Barista Beverages on the Coffee Machine

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Barista Beverages on the Coffee Machine

Post by littlelambsy » February 15th, 2019, 1:54 pm

I have icarus's mod for making Barista beverages on the coffee machine, and in the description of the mod it shows a variety of cups, including the regular cup. Does anyone know how to change the cup style when making herb teas, hot chocolate etc? I don't like the cardboard, tall coffee cup style and would rather keep the regular cup for at home use.

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Post by MissPatTS3 » March 11th, 2019, 6:37 pm

I wonder if it might involve more than a simple tuning tweak. The same modder introduced a custom designed glass to the nectar drinking animation, after attempting originally to simply override the nectar glass s.he didn't like with another pre-existing WA glass and it didn't work:

http://modthesims.info/d/528198/update- ... ement.html

Maybe repeat the steps involved in completing the mod above for the barista bar beverages and/or reach out to the aforementioned modder see if they'd be interested in your modding request?

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Post by littlelambsy » March 11th, 2019, 6:40 pm

Thanks MissPatTS3, I'll check it out :)

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Post by igazor » March 11th, 2019, 8:21 pm

MissPatTS3 wrote:
March 11th, 2019, 6:37 pm
...and/or reach out to the aforementioned modder see if they'd be interested in your modding request?
You may have some trouble reaching him. Icarus used to be a part time NRaas developer and regular contributor here as well as the producer of his own mods on MTS. I'm afraid he's been hibernating on us for a few years now. :(

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Post by MissPatTS3 » March 11th, 2019, 8:40 pm

igazor wrote:
March 11th, 2019, 8:21 pm
You may have some trouble reaching him.

What a pity! I have many of his mods in my game, he's such a talented individual. Hopefully he returns some day...

@littlelambsy: I'll try to look at the barista bar's code this week-end. It won't hurt to follow my own advice above and try to dig up something from the code following icarus's method for developing the nectar glasses replacement mod.

Will def' keep you posted.

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Post by littlelambsy » March 11th, 2019, 8:44 pm

Thanks MissPatTS3, I appreciate that :)

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Post by MissPatTS3 » March 19th, 2019, 10:36 pm

Here's the update @littlelambsy:

I looked up the coffee machine code with DebugEnabler and I was able to identify the specific names and IDs of the unwanted cardboard cups. Unfortunately, as I anticipated, replacing them with the regular cups cannot be achieved easily. It would involve the creation of a custom script mod, much like the aforementioned nectar glass replacement mod of icarus.

It's beyond my modding knowledge as of today but I suggest you submit this custom mod request to Chain (maybe rename this thread and add "[custom mod request]" in the title?) as I understand Chain might look into mod requests in the future, as his time permits.

Fingers crossed the mod will be live some day :) I agree with you that regular cups for energy drinks and especially for tea-based beverages would add more realism when sims drink indoors.

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Post by littlelambsy » March 19th, 2019, 10:51 pm

Thanks MissPat, I appreciate you taking the time to look at this. I will just live with the cardboard cups for now. I thought it would be more hassle than it's worth. :)

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Post by MissPatTS3 » March 19th, 2019, 11:51 pm

Good call!

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