Apocalypse Challenge Mod: Journalism Restriction - Newspaper

This is a small mod for the Apocalypse Challenge created by Pinstar1161. Since then there have been many variations of the challenge accounting for further expansion packs, different rulesets, and various difficulty levels.

The ruleset I first found is from web.archive-org: here

However, I currently play with the updated rules by the creator Marie Etta here (this set of rules is in Russian).

Still, despite the different rulesets the core idea remains the same: your Sims must survive in a post-apocalyptic world.

To simulate these harsh conditions, the challenge uses a long list of restrictions affecting many parts of gameplay, from Build/Buy mode to careers, objects, and social interactions. These restrictions are tied to specific careers and are only lifted once your Sim reaches the top of that career.

One of the common Journalism career restrictions is that Sims are not allowed to use the newspaper for entertainment or information, i.e.:

-reading the newspaper
-reading hobby sections
-doing the crossword
-checking the weather forecast

This mod removes those newspaper functions, including autonomous interactions, so Sims can no longer use the newspaper that way. It is intended as a small convenience mod for Apocalypse players who want the restriction enforced directly by the game instead of manually policing it.

This mod works as a global override of the newspaper interactions. If you remove the mod later - eg. after your Sim reaches the top of the Journalism career and hence lifts the restrictions - the newspaper returns to its default behavior and all original interactions become available again.

The following newspaper options remain available:

- Recycle / Compost
- Find a Job
- Find Own Place
- Make Airplane