Insects Sanity (redownload / 1 Sep '21)
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Uploaded: 25th May 2020 at 7:50 PM
Updated: 25th Mar 2024 at 3:04 PM
Updated: 25th Mar 2024 at 3:04 PM
This is a pack of mods that make insects sensitive to weather and environment, and make some insect-related interactions more reasonable.
Terms and symbols used later in the description.
Weather conditions:
Core mod
The main file containing a global function that checks weather conditions. Every other mod from this bunch requires this mod.
Bugs hunting mod
Additionally, I highly recommend Bug Collection Fix by Cyjon to be able to catch every bug.
Use the ordinary version of the mod unless instructions in the conflicts section say otherwise.
Use only one version at a time.
Butter- and fireflies mod
You can change the chances and the lifespan by editing the behavior constant from this file in SimPe.
Additionally, I recommend my No Jars Leaving mod to prevent unselectable Sims from leaving jars with butter- and fireflies on lots.
Use the ordinary version of the mod unless instructions in the conflicts section say otherwise.
Use only one version at a time.
Butter- and fireflies spawning mod
You can change the chances by editing the behavior constants from this file in SimPe.
Hiking mod
Ladybugs mod
Roaches mod
Conflicts
Mods from this bunch do not conflict with any default replacement textures of insects. They're also unlikely to conflict with mods that change chances of catching insects.
Overridden resources
New resources
Credits
Ciastko
jfade (The Compressorizer!)
Rosawyn
Creators of SimPe
Updates
1 Sep 2021: Fixed a bug that allowed insects inside to be affected by weather. Fixed a bug that prevented roaches from spawning inside during unfavorable weather. Please redownload simNopke-insectsSanity-core and simNopke-insectsSanity-roaches.
4 Jul 2021: Added lessApparition versions of simNopke-insectsSanity-bugsHunting and simNopke-insectsSanity-butterAndFireflies compatible with BartekStu's Less Apparition.
1 Jun 2020: Fixed a bug that prevented residents of dormitories from catching bugs, butter- and fireflies. Please redownload simNopke-insectsSanity-bugsHunting and simNopke-insectsSanity-butterAndFireflies.
Conditions1 Sep 2021: Fixed a bug that allowed insects inside to be affected by weather. Fixed a bug that prevented roaches from spawning inside during unfavorable weather. Please redownload simNopke-insectsSanity-core and simNopke-insectsSanity-roaches.
4 Jul 2021: Added lessApparition versions of simNopke-insectsSanity-bugsHunting and simNopke-insectsSanity-butterAndFireflies compatible with BartekStu's Less Apparition.
1 Jun 2020: Fixed a bug that prevented residents of dormitories from catching bugs, butter- and fireflies. Please redownload simNopke-insectsSanity-bugsHunting and simNopke-insectsSanity-butterAndFireflies.
Terms and symbols used later in the description.
Weather conditions:
- W: it's winter,
- T0: the temperature is below 0*,
- T1: the temperature is below -15*,
- P0: it's snowing, hailing, or raining on the insects,
- P1: it's snowing, hailing, or heavily or torrentially raining on the insects,
- A0: there's any precipitation accumulation under the insects,
- A1: there's snow accumulation under the insects.
- Sim is on a hobby lot, a non-business community lot, or on a lot they live on,
- in case they're a vampire, it's night or insects are in a closed room.
Core mod
The main file containing a global function that checks weather conditions. Every other mod from this bunch requires this mod.
Bugs hunting mod
- makes Sims unable to hunt bugs when their bug collection is complete, or when at least one of the following weather conditions is met: W, T1, P0, A0;
- allows Sims to hunt bugs autonomously only when all of the autonomous hunting conditions are met and their nature enthusiasm is at least 6 points or their predistinated hobby is nature, in addition to the previously mentioned conditions;
- fixes the icon of the autonomous hunting interaction, it was binoculars originally;
- makes the interaction chased by bees not clear the interaction queue of a Sim who's been hunting bugs.
Additionally, I highly recommend Bug Collection Fix by Cyjon to be able to catch every bug.
Use the ordinary version of the mod unless instructions in the conflicts section say otherwise.
Use only one version at a time.
Butter- and fireflies mod
- makes butter- and fireflies not appear or fly away when at least one of the following weather conditions is met: W, T0 (for butterflies) or T1 (for fireflies), P0, A0;
- allows butter- and fireflies to fly away after interacting with them: 25% chance after chasing or failing to catch them, 100% chance after successful catching;
- makes the lifespan of butter- and fireflies swarm random: from 1 to 5 hours. Originally, their lifespan was always 4 hours;
- allows Sims to catch butter- and fireflies autonomously only when all of the autonomous hunting conditions are met, and when they're children or have at least 8 points of playfulness;
- makes Sims' willingness to catch butter- and fireflies increase with their enthusiasm for nature.
You can change the chances and the lifespan by editing the behavior constant from this file in SimPe.
Additionally, I recommend my No Jars Leaving mod to prevent unselectable Sims from leaving jars with butter- and fireflies on lots.
Use the ordinary version of the mod unless instructions in the conflicts section say otherwise.
Use only one version at a time.
Butter- and fireflies spawning mod
- prevents butter- and fireflies from spawning when at least one of the following weather conditions is met: W, T0 (for butterflies) or T1 (for fireflies), P0, A0;
- allows up to 5 swarms of butter- or fireflies to be on a lot at the same time, there could be only one swarm originally;
- makes the probability of spawning (once an hour) a swarm of butter- or fireflies depend not only on the current season but also on the plants outside, and on the number of currently flying swarms:
- The base probabilities of spawning butterflies are: 15% in Spring, 10% in Summer, 0% in Fall; of spawning fireflies: 10% in Spring, 15% in Summer, 0% in Fall. The original chances were 20% – 10% – 5% for butterflies, and 10% – 20% – 5% for fireflies.
- Every swarm of butter- or fireflies on the lot decreases the probability by 6 percent points.
- The probability is increased by 5 p.p. if there is at least one tree, shrub, or alive flowerbed on the lot.
- Every shrub outside increases the probability by 2 p.p., every tree – by 1 p.p., every blooming flowerbed – by 3 p.p., every not-blooming but alive flowerbed – by 1 p.p.
You can change the chances by editing the behavior constants from this file in SimPe.
Hiking mod
- makes Sims being on a hike unable to catch bugs or be chased by bees when at least one of the following weather conditions is met: W, T1, P0, A0.
Ladybugs mod
- allows ladybugs (from a ladybug house named Lovely LadyBug Loft) to fly only between 7 AM and 7 PM;
- prevents ladybugs from flying when at least one of the following weather conditions is met: W, T0, P0, A1.
Roaches mod
- makes roaches outside die when at least one of the following weather conditions is met: T1, P1, A1;
- prevents roaches from spawning (e.g. under a pile of trash) outside under the above conditions;
- makes dead roaches under deep snow disappear just like leaves do.
Conflicts
My mod | Conflicting mod | Way to resolve | Comment |
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Bugs hunting | Anti Fly Catching by Pescado | My mod must load after Pescado's mod. | The features of Pescado's mod related to bug hunting will be replaced with features of my mod. In case you also use the butter- and fireflies mod and a mod changing autonomy of birdwatching (eg. Sensible Birdwatching), Anti Fly Catching becomes useless. |
Bug Hunt No Queue Stomp by Pescado | Don't use it with my mod. | Pescado's mod is incorporated in my mod. | |
Hates The Outdoors – No Auto Bug Hunt, a part of Random Assortment of Trait Mods by DeeDee | Don't use it with my mod. | ||
The bug jar part of Less Apparition by beestew | Use the lessApparition version of my mod. My mod must load after beestew's mod. | ||
Social Bug Hunting (Changes) by Pick'N'Mix | Don't use it with my mod. | When they're used together, some features of one or another mod won't work – depending on the load order. | |
Butter- and fireflies | Anti Fly Catching by Pescado | My mod must load after Pescado's mod. | The features of Pescado's mod related to butter- and fireflies will be replaced with features of my mod. In case you also use the bugs hunting mod and a mod changing autonomy of birdwatching (eg. Sensible Birdwatching), Anti Fly Catching becomes useless. |
The bug jar part of Less Apparition by beestew | Use the lessApparition version of my mod. My mod must load after beestew's mod. | ||
Butter- and fireflies spawning | More Frequent Capturable Bugs by joninmobile | Don't use it with my mod. | |
No Butterflies or Fireflies | Don't use it with my mod. | ||
Ladybugs | Anti Garden Lag by Pescado | In case flying ladybugs and pests cause lags in your game, use Pescado's mod instead of my mod. | |
Sensible Ladybug Swarms by jfade | Don't use it with my mod. | ||
Roaches | No More Roaches by Squinge | Don't use it with my mod. |
Overridden resources
Resource name | Type name | Group/object name | Type | Group | Instance |
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simNopke-insectsSanity-bugsHunting and simNopke-insectsSanity-bugsHunting-lessApparition | |||||
Interaction - Bug Hunt Autonomous | Behaviour Function | PersonGlobals | 0x42484156 | 0x7F01EC29 | 0x0000251F |
Interaction - Bug Hunt Autonomous - TEST | Behaviour Function | PersonGlobals | 0x42484156 | 0x7F01EC29 | 0x0000252E |
Interaction - Hunt Bugs | Behaviour Function | Controller - Bug Collection | 0x42484156 | 0x7F93FBA3 | 0x00001005 |
Interaction - Hunt Bugs - TEST | Behaviour Function | Destination - For Go Here & Shoo | 0x42484156 | 0x7F1F956A | 0x0000108C |
simNopke-insectsSanity-butterAndFireflies and simNopke-insectsSanity-butterAndFireflies-lessApparition | |||||
Function - Main | Behaviour Function | Social - Catch Flies | 0x42484156 | 0x7FF5C46C | 0x00001006 |
Interaction - Catch | Behaviour Function | Social - Catch Flies | 0x42484156 | 0x7FF5C46C | 0x00001001 |
Interaction - Catch Test | Behaviour Function | Social - Catch Flies | 0x42484156 | 0x7FF5C46C | 0x00001000 |
Interaction - Chase Flies | Behaviour Function | Social - Catch Flies | 0x42484156 | 0x7FF5C46C | 0x0000100A |
Sub - Set Down Jar | Behaviour Function | Social - Catch Flies | 0x42484156 | 0x7FF5C46C | 0x00001005 |
simNopke-insectsSanity-butterAndFirefliesSpawning | |||||
Spawn Flies? | Behaviour Function | Controller - Capturable - Flies | 0x42484156 | 0x7F18F083 | 0x00001002 |
Tuning - Spawn Butterflies | Behaviour Constant | Controller - Capturable - Flies | 0x42434F4E | 0x7F18F083 | 0x00001001 |
Tuning - Spawn Fireflies | Behaviour Constant | Controller - Capturable - Flies | 0x42434F4E | 0x7F18F083 | 0x00001000 |
simNopke-insectsSanity-hiking | |||||
Sub - Chance Cards - Determine | Behaviour Function | Controller - Hiking | 0x42484156 | 0x7F45ED00 | 0x0000100D |
simNopke-insectsSanity-ladybugs | |||||
– | Object Functions | Garden - Ladybug Box | 0x4F424A66 | 0x7F8841AE | 0x000041A7 |
Function - Main | Garden - Ladybug Box | Behaviour Function | 0x42484156 | 0x7F8841AE | 0x00001001 |
simNopke-insectsSanity-roaches | |||||
Function - Main | Behaviour Function | RoachGlobals | 0x42484156 | 0x7FEC2140 | 0x00002000 |
Sub - Create Cockroaches | Behaviour Function | Trash - Trash Pile | 0x42484156 | 0x7FD0658A | 0x0000100D |
Resource name | Type name | Group/object name | Type | Group | Instance |
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simNopke-insectsSanity-butterAndFireflies | |||||
Tuning - Overrides | Behaviour Constant | Social - Catch Flies | 0x42434F4E | 0x7FF5C46C | 0x00001005 |
Tuning - Overrides | Behaviour Constant Labels | Social - Catch Flies | 0x5452434E | 0x7FF5C46C | 0x00001005 |
simNopke-insectsSanity-butterAndFirefliesSpawning | |||||
Tuning - Spawn Butterflies | Behaviour Constant Labels | Controller - Capturable - Flies | 0x5452434E | 0x7F18F083 | 0x00001001 |
Tuning - Spawn Fireflies | Behaviour Constant Labels | Controller - Capturable - Flies | 0x5452434E | 0x7F18F083 | 0x00001000 |
simNopke-insectsSanity-core | |||||
Insects - Awake? | Behaviour Function | Globals | 0x42484156 | 0x7FD46CD0 | 0x00000782 |
Insects - Awake? | Edith Simantics Behaviour Labels | Globals | 0x54505250 | 0x7FD46CD0 | 0x00000782 |
simNopke-insectsSanity-ladybugs | |||||
Sub - Should Ladybugs Fly? | Behaviour Function | Garden - Ladybug Box | 0x42484156 | 0x7F8841AE | 0x00001002 |
Sub - Should Ladybugs Fly? | Edith Simantics Behaviour Labels | Garden - Ladybug Box | 0x54505250 | 0x7F8841AE | 0x00001002 |
Function - Load | Behaviour Function | Garden - Ladybug Box | 0x42484156 | 0x7F8841AE | 0x00001003 |
Ciastko
jfade (The Compressorizer!)
Rosawyn
Creators of SimPe
This mod has specific instructions!
Use only one version of the bug hunting mod at a time.Use only one version of the butter- and fireflies mod at a time.
Filename | Size | Downloads | Date | |||||
simNopke-insectsSanity-bugsHunting.zip
Size: 1.7 KB · Downloads: 1,560 · 1st Jun 2020 |
1.7 KB | 1,560 | 1st Jun 2020 | |||||
simNopke-insectsSanity-bugsHunting-lessApparition.zip
Size: 1.7 KB · Downloads: 235 · 4th Jul 2021 |
1.7 KB | 235 | 4th Jul 2021 | |||||
simNopke-insectsSanity-butterAndFireflies.zip
Size: 1.9 KB · Downloads: 1,541 · 1st Jun 2020 |
1.9 KB | 1,541 | 1st Jun 2020 | |||||
simNopke-insectsSanity-butterAndFireflies-lessApparition.zip
Size: 2.0 KB · Downloads: 229 · 4th Jul 2021 |
2.0 KB | 229 | 4th Jul 2021 | |||||
simNopke-insectsSanity-butterAndFirefliesSpawning.zip
Size: 1.2 KB · Downloads: 1,287 · 25th May 2020 |
1.2 KB | 1,287 | 25th May 2020 | |||||
simNopke-insectsSanity-core.zip
| Every other mod from this bunch requires this mod.
Size: 703 Bytes · Downloads: 1,797 · 1st Sep 2021 |
703 Bytes | 1,797 | 1st Sep 2021 | |||||
simNopke-insectsSanity-hiking.zip
Size: 611 Bytes · Downloads: 1,493 · 25th May 2020 |
611 Bytes | 1,493 | 25th May 2020 | |||||
simNopke-insectsSanity-ladybugs.zip
Size: 783 Bytes · Downloads: 1,514 · 25th May 2020 |
783 Bytes | 1,514 | 25th May 2020 | |||||
simNopke-insectsSanity-roaches.zip
Size: 904 Bytes · Downloads: 1,624 · 1st Sep 2021 |
904 Bytes | 1,624 | 1st Sep 2021 | |||||
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– Object Mods
: Object Interaction Mods (things that change how sims interact with objects or their environment, like "Multi-owner door" or "sunbathe anywhere")
– Global Mods
: Mods that change the way the game works without requiring any user intervention.
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