End of Year Updates and Status
Added 2026-01-01 05:00:11 +0000 UTCHi All,
I hope you're well as we close out 2025! Can you believe the year is over? Hope you've had some happy holidays, if you celebrate, and that you've been able to get some rest.
This time of year is super busy for me so I'm a bit slower, I apologize, and unfortunately, if you know me, you know I've got an immune system from the pits of hell so naturally I've gotten that flu that's going around this season and it is the worst! But I do have updates for you and I'm excited to share them!
Year in Review
I love everything I've made this year - from over half a dozen new mods like Cabin Fever, Music Lessons, Sports Bracket Holiday, and Beauty Bar Small Business, Youth League Afterschool Activities, Equestrian Center Expanded, Equestrian Youth Afterschool Activity, SimFinancial, and finally Active Therapy to all the improvements and new features to my existing mods like medication automation, career action healthcare options, head lice, functional bandaids and wraps, active day and sleepaway camp, and active school field trips. You have given me so many great ideas that I can't wait to put into place next year (so... tomorrow... lol).
Thank You
Thank you so much especially to my patrons. I appreciate your support and enthusiasm and suggestions for my mods. I always take your feedback and suggestions with as much intention as I can to implement what is possible or makes sense for my mods. Feel free to let me know what you'd love to see in the coming year! It can be addons to my current mods or ideas for new ones. Send me a DM.
Enjoy your holidays and I'll see you in the New Year with some new stuff!
Works in Progress
Active Therapy Centers
I have pretty extensively tested small business therapy sessions when running a business. If you run into issues with playing therapy small business or therapy center sessions, please let me know! I will be adding the Couples Counseling and Family Therapy sessions before the Midnight tier release next week.
Active Medical Clinics
Now that the majority of the work for active therapy centers and small businesses is complete, with a few tweaks still left to make before Midnight tier gets a chance to test it out, I will be turning my attention back to the doctor's visits and the medical clinic custom venue components. As I mentioned, this will be a majority of what I'm working on for the next month or so, but I hope to make a smaller mod in January or February before releasing the medical clinic features and updates hopefully in February/March. The plan is to have this integrated with my health related mods as well as GTW for a more seamless experience when your sim runs their clinic or visits one.
Bug Reports
Please send me any bug reports you have for the mods! Patrons, I have been getting your messages both here on patreon and reading your threads on Discord. If you are not a Patron, use the form on Discord; I do read them!
Thank You and Happy Simming and a Happy New Year!
Mod Updates
**** PLEASE clear your cache and delete all old versions of the mods. Don't just replace. MAKE SURE you have the Core Library, Shared Tuning, General Pie Menus, or Mood Pack, if required.***
Patron Mods
Healthcare Redux (Patron v10.9.5) - Updated Gynecology module to prevent adults from getting menopause too soon after aging up.
Public Mods
Healthcare Redux (Public v9.9.4) - Updated Gynecology module to prevent adults from getting menopause too soon after aging up.
Healthy Living (v1.9.7) - Updated to accommodate Sims with family memberships leaving the household with the membership. This applies to teens and over who move out of the household. I also added a way to add family members who age up or are added to the household after the initial membership sign up via the membership membership menu.
Early Access
SimFinancial (v1.5) - Updated minor account management to accommodate deceased account manager or minor move out situations. The minor should be able to access their account or the account of any minors if there are no other adults in the house. If other adults exist and the account manager dies, the other adult members of the household will be made managers.
Violet/Sapphire Release ~ December 31st
Azure/Midnight Release ~ January 9th
Requires Lot's Core Library and Get to Work (EP01)
Small Business Activities function Requires Business and Hobbies
Custom Venue Activities function Requires Adventure Awaits
What this adds small business and custom venue activities pertaining to running a therapy practice or mental health center.
Small Business/Custom Venue Activities
The activities are as follows:
Tend Mental Health Office/Retreat Front Desk (someone MUST be assigned this task)
Conduct Mental Health Session
Participate in Mental Health Session
Setting up the Space
When setting up the business or therapy space, you should have separate offices for at least 2 mental health professionals. In the office should be at least one living chair or loveseat and a couch. You must designate one of the living chairs/loveseat/couch as Professional Seating for the Mental Health Professional. Do this in Live Mode by clicking on that piece of furniture.
When loading the lot, if playing the Small Business owner Therapist, do not direct them to do any tasks. They will find their seat and pull out their tablet to do work while they wait for patients all on their own.
For Reception desk there should be one The FRONT Desk and a computer on that desk. For small businesses, that should be the only computer on the lot unless you want the receptionist to constantly change computers.
The simpler your setup is the better for the small business. You don't need to put things in for your sims to do while they wait, etc. They will automatically attempt to sit down after checking in and occupy themselves on their own either with a book or their phone or by knitting.
Sims who conduct Mental Health Sessions should NOT be the same Sims who Tend the Reception Desk.
How It Works
Sims will automatically check in with reception but you can also manually check them in at the desk or with the receptionist. At this time, player sims can choose between an individual or group therapy session or a psychiatric session. NPC visitors will generally choose individual but if they meet the criteria can sometimes choose psychiatric sessions. Once checked in, Sims will wait until a mental health professional is available for the session and then autonomously start a session with a professional. Player sims can wait for this to happen or click on the furniture they want to sit at and start a session with the professional they choose who is available. Sessions are between 30 and 60 minutes.
If you a playing the Mental Health professional, you have the option to click on a sofa or couch in the office and Start a Session with the sims you choose. You can choose to start an Individual, Group, or Psychiatric Session, if Sims are available on the lot who meet those criteria. For Group and Family sessions, you can only choose up to 3 sims because that's all who will sit on the couch if you click on the furniture. You can choose more than 3 by clicking on the ground near the office or space where you want to hold the session. When conducting a session, it will happen autonomously without your input, but if you want, you can direct the conversation as desired by clicking on a sim and choosing a social under the Mental Health Session menu.
Mental Health Retreat - Custom Venue Schedule Preset
The preset currently comes with three preset assignments.
Mental Health Retreat Guests
Mental Health Retreat Staff
Mental Health Professionals
The preset schedule includes sleep, free time, breakfast and dinner, as well as prescheduled therapy sessions. The currently scheduled sessions are automatically individual sessions but like with small businesses, you can choose to start a Group Session as a Guest or as a Mental Health Professional by clicking on the ground or the furniture you want the sims to sit at. When clicking on furniture, you can only choose up to 3 sims to sit on a couch.
