Flammable Birthday Cake!

Updates!

• 2025-07-10: This update is the biggest one yet! Enjoy!
  (1) Every single cake has been retroactively fitted with support for the Traits Project! You do not need extra dependencies or anything - just replace your existing cakes with the new files and you're ready to go! See the description for details. Thanks to heathensimmer for the motivation to get this update out, and for some cool ideas I hadn't considered myself!
  (2) As I was editing these older files anyway, I gave those cakes that didn't have them yet a proper description, and also translated the cake's catalogue name and description to German. I just wanted to!
  (3) Finally, I browsed through the catalogue of my favourite birthday cake creator Jacky93Sims again and gave twelve more cakes the potential to burn! All of them are 4t2 conversions. Some of them require a slice object which is to be downloaded separately, some require LordCrumps' Sims 4 Shadow file. I'll make a note on the Download tab wherever this is the case.
  - Moon & Stars Birthday Cake
  - ONI Strawberry Birthday Cake
  - Stork & Baby Birthday Cake
  - Strawberry Birthday Shortcake
  - Spiced Carrot Birthday Cake
  - SYB21 (Chocolate & Cream) Birthday Cake
  - Princess Castle Birthday Cake
  - Strawberry White Chocolate Birthday Cake
  - Frog Birthday Cake
  - Freezer Bunny Birthday Cake
  - Ice Cream Birthday Cake
  - Little Clouds Birthday Cake

That blue-lit oddball Umbreon has another mischievous Sims 2 mod up his sleeve!

In Sims 3, any time a birthday cake is set ablaze, there is a small chance it may catch on fire and really ruin a special day for a family. Lately, I have grown to miss this potential for drama in Sims 2; so I have created a small mod to make Sims' lives even more unpredictable - even when you'd only wish them the best.

Features
Having this mod in your Downloads folder will do exactly one thing.
Any time a Sim is set to age up using a birthday cake, there is a 1% (1 in 100) chance that the birthday cake will set ablaze. The cutscene for the aging Sim, so long as all criteria for a cutscene to happen are met, will play out as normal, but they probably won't be able to grab a piece of their cake afterwards because... well, charred cake smells strange.
The only exception to this is babies aging up to toddlers - I could not reliably get a fire to spawn in this case.

If you are a user of the 3t2 Traits Project, then the default odds of a birthday cake fire change for select Sims:

• Lucky Sims are so fortunate in life that their birthday parties will never go wrong.
• For Evil Sims, the default chance is vastly increased to 10%. I'd assume they'd sometimes cause fires on purpose to harm those around them.
• Unlucky Sims will also suffer a birthday fire 10% of the time. They just have the worst of luck in most occasions, and that includes birthday candles.
• Clumsy Sims have an increased chance of 5% for a fire. Perhaps they accidentally dive with their noses into the cake sometimes, which is a bad idea with fire on top of the cake...
• Finally, Absent-Minded Sims have birthdays go awry 5% of the time, as they may tend to leave lit candles out and about without sticking them into the cake...

All of these odds are tunable, of course! However, Lucky Sims always stay immune to accidental fires no matter what.

Add-on for custom memory
Normally, the birthday Sim would get a "Fire!" memory like all Sims around them. However, I figured out a way to assign them a unique memory for the occasion that a birthday cake should set ablaze - or for a fire happening during a birthday party in general. If you want your Sims to remember this especially special moment in their life with a "Fire at Birthday Party!" memory, you can download an add-on that does just that. Sims will only get this memory once in their life, and only Sims that are aging up during a birthday party will receive it.

Should the cake survive the fire, this is also the only memory they will get during the fire. If it's eaten up though, they may get a second, general "Fire!" memory.

Add-ons for custom cakes
Since the birthday sequence is assigned to each cake, not to the CakeGlobals as it would have made sense (blame EAxis), each birthday cake needs to be modified separately to include the chance of a fire. I have done this for a few birthday cakes that are widespread in the community, and a few that I personally use.

If you'd like a custom birthday cake you use in your game to appear here, just comment and I'll see what I can do, based on the Terms of the cake's creator.

Currently supported:

Name	Creator	Original creator	Source	Slice object needed?	Shadow File needed?	Notes
Cutscene Cake	TheLesbianPyromaniac	N/A	Link	No	No	Same as base game cake, except it enables cutscenes for Sims aging up even if there is no party
Unicorn Cake	Jacky93Sims	Syboulette	Link	Yes	No
"Dukasha" and "Shy" Cakes	Jasana_BugBreeder	N/A	Link	Yes	No
"Marusilda" Cake	Jasana_BugBreeder	N/A	Link	Yes	No	Enabled for CEP, meaning any recolours of this specific cake can be used without needing extra treatment
Berry Pie, Cheesecake, Fancy Cake, Layered Cake	NixNivis	N/A	Link	Yes	No
3t2 Deliciously Indulgent Bakery Cake	Jacky93Sims	Maxis, 3t2 by Veranka	Link	Yes	No
4t2 White Cake for Frauhupfner	Balkopat	N/A	Link	Yes	No	Has four recolours
4t2 Pinkbox-Anye Cake	Jacky93Sims	NikaOnishko	Link	Yes	No
4t2 Matcha Strawberry, Lemon Sponge, Victoria Sponge Cake	Jacky93Sims	ONI	Link	No	No
4t2 Hamburger Cake	Jacky93Sims	Maxis	Link	Yes	No
4t2 Green Dino, Pink Cloud, Sky Blue Cake	Jacky93Sims	Icemunmun	Link	Yes	No
4t2 Moon & Stars Cake	Jacky93Sims	Littlbowbub	Link	Yes	No
4t2 ONI Strawberry Cake	Jacky93Sims	ONI	Link	Yes	No
4t2 Stork & Baby Cake	Jacky93Sims	TianaSims	Link	No	No
4t2 Strawberry Shortcake and Spiced Carrot Cake	Jacky93Sims	TianaSims and Littlbowbub	Link	No	No
4t2 Chocolate Cream, Princess Castle, Strawberry White Chocolate Cake	Jacky93Sims	Syboulette and Littlbowbub	Link	No	Yes
4t2 Frog Cake	Jacky93Sims	Littlbowbub	Link	No	Yes
4t2 Freezer Bunny Cake	Jacky93Sims	AroundTheSims	Link	Yes	Yes
4t2 Ice Cream Cake	Jacky93Sims	TianaSims	Link	Yes	No
4t2 Little Clouds Cake	Jacky93Sims	TianaSims	Link	Yes	No

I will only include the cake in my downloads because that's the object containing the changed resources. As you can see, several cakes require a separate "slice" object which I will not include. Please follow the links to the original upload to get the slice objects from their archives.

A few cakes may also require LordCrumps' Sims 4 Shadow File. It's a good idea to download it anyway as many modern 4t2 conversions use it, but chances are you might already have it in your Downloads folder somewhere. You only need to download it once to cover all files that require it.

Tuning
Using the provided BCON resource 0x1002, you can freely modify how likely or unlikely fires from birthday cakes should be.
Value 0x02 controls the base chance of fires.
Values 0x03 through 0x06 handle the supported Traits.
The value you are entering in any case is the divisor. That means that the default value of 100 will result in a 1/100 = 1% chance. The higher the number you enter, the less likely fires become. You can, for example, raise it up to 5000 (= 1/5000 or 0.02%) to practically never see fires; or lower it to 20 (= 1/20 or 5%) to see more tragedies unfold in your neighbourhood.

If you wish to change the odds to your own liking, you will need to do this for each cake individually. Sadly there is no easier way (again, blame EAxis).

Compatibility
Expansion Packs: None, you can use this with the base game!
I did include the needed code for the three extra birthday cakes that came with Celebration! Stuff, but if you do not own this stuff pack, it will simply never be called, so it is no harm to have it in.

Overrides
Birthday Cake Can Burn:

Resource name	Type	Group	Associated object or semiglobal	Instance
AGE++	Behaviour Function (BHAV)	0x7F6A0484	Birthday Cake	0x0000101B
AGE++	Behaviour Function (BHAV)	0x7FCDB693	PartyBirthday Cake - Butter	0x0000101B
AGE++	Behaviour Function (BHAV)	0x7F9486E5	PartyBirthday Cake - Lime	0x0000101B
AGE++	Behaviour Function (BHAV)	0x7FF4D212	PartyBirthday Cake - Purple	0x0000101B
Constants	Behaviour Constant (BCON)	0x7F6A0484	Birthday Cake	0x00001002
Constants	Behaviour Constant (BCON)	0x7FCDB693	PartyBirthday Cake - Butter	0x00001002
Constants	Behaviour Constant (BCON)	0x7F9486E5	PartyBirthday Cake - Lime	0x00001002
Constants	Behaviour Constant (BCON)	0x7FF4D212	PartyBirthday Cake - Purple	0x00001002

Birthday Fire Memory:

Resource name	Type	Group	Associated object or semiglobal	Instance
Memory - Add	Behaviour Function (BHAV)	0x7FD0A790	Fire	0x0000103D
Function - Init Cake	Behaviour Function (BHAV)	0x7FD0A90D	CakeGlobals	0x0000200A

WHComp Patch:
Note that this is technically not an override since it doesn't exist in a vanilla game configuration, but it does override Pick'N'Mix's University After Birthday Party which includes this resource:

Resource name	Type	Group	Associated object or semiglobal	Instance
AGE++	Behaviour Function (BHAV)	0x7FD0A90D	CakeGlobals	0x00002040

Memory Translations:

Language	Available?	Creator
English (US/UK)	✅	Me (Blueybre)
German	✅	Me (Blueybre)
Spanish	✅	Leslitasoyo
Polish	✅	simcaistk

If you'd like to contribute your native language to this mod, feel free to do so! You shall be given due credit.
All you need to translate is the Catalogue Description, or CTSS resource, of the memory mod.

Conflicts and Notes
Anything that also modifies the above resources will conflict with my mods.

• To use my mod with University after Birthday Party by Pick'N'Mix, you have to download the compatibility patch from my page, and follow the instructions on his page if you wish to patch your custom birthday cakes with the ability to head straight to college and have a successful party before blowing out the candles and potentially risking a fire.
• The conflict between my memory add-on and Nopke's Food Already Available Fix is a conflict you can safely ignore. Load order doesn't matter either; our mods make the same change to Function - Init Cake.
• guirnaldas' Snowproof Accessories mod and mine can be used together if their mod loads after mine.

Please let me know if there are any conflicts with mods you use, and I will see if something can be done about them by load order or through plug-ins.

Credits
Maxis and EA for creating Sims 2 in the first place
The Creators of SimPE and especially the BHAV and BCON plugins
simcaistk for the Polish translation
Leslitasoyo for the Spanish translation
heathensimmer for some ideas
My fiancée for the idea to this mod, and for being such a gentle soul in general
The respective custom birthday cake creators for their hard work to create meshes and textures for their cakes: TheLesbianPyromaniac, Jacky93, Jasana_Bugbreeder, NixNivis, balkopat.

Have fun and happy Simming!
~ Blueybre