Get ready yourselves to receive unexpected calls at unexpected times.
This mod brings back prank calls from the very first The Sims game!
Changelog 14.10.2024
→ A new addon, Pranky Texts, is now available, yay!
→ Four missing pranks were added. There should be 20 pranks in total now!
→ The code and the tunables have been improved, hopefully eliminating previously known issues. → French and Spanish (Spain) translations are added.
→ The prank call icon from The Sims is added as a bubble icon so that it appears when Sims receive prank calls or pranky texts.
Requirements
Pack Requirements University Life → Only needed for Pranky Texts.
Tunables
MorningTime → The hour range from 0 to 24 for the morning time. The default is from 6 to 12. MorningTimePrankPercentChance → The percent chance of getting a prank call or pranky text at each hour of the morning. The default is 0.2%. AfternoonTime → The hour range from 0 to 24 for the afternoon time. The default is from 12 to 17. AfternoonTimePrankPercentChance → The percent chance of getting a prank call or pranky text at each hour of the afternoon. The default is 0.1%. EveningTime → The hour range from 0 to 24 for the evening time. The default is from 17 to 22. EveningTimePrankPercentChance → The percent chance of getting a prank call or pranky text at each hour of the evening. The default is 0.8%. NightTime → The hour range from 0 to 24 for the evening time. The default is from 22 to 6. NightTimePrankPercentChance → The percent chance of getting a prank call or pranky text at each hour of the night. The default is 0.4%.
⚠️It is recommended that the percent chance values are kept very low so that the overall percent chance of prank calls and pranky texts for a day is not disturbingly frequent. The default chance of receiving at least one prank call or pranky text in a day is approximately 8.8%. CustomPranks → List of keys separated with commas for custom pranks. For instance, a string with a key of "Eca/CustomPranks/CustomPrankKey1" and a string with a key of "Eca/CustomPranks/CustomPrankKey2" should be registered as "CustomPrankKey1, CustomPrankKey2". PrankNonSelectableHouseholdMembers → Whether non-selectable household members (e.g. dormmates) should receive prank calls or pranky texts. They can still answer prank calls delivered to home phones. PrankChildren → Whether children should receive prank calls. They can still answer prank calls delivered to home phones. AlwaysReceivePranks → Whether victims should receive pranks even when they miss or ignore a prank call on a non-silenced phone.
Creating Custom Pranks You can add custom pranks to the game in any supported language you want! All you need is s3pe, and some fingers! Follow these steps:
1. Open the Eca_PrankCalls.package file with s3pe.
2. Right-click on the STBL file you need to edit and click 'Edit STBL'. A new window will show up.
↳ '0x09000000CF30D11C', is an example of an STBL file instance for Greek. The characters in bold should be changing for every language. Check NRaas's page to see which pair of characters correspond to what language, but please note that unlike what the page indicates, 08 is for German, and 09 is for Greek.
3. The text box at the bottom-left of the window is where you need to write a custom key for the custom prank. It must start with 'Eca/CustomPranks/' and end with the very custom key, and it must be unique for every prank. For instance: 'Eca/CustomPranks/CustomPrankKey1' and 'Eca/CustomPranks/CustomPrankKey2'.
4. The right part of the window is where you need to write the custom prank.
5. After you are done, click the 'Add' button, repeat this for each prank, and finally, click the 'Save' button. Answer 'Yes' to the 'Commit changes?' popup.
6. Edit the CustomPranks tunable accordingly as explained in the Tunables section.
7. Finally, save the .package file and exit.
Compatibility and Conflicts
This mod should not conflict with any other mods, as it is a pure script mod.
Known Issues
None that I know of for now.
Translations
The mod supports the following languages:
• English
• German
• Russian
• Italian
• French
• Spanish (Spain)
↳ I would appreciate it if you provide me with the original translations from The Sims preferably, or your own translation.
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Prank Calls
Prank Calls
A new addon, Pranky Texts, is now available, yay!
You can add custom pranks to the game in any supported language you want! All you need is s3pe, and some fingers! Follow these steps:
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