Beta Test "Stop it, Lights" Mod

Sul Sul Patrons,

I added a new Beta Test Mod in my Discord or here for Patrons:

Out of Beta and in Early Access now and soon official published!

Stop it, Lights

This Mod prevents Pets from turning on Auto Lights, when all Sims are sleeping.

How the Mod works:

Ever since Cats & Dogs came out there was one thing that annoyed me a lot. Pets turning on Auto Lights even when all Sims are sleeping.

Unfortunately changing the Light System is not possible (yet) because it is too hard coded. There were a few attempts where I tried to fix that, but I never found a solution which was at least a little bit satisfying. Until now.

This Mod adds a Lot Challenge "Stop it, Lights" which has a schedule where it checks in a 15 minutes interval if all Sims are sleeping or if at least one Sim is awake. Pets will be ignored though Tests.

When all Sims are indeed sleeping, it will turn all Lights on the Lot off and store the previous Setting of each Light. As long as all Sims are sleeping the Lights will stay off even if Pets are awake. Since it is a 15 minutes interval it can take up to 15 minutes until the Mod turns off all Lights, after the last Sim goes to sleep.

When at least one Sim is awake the previous Light Settings will be restored on all Lights right after the first Sim wakes up.

I know this is not a perfect solution, but I hope it might help a little bit and let Auto Lights and Pets be a little less annoying.

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Extra Feature:

"Stop it, Lights" Auto Lights

You can enable (or disable) this Feature via the new Interaction on Lights, when the "Stop it, Lights" Lot Challenge is on the Lot.

When the SIL Auto Lights are enabled, it will replace the in-game Auto Lights as well as the default Feature of the "Stop it, Lights" Lot Challenge, which prevents Pets from turning on Auto Lights, when all Sims are sleeping.

The SIL Auto Lights work similar to the Fireplace Auto Light Feature and is based on Broadcasters and hidden Buffs.

The difference between the in-game Auto Lights and the SIL Auto Lights is that Pets get ignored by the SIL Auto Lights but there is a delay between Sims entering/leaving a Room and Lights turning on/off because it depends on Broadcasters. So it is not as smooth as the in-game Auto Lights unfortunately.

When a Sim enters a Room and is in a circle (radius of 15) and in line of sight of a Light, it will get turned on. When the last Sim leaves this circle the Broadcaster will turn the Light off. When two Sims are in the same circle and one Sim goes to sleep the Light should stay on until the second Sim either sleeps as well, or leaves the circle. Sims waking up will turn on all Lights in the Room.

[The Broadcaster should only turn Lights on, when it is nighttime as per the Region's tuned sunrise and sunset times, or when it is Cloudy/Dark Rain Clouds/Dark Snow Clouds outside.] EDIT: Removed that part because it is way too dark sometimes inside.

Known Issue

Depending on how small the Room is, when a Sim walks through a Room the delay of the Broadcaster can cause the Lights to turn on and off, when the Sim is basically already leaving the Room.

Note: I will add a Toggle to exclude a Light from the SIL Auto Lights Feature in case ppl want certain lights to always be on or off (will not be excluded from the Turn on Room Lights when a Sim wakes up).

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Extra Info for Testers, I added Notifications so it is easier to recognize when the Mod is turning Lights off "Stop it, Lights", and restoring them “Auto Lights”. Those will not be in the finished Mod (unless I forget to remove it).

Currently it Turns Off/Restores all Lights on the Lot.

There might be a way to only turn lights off in Rooms, where a Sim indeed sleeps, and keep every other Light untouched. I did not test if that would work yet though. If it does work I might add it as a Setting, which can be enabled per Lot.

I would like to know what you think of this and if you feel like it is indeed helpful in-game. You can also tell me if it turns off Lights or restores them when it actually should not.

I will probably test the “only turn lights off in Rooms, where a Sim indeed sleeps” Option out these days, so you have some time to check and test the current Version.

Thx & have a wonderful Day

LMS

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*Beta Testing Rules*

1. With downloading and testing this WIP Mod you accept that Beta Versions of Mods mean there can be Bugs, Texts can still change, and the Mods are in general unfinished.

2. Do not upload WIP Versions of Mods anywhere.

3. You can report Bugs, but only report Bugs where you are sure that it is done by the Mod.

4. You can post Pictures, Videos, and talk about the Mod in general outside of this Channel, but please make it clear that this is a WIP Mod, which is not finished yet.

5. Feel free to suggest Text Changes, or Features that would make sense for the WIP Mod. There is no guarantee though that I will add them.