I wrote a dev log about my progress on the animal shelter module. A first alpha version is currently available for testing while I continue on tweaking and fixing stuff.
If you want to learn more read the blog and check out the server!
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I‘m mostly disappointed they never acknowledged the situation. This could have worked out so differently if they would have just asked from the beginning 😢
I don’t want to start a witch hunt. I just want to raise awareness that taking someone else‘s content without asking is never ok and it can very heartbreaking for the person who’s content you took.
I posted about the stolen code incident a few weeks ago but since there is still some rumors I finally sat down and summarized the whole situation so you can form your own opinions on the matter.
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I‘m making slow but steady progress with the animal shelters!
I’ve overhauled the donation system completely and added the ability for visitors to show interest in specific pets. Will upload a test version in my discord soon so feel free to check that out if you’re interested in helping me test it!
One new feature I've added is the chance for a mysterious box to spawn near your mailbox during the night. Opening it might hold some surprises...
Additionally I'm brainstorming ways to add ranks and perks that can be unlocked to the animal shelter.
I dn't have too much stuff to show off yet but I created a bunch of new systems for the animal shelters. There will be new ways to take in pets, a whole new system for visitors adopting Sims, the option to have pets in your shelter that don't take up slots, shelters outside your home lot and more!
The mod who copied the code from my mod was taken down by the Curseforge team! I’m currently on a holiday but plan to release my remastered version once I‘ve got some time to put the finishing touches on it so I hope it’s a Happy End after all 😊
And another long awaited feature is making a return to paws & claws - animal shelters. This is a little outtake from making a mystery box that will create a random pet for you to take into your shelter. Obviously won’t look like this in the final version but I thought it was funny 😂
I see the once upon a time inspiration 👀
Since Paws & Claws remains one of my most popular mods I've started working on a new module focused on vet care. At the moment it adds new vaccines you can craft or get at the vet to make your pets immune against certain illnesses.
The recipes are unlocked by levelling up the vet skill.
Do you have a headcanon for where the newer Sims worlds are placed in relation to the others? I still need to set up a default mapping for all the worlds since "For Rent".
If you do - please let me know in the comments!
Wasn’t planning to but waffle pointed out I forgot to blur the name one time in the code comparison I shared 😅
Wanted to give them a chance to respond but don’t think that will happen so currently I’m waiting for Curseforge to handle it
A new version of a mod of mine that allows you to map regions as compatible with each other. This adds restrictions to career events and NPC invites. I might add control over sim spawning as well but we’ll see.
There was another very popular mod that took that code without permission.
How do you react to someone stealing your code? By finally making the remastered version from scratch with completely new code that will work even better 😈!
Not final menu yet because I still need finish getting the picker menu to work but it’s getting there!
At this point I‘m not even willing to accept the credit anymore and filed the claim to get the mod taken down. I thought they did it at least after I archived it but no! Also didn’t even have the courage to respond my message
I did as well in the past and even recommended it so that’s why it’s so heartbreaking. Thought they were a responsible modder…
I didn’t want to name the mod directly because I didn’t want to start a witch hunt. I just want the code to be removed since they earn money with the mod.
Waffle pointed out though that I forgot to blur it in one spot 😅
Wanna play a game of spot the difference (left side is mine)? Literally only one word is different which they can be happy I've blurred. No response, no apology, nothing! Waiting on the response from Curseforge now. And the best thing I learned: They did it before I even archived that mod...
Are gameplay mods included in this or only custom content?
We‘ll see if I get a response first but I appreciate your will to fight them. At least their blatant enough to even use my mod name in their code so people might discover it themselves.
I wanted to give them a chance to respond to my private message first but I’m very annoyed because they’re monetizing our code via patreon and Curseforge 😢
As if this week couldn't get worse in terms of Sims news I've discovered today that a very popular mod stole a bunch of code from one of my mods without asking or credit...
I think I might need a break from this crap again. Just when I started getting excited about modding and playing the game again
I frequently share new test versions on my server and update them based on your feedback. If you're interested in getting access to new features early and sharing your feedback here is the invite link: discord.com/invite/6tSSc...
Spend the last few days adding more ways for ghosts to gain spirit connection, balanced the gameplay a bit and am working on incorporating more community ideas.
This is a big feature update and I need your feedback and ideas to make it work well so if you want to help test join the Discord!
I‘m going through some of the existing features and am tweaking and updating them for the motives. Ghost can now gain a moodlet reward for taking part in the lifted veil holiday that will slow down their spirit connection for a bit
No sadly I’m based in europe so mostly smaller scale non international projects but one of them was ghosts so that’s where some inspiration for my mod comes from! Also not a dude 😂
Yep TV/ movie post production actually
Set up a save file to playtest Ghastly Ghosts and I'm having a lot of fun with it. The ghosts all have different personalities and the humans can't see them so it's all very chaotic. It's inspired by the tv show I've worked on a while ago.
How do you play with ghosts?
This is the main focus of the next big feature update and is something that has been in the works for a long time. I'm currently doing the first round of testing in my Discord server so feel free to check it out if you're interested!