No More Missing Mail

Latest 21/06/2015:

This mod saves any items to be mailed (objects in hidden inventory of lot) to a separate folder, checks if these saved items exist on load and mails them back to the household.

The save is performed either when user saves the game manually or when there is a loading sequence - e.g. planning outfits, travel from lot.

The mod doesn't alter your game saves in anyway.

"Items to be mailed" refer to objects in the hidden inventory. Currently, these can be Geo Council Items, Postcards and Collectible Plaques. For example, when a crystal is sent to Geo Council, the element that is to be mailed back is created in the hidden inventory.

A save folder is created for all the saves of hidden objects under the folder Mods/save_hidden. This folder is a COPY of the mailed items. As the game purges and doesn't save the hidden objects each time you exit the current session - e.g. planning outfits, travel, if you don't have this folder, there will not be any return mail.

The savefile format exists as : a_b_c where

a is the slot number of the saved game

b is the id of the lot

c is the id of the household

Below are some examples:


The mod comes with the following additional console commands:
ghids

Gets saved hidden inventory items

ghidc

Gets current hidden inventory items

ghidm

Gets the hidden inventory items (if exist) as mail

lhids

Loads saved hidden inventory items - only if hidden inventory does not exist

You don't need to enable testingcheats to use the above commands.

Installation and Compatibility

Simply copy, do not unzip, the zip file into your game Mods folder. This is a script mod, so scripting must be enabled in your game options.

Before applying the latest mod patch, always make a backup copy of the folder Mods/save_hidden.

This mod is tested to be compatible with Windows version of the game up to patch 1.7.65.1020 (see GameVersion.txt)

If you can't wait for the next pack and have already updated to the latest patch, you can troubleshoot as follows

If you are using the mod prior to 21/06/2015, completed a collection outside of your home lot and not received any mail, you can fix as follows:


Known Issues

The returned mail isn't realistic since it's a "fake" service. You can get return mail let's say, you travel out of a lot at 1 am and return.

Additional Credits:

All of the brilliant people who have worked on getting the game's base scripts decompiled.

Fetusdip for his reload script to make testing a whole lot easier

Scripthoge for the Python script injection routines required to make this mod possible

scumbumbo for his mods like SimLotto and board posts for referencing