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Post by brittpinkiesims on Aug 6, 2016 6:42:22 GMT -5
Hey everyone! I've created a custom event type: Baby Shower! I thought I'd share it here, in case anyone was interested  I made the entire mod from scratch with S4S, except the strings file (which I needed S4PE for). So thankful that we're able to edit the SimData files with S4S now. The mod is base game compatible, and will allow your pregnant Sims to throw a Baby Shower event/party The Baby Shower event has custom goals/tasks to complete, comes with custom buff/moodlets for completing the party, and has rewards (base game objects) for bronze, silver, and gold parties. I also have a set of deco baby shower objects which you can use to decorate your baby shower with You can download the Baby Shower mod here, and the CC set here. I hope you guys enjoy it and let me know if you like the mod! I'm planning on making another custom party/event type next, which will be a Prom event for teens :D (For anyone who's curious about making a custom event, I'll say this first: creating a custom event type really isn't too hard! If I can figure it out, anyone can, haha. It is tedious, though, as there were probably anywhere from 30-40 .xml files that I had to write and edit, and if you mess up the tiniest thing, the whole mod can be ruined (this happened at least 10 times to me, probably more, lol). Because the amount of editing and stuff you have to do, I can't really see myself writing out a full tutorial anytime soon, but maybe I will in the future. Basically, custom events can be done fairly easily, but you have to know how to edit .xml files, have a good understanding of the way the tuning works for TS4, and have a WHOLE lot of patience, haha <3) |
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Post by Mathcope on Aug 6, 2016 13:16:18 GMT -5
This is great! Absolutely an amazing idea. Thanks for sharing here!
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Post by brittpinkiesims on Aug 6, 2016 20:49:25 GMT -5
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Post by anska on Aug 8, 2016 1:44:52 GMT -5
Oh, I hadn't seen, you had posted this. I am glad you are getting on with the custom events and a baby shower is a nice normal addition to the existing range of events. Though new babies in my game will have to wait until the longer pregancy mod starts working properly again - aging turned off and three day pregnancies don't go well together. (Neither does the utter lack of toddlers, but oh well ... )
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Post by brittpinkiesims on Aug 8, 2016 8:11:21 GMT -5
Oh, I hadn't seen, you had posted this. I am glad you are getting on with the custom events and a baby shower is a nice normal addition to the existing range of events. Though new babies in my game will have to wait until the longer pregancy mod starts working properly again - aging turned off and three day pregnancies don't go well together. (Neither does the utter lack of toddlers, but oh well ... ) Thank you, Anska! The party will be there waiting for your when your babies are ready to be born, hehe. |
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Post by jkaliszew on Aug 8, 2016 9:15:28 GMT -5
Oo, what a great idea and your already working on a prom event thats fantastic Thank you for sharing, I think most of creating in the sims require's patience and I don't have a lot of it lol Good work! |
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Post by meteoricdragon on Aug 14, 2016 8:55:29 GMT -5
I hope you guys enjoy it and let me know if you like the mod! I'm planning on making another custom party/event type next, which will be a Prom event for teens :D That's awesome. where can i follow up and subscribe to updates on this prom event? |
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Post by brittpinkiesims on Aug 14, 2016 11:48:30 GMT -5
Oo, what a great idea and your already working on a prom event thats fantastic Thank you for sharing, I think most of creating in the sims require's patience and I don't have a lot of it lol Good work! Haha, trust me, I definitely understand not having patience. It's insane how one little thing will mess up the entire mod...I've spent almost my entire weekend wanting to jump off a cliff due to the prom mod...but finally got it working correctly today :D Hopefully it'll be up soon <3 |
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Post by brittpinkiesims on Aug 14, 2016 11:53:44 GMT -5
I hope you guys enjoy it and let me know if you like the mod! I'm planning on making another custom party/event type next, which will be a Prom event for teens :D That's awesome. where can i follow up and subscribe to updates on this prom event? Hi there! Thanks for the interest! :D You can follow me on Tumblr or on my website. Tumblr is where I will post frequent updates and WIP pictures, etc. I had a LOT of trouble getting the prom event to work this weekend, but finally had a breakthrough earlier today, so I can say it'll be out very soon, no real ETA yet though BTW, I also saw the notification from your Tweet- did you delete it? Anyway, to answer your question, there's no real tutorial on creating custom events, YET, but a lot of people have asked me about it, so I do plan on attempting to make a tutorial eventually. At the very least, maybe a basic outline of how it's done. It can be very complicated and time consuming, so it'll be hard to go over every little thing, but I'll try If you want to start now, my advice is to look at the xml tuning for the Situation House Party and have a look at the basics of how events work in TS4. You can also look at the .package file of my Baby Shower mod and see how I did things...that might give you a bit of an idea |
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Post by Feyona on Aug 16, 2016 18:01:03 GMT -5
This is so cool! I'll definitely need to host baby shower event when my sims get pregnant. Do you think this mod needs updating for patches?
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Post by brittpinkiesims on Aug 16, 2016 18:55:20 GMT -5
This is so cool! I'll definitely need to host baby shower event when my sims get pregnant. Do you think this mod needs updating for patches? Thank you so much! I hope you have a nice baby shower :D I'm not sure about patches, really...probably only if they change the way custom events work in-game, which I can't really imagine...but I'll keep on top of it and make sure if it needs updating :D |
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Post by meteoricdragon on Sept 5, 2016 22:47:54 GMT -5
Thanks for a great mod. I wanted to report a minor problem. If I host a baby shower for a sim in a different house, and i get the objective "Share big news" I can't complete it because I don't control the pregnant sim. I figured I'd mention this just in case you didn't already know.
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Post by brittpinkiesims on Sept 6, 2016 21:28:57 GMT -5
Thanks for a great mod. I wanted to report a minor problem. If I host a baby shower for a sim in a different house, and i get the objective "Share big news" I can't complete it because I don't control the pregnant sim. I figured I'd mention this just in case you didn't already know. Thanks for the kind words :D Yes, I am aware of that The party is really designed for the pregnant sim to throw it, so the goals are mostly for that scenario. If you do it the other way, that's fine, but you might not get gold. That's just the way it is, unfortunately; I can't change the goals so that they only come up depending on who's throwing the party or anything that advanced, the game itself just doesn't work that way |
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Post by zetsuai on Sept 9, 2016 8:18:06 GMT -5
Thank you, just what I was looking for! (rofl)
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Post by babeniickii on Feb 14, 2017 2:44:02 GMT -5
every time i go to the website it doesn;t show nothing and i really want this help  !!! |
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I made the entire mod from scratch with S4S, except the strings file (which I needed S4PE for). So thankful that we're able to edit the SimData files with S4S now. 
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