April Plans + Module 10 more info (Patreon)

Hello everyone and thank you so much for being here!

Here are the plans for April - Some info about what I'm working on and hope to release this month :)

---- I. Finishing the Adoption Module - additions and changes -----

Change: Sims adopted at baby and toddler age will not know they're adopted until their parents tell them. Sims adopted at 'Child' age will know.

Later in life, if told about their adoptee status, Sims can decide to interact or not with birth parents.
If the biological parent put them for adoption through the Sim World Agency for Adoption, the Sim's adoptive parent has all the info needed to contact the biological parent and the adopted Sim simply will have to ask their parent. If the Sim was given to the Sim Foster Sym"stem however, that information won't be available. The Sim will be able to engage in procedures to try to find their biological parents regardless but might fail.

If a Sim has found info about their biological parent, they can contact them and decide to meet in person, in a 'social event' of sorts in which the Sim will be able to ask why they were given for adoption and all that.

Similarly, if a parent wishes to find their child whom they gave for adoption, the same process will apply. Parents who gave their child for adoption with the Sim World Agency for Adoption can contact the adopting family at any time to ask for news and ask if the child has been told they've been adopted. If yes, the parent can ask for a visit. The child will either accept or not, if they do, the same process of meeting and explaining themselves as is available to the grown-up adopted children will be available.

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TIMEFRAME: I am trying to figure out some family tree stuff for you and that is slowing down this process but this missing piece of the adoption module will be there this month either way.

--------  II. Module 10: Make Up and Break Up --------

The big lines:

- ‘Separated’ status in between full on broken-up / divorced and being in a couple.
Sims under that status will have high failure of any romantic attempt; they're taking a break, taking their distances hoping to either find how to fix their relationship, or find the clarity that it needs to be left behind. More about what they can do below.

- Custody, visiting rights, all that, in case of permanent separations

- Splitting of estate / funds, in case of permanent separations

- Co-Parenting Elements

- Amicable or non-amicable divorces

- Trying to make up and save relationships

- Adding impact of the 5 love languages in trying to fix a relationship

The detail of the plan as it is started now:

- ‘Separated’ status in between full on broken-up / divorced and being in a couple

o Sims can agree (or impose) to separate  / take a break

o Upon this happening, the Sim asking for the separation will explain why.

o Separated Sims are keeping track of what happens during the separation; they each have a feeling about each other that will improve or worsen depending on what happens during the separation, guiding whether they should eventually make up or break up.

o One of the Sims can decide to (or be asked to) go stay somewhere else temporarily, or to outright move out, to make the separation easier, as there may be negative sentiments in the air that will participate in wrecking the relationship further…

o Separated Sims can contact each other – either nicely or not

o They can also meet in person and use various interactions to try to work through their issues (try to discuss issues peacefully, say something nice about each other, try to change, etc, rekindle the flame, etc etc).

o They can focus on learning each other’s love language and try to communicate with each other better.

o Separated Sims will often think about the state of their relationship and try to figure out what to do

o Separated Sims can consult counselors and psychics to try and figure out what to do

o Separated Sims can talk to family and friends about this and gather advice

o Separated Sims can also explain to their children what is happening.

- Custody battles, visiting rights, court rulings about splitting possessions, all that

o Upon divorcing or taking a permanent separation, Sims can demand custody, which may be accepted or may lead to a court hearing.

- They can also offer to amicably share custody if this is an amicable separation.

o Court decides who should have custody based on various criteria such as employment, housing, etc.

o Visiting rights may be granted, in which case sims can ask to see their children / take the children to their other parent whenever wanted. This is less awkward if the relationship ended amicably 😊

o There are a few secret options reserved for Evil / mean Sims 😉 should they be available for everyone? These sims may go to extreme lengths to get what they want, such as getting a spouse to feed a cowplant hoping the plant will be in a bad mood that day, trying to go visit Sixam together and leaving them behind, and other terrible schemes.

- Co-Parenting Elements

o In addition to being able to have the child go to the other parent, there are occasional phone calls / happenings to / from the other parent regarding the children, asking to take action or just giving information. For example, there is a school trip for one of the kids, and the other parent is asked for a bit of money to help cover the costs of the school trip. Or, the sim must work extra and wonders if the other parent can take the kids that night.

o Child Support and similar monetary concerns. Separated Sims will participate towards the financial charge of their growing children.

- Amicable or non-amicable divorces

o Break-Ups and divorces can be attempted amicably. If one of the parties involved is against the divorce, it may still go sour, but there is a good chance that the amicable approach makes things easier for both sims involved. They can this way stay in good terms and have special interactions.

- In case of amicable separations, no bad sentiments will come.
Sims who divorced amicably and maintain very high levels of friendship can later on (after an initial period of 'absolutely no chance at all for any sort of romance whatsoever') wonder about what would have happened had they not divorced, offer each other to WooHoo for good old days' sake, or even offer to re-marry.

- Trying to make up and save relationships

o Sims who are under the ‘separated’ status have the opportunity to save their relationship before it moves to full-on break up or divorce!

- Adding impact of the 5 love languages

o For each Sim, you can choose a dominant love language. These are also auto generated. Sims can of course ask each other about those etc.

- The love languages may be an asset for Sims trying to save their relationship, or further drown the relationship.

o At first, the love languages will apply only when trying to reconquer someone in the current module. This feature will be expanded to be taken into account throughout the game later on and become its own mini-module, the very first Add-On to the mod 😊 Add-Ons are going to be parts of the mod smaller than full Modules but still with a far reaching impact game-wise. The Romantic Trust module, I think I will also end up calling an add-on; and the Teen Pregnancy module is to be expanded and will be soon, otherwise I'd also maybe have shifted it to that category.

Other little things:

- Sims will now be able to ask love interests about past love experiences and if the sim has had a divorce / broke up with someone, they will be able to talk about it and say how it went.

As always, between me always adding things and the requests you all will make once I submit the post for requests, there probably will be more stuff added than this plan outlines.

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Messy examples of interactions from the module's WIP

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TIMEFRAME: Huge amounts of work left to do on this but I have my path planned out very precisely, so it is just a matter of putting in the hours and I am optimistic to finish it this month.

Expect to see more about this soon!

----- III. Changes to Previous Modules, This Month or Next  ----

- Revamping file organization. Now things will be cut into Modules and Add-Ons. AddOns are simply smaller modules, such as the termination of pregnancy, pregnancy side effects, etc.
This will make for simpler labeling, following the labeling on the mod description posts over at my website, for more ease of finding info when you need!
Files will be numbered and have the letter M (module) or A (AddOn) to show their category, for example:

WooHoooWellness_V2.5_M1_Core
WooHooWellness_V2.5_M2_RiskAndProtection
Etc
WooHooWellness_V2.5_A1_TerminationOfPregnancy
WooHooWellness_V2.5_A2_PregnancySideEffects
Etc

I already made changes to the Mod Description Page and will keep doing so to reflect this :)

- Bringing back 'Ask to Accompany to Abortion'

- Lower threshold for pregnancy acceptance as some people say it's too difficult to reach (you can always use the cheat ot make it instant if you tired of trying!)

- Add option to 'ask partner to terminate pregnancy' to which they can refuse (adding this for players who don't control the other sim in a couple and are therefore stuck with little control).

Thank you all again for being here and being awesome,

Much love,
Lumpinou