Hidden Skills Unhidden, now with icons!! Plus a few extra features.

I've always wanted to have icons for the hidden skills, and I finally figured out how to make that work! So here is my version of the hidden skills unhidden with icons! Since this mods edits the Skills_XML, which a few other mods I use also edit, I've made 4 versions.

Mod Versions

Version 1 Unhidden_Skills_with_Icons_by_NBG333

This version is just the hidden skill unhidden with icons, nothing more.

Version 2 Unhidden_Skills_with_Icons_and Children_Skills_by_NBG333

This version, in addition to the hidden skills unhidden with icons, includes unlocking skills for children. It incorporates the mod Children_can_check_skills from Kapaer's 'No Stretch' Children can Series. If you use that mod, replace it with this one. It also enables Foosball and Handiness so that they can be seen in the skill journal in use with Echoweaver's Children Can mods. Details will be below.

Version 3 Unhidden_Skills_with_Icons,_Charisma_Changes_by_NBG333

This version includes a No friends, Low Relationships Required for Charisma Skill, in addition to the hidden skills unhidden with icons. Edits are listed at the bottom.

Version 4 Unhidden_Skills_with_Icons,_Charisma_Changes_and Children_Skills_by_NBG333

This version includes all the above changes in one. So Unhidden Skills with Icons, Skills Unlocked for Children, and No friends, Low Relationships Required for Charisma Skill.


ONLY USE ONE OF THESE!!

Store Skills
A separate file is also provided for the Store Skills of Spell Casting from Lady Ravendancer Goth's Book o' Spells (and possibly Lord Vladimir's Magic Cauldron and the Soothsayer's Crystal Ball) and Surfing from the Surf’s Up Sun & Fun Wave Station. This only works if you have the required Store Items and edits the Store SKIL file.

Unhidden Skills

Here is a list of which skills have been unhidden, which expansion they were introduced in, the number of levels each skill has, and what age groups each skill is available for. As well as which skills were not unhidden and why.

Base Game

• Air Guitar (10 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E]
  
• Chess (10 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  
• Collecting (10 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  
• Dancing (3 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  
• Diving (2 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E] - Diving boards/diving wells
  
• Foosball (10 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E]
  
• Hacking (10 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E
  
• Homework (10 LVLS) (C,T,Y,A,E)
  
• Mooch (10 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  
• Video Game (10 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E] - Consoles only, not PCs or Virtual Goggles
  

World Adventures EP1

• Snake Charming (10 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E]
  

Ambitions EP2

• Consignment (10 LVLS) [Y,A,E]
  
• Gnubb (10 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  
• Styling (10 LVLS) [Y,A,E]
  
• Tattooing (10 LVLS) [Y,A,E]
  
• Trampoline (10 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  

Late Night EP3

• Arcade Machine (10 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  
• Club Dancing (3 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  
• Shuffleboard (10 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E]
  

Generations EP4

• Hopscotch (10 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  

Pets EP5

• Trick (5 LVLS) [Dogs]
  
• Wildlife Friend (6 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  

Showtime EP6

• DJ Turntables (5 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E]
  
• Dominoes (10 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  
• Entertainer (10 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E] - Singer Career Skill
  
• Golfing (10 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E]
  
• Karaoke (3 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E]
  
• Magic (10 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E] - Magician Career Skill
  
• PerformanceArtist (10 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E] - Acrobat Career Skill
  
• Pool/Billiards (10 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E]
  

Supernatural EP7

• Broom Riding (10 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  
• Fairy Magic (10 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  
• Lycanthropy (10 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  
• Spellcasting (10 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E]
  

Seasons EP8

• BallFighting (3 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E] - Water-Balloon/Snowball/Dew
  
• Horseshoes (10 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  
• Skating (6 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  
• Snowboarding (3 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  

University Life EP9

• Bowling (5 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  
• Ping Pong/Table Tennis (5 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E]
  

Island Paradise EP10

• Firewalking (2 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E]
  
• Water-skiing (10 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E]
  
• Wind Surfing (10 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  

Into The Future EP11

• Bug Eating (3 LVLS) [C,T,Y,A,E]
  

Store

• Spell Casting (10 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E] - Cauldron/Spellbook/Crystal Ball
  
• Surfing (10 LVLS) [T,Y,A,E]
  

Hidden Skills not included

From Basegame

• Sandbox - Can't be unhidden, tried repeatedly
  

From Showtime

• Gambling - Store gambling is separate, this one doesn't seem to be connected to anything
  

From Late Night

• Bubbles - Can't be unhidden, tried repeatedly
  
• Darts - Can't be unhidden, tried repeatedly
  
• Rock Band - Has 1 level, just to mark who is in a band
  

From Generations - *Regular skills have been enabled for children

• ChildAthletic *
  
• ChildBassGuitar *
  
• ChildDrums *
  
• ChildGardening *
  
• ChildGuitar *
  
• ChildPiano *
  
• Ballet - Only relevant to afterschool activity
  
• Scouting - Only relevant to afterschool activity
  
• LearnToDrive - Can't be unhidden

From University - **Available in cellphone menu

• InfluenceNerd **
  
• InfluenceRebel **
  
• InfluenceSocialite **
  

Skills Enabled for Children

Here is a list of all the skills changed for children to be able to check skills. These are just to unlock the Skill Journal for children, you will still need mods to make most of them work. I have listed which mods are recommended by the skills that require them.

• Athletic
  
• Charisma
  
• Cooking
  
• Scuba Diving (children can only snorkle to level 3)
  
• Guitar
  
• Piano
  
• BassGuitar
  
• Drums
  
• Gardening - Recommended to use with Kapaer's Children can Garden 'No Stretch'
  
• Nectar - Recommended to use with Kapaer's Children can Make Nectar 'No Stretch'
  
• Sculpting - Recommended to use with Kapaer's Children can Sculpture 'No Stretch'
  
• Alchemy - Recommended to use with Kapaer's Children can do Alchemy 'No Stretch'
  
• Riding - Recommended to use with Nona's Child and Pregnant Sims Can Ride Horse. Children will stretch, sadly there isn't a No Stretch version anywhere.
  
• Handiness - Recommended to use with Echoweaver's Children Can Repair Base Game Objects (No Stretch)
  
• Foosball - Recommended to use with Echoweaver's Children Can Play Foosball (No Stretch)
  

(I also recommend Callia-Evergreen's Werewolf Children can Hunt (No Stretch) for the Lycanthropy Skill but it's not required)


Charisma - No Friends, Low Relationships

And lastly, this is the changes made to the Charisma skill to make it No friends, Low Relationships Required

Level 1

• Relationships needed - EA 0, Mine 0
  
• Friends needed - EA 0, Mine 0
  

Level 2

• Relationships needed - EA 2, Mine 1
  
• Friends needed - EA 0, Mine 0
  

Level 3

• Relationships needed - EA 3, Mine 2
  
• Friends needed - EA 1, Mine 0
  

Level 4

• Relationships needed - EA 4, Mine 3
  
• Friends needed - EA 2, Mine 0
  

Level 5

• Relationships needed - EA 6, Mine 4
  
• Friends needed - EA 3, Mine 0
  

Level 6

• Relationships needed - EA 8, Mine 5
  
• Friends needed - EA 4, Mine 0
  

Level 7

• Relationships needed - EA 10, Mine 6
  
• Friends needed - EA 5, Mine 0
  

Level 8

• Relationships needed - EA 15, Mine 7
  
• Friends needed - EA 6, Mine 0
  

Level 9

• Relationships needed - EA 20, Mine 8
  
• Friends needed - EA 8, Mine 0
  

Level 10

• Relationships needed - EA 25, Mine 9
  
• Friends needed - EA 10, Mine 0
  

Conflicts
These mods will conflict with any mods that edit the Skills_XML from GameplayData.package, and the Store SKILS file.

Such mods include

• Kapaer's 'No Stretch' Children can Series, only the Children_can_check_skills file.
• EvilFierce's Visible Supernatural Skills in The Sims 3
• Dandelion Sprout's Unhide Hidden Skills
• Gobot101's Hidden Skills Unhidden

I'm sure there are more but those are the ones I know of for sure.

Info

You do not need all the expansion installed. If you are missing any expansions, it will just not show those skills.

Credits

EvilFierce whose mod adding icons for supernatural skills helped me to figure out the key to doing all of them.
Kapaer's 'No Stretch' Children can Series for inspiration in enabling certain skills for children.
Twoftmama's No Friends Needed For Charisma Skill v6 for inspiration on changing the charisma skill requirements.