarian: 6 Vegetables)
• Commercial-Sized Sack of Sugar (6 Fruit)
• Box of 6 Cans of Green Peas (6 Green Peas)
• Box of 6 Cans of Green Beans (6 Green Beans)
• Box of 6 Jars of Dried Sage (6 Sage Leaves)
• Box of 6 Cans of Fishcake (6 Fish)

MREs: A box of vacuum-packed food with a built-in self-heating element. You can open it up, and you get a plate of hot food in your inventory (same recipe lists as the Delicioso spell from Realm of Magic).

Sugar: The factory can convert 6 fruit into a large, commercial-sized sack of sugar, which can be opened to get 6 small bags of sugar that can be used in recipes.

Canned vegetables and Dried Spices: You can use the canned ingredient directly in recipes (at least that's the goal...), or you can Open it Up and get actual ingredient back to use.

Canned Fishcake: A mixed, processed fish cake in the shape of a fish. It can be used in any recipe that calls for 'any fish', such as Fish Tacos, or even Fish on a Stick.

Change Log
1.0.0, 1/14,2022, Initial Patreon Work in Progress release as Farm Factory Mod
1.1.0, 4/2/2022, Initial Public Release, renamed to Canning Factory Mod
1.1.1, 4/6/2022, Fixed issue when on lots with Simple Living lot trait, canning supplies issue