Play Together: Billy's Band Practice

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Description
What do we want? Bands! When do we want it? Right now!

Tired of no bands expansion pack from EA in sight? Sick of struggling to get your bandmates to play instruments at the same time and the resulting cacophony when they do? I am too, so I made a mod that lets aspiring rockstars play multiple instruments harmoniously together at once! Choose from a setlist of Simlish in-game rock/alt songs and command your bandmates to play together with a few clicks.

Works with the following band instruments:
  • Microphone
  • Guitars
  • Piano
  • Necrodog's drum kit
  • Custom instruments like VRO's playable bass, or any mods with the func_guitar, func_piano, or func_microphone tags

Video Demo:



How To Use:
  • Gather your bandmates and make sure all instruments are nearby and in-world, not in-inventory
  • Target your guitarist Sim and click any guitar to find the new pie menu "Band Practice"
  • Choose your song
  • Return to the menu and assign the other bandmates to as many or as few instruments as you want. Works with multiples like two singers or three guitarists!
  • To stop playing, cancel your guitarist's Band Practice interaction. All band members will follow suit once their animations end.


Requirements:
  • Scumbumbo's XML Injector
  • Necrodog's free playable drum mod required for drums
  • City Living required for microphone singing
  • Only base game needed for other instruments. This mod WILL work with just the base game and without Necrodog's drums; you just will not be able to assign a microphone or drums to your Sims.


Notes, Extras, and Shoutouts

This is my first mod and is heavily inspired by the logic behind JaneSimsten's clever Violin/Piano duets mod, and of course Necrodog's playable drums. They both have more wonderful instrument mods available, so please check them out and support them on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/JaneSimsten and https://www.patreon.com/necrodogMTSandS4S!

Known quirks:
  • Other sims cannot already be seated at the piano if you want to assign a pianist. Make them get up first.
  • Microphone singing in Sims City Living is weird, and sims at the mic will randomly express emotions or other short subinterractions, both with or without this mod. I am not clever enough to figure out how to create a custom looped animation to stop this, but if someone else wants to create one, please do!

"Can I modify this mod to add features or improvements?"
Yes! Everyone has my permission to make their own updates or fold this into your own more extensive band mod. If you do make a new versions, please comment here and let me know so I can link it. Please share the band wealth and let's make Bands Xpack at Home!

Songlist available:
  • Bleed Into Me (Sims 4)
  • In My Head (Sims 4)
  • Let's Get Outta Here (Sims 3)
  • Our Time Now (Sims 2)
  • Pressure (Female Vocals: Sims 4)
  • Sammishquad (Sims 4)
  • Savior (Sims 3)
  • Time Bomb (Sims 3)
  • Untitled Track 5 (Instrumental: Sims 1)
  • Up We Go (Female Vocals: Sims 4)
  • Walking At a Downtown Pace (Sims 4)
Creator Recommendations:
To download the sweet playable bass in the screenshots, visit VRO's Rickenbacker 4001 bass CC. It is not required, and all functional guitars in-game will appear under both the Guitarist and Bassist role assignments.
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