BO - Reward Catalog
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This is a replacement/upgrade for Monique's "Family Aspiration Notebook"!
Credits: The original idea was Monique's. I simply expanded a little on it. If you want to thank someone, thank Monique, not me!
If your sims already use Monique's version of this mod, you need not worry: simply remove her file from your downloads folder and put mine in. Then delete the groups.cache file. When you load the game, you'll find that nothing has changed, except for a totally new menu!
I made the following changes:
Then there's a number of additions:
UPDATE March 26th, 2011: As of the new version 1.32, the protection system has finally been fixed! New books can now simply be deleted. There's no more need to deposit and withdraw points first.
UPDATE July 10th, 2011: The new version 1.40 now includes the option to buy/remove a 'Permanent' Gender Change token at 500,000 points, or buy a 'Temporary' Gender Change token at 50,000. These options only show up if you have BO - Alien Experiments - P4A Override installed, though.
UPDATE September 24th, 2011: The new version 1.41 now also includes the option to buy a 'Temporary' Gender Change token for a visitor (at the standard price of 50k points, of course). This option only shows up if BO - Alien Experiments - P4A Override is installed, the visitor does NOT have such a token yet, and such a token would help the visitor to impregnate your sim.
UPDATE November 27th, 2011: The new version 1.42 adds an extra test to the Gender Change options (for BO - Alien Experiments - P4A Override users): from now on, the Gender tokens can ONLY be bought if the recieving sim is NOT a Zombie, Servo or Bigfoot, because those three types can not bare or father children naturally anyway.
UPDATE March 13th, 2012: Following a request/suggestion by Tessalion13, a new feature has been added: Teens and older sims can now reroll their LTW at the cost of 100,000 points. The option is in the "Wants..." menu if sufficient points have been deposited.
UPDATE June 17th, 2012: Following another request/suggestion by Tessalion13, another function has been added: Teens and older sims can now have a Check-up performed to disclose their current internal gender. This check is available in the "Gender Change" menu, if BO - Alien Experiments - P4A Override v1.28 or higher is present, and you have at least 10,000 points deposited.
Also, I've changed the look of the Catalog, and as a result, the package is now 50% smaller. Delete the ObjectThumbnails.package, if you want to the thumbnail in the Aspiration reward catalog section of the sim's inventory to reflect the new look of the RC.
IMPORTANT: If you use BO - Alien Experiments - P4A Override, make sure it's updated to v1.28 or above. Otherwise, the Catalog will NOT function properly.
With all those collected points, you may want to have more than the standard Maxis Aspiration Rewards. Converting custom objects to Aspiration Rewards isn't really hard, if you follow this wiki article: Aspiration Rewards: make them yourself!
Credits: The original idea was Monique's. I simply expanded a little on it. If you want to thank someone, thank Monique, not me!
If your sims already use Monique's version of this mod, you need not worry: simply remove her file from your downloads folder and put mine in. Then delete the groups.cache file. When you load the game, you'll find that nothing has changed, except for a totally new menu!
I made the following changes:
- The Catalog is now ALWAYS protected against deletion, as long as there are points stored in it. One little snag: a NEW book can not be deleted: you need to store some points in it, and withdraw them again, before you can get rid of it. (see update note below)
- No more limits to deposits and withdrawals. You can transfer as little as 10 points now.
- Toddlers and Children can ONLY access the Catalog to deposit their OWN points, nothing else. Visitors and residents that aren't at home can NOT access the Catalog, nor will the Auto-Deposit and Collect features process them.
- Auto-Deposit now scans family-members (and no one else) once every three hours, and transfers all their points!
- New Catalogs are no longer found in the Buy Catalog. They're now an Aspiration Reward that costs 0 points. This does not affect existing books in any way: they are the same as always (except for a new menu option), and your already collected points are safe!
- This version will work in ALL game configurations!
Then there's a number of additions:
- Deposit all your points at once
- Withdraw as many as your sim can still accept without overflowing their counter
- Collect points from other household members onto the book
- Buy Want slots/locks and Career Rewards at a price of 50,000 points each (points are deducted from the book!)
- Cash in a million points for §1000 cash (thank you, aelflaed, for suggesting that)
- Buy Food to fill your fridge, at 2000/point (thanks to ZephyrZodiac for this idea). If at least 8,000 points are stored in the book, an option comes available to buy Food points costing 2,000 points each, which will be directly stored in the fridge with the largest free capacity. (I chose 8,000 as a threshold, reasoning that buying less than 4 Food points wouldn't make sense, as that's the minimum required for a simple single meal.)
- You can now Boost your daily Aspiration Bar using points from the Reward Catalog
UPDATE March 26th, 2011: As of the new version 1.32, the protection system has finally been fixed! New books can now simply be deleted. There's no more need to deposit and withdraw points first.
UPDATE July 10th, 2011: The new version 1.40 now includes the option to buy/remove a 'Permanent' Gender Change token at 500,000 points, or buy a 'Temporary' Gender Change token at 50,000. These options only show up if you have BO - Alien Experiments - P4A Override installed, though.
UPDATE September 24th, 2011: The new version 1.41 now also includes the option to buy a 'Temporary' Gender Change token for a visitor (at the standard price of 50k points, of course). This option only shows up if BO - Alien Experiments - P4A Override is installed, the visitor does NOT have such a token yet, and such a token would help the visitor to impregnate your sim.
UPDATE November 27th, 2011: The new version 1.42 adds an extra test to the Gender Change options (for BO - Alien Experiments - P4A Override users): from now on, the Gender tokens can ONLY be bought if the recieving sim is NOT a Zombie, Servo or Bigfoot, because those three types can not bare or father children naturally anyway.
UPDATE March 13th, 2012: Following a request/suggestion by Tessalion13, a new feature has been added: Teens and older sims can now reroll their LTW at the cost of 100,000 points. The option is in the "Wants..." menu if sufficient points have been deposited.
UPDATE June 17th, 2012: Following another request/suggestion by Tessalion13, another function has been added: Teens and older sims can now have a Check-up performed to disclose their current internal gender. This check is available in the "Gender Change" menu, if BO - Alien Experiments - P4A Override v1.28 or higher is present, and you have at least 10,000 points deposited.
Also, I've changed the look of the Catalog, and as a result, the package is now 50% smaller. Delete the ObjectThumbnails.package, if you want to the thumbnail in the Aspiration reward catalog section of the sim's inventory to reflect the new look of the RC.
IMPORTANT: If you use BO - Alien Experiments - P4A Override, make sure it's updated to v1.28 or above. Otherwise, the Catalog will NOT function properly.
With all those collected points, you may want to have more than the standard Maxis Aspiration Rewards. Converting custom objects to Aspiration Rewards isn't really hard, if you follow this wiki article: Aspiration Rewards: make them yourself!
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Comments
#13
13-11-2011
Hi von_manstein,
As far as I know, the book should work just fine with ANY configuration. I've even used it in Basegame. I've never heard of any conflicts that would cause the RC to stop working or show only a part of its menu... could you make a screen-shot of the menu you get when you click the book?
- Several versions ago, I changed the catalog into a free Aspiration Reward (costing 0 points). You can no longer buy it from the normal catalog, but get it from where the Happy Helmet, the money tree and the Elixer are found.
- Books that can not be deleted, must still contain points. Have someone withdraw all points first, then try to delete it.
- Many of the functions can no longer be used by toddlers and children. A sim must be at least a teenager to see all functions.
- A sim must also be a real member of the family that lives on the lot, otherwise the book will not be accessible. And if the sim is at work or school, they can not use the book, either.
As far as I know, the book should work just fine with ANY configuration. I've even used it in Basegame. I've never heard of any conflicts that would cause the RC to stop working or show only a part of its menu... could you make a screen-shot of the menu you get when you click the book?
#14
14-11-2011
oh... ok, thanks for the clarifications.
i'll put the new version back into the game and let you know if i still have the problem (including a screenshot of it)
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ok... i found the catalog where you told me. and the problem i had doesn't really exist. my fault. i (by mistake) had 2 catalong in the lot and clicked on the wrong (empty) one so i only got deposit functions and couldn't retrieve or spend the points i had deposited... actually i thought having deposited since they were in the other one. so the only real problem was i didn't know how to find it and now i know. so... once again thanks.
i'll put the new version back into the game and let you know if i still have the problem (including a screenshot of it)
-------------------- updated ------------------
ok... i found the catalog where you told me. and the problem i had doesn't really exist. my fault. i (by mistake) had 2 catalong in the lot and clicked on the wrong (empty) one so i only got deposit functions and couldn't retrieve or spend the points i had deposited... actually i thought having deposited since they were in the other one. so the only real problem was i didn't know how to find it and now i know. so... once again thanks.
#16
27-11-2011
UPDATE November 27, 2011: The new version 1.42 adds an extra test to the Gender Change options (for P4A - Alien Trigger Override users): from now on, the Gender tokens can ONLY be bought if the recieving sim is NOT a Zombie, Servo or Bigfoot, because those three types can not bare or father children naturally anyway.
IMPORTANT: If you're not using P4A, you do NOT need to re-download. But if you DO use P4A, and want the new functionality, you must update BOTH mods, because the Catalog will NOT function properly with the old P4A v1.27.
IMPORTANT: If you're not using P4A, you do NOT need to re-download. But if you DO use P4A, and want the new functionality, you must update BOTH mods, because the Catalog will NOT function properly with the old P4A v1.27.
