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Olde Cookbook Kit Poll 🐻⚔️ (Patreon)

Published:
2023-08-14 14:52:02
Imported:
2023-08

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You may or may not have heard of my olde cookbook kit mod (previously known as my medieval cookbook but I heavily expanded to include more than just cooking in a previous update.. a long while ago now)

I'm currently massively overhauling and expanding the mod. Which you can find some behind the scenes information here about changes and new things coming. (and also leave your wants and wishes)

I'm curious of a few things and hopefully this poll will better guide me and provide some helpful insight.

I'd love for this mod to reach more players (it holds a treasured place in my heart 💜) I know that medieval/history orientated gameplay isn't for everyone but I feel like the hunting and foraging aspect 🌿🍄 (which is getting a huge update) might interest a few different types of players if it wasn't heavily tied into the rest of the mod, same for the cooking aspect 🍳 if it wasn't mixed in with the rest and was more easily distinguishable on it's own.

Example of how it would be broken down into different mods:

  • Hunting & Foraging Mod
    + Optional Rabbit hole Activities Add on
  • Medieval Cooking Mod
    + Optional custom Stoves
  • New functional activities/objects 

This might also open up the opportunity for more frequent updates to the different parts of the mod as less packages are merged and mixed together. 

Of course I want the different parts of the mod to work well with each other (like it currently is) but if they were separated and easier to understand what each part of the mod does, would this then appeal to a larger variety of players if you could pick and choose without it being grouped all together?

Don't panic if you like the mod as it is, I'm not getting rid of anything and all parts of the mod will continue to work well together, the packages will just be separated into different downloads for each part of the mod so it's a little less daunting for those who don't want the full mod 😊

To put it simply, the mod will then become multiple mods with more opportunities for expanding individually. 

Hopefully my rambling makes some sense 😆

Comments

Anonymous

I love this mod, and often use it in conjunction with Ilazyneiph's mods, especially his survival mod. I love all aspects of it, but my one wish would be for some "refrigerator" that would work with it and be, I guess, at least visually period centric. If that makes sense.

DiscreetMemories

I’ve played with it as is and it’s now one of my must have mods. If it got more expansion I would be thrilled! A significant amount of my game is fantasy historical gameplay. It may be nice to see a version of the custom stoves that would be more at home in a big castle kitchen. This may be outside of the purview of the mod, but for my Sulani sims, I do wish there was more available in terms of off-the-grid cooking for them, specifically over the fire (and indoor cookfire) options. Or in Komorebi historical Japanese cooking options like an irori and kamado. Once again, a lot and maybe not relevant, but I like to dream. 😌

Charlotte Bloys

i'm not exaggerating when i say that ye olde cookbook is my absolute favorite and most indispensable mod. i can't imagine historical gameplay without it. i love it as is, and i don't feel that the hunting and foraging are *too* tied to the theme right now, but however you'd prefer to expand and rework it i'll be thrilled to see an update :)

Anonymous

I've watched a lot of modders choose to break larger mods with broad scope into a module format. I think, if its easier for you to manage bite sized updates to each module, that separating things like this into different sections of an umbrella mod would be just fine. That said, if its easier for you to keep it all together, do that! I honestly would play with it either way. I pick and choose the parts of the mod I use on any given day anyway.

Lisbeth Göransson

I love this coobook i use it in my decade challenge but i also think who i would love to have the hunting in my other challenge to hunt meet who works with other recipe. This cookbook is amazing for us who play in historical way so thank y for this amazing job.

MissBumblebeebutt

I love the Mod and whatever you decide to chance i will use it :D

Jwingrider

I've played with the mod in my fantasy save but I think a modular format might bring more people in. I don't usually use the foraging part, mostly just the cooking. But really, whatever is easiest for you!

ingeli

And you know my only wishes, if you have the time for it, are custom banquet tables and/or stalls.

Starr

I often pair this with BrazenLotus foragable plants to work with my story.(i created a "forrest surrounding my cottage for the family to collect from each morning).. maybe a collab is in order. 😏

LaToya Johnson

what does this mod consist of?

littlbowbub
>>115323549

There's a bit much to explain all of it here but the link in the post takes you to the mod where there's more details :) It's not as informing as I'd like it to be which is something I will work on once i've finished the overhaul :)

Jessi Burkette

I love this mod, my one suggestion would be making the meals more attainable. I've played with the mod for over a sim year and haven't been able to access every meal yet.

Higglety

To clarify I voted I liked it as is(combined) but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t like it broken into components. I am a historic gameplay person though & pretty nerdy when it comes to that.

Jessi Burkette

I'd love if kids could forage, or set traps or small game like rabits, chipmunks etc. Just not be able to hunt big game. Also if sometimes when foraging they could come back with Herbalist ingredients, frogs or collectibles.

littlbowbub
>>115434150

Hunting and foraging are getting a huge overhaul, i'm reworking it entirely and will definitely have some options for child sims so they can help out too! :)

Jessi Burkette

Can't wait this is one of my most essential mods!

Anonymous

I LOVE this mod - it is indispensable to historical gameplay. Would always love it to be added onto though! And would always love more historical recipes always :) They're my favorite! Would be fun to do recipes from different decades at some point!

Anonymous

Love this mod, tasting history on youtube has many recipes you can add.

littlbowbub
>>116140351

Oh thanks for the recommendation! I've been watching Mrs Crocombe for inspiration for the next set of recipes!

Higglety

Something I'd love to see which I think you alluded to, is a more medieval cooking set-up, which is to say something that looks less like an oven (which medieval peasants would not have inside a wattle and daub house) and more like an open fire in the center of the main room with a tripod or suspended pot or a spit. It sounds like an animation nightmare frankly especially since Sims 4 cooking seems to rely on having a lot of counters close by which they also wouldn't have, but that is the sort of thing that I'd love to see or at least something that is moving a little closer to it. I have seen other medieval mods that replace the fireplace with a very authentic-looking cooking set-up with a spit and a suspended cauldron, but I don't think I've ever seen one you can actually cook with. Something else I'd like to see, maybe for the future, would be more recipes for making preserved food to use instead of refrigeration. So maybe it could be similar to the canning function. You've already got the salted meat. So a dried or salted fish recipe could be similar. Then maybe you could have pickling recipes similar to the canning. They pickled pretty much everything, not just vegetables.

Boum

Hi!! I’m happy to be able to be a Patreon this month!! I think it’s a good idea and maybe it will allow you to make food with the elements we get with the hunting without the brown plates that come with the medieval dishes. I like to cook them when I play this kind of story, but I would love to have some in more modern plates too 😄

Anonymous

I love history play so it was a great find for me as-is (and I voted as such). I'd still like it if it were separated, and if that helps you reach more people, I'm all for it!

Anonymous

I play mostly historical game play, I currently use the mod as is. I would love nan expansion though with more recipes and more rabbit holes or any other additions that would add more to the historical game play .

Anonymous

honestly id love if foraging was interactive. like hosting an evet with goals! also more recipes but your cookbooks are easily my favorite

littlbowbub
>>118141678

I'd certainly like to expand the foraging part to be more user guided throughout the worlds. It's something to think of for a future update for sure! 😊