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Mod for Parties?

Post by Ketmedaz » November 12th, 2018, 7:47 pm

Is there a mod for party invites? I get an invite and then have to search the map to find the house so I can make it there on time. Another more minor issue I have is I'll get an hour's notice and then my sim is too tired to party. With more notice I can shift their sleep schedule slightly.  Is there a mod that marks the parties on the map before they begin and/or gives more time?

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Post by igazor » November 14th, 2018, 11:30 am

Hi there. Sorry this post hasn't received any responses yet. But I do not know of any mods that affect parties thrown by inactive residents (those not being played actively). The whole scenario is pretty difficult to work through and not the best thought-out feature of the game. Many of us choose to ignore the invites, for the most part, and try to concentrate on the parties our own sims throw as those are comparatively so much easier and more fun to control.

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Post by Tropical Insomniac » November 16th, 2018, 1:26 am

While searching for party-related settings in another thread, I discovered there are over 100 settings related to NPC parties which Retuner can access. Some which look like they might might help you, Ketmedaz are:

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Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.HouseParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kChanceForInvitationToNpcParty;0.4;;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kNpcPartyParams;2;;MinPartyTime;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kHoursBeforePartyToDisplayInvitation;5;;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyStartingSoonHours;1;;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyDurationInHours;3.5;0;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyDurationInHours;6;1;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kChanceOfPartyForDaysOfWeek;0.33;0;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kChanceOfPartyForDaysOfWeek;0.2;1;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kChanceOfPartyForDaysOfWeek;0.2;2;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kChanceOfPartyForDaysOfWeek;0.2;3;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kChanceOfPartyForDaysOfWeek;0.33;4;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kChanceOfPartyForDaysOfWeek;0.85;5;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kChanceOfPartyForDaysOfWeek;0.85;6;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesSunday;12;0;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesSunday;13.5;1;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesSunday;15;2;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesMonday;16.5;0;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesMonday;19;1;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesMonday;20.5;2;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesTuesday;16.5;0;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesTuesday;19;1;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesTuesday;20.5;2;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesWednesday;16.5;0;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesWednesday;19;1;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesWednesday;20.5;2;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesThursday;16.5;0;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesThursday;19;1;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesThursday;22;2;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesFriday;17.5;0;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesFriday;21;1;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesFriday;22;2;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesSaturday;12;0;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesSaturday;20;1;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kPartyTimesSaturday;22;2;;;
Sims3.Gameplay.Situations.NpcParty,Sims3GameplaySystems;kChanceForcePreferredStartTime;0.4;;;;

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Mod for Parties?

Post by Ketmedaz » November 16th, 2018, 9:33 pm

Thank you!
Where do I get to these options

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Post by Tropical Insomniac » November 16th, 2018, 10:29 pm

You need to have Retuner installed, then click on a computer, select NRaas, then Retuner, then Settings, then General, then By Tunable XML.

That'll bring up a big list of settings. The settings I listed above are under Sims3.Gameplay.Situations. From there, all but the first individual settings are under NpcParty. In Retuner the specific settings appear to be in alphabetical order, while the list I posted is not.

I should mention that I haven't tested that these settings actually do what they appear to do based on their names.

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