Mod The Sims - Buyable Fishing Spawners *UPDATED*

Buyable Fishing Spawners *UPDATED*

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Posted 24th Jul 2009 at 01:09 AM - Updated 26th Jul 2009 at 07:16 PM by Snaitf - Viewed 104360 times. Direct link to this thread

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Tags: #fishing, #spawn, #Snaitf, #build, #object

Now your sims can fish at home!

EDIT - Yes, you could always fish at home, but these allow you to catch fish that you couldn't before.

Simply go into Build mode and find all the fishing spawners under the 'Rocks' category (there are no miscellaneous or fishing categories, so I simply chose rocks.) And place them in a pond. Placing them in a pool or on solid ground does nothing.

EDIT - Seems I'm wrong, placing them on solid ground does NOT do nothing. When the spawner is placed, it is placed underground. So placing a spawner, then digging a pond over that spot will still get the fish to show up. And leveling your pond does not delete the fish, it simply hides them.

They can't be seen once placed, but if they were placed in a pond, they can still be picked up and moved, just kinda wave your pointer around until you can click on them.

They don't have any discernable thumbnails, but the titles are fairly self-explanatory. Each spawner is labeled as to what fish can be caught. For example "Fishing Spawner Lake Common 1" or "Fishing Spawner Lake Common 2" will have the freshwater common fish.

They are free to place.

They do NOT replace any original content, I simply created a clone of each spawner and enabled them in build mode under the rocks category.

For a list of which fish appear as common, uncommon, rare, lake (fresh water), and ocean (salt walter), and what skill levels you need to catch them, click here.

I've tested these and found no problems, but if you find something I haven't, please let me know.

***UPDATE***

I've replaced the ugly 'box' tumbnails with some more appropriate ones. That way they won't be confused with the other spawners (beetles, rocks, butterflies, etc) that I will be doing soon.

Just redownload and replace/overwrite the original.

Thanks to Srikandi for ideas, testing, carifications, etc.

2101 people have said thanks to Snaitf for this download.

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24th Jul 2009, 01:13 AM

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24th Jul 2009, 01:13 AM	#2
jamaicanstacie Test Subject Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 19	Thanks so much for this. I've wanted to fish in the pond on my lot since the game came out. Hooray to you!!!!

24th Jul 2009, 01:31 AM	#3
Quackhead Test Subject Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 13	found under "Rocks" eh?!! Red snappers snappin' Clam shells clappin' Mussels flexin' Flippers flippin' Let's Rock!
	Last edited by Quackhead : 24th Jul 2009 at 01:33 AM. Reason: addon

24th Jul 2009, 01:44 AM	#4
CallMeIrd Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 12	I've always been able to fish in my ponds at home. Do I have some hack I didn't know about, or does this just let you catch you fish you couldn't before?

24th Jul 2009, 01:47 AM	#5
Sookielee Instructor Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 553 Thanks: 319 in 1 Posts	Thanks, this is perfect for my angler sim. She has a pond on her lot already. Let the Fishing begin!

24th Jul 2009, 01:47 AM	#6
Nintai Lab Assistant Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 92	I can fish at home too, strange. Maybe it was only while at a maxis house with a pond they designed, I can't remember but I will have to check that out. Either way thanks for making this.
Nintai Lab Assistant Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 92	Come to the dark side. We have cookies.

24th Jul 2009, 01:54 AM	#7
Sierramist66 Test Subject Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 5	You've always been able to fish in a pond at a home lot, even if you put the pond in. The fish spawning sites have more rare fish than what you would normally catch. At least that's what my understanding was.

24th Jul 2009, 02:00 AM	#8
Snaitf Original Poster Sir Not Appearing In This Film Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 206 Thanks: 15189 in 34 Posts	Updated the thumbs to get rid of the ugly 'box'. Please redownload
	Disease: Life Mortality Rate: 100%

24th Jul 2009, 02:05 AM	#9
Osier Test Subject Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 8	Sweet 'lil mod, thank you very much for this.

24th Jul 2009, 02:15 AM	#10
ellywig Lab Assistant Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 74	This is awesome, and can't wait for the butterfly etc spawners! Also looking for the answer the first poster asked :3

24th Jul 2009, 02:25 AM	#11
Vanito Scholar Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,412 Thanks: 4405 in 21 Posts	You can get rare fish in your pond by catching ten of them.. then you can fill a pond with fish breeds of your choice. I have a deathfish pond and a vampire fish & lobster pond at one home. This is easier though.
	"If I were not hijacked by my ex I could have been doing REAL science." - Stephen Hawking

24th Jul 2009, 03:04 AM	#12
wildphoenix22 Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 39	This is brilliant! A definite must for building community lots!!

24th Jul 2009, 03:21 AM	#13
Corylea Scholar Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,173 Thanks: 848 in 2 Posts	Ooooh! I had my sims fish in their ponds all the time after Free Time came out, and I was sad that they couldn't in TS3. (Well, they COULD, but they wouldn't catch anything.) Thank you so much for making these!
	"You must be the change you want to see in the world." -- Gandhi

24th Jul 2009, 03:24 AM	#14
Moonstruck Muse Test Subject Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 36	Well now I'm entirely perplexed as to if commenters are speaking on the Sims2 or the Sims3.... But hey, if in my Sims3 my sims indeed won't catch anything at ponds at home, thanks a lot for this!

24th Jul 2009, 03:24 AM	#15
kakomike9 Lab Assistant Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 70	Yes this is GREAT Thanks!!!!!!!

24th Jul 2009, 03:42 AM	#16
JagaTelesin Test Subject Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 36 Thanks: 1303 in 16 Posts	Nice, thanks. And I just spent an hour clearing the Goth lot so I could preserve their spawners in a new lot. chuckle Now I have the option of putting other spawners in.. golfclap
	--= J

24th Jul 2009, 03:42 AM	#17
wendera Test Subject Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 15	Yay, I had this kickass lake on my lot but no fishies!! Thanks a lot!

24th Jul 2009, 03:44 AM	#18
MasterKQR Test Subject Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1	You should edit the description and say which fish you can catch with each Spawner. But eitherway, amazing, I was just reading a topic in the forum about this same issue(fishing @ home). Coincidence...? I think not! o.0

24th Jul 2009, 03:50 AM	#19
lewisb40 Mad Poster Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,439 Thanks: 1848 in 22 Posts	This is monumental! Another threshold has been reached and I am so excited to be able to witness it. Thanks for the work you done to make this item playable and sharing with us!
	Still thinking...

24th Jul 2009, 03:53 AM	#20
Tarsier_1235 Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 13	Great! Thanks for the fish spawners! P.S. Couldnt you have made them Lilypads instead of rocks??? (just saying)

24th Jul 2009, 04:16 AM	#21
Zoltan3 Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5	Tried it, works great: caught some swordfish and sharks in the backyard and got them mounted

24th Jul 2009, 04:17 AM

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arikur

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Originally Posted by Quackhead

found under "Rocks" eh?!!

Red snappers snappin'
Clam shells clappin'
Mussels flexin'
Flippers flippin'

Let's Rock!

rock lobstah!

24th Jul 2009, 04:20 AM	#23
JanetteRaven Lab Assistant Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 98	Thanks so much! I can't wait for the butterfly spawners. I love butterflies!
	Last edited by JanetteRaven : 24th Jul 2009 at 04:34 AM.

24th Jul 2009, 05:00 AM	#24
Srikandi Pattern Pusher Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,397 Thanks: 11423 in 63 Posts	You could always fish at a home pond. By default, there's a small assortment of common freshwater fish that can be caught in any pond, and a small assortment of saltwater fish that can be caught in any ocean location. What the spawners are is special fish nodes, where fish jump, like you see in certain ponds on community lots and in the ocean. You have a greater chance to catch fish at these nodes, and the specific node you place determines the type/level of fish. So this will make it possible to have decorative jumping fish at home, to catch specific types of fish that you normally can't catch at home, or to make community lots which count as fishing sites. If you place just one fish node, the game recognizes the community lot as a fishing hole, unless the fish nodes are outnumbered by objects that force the lot into another category like park, beach, gym or library.
	Last edited by Srikandi : 24th Jul 2009 at 07:20 AM.

24th Jul 2009, 08:18 AM	#25
dlznyc Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 10	OMG! Someone finally did it. I have been wanting to do the same thing for quite a while but unfortunately I don't have the knowledge to make it happen. For those who don't know much about the fishing spawners, well, yes, you can catch all kinds of fish available in the game at any pond on a home lot if you use the stock pond option, but those spots will either be "not many fish" or "decent" spots which will never become "active" (where you can see fish jumping). Now, when you place a spawner in a pond, that spot will become an "active" spot which enables you to catch fish in a much faster pace. Now I can catch 5 fish in my home lot in an hour or 2, which normally takes more or less around 5 hours without the spawner. Thank you so much for making it happen!!!

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