Basemental Drugs 7.13.165
Added 2021-03-08 11:46:30 +0000 UTCYet another sidetrack from the more extensive feature I am working on, but hopefully you'll like this as much as I do.
Changing World
- Changed prices on a regional basis
- New MDMA batches on the streets
Bust The Dust Kit
- Added Optional Package
- Removed Sparkles from clean lots
- Dust Bunnies only appearing for tripping Sims
- Dust Bunnies only interactive for tripping Sims
- Tweak the speed of dust accumulation through Settings
- Removed some functionalities from Dust Bunnies
- Custom rename interaction for Dust Bunnies
Other
- Pregnant Sims will no longer autonomously drink drinks
- Pregnant Sims will no longer autonomously drink beer
Bust The Dust Kit
I liked the idea of having to vacuum clean your house, as it adds an additional bit of micro managing, but there is a few things to this pack that made it uninteresting to the point of it not being playable for me personally. Therefore I added a new Optional package for everyone who has the Bust The Dust kit installed and want it to be more realistic and more aligned with Basemental Drugs.
Dust Accumulation
First and foremost, the accumulation of dust from this kit is ridiculous. It takes hours before your house has dust all over and is filled with silly bunnies (more on them later). If you want to slow down the speed of dust accumulation, head over to the Basemental Settings by clicking any Sim > Drugs > Settings then click "Bust The Dust".
From this sub menu you can adjust how quickly dust gets accumulated.
- Normal Accumulation = How Maxis intended
- Slow Accumulation = Approximately 1 day before it gets dusty
- Slowest Accumulation = Approximately 2 days before it gets dusty
Sparkles
With the kit, a clean house is filled with sparkles. Like.. sparkly animations that pop up all over the place all the time. I felt this was silly so I removed those.
Dust Bunnies
Speaking of silly... Having these bunnies all over is (at least to me) incredibly immersion breaking, so what I did with these little buggers is to only have a chance of them spawning if a Sim nearby is tripping on a heavy dose of either Ayahuasca, Shrooms or LSD. Furthermore, they can only be interacted with by the Sim that is tripping, as to emulate other Sims not being able to see them at all. Personally I feel like this is the only way they make sense to me.
I have also removed some of the interactions from them, like the overpowered "find me a valuable item please" and "befriend" option, as the former was as mentioned, overpowered, and the latter doesn't make sense as this option will keep them around after cleaning up the house, but with this optional package they will get removed once a Sim comes down from a trip.
Life Without Bunnies
Assuming your Sim isn't tripping 24/7, this pack is actually pretty darn sweet without those bunnies and the dust accumulation tuned to slow. Houses looks dusty eventually and you can enjoy dirty environments with dust particles in the air for your grittier lots without being distracted by silly rabbits.
Other
I made some additional tweaks to pregnant Sims and drinking, as it is now they shouldn't be able to autonomously drink alcohol what so ever, whereas with the last version of it they were just excluded from autonomously ordering drinks.
Venue List
To make sure this works you need to download the updated Basemental Drugs venue list provided in this post. If you have Basemental Gangs installed, please delete that venue list and install this one instead, I recommend installing this venue list in a separate folder directly in your Mods folder called: Basemental Venue List
The reason I don't recommend you having it in your Gangs folder is that I will keep the venue list separated from the Gangs mod from now on, as it doesn't make sense uploading a whole new version of Gangs just due to some minor changes to that Venue List.
If you already have this Venue List installed from the previous venue list update you don't need to update it.
Choose one of these 2 installation methods. Not both.
Basemental Drugs Installer (WINDOWS ONLY)
- Delete all the old Basemental Drugs files from your Mods folder.*
- Download this Basemental Drugs.exe file.
- Run the Basemental Drugs.exe file.
- Choose which Optional Packages you want included.
- Delete your localthumbcache.package
* If you installed from the installer previously, you can delete the old files by launching the file called unins000.exe in your Basemental Drugs folder.
Basemental Drugs Zip (WINDOWS OR MAC)
- Delete all the old Basemental Drugs files from your Mods folder.
- Download the Basemental Drugs zip file.
- Unzip the Basemental Drugs zip file.
- Place the files in a folder titled Basemental Drugs in your Mods folder.
- Delete the Basemental Drugs zip file.
- Delete your localthumbcache.package
FOR SUPPORT WITH THIS MOD - HEAD OVER TO MY DISCORD SERVER
Comments
Like I replied to the above commenters: Head over to the support channel on the Discord server and send over the LE's. There is in fact nothing in this patch that touches in on any of Drugs and/or Gangs features. Even though Drugs and Gangs might show up in the LE, there's a high chance of it just being script injectors that is touched along the way of creating the LE. Does not necessarily mean that they are the actual cause of the LE. But, like I said, it is better to head over to the support channel to send the LE's over so we can look at them for you and help you out with them. The links to the support channel is in the bottom of the post you are commenting on.
Basemental
2021-03-29 20:29:37 +0000 UTCYou need to read what I wrote above your comment
Basemental
2021-03-29 20:29:23 +0000 UTCSame here
amber
2021-03-29 10:51:52 +0000 UTCsame
Deja Cheatem
2021-03-29 00:22:53 +0000 UTCHead over to the support channel on the Discord server and send over the LE's. There is in fact nothing in this patch that touches in on any of Drugs and/or Gangs features. Even though Drugs and Gangs might show up in the LE, there's a high chance of it just being script injectors that is touched along the way of creating the LE. Does not necessarily mean that they are the actual cause of the LE. But, like I said, it is better to head over to the support channel to send the LE's over so we can look at them for you and help you out with them. The links to the support channel is in the bottom of the post you are commenting on.
Basemental
2021-03-25 20:04:31 +0000 UTCSame
JuicySaiyan
2021-03-24 03:52:55 +0000 UTCI'm getting LE's for Basemental Drugs and Basemental Gangs after this latest patch. FYI :)
BlackPiano
2021-03-24 01:13:15 +0000 UTCI've also been wondering about a couple of 'extra' venue files. For instance, LMS has her MoreBuyableVenuesList.package (which I'm not using) but also an extra _DestinationAddon.package venueslist file (which I currently am using). And Zerbu has a file called Changes to Existing Venues.package, separate from his venuelist. It all starts to get a bit confusing even after reading your venue-list explanation, since everybody claims to have everyone else's venues in their list, but nobody mentions these 'extra' venue add-ons.
GeneSequence
2021-03-19 20:49:29 +0000 UTCThank you. I appreciate you!
Blarean50
2021-03-15 20:29:16 +0000 UTCNot necessarily a dumb question. LMS more buyable venues in and by itself without Sams venue list won't conflict. Hopefully this page will shed some more light on how Venue Lists works: https://basementalcc.com/venue-list/
Basemental
2021-03-15 20:24:06 +0000 UTCi have a dumb stupid question: if i have LMS more buyable venues, will this conflict?
Blarean50
2021-03-15 18:39:51 +0000 UTCIt's the bunnies appearing while trippin' for me! LMAO
Vita V
2021-03-14 16:16:12 +0000 UTCI thought the hate on the dust bunnies was just me. Glad to know you were ahead of this and the dust accumulation. I thought it was just too fast, and, as you said, immersion breaking. Now, if only we can shorten down the vacuum time. The maid came over and worked a 12 hour shift, vacuuming the entire time, and leaving "disposable" dust all over the house. He vacuumed the hall for 12 hours and then started flirting with Penny. What a waste of 50 simoleans! He must have worked too hard, because he didn't show up the next day. And why doesn't the robovac work, huh, EA? Oh, my bad...wrong creators. You're the one who fixes things...I like you. Thanks again, tho. You just saved the kit.
Katchioga Bediako
2021-03-13 12:19:30 +0000 UTCI was excited to see them add more cleaning to the game, but was very disappointed with the execution. Now that you've released this beauty I think I'll actually get it once they work out the bugs. Thank you so much! Your content is amazing!
Cas
2021-03-12 15:18:53 +0000 UTCThank you so much for these updates!
David Billings
2021-03-12 01:12:21 +0000 UTCGreat idea with that dust bunny solution/scenario you came up with. What a creative genius you are!
EmpressWu0902
2021-03-11 14:56:30 +0000 UTCSnoozeberry Bob is a good name for an imaginary bunny friend :D
Basemental
2021-03-11 10:06:46 +0000 UTCI'm so happy to hear that so many of you seemed to appreciate this update, and that it wasn't just me that found these things annoying!
Basemental
2021-03-11 09:06:08 +0000 UTCYou deserve to be president for adding these fixes for the Bust the Dust kit! The sparkles and rapidness of dust accumulation was absolutely ridiculous! It's like they will give us something good and then ruin it by overdoing it with the interactions and reactions.
Neia T
2021-03-10 23:00:17 +0000 UTCLOL!
Neia T
2021-03-10 22:56:16 +0000 UTCYou're amazing, I was literally getting so annoyed
2021-03-10 20:03:57 +0000 UTCcan you add heroin or something like that? my teenager should be a junki
2021-03-10 19:02:03 +0000 UTCBLESS YOU! It's a pity you had to be the one to address this and not EA.
Neen
2021-03-10 17:43:42 +0000 UTCTHANK YOU!!!
Kate
2021-03-10 02:22:28 +0000 UTCThis is so cool - I just left the reviews on Steam for these Kits and read all the grief about Bust the Dust. I knew that You or PBS 'n' LMS would have an answer soon. Quite a bit better than soon Basemental and the read through your options made my eyes go all misty, 'frying balls with ones dust bunny friends' - I will name him snozeberry bob. How about the option to rename them "ghost turds" in haunted houses? Maybe a mesh swap for those. I am Grateful for your work ethic - back to Steam to purchase the kits now.
Chris
2021-03-10 02:00:45 +0000 UTComg thank you!
Rachel Withers
2021-03-10 01:36:06 +0000 UTCYes. Not sure if it’s fully updated, but Google: candyman gaming translation basemental
Basemental
2021-03-09 17:05:15 +0000 UTCis there a french translation somewhere ?
2021-03-09 14:14:50 +0000 UTCSeems you got it covered on Discord?
Basemental
2021-03-08 22:08:50 +0000 UTCI know, right? Even when the game is paused 🤯
Basemental
2021-03-08 22:08:00 +0000 UTCThank goodness there's a dust accumulation setting because that was getting on my nerves
Seilaila
2021-03-08 21:37:11 +0000 UTCI am new to mods but what are venue list and how do I use it if that makes sense. :)
2021-03-08 21:18:21 +0000 UTCthank you sooo much for this update cause i was so annoyed with the kit but still wanted some of the features like dirty houses and vacuuming.
2021-03-08 20:50:47 +0000 UTCThank you! Thank you! Thank you! Those sparkles were making me want to hunt down the person who put them in the game, hahaha They even appear as your building a new house.
2021-03-08 20:48:08 +0000 UTCI'm so grateful for your Bust the Dust fixes. Instead of being condescending and removing everything, you toned it down and made it enjoyable. Perfect mix.
K
2021-03-08 20:32:08 +0000 UTCThank you so much for all your hard work.
Cathi H.
2021-03-08 20:26:45 +0000 UTCYes! Thank you for fixing Bust the Dust. I loved the idea of a vacuum cleaner, but the rest was obnoxious. And the dust bunny idea only being seen by those tripping, I love that.
lowkee120
2021-03-08 20:06:16 +0000 UTCYay! You are so awesome! I can't wait for the sparkle to be gone and the dustbunnies to go away!
Gamerm0m
2021-03-08 19:13:13 +0000 UTCPlease head over to the support channel on the Discord server. Links in the bottom of the post. It’s a lot easier to help you out over there in real time
Basemental
2021-03-08 18:17:40 +0000 UTCWould be so funny to be so high you see little cute dust bunnies that you fed dust and pet. 😂😂
Dana Anna
2021-03-08 16:24:34 +0000 UTCHey there I have been having issues with the rave function. The venue list does not list rave as an option, and I made sure I only have the basemental venue list installed. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Lulu Evee
2021-03-08 15:42:44 +0000 UTCHappy to hear that these changes not only resonated with me personally :)
Basemental
2021-03-08 14:29:48 +0000 UTCNot missing it. I merely forgot to add it as an option when updating the other packs, and then I was like meh. There's a lot already. Then the Vending Machine arrived and needed 6 buttons instead of 5, so I found the graphics for it. :D I will definitely add them at some point though
Basemental
2021-03-08 14:29:20 +0000 UTCAhh !! .. My favorite mod ! So I wanted to ask I see “Newport” cigarette is on the vending machine but not for sale or am I missing it ?
Kitty Katt
2021-03-08 13:20:29 +0000 UTCTHANK YOU!!!
2021-03-08 13:10:50 +0000 UTCOmg, I seriously love you for your work! The "Bust the Dust" Changes are exactly what I was waiting for :o
BenteNds
2021-03-08 13:04:02 +0000 UTC
