June Status Update and New Mod Features

Hi All,

My busy season continues. The Summer Camp feature update ended up being a monster project but I have the update ready for you. My mods should be fine with the latest patch. Both Equestrian Center Expansion and Youth Sports Activities are now public; Youth Equestrian Activity remains in early access.

I am still working on the self-employed Therapist small business/ venue for Divergent Sims and private doctor's office small business/venue for Healthcare Redux. I got incredibly far before realizing that some aspects will work better in a venue so I'm now restructuring things to fit more into what is necessary for the small business and what makes more sense for a complete venue or lot trait. I'll keep you updated on that as it comes to fruition!

The Summer Camp update will be released in two parts this month. First, the Active Day Camp. Then the Away Camp Update. Documentation about the changes, how it works, and requirements are below.

I will have that poll out for you that I mentioned before so do keep an eye out for that.

Happy simming!

New Public Mods

Equestrian Center Expansion v1

This is a mod that deals with all things equestrian. I think it's silly we have this giant Equestrian Center shell and can only do a small handful of things and one of those things isn't even to borrow a horse; you can only really ride horses if you own them. And some things we were able to do in Sims 3 we can't do at the equestrian center in Sims 4 which I thought was odd. So I added new and some old activities to the Equestrian Center.

New Activities at Equestrian Center 

Take Riding Lessons - For a fee, you can bring your own horse or borrow a horse from the center. Sims will gain riding and motor/fitness skill and horses will gain horse skills. Lessons last about 90-120 minutes.

Practice Ride - You can borrow a horse from the center, for a fee, for up to 3 hours to practice your riding and interact with a horse. You must not currently own a horse for this option to appear. The horse should automatically return to the Equestrian Center after 3 hours or after 7pm when the Equestrian Center closes.

Lease Horse - You can borrow a horse from the center, for a fee, for up to 10 hours to practice your riding and interact with a horse. You must not currently own a horse for this option to appear. The horse should automatically return to the Equestrian Center after 10 hours or after 7pm when the Equestrian Center closes.

Board Horse - You can board your horse overnight starting at 5pm before the center closes. They will leave the center when it opens at 7am the next day.

Breed Mare - This is back from the Sims 3. You can take your female horse to breed, for a fee, but there's no guarantees it'll work.

Offer Stallion for Stud - This is back from the Sims 3. You can take your male horse to stud and be paid for the service.

Go to the Racetrack - You can do this alone or with others present. You can take a bet on a horse, if you'd like.

Go to the Rodeo - You can do this alone or with others present.

Use the Bathroom - This was a need during my testing. I don't know why it wasn't an original interaction instead of making sims walk all the way to a different shell.

Eat at the Snack Bar - This lets sims deal with their hunger.

Youth League Afterschool Sports v1.2

This mod adds a new Youth Sports League After School Activity. This is available for teens and children. The first level is orientation after which sims will need to choose between basketball, football, and soccer.

Sims have sports games every Friday, with the exception being that if they haven't had a practice yet (i.e. they join on or after Wednesday but before Friday) their first game is a scrimmage that doesn't count towards total games, and after 5 regular season games can get an opportunity to compete in a playoff and then a championship games depending on how well their sports team does. They must win at least 2 regular season games to move on to the playoffs though it's not guaranteed and the chances are better the more games they win. The playoff game is single elimination. Otherwise their season starts over if they lose the playoff game or the championship game is played.

While practicing and during games, depending what options your sim chooses while at practice or games (the options differ based on practice/game days), there is a chance that your sim could get a sports injury or penalties. Injuries and ejections during games will end the game. These sports injuries can be treated via Healthcare Redux (Patreon version). Children will work on increasing their motor skill and Teens will work on increasing their fitness skill.

Early Access Mods

Youth Equestrian Club

Currently Available to all Early Access Patron Tiers.

While expanding options at the Equestrian Center, I realized there's no after school activity related to horses or horseback riding in the game. So this is an attempt to rectify that and further utilize the Equestrian Center.

New After School Activity

The Youth Equestrian Club is available to children and teens. It takes place after school on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Club members learn multiple skills and character values including the riding skill. Sims have unique options available while attending the club to learn about caring for horses, riding, stable chores, and more. Sims can, in the upper levels, compete in Junior Horse Shows at the Equestrian Center and invite family members to see them compete. Will they place or will they be disappointed? They will notice if family members attend their horse show or not. Entrants can use their own horses to compete or borrow an Equestrian Club stable horse. The Horse Shows are available every 1-2 weeks once they've been promoted. Cash prizes are available for those who place.

Summer Camps

Active Day Camp

Sapphire/Violet Release: Today
Midnight/Azure Release: June 8th

You can now choose to follow your camper to Day Camp. If your sim, when signing up for camp, chose to attend Day Camp, when it is time for camp to begin you will now have the option to follow your Sim to Camp. This requires a Summer Camp venue to be placed (you will need Zerbu's Venue Changes or Basemental's Universal Venue List, when it gets updated) before camp starts!

Your campground venue has few requirements as the venue's layout will depend on the type of camp your sim is signed up for. For instance, for a sim signed up for Art Camp your campground should include easels, fabricators, pottery wheels and kilns, activity tables, and/or woodworking benches. For STEM camp, you'd should have science tables, robotics benches, computers, microscopes, telescopes, and/or rockets. Your venue should be outfitted with objects which make logical sense for the type of camp your sim has signed up for. However, all camp's should have a campfire and a few other forms of recreation for your sims (chess tables, playground equipment, etc) else during their break and free time they won't have much to do.

The camp day lasts the whole of the career day (12 hours) so your sim will have morning free time, morning camp activities, lunch, an afternoon break, afternoon camp activities, dinner, and then free time before going home. The day is tracked for you so you always know what the current schedule is and when it ends. Your sims should autonomously follow the schedule including campers and the camp staff.

A camp director and 1-2 camp counselors will spawn as well as a maintenance sim. The maintenance sim will be primarily focused on keeping the camp clean. The camp director is there to make sure everyone is following the rules and also serves as lunch proctor and chef (they will prepare food if necessary but will also staff cafeteria stations, if placed). The counselors are there to mentor sims while they build their skills, share their knowledge, and help out around the camp. Between 3 and 5 other campers will also attend camp with your sim. At the end of the camp day, your sim may receive a buff about their time at camp.

This update now requires Outdoor Retreat for the Forest Ranger uniform.

Active Away Camp

Sapphire/Violet Release: July 11th
Midnight/Azure Release: July 18th