Cassandra The Spellcaster

First Call, Sims 4 Infants Patch is Coming Soon!!

(graphic credit: Bonxie)

It's almost time, the Infants are Coming!! Before the patch on March 14 breaks mods and custom content in preparation for the March 16 Sims 4 Growing Together expansion pack, I thought I'd run through a few things you'll need to know about, ahead of time.

When you load up after the patch, Mods and CC are going to be disabled by EA. This is fine, we're expecting a lot of things to break, and this time, it most likely will include MCCC.

We on Deaderpool's Discord recommend taking all of your mods/cc OUT, not leaving them sitting "turned off" (disabled) in your Mods folder. There's no guarantee the game can't see them anyway, so for the cleanest test, we always say to move the files out into a folder on the Desktop. You need this "game only" benchmark to see how things are supposed to behave, or to see if what isn't working properly is a problem in the game code, itself. 

Most of the time, we would actually recommend a "mc-vanilla" test, which means to ONLY leave MCCC in your mods folder... but in the case of a Big Patch, until Deaderpool has a chance to evaluate (and hotfix) MCCC for code changes that might cause the mod to give you unexpected issues in game, "true vanilla" (mod/cc free) would be where to start testing.

By the way, if you need help getting your files organized ahead of the patch, you can find a downloadable Mods folder template here, courtesy of Shino Nox.

Without benefit of MCCC's mc_lastexception.html error file to help dig for errors, once you have your game-only test run completed, the next thing to do would be a 50/50. Make a copy of your save file, to safeguard against accidentally saving while your mods and cc are not in the game. (Don't worry, if you DO happen to save your main file this way, just come right away and ask us on Discord how to recover from it.)

One tip we've learned over the years is that you might be able to rule out entire sections of files with two basic tests: 

One test with all of your cc & no mods (except MCCC, as long as it's working properly)

One test with all of your script/game-changing mods, and none of your extra custom content. (You would need to keep all of a mod's pieces together, both ts4script and package files.)

If either test results in any kind of error, you'll need to drill down through those files with the 50/50 technique, to find what's broken.

Luth's forum posts and Scarlet's mod list are both excellent resources. You may notice I'm not linking to any specific forum post. The reason is, Luth/luthienrising starts new patch threads in the section I did link, as needed. You'll be able to spot it once she has created it.

Last month, our team on Discord celebrated our sixth anniversary of helping players.  Don't panic once the patch is live, just swing by and see us for help.  If you can't get in, because you've been banned for some reason, our appeal process is outlined here. 

Most questions you might have are probably answered in the #server-info channel. PLEASE read it, before approaching us in support. It will make everything easier, for both of us. 

Thanks for your time, and, good luck with the patch!!

𝕡𝕦𝕞𝕡𝕜𝕚𝕟 ℙ𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙 I was inspired by one of my favorite simmers, @oshinsims, to go vanilla, or at least have a vanilla save and its been really refreshing.

Trying a new sims making style ✨

servin lewks

spooky Day with the Wilkes’

Typical day for the Willows

Cleo teaching her grandma, Rose, how to work her cellphone

List of Custom Holidays!

Here is a list of custom holidays I created in my save!

SPRING HOLIDAYS -

Spring Cleaning (Cleaning, Gardening)

Festival of Flowers (Flower Bunny, Egg Hunt, Gardening, Give Flowers, Decorate)

Mother’s Day (Give Flowers, Give Gifts, Go on Vacation or Travel, Thankful Spirit, Remembrance)

Mayhem Day (Fighting, Give Gifts (Prank Gifts), Mischief Spirit, Streaking, Air Grievances)

Romance Film Festival (Right before love day) (Watch Romantic TV)

Founder’s Day (Appreciate an Object, Attend Holiday Ceremony, Thankful Spirit, Make Resolutions, Decorate)

Memorial Day (Remembrance, Tell Stories, Fasting, Appreciate an Object)

SUMMER HOLIDAYS -

Game Night (Games, Invite Guests)

Father’s Day (Go on a Vacation or Travel, Thankful Spirit, Remembrance, Give Gifts)

Get Gains (Exercise, Sports TV)

A Midsummer Night (Bar-B-Que, Fire, Fireworks, Invite Guests, Water Fun)

Explorer’s Day [Summer] (Invite Guests, Go on a Vacation or Travel)

Axiom’s Summer Music Fest (Party Spirit, Invite Guests, Go on A Vacation or Travel, Drinking, Art & Music Spirit)

Summer Cooldown (Last day of Summer) (Bar-B-Que, Water Fun, Streaking)

FALL HOLIDAYS -

World Club Day (Go on a Vacation or Travel, Invite Guests, Party Spirit, Art & Music Spirit, Appreciate an Object) 

The ‘Big Game’ (Sports TV, Party Spirit, Invite Guests, Drinking, Bar-B-Que) 

The Big Sale (Go on Vacation or Travel, Appreciate an Object, Fighting)

WINTER HOLIDAYS -

A Mid-Winter Night (Bar-B-Que, Fire, Polar Bear Plunge, Water Fun, Streaking) 

Explorer’s Day [Winter] (Go on a Vacation or Travel, Invite Guests) (Encourages vacationing)

Origin ID: JaySchex

getting settled.. ☕