Novel Royalty Fixes
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Uploaded: 10th Apr 2022 at 7:51 AM
Updated: 16th Feb 2024 at 7:26 PM
Updated: 16th Feb 2024 at 7:26 PM
This mod fixes various problems with novel and restaurant guide (introduced in FreeTime) royalties:
Conflicts
Overridden resources
New resources
Credits
BellaDovah
Christophee
Ciastko
jfade (The Compressorizer!)
Midge the Tree (Sell Great Novel Personal Wealth Fix)
Creators of SimPe
- When there's no landline phone on a lot or no one has picked up a phone call from a publishing house, a dialog appears as if someone has answered the phone, and the royalty is paid out. Originally, in such cases, no dialog appears and money is lost.
- The real author of a novel correctly gets memories and fulfills their wants regarding writing novels or earning money, and increases their personal wealth.
- In the base game, the one who has answered the phone gets considered an author. It has been fixed in expansion and stuff packs, however, receiving the Sold a Great Novel memory prevented money-related wants or memories and a personal wealth income from being handled.
- In the delayed version, a publishing house will try to call at least 12 hours after a Sim has finished their novel/restaurant guide. Time counts only between 6:00 AM and 9:59 PM, and only on habitable lots.
- E.g. when a Sim has finished their novel/restaurant guide at 7:30 AM, then the phone calls (or a dialog appears) up to an hour after 7:30 PM on the same day. But when they have finished at 7:30 PM, then it happens up to an hour after 5:30 PM next day.
Update (11 Feb 2024): Included restaurant guide fixes. Made some technical changes to address rare errors. Recreated the delayed version to make it work on different lots.
Known issues- If an author of a novel/restaurant guide moves out, leaves their vacation home, or dies while the publishing house calls, then it may happen that no one will get royalty and no dialog will appear. It also happens without mods. However, it's easier to achieve with the delayed version of this mod.
- With the delayed version, if an author of a novel/restaurant guide dies before the publishing house calls, then the publishing house will only call after the Sim gets resurrected.
- After you have uninstalled the delayed version, royalties which were supposed to be paid with a delay won't be paid until you install it back.
Conflicts
Conflicting mod | Way to resolve | Comment |
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Sell Great Novel Personal Wealth Fix by Midge the Tree | Don't use these mods together. | My mod is basically an extended version of Midge's mod. |
50 New Lifetime Wants – Novels by Lamare | Follow instructions in the description of Lamare's mod. | |
50 New Lifetime Wants – Food Critic by Lamare | Follow instructions in the description of Lamare's mod. |
Overridden resources
Resource name | Type name | Group/object name | Type | Group | Instance | Instance (high) |
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simNopke-novelRoyaltyFixes and simNopke-novelRoyaltyFixes-delayed | ||||||
Attribute Labels | Text Lists | Phone - Incoming Call - Novel Victory | 0x53545223 | 0x7FFAA936 | 0x00000100 | 0x00000000 |
CT - Handle Call | Behaviour Function | Phone - Incoming Call - Novel Victory | 0x42484156 | 0x7FFAA936 | 0x00001002 | 0x00000000 |
Function - Main | Behaviour Function | Phone - Incoming Call - Novel Victory | 0x42484156 | 0x7FFAA936 | 0x00001001 | 0x00000000 |
Attribute Labels | Text Lists | Phone - Incoming Call - Restaurant Guide Victory | 0x53545223 | 0x7F2183DF | 0x00000100 | 0x00000000 |
CT - Handle Call | Behaviour Function | Phone - Incoming Call - Restaurant Guide Victory | 0x42484156 | 0x7F2183DF | 0x00001002 | 0x00000000 |
Function - Main | Behaviour Function | Phone - Incoming Call - Restaurant Guide Victory | 0x42484156 | 0x7F2183DF | 0x00001001 | 0x00000000 |
Summary | Group/object name | Group |
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simNopke-novelRoyaltyFixes-delayed | ||
many resources in the object's group | Nopke - Novel Royalty Delay Controller | 0x7FECDE0E |
BellaDovah
Christophee
Ciastko
jfade (The Compressorizer!)
Midge the Tree (Sell Great Novel Personal Wealth Fix)
Creators of SimPe
Filename | Type | Size |
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simNopke-novelRoyaltyFixes.zip | zip | |
simNopke-novelRoyaltyFixes.package | package | 1848 |
Filename | Type | Size |
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simNopke-novelRoyaltyFixes-delayed.zip | zip | |
simNopke-novelRoyaltyFixes-delayed.package | package | 3787 |
This mod has specific instructions!
Use only one version at a time.Filename | Size | Downloads | Date | |||||
simNopke-novelRoyaltyFixes.zip
Size: 1.3 KB · Downloads: 2,794 · 11th Feb 2024 |
1.3 KB | 2,794 | 11th Feb 2024 | |||||
simNopke-novelRoyaltyFixes-delayed.zip
Size: 2.4 KB · Downloads: 1,051 · 11th Feb 2024 |
2.4 KB | 1,051 | 11th Feb 2024 | |||||
For a detailed look at individual files, see the Information tab. |
Key:
- - File was updated after upload was posted
Install Instructions
Basic Download and Install Instructions:
1. Download: Click the download link to save the .rar or .zip file(s) to your computer.
2. Extract the zip, rar, or 7z file.
3. Place in Downloads Folder: Cut and paste the .package file(s) into your Downloads folder:
1. Download: Click the download link to save the .rar or .zip file(s) to your computer.
2. Extract the zip, rar, or 7z file.
3. Place in Downloads Folder: Cut and paste the .package file(s) into your Downloads folder:
- Origin (Ultimate Collection): Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection\Downloads\
- Non-Origin, Windows Vista/7/8/10: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads\
- Non-Origin, Windows XP: Documents and Settings\(Current User Account)\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads\
- Mac: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads
- Mac x64: /Library/Containers/com.aspyr.sims2.appstore/Data/Library/Application Support/Aspyr/The Sims 2/Downloads
- For a full, complete guide to downloading complete with pictures and more information, see: Game Help: Downloading for Fracking Idiots.
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by Nopke
Packs Needed
None, this is Sims 2 base game compatible!
Other Information
Type:
– Fixed
: Fixed Maxis Mistakes
– Global Mods
: Mods that change the way the game works without requiring any user intervention.
Tags
#writing, #book, #restaurant, #guide, #guides, #restaurant guide, #aspiration benefit, #write, #computer
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