Bed Catalog Rework (customizable energy, comfort and price)
What does it do?
This mod completely remakes the bed catalog, changing for all Maxis beds the prices and the energy/comfort ratings (mostly increasing it), making it all more balanced. We don't need almost half of the beds having Energy 3, do we? I also fixed some inconsistencies, like beds that give the exact same Energy and Comfort when the catalog shows different values. (Maxis why? )
The main purpose is to have more choices of beds with high Energy rating while still keeping some lower energy choices. Other similar mods like this one by Lord Darcy or this one by Marhis make all beds the same, which I don't really like.
It doesn't affect CC beds. If you want to modify those, you can do it yourself. The instructions in the "Customization" part below apply to CC beds too.
EPs/SPs needed:
You should be able to use it with any combination of EPs and SPs, but it doesn't really make sense if you don't have all beds, that will break the "balance" I tried to make. If you don't have them all, maybe you'd be interested in customizing the beds you have, so read below.
Conflicts:
You can't use my mod together with these:Or any other mod that changes the price, energy rating or comfort rating of Maxis beds.
Changes:
These are the changes of my ready to use version. Listing all 42 beds here would be too much, so in short...
Number of double beds with Energy 7 or 8 was increased from 2 to 11.
Number of single beds with Energy 6 was increased from 3 to 7.
Number of double beds with Energy 3 or 2 was decreased from 7 to 3.
Number of single beds with Energy 3 or 2 was decreased from 14 to 4.
Of course, there are also beds with Energy 4 and 5. And of course, the Comfort ratings are changed too.
For the exact changes, check these tables with the original values and the modded ones:
Notes to understand the tables:
- In the catalog rating column: C = Comfort, E = Energy, R = Room/Enviroment. This is what is shown in the catalog, which is independent from the real values!
- "C Inc" is how fast the Comfort motive increases. There's a different value for the Relax and the Sleep interactions.
- "C Max" the upper limit for the Comfort motive while using this bed. Also has a different value for each interaction.
- "E Inc" is how fast the Energy motive increases. Obviously only the Sleep interaction increases Energy.
Original single beds:
Modded single beds:
Original double beds:
Modded double beds:
Customization:
If you are interested:
Download the "Stuff for customization.zip". The contents are:
- 4 csv files: they are the tables I showed in that "Show/Hide exact changes" button up there (read that to understand what's each column). They can be useful if you want to completely remake my remake.
- Modded beds folder: it's my mod but with each bed in separate files, so you can choose which ones to modify.
- Overrides folder: I'll explain it later.
You will need SimPE for this.
1. Choose the bed you want to modify from the Modded beds folder (I hope the file names I chose are good, if not, will have to open it, look at the price and then look at the csv) and open it in SimPE. You will see 3 resources. Some beds have each resource duplicated for some reason, no big deal, just make sure you modify both with the same values.
2. To change the price and the catalog ratings, click the resource of OBJD type, then look below, in the "Plugin view", select the "RAW data" tab, then change the numbers to "Decimal".
2.1. In the section 02, the "price" tag is literally the price in game. I recommend changing the "initial depreciation", "daily depreciation" and "depreciation limit" too, keeping the proportion with the price. Ignore the "sale price" and "self depreciating" tags. After changing the values, click "Commit".
2.2. For the catalog ratings, scroll down to the section 04, here's it's obvious which numbers you have to change. After changing them, click "Commit".
Note that these are only the values shown in the catalog, they do NOT affect how fast the Energy or Comfort increases. That goes now.
3. To change the motives of the Sleep interaction, click the "Tuning - Sleep" resource. In the "Plugin view" you will see 3 values. Select one and in the left you will see the decimal (Dec) value, modify it there.
The third value (line 2) is how fast the Energy increases while sleeping. In decimal, it's the number of Energy points per hour your Sim gets. A full motive bar is 200 points, which means with this bed in the image, 35 per hour, your Sim needs less than 6 hours of sleep.
The first value (line 0) is the same as the Energy one but for the Comfort motive. And the second value (line 1) is the max Comfort level your Sim will reach. In decimal, it's a percentage of the full motive bar. After changing the values, click "Commit File".
4. To change the motives of the Relax interaction, click the "Tuning - Relax" resource. It's the same as the Sleep one but it only has the first 2 values.
Once you modified all the beds you want, take a look at the Overrides folder in the zip. It has the beds that come with IKEA and Teen Style Stuff. They are copies of the ones in the Modded beds folder, so
5. if you modified those, copy them in the Overrides folder replacing the existing ones.
6. This step isn't necessary, but recommended, because 2 files are easier to handle than 50. Merge all files in the Modded beds folder into one, and then do the same with the Overrides folder. You can do this with the CCMerger by LazyDuchess. Or with SimPE, create a new package, then from the file explorer, select all files and drag them into the "Resource List".
That's it, your mod is ready to use now! Now continue reading to know how to install it. The package result from merging the Modded beds folder is the equivalent to "Borja20_BedsRemake", and the one from merging the Overrides folder is the equivalent to "zBorja20_BedsRemakeOverrides".
Installation:
If you don't want to customize my mod, you only need to download "BedsRemake.zip", which is my ready to use version. There are 2 files inside the zip.
"Borja20_BedsRemake" can go in the usual Downloads folder, but then all the beds will show as CC in game. So it's recommended to put in in the Catalog\Bins folder of your latest EP.
If you have Mansion & Garden:
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion & Garden Stuff\TSData\Res\Catalog\Bins
If you have the Ultimate Collection:
C:\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\SP9\TSData\Res\Catalog\Bins
The other file, "zBorja20_BedsRemakeOverrides" has to go in the Overrides folder, or else the Teen Style and IKEA beds won't be modified. Don't remove the "z" in the name to make sure the file loads after the other one inside the folder:
If you have Mansion & Garden:
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion & Garden Stuff\TSData\Res\Overrides
If you have the Ultimate Collection:
C:\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\SP9\TSData\Res\Overrides
Credits:
To Lord Darcy for the mod I mentioned before. I wouldn't know about the Overrides if it was't for it.
To everyone that contributed in SimPE.
To Maxis for giving me a mess to fix.
To LazyDuchess for the CCMerger.
Custom installation instructions! READ ME!
In addition to the normal installation instructions, this download also has a custom instruction, as follows:
1. Download: Click the download link to save the .rar or .zip file(s) to your computer.
2. Extract the zip, rar, or 7z file.
3. If you don't want to customize my mod, you only need to download "BedsRemake.zip", which is my ready to use version.
"Borja20_BedsRemake" can go in the usual Downloads folder, but then all the beds will show as CC in game. So it's recommended to put in in the Catalog\Bins folder of your latest EP.
If you have Mansion & Garden:
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion & Garden Stuff\TSData\Res\Catalog\Bins
If you have the Ultimate Collection:
C:\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\SP9\TSData\Res\Catalog\Bins
The other file, "zBorja20_BedsRemakeOverrides" has to go in the Overrides folder, or else the Teen Style and IKEA beds won't be modified. Don't remove the "z" in the name to make sure the file loads after the other one inside the folder:
If you have Mansion & Garden:
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion & Garden Stuff\TSData\Res\Overrides
If you have the Ultimate Collection:
C:\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\SP9\TSData\Res\Overrides
Need more information?
- For a full, complete guide to downloading complete with pictures and more information, see: Game Help: Downloading for Fracking Idiots.
- Custom content not showing up in the game? See: Game Help: Getting Custom Content to Show Up.
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Install Instructions
1. Download: Click the download link to save the .rar or .zip file(s) to your computer.
2. Extract the zip, rar, or 7z file.
3. If you don't want to customize my mod, you only need to download "BedsRemake.zip", which is my ready to use version.
"Borja20_BedsRemake" can go in the usual Downloads folder, but then all the beds will show as CC in game. So it's recommended to put in in the Catalog\Bins folder of your latest EP.
If you have Mansion & Garden:
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion & Garden Stuff\TSData\Res\Catalog\Bins
If you have the Ultimate Collection:
C:\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\SP9\TSData\Res\Catalog\Bins
The other file, "zBorja20_BedsRemakeOverrides" has to go in the Overrides folder, or else the Teen Style and IKEA beds won't be modified. Don't remove the "z" in the name to make sure the file loads after the other one inside the folder:
If you have Mansion & Garden:
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion & Garden Stuff\TSData\Res\Overrides
If you have the Ultimate Collection:
C:\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\SP9\TSData\Res\Overrides
Need more information?
- For a full, complete guide to downloading complete with pictures and more information, see: Game Help: Downloading for Fracking Idiots.
- Custom content not showing up in the game? See: Game Help: Getting Custom Content to Show Up.
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Updated: 18th Jun 2022 at 12:26 PM by HugeLunatic
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