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Lady Ravendancer's Magical Arcana

by Sophie-David Posted 5th Apr 2016 at 6:43 AM - Updated 16th Apr 2017 at 6:44 PM by Sophie-David : Normalized title.
 
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Theorist
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#26 Old 21st Aug 2016 at 5:19 AM Last edited by Sophie-David : 21st Aug 2016 at 12:57 PM.
UPDATE August 20, 2016: Improved Routing & Teacher Selection

a) Sims who are already sitting in a good location to either speak from or listen to the speaker will no longer jump up and attempt to find another seat.

b) If Apartment Life is installed, the book will now warn that the game may momentarily freeze before an NPC Witch appears.

c) If an NPC Witch has to be freshly created (i.e. the game has not yet made a witch during a visit to a community lot), a Sim in muggle clothing will no longer appear prior to being converted into a witch or warlock (interestingly, in this situation the selected NPC may be male or female, or even an elder).

d) Seated NPC teachers who disappear immediately after finishing a session, such as the Ideal Plantsim or the Repo Man, will no longer busy-out the chair they were using so that it cannot be used again.

e) Invited teachers are now consistently announced by full name.

Please download sdRavendancerReadingDesks_WithBooks.zip for this update.
Theorist
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#27 Old 29th Aug 2016 at 2:09 AM
UPDATE August 28, 2016:

This release fixes an error with the Ravendancer series on complex lots: with Auto-Invite On it was possible for two NPCs to appear and try to teach at the book.

Please download sdRavendancerReadingDesks_WithBooks.zip for this update.
Test Subject
#28 Old 9th Oct 2016 at 11:08 PM
Default Texts Not Working
Hi. I downloaded Ravendancer's Magical Arcana Lectern and Books, as well as Chris Hatch's Medium Religion Mod.

I tried this on multiple community lots and a residential lot. I placed an open book and a closed book on the lectern. Waited more than ten minutes. Nothing happens. So far none of the texts are working. I only get the option to Disable the text. If I do that, then I get the option to make it active again.

In one circumstance, it worked, but then stopped again:

When I went to a community lot without a sim and used Chris Hatch's Heaven & Hell Fairy Statue to temporarily give the community lot a Live Mode, the texts worked, but only one time. NPC teacher automatically spawned and the Nun could learn. I saved the lot and went back to Neighborhood View. Of course, having a sim visit this lot showed me that the NPC would not spawn, only giving the option to Disable the text. So, I re-entered the community lot without a sim and used the Heaven & Hell Fairy to activate Live Mode again. Now the text would no longer spawn an NPC. The only option available is to Disable it.

However, this does tell me that the texts do, and should, work.... What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any help in advance,
Courtney
Theorist
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#29 Old 10th Oct 2016 at 3:08 AM
I suspect there must be an incompatibility with the Medium Religion Mod. I have never used this mod so the Ravendancer books were not tested against it. Unfortunately I cannot help you with that, but if there is a way to temporarily disable the mod then you might have some success.
Test Subject
#30 Old 11th Oct 2016 at 1:27 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Sophie-David
I suspect there must be an incompatibility with the Medium Religion Mod. I have never used this mod so the Ravendancer books were not tested against it. Unfortunately I cannot help you with that, but if there is a way to temporarily disable the mod then you might have some success.


Hi! Thank you for responding so quickly. I didn't expect that. It's good to know there's still life around here.

I found a solution shortly after posting this. For whatever reason, the texts work but not when placed on the lecterns. Which is ironic, since they were made for each other.

Hope you're having a good day.

x X Courtney
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#31 Old 11th Oct 2016 at 4:43 AM
Quote: Originally posted by CourtONeal
Hi! Thank you for responding so quickly. I didn't expect that. It's good to know there's still life around here.

I found a solution shortly after posting this. For whatever reason, the texts work but not when placed on the lecterns. Which is ironic, since they were made for each other.

Hope you're having a good day.

x X Courtney
Thank you for checking this out and getting back to me. Yes, I am here pretty much every day.

That is odd that the texts do not work on the lecterns and that the NPCs do not even show up. BTW, there must be one free square in front of and behind the lectern. Do you have the books working on a counter or table?
Theorist
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#32 Old 12th Dec 2016 at 1:41 AM
College & Grade School ACCREDITED December 11th, 2016:

a) With this major upgrade, all the teaching items in the Magical Arcana set are now University and grade school accredited, meaning that school and college students will earn grade points while they attend the talks. Their educational progress will be displayed at the beginning and end of each tutorial session.

b) To support this more serious purpose, a proper dress code is now enforced for all teachers and students - no more attending lectures in pajamas or swimsuits! Children and teens who are not magicicans will dress in private school uniforms.

c) Lecturers who teach autonomously are now more likely to stay on the job.

d) For students of the occult, magic alignment and skill status is displayed at the beginning and end of each learning session.

e) The placement rules for the reading desks are changed to prevent the back of the object (where the Sim stands) from being occupied by another object, but to allow the front to be placed next to a railing such as might exist on a raised stage.

f) A bug that caused listeners not to use audience seating has been fixed. My thanks to gazania for confirming this problem.

g) In checking for valid audience seating, bar stools are now approved for use.

h) The Book of Light now supports the Blessing and Healing options introduced in The Orb of Enlightenment. The Good Witch NPC can be asked to bless the current lot or to heal any sick Sim on the lot.

i) Similarly, the Necronomicon can now be used to ask the Evil Witch NPC to curse the current lot or to sicken any selectable Sim present.

Please download sdRavendancerReadingDesks_WithBooks.zip for this update. Ideally, NPCs who are teaching on a residential lot should be dismissed before installing this update. However, if you find that an NPC such as the Bon Voyage Ninja ends a teaching session without disappearing as he should, this release allows the NPC to be recalled and then dismissed properly.
Theorist
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#33 Old 17th Dec 2016 at 5:14 AM
UPDATE December 16th, 2016: Routing Improvement

Enthusiastic listeners will now go to the front of the class to attend the talk, rather than the rear.
Turquoise Dragon
retired moderator THANKS POST
#34 Old 8th Feb 2017 at 6:18 PM
Thanks for your items! I am making a Harry Potter type neighborhood, set in the 1920s, and this will all fit in nicely at the local wizard school
Theorist
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#35 Old 9th Feb 2017 at 3:18 AM
Quote: Originally posted by gdayars
Thanks for your items! I am making a Harry Potter type neighborhood, set in the 1920s, and this will all fit in nicely at the local wizard school

Great! Being a Pot-head myself, that's what I had in mind.
Test Subject
#36 Old 24th Dec 2017 at 11:44 PM
These are super awesome! I'm loving these magical lecture items! I'll be using these for a magickal academy later on, but these work great for my royal family. I do have a question, though, are you up for ideas on another mod? I've been thinking that evil witches should not be crafting cures, lately.

I'm the artistic weirdo next door!
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#37 Old 12th Jan 2018 at 5:37 PM
Quote: Originally posted by BillieJean1992
These are super awesome! I'm loving these magical lecture items! I'll be using these for a magickal academy later on, but these work great for my royal family. I do have a question, though, are you up for ideas on another mod? I've been thinking that evil witches should not be crafting cures, lately.
Thank you BillieJean and I am glad you like them.

Unfortunately I do not take requests. I am currently on hiatus, but when I do resume with Sims 2 creation I already have an large project list.
Test Subject
#38 Old 14th Jan 2018 at 8:52 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Sophie-David
Thank you BillieJean and I am glad you like them.

Unfortunately I do not take requests. I am currently on hiatus, but when I do resume with Sims 2 creation I already have an large project list.


That's fine. Do you know anyone who might be interested in the idea of having an evil witch making transforming potions?

I'm the artistic weirdo next door!
Theorist
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#39 Old 23rd Jan 2018 at 5:00 AM
Quote: Originally posted by BillieJean1992
That's fine. Do you know anyone who might be interested in the idea of having an evil witch making transforming potions?
No, I'm sorry, I do not.
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