Adopt Stray With No LTR

Hello everyone!

TL;DR: I was surprised that the issue of stray adoption was not addressed for all these years of the Sims 3 existence in terms of modding, so I decided to look into it, and it turned out to be easier than it seemed. Go and grab them all now!

Let's admit that adoption of a stray in The Sims 3 is a total nightmare. It requires too much time and efforts and still can eventually leave you holding the bag. The whole situation is too far from natural, and, to be honest, I don't believe that strays are worth going above and beyond for them. Indeed, there are numerous guides available online telling you how far you should go to convince that cat or dog to stay with you, but is it how it all really should be?

So, this simple mod eliminates the check for meeting criteria for the option "Adopt Stray" to appear. Now the option is available right ahead, and as soon as you come across a stray and manage to get in contact with it, it will be there - you don't need to maintain a relationship with the animal beforehand.

Taking into account the fact that you can actually fulfill the Animal Rescuer LTW in one day by just calling to the pet shelter and adopting all six guys from there, I believe that this mod brings no imbalance to the game, as it's already quite a rare event to meet a stray without doing anything special for that. On the other hand, using cheat codes to add a stray to a family, which is quite common in the community, is unlikely to count towards the meter of strays adopted by your sim, so this can serve as a decent alternative.

Though it may sound a bit redundant, this mod definitely needs the Pets EP.

This mod will conflict with anything that edits the SocialData_EP5 XML resource.

Credits to you-will-never-find-me-anymore for the wonderful screenshot of a stray dog that I've never been able to properly make on my own.

Happy adopting and simming!