While I clearly not support the EA buyout, I will keep my mods as I believe it is crucial that each player can decide for themselves whether and how they still play the game - and maybe just don't buy new packs for it (which is what I personally indend to do). If I removed my mods, I might force or at least influence people to entirely quit the game who would not have chosen to do so for themselves and I'm not okay with that.

Today, I threw together a list of bug fixes I have available for the lastest EA "150+ Community Chosen Fixes - Coming Nov 4" list. Do with that what you will. Maybe you are afraid to patch in fear of breaking your game, maybe not all of the fixes work, maybe you just want to know what might become obsolete or you just aren't ready to go online again. Anyhow I send you all the very best wishes in these tough times. And if you are leaving thte Sims 4 behind for good (which is totally understandable as well) I'd like to seize this opportunity to thank you for using my mods while you were still playing.

The mods will probably not need updates as the fixes EA intends to fix have already been implemented (some even for years). On to the list now:

Sabotage interaction is no longer available on objects without completing Deviance aspiration.
sabotagefix

When the Mixologist is in conversation with NPCs, they'll break out of it if a drink order is queued up and be more responsive.
bartenderfix

Sims won't use their phone when in the water or jogging.
noautonomousphone

Excessive 'Wants' are no longer generated from music when there are other categories of preferences.
whimoverhaul

"Dance to stereo music" wants are now fulfilled when Sims dance using earbuds.
whimoverhaul (coming with the next update of the base module. I wasn't aware of the bug as I don't play with earbuds)

Sim will no longer autonomously perform 'Grab a Drink' interaction with 'Tea Magic Personal Brewer'.
thirsttweak

Excessive Townies will no longer generate every time the computer is used.
lessautonomouscomputer (SocialNetworkInteractions module)

Moodlets related to fear will not trigger after the Fear of Dark trait is removed.
whimoverhaul (feartweaks module)

Fixed cases where NPC sims wear random weather outfits which they don't own.
situationoutfitsbegone (walkbyrain module)

‘Listen to Music' wants are now fulfilled when Sim listens to music through Earbuds.
whimoverhaul

Sim's needs should now gain more consistently while they are low at Work/School while you're playing on a different lot.
awayactions (optionalmotivetweaks module)

When the "Limit Fairies to Innisgreen" option is enabled, Fairy Sims should not autonomously appear in their fairy form in any world outside of Innisgreen.
callandvisittweak (nofairydoorknockers module)

If Sims is on cooldown from a cured ailment, pixies won't be able to immediately add it back.
lessailments

Sticky Fingers Aspiration: A Sim with an owned business can now swipe properly at Mischief level 10.
noautonomousswipe

Random NPC Sim will no longer replace Edith.
townieoverhaul_lessfame

Sims should now wear more appropriate funeral outfits.
defaultblackfuneralattire

Fixed cases where NPC Waylon and NPC Lady Ravendancer were being selected for the 'Walkby' Situation and pulled from their duties.
townieoverhaul_lessfame

Tenants on Residential Rentals can send items on Plopsy/Trendi.
plopsyshipfix (does not work for Trendi)

Sims will not receive Fizzy buffs from drinking crafted Nectar drinks.
drinkdesasterfix

Sims will no longer receive random milestone moodlets without achieving the milestone.
milestonemoodletfix

Winning the marble game will now add new marbles to the child Sim's inventory.
winmarblesfix

Sim no longer gets a bored moodlet from an outdoorsy lifestyle for being inside when they are actually outside.
lifestyletweak

Sims will make more than just White Cakes when Food NAP is active.
noautonomousbakewhitecake

Incoming phone calls will no longer drop due to "Off Grid" when Sim isn't actually "Off Grid".
phonebadreceptionbufffix

Bouncers will arrive as expected to staff VIP Exclusivity doors on Studio PBP Lounge in Del Sol Valley.
teenhangoutoverhaul (lounge module)

Celebrities can now be interacted in a Retail store.
lesscelebreact

Father Winter now gives toddlers a gift even if they've not officially met.
holidaypresentfix

Vet clinic will no longer get stuck on 3 star rating.
vetclinicstarratingfix

Fixed Dogs excessively exploring bush and triggering the Skunk encounter outcome and becoming dirty as a result.
lesspetbushexplore

Decreased the time duration range of taking dogs on Long and Medium Walks.
shorterdogwalks (curenty only on Curseforge as that one had become obsolete and I didn't notice it was needed again as I never took it out of my mods folder.)

Sim and Dog will now autonomously exit the 'Go on Walk' interaction before reaching Motive failure.
shorterdogwalks

Werewolves will not use their phone when rampaging.
noautonomousphone (werewolves module)

Wedding guest should now wear more appropriate outfits.
weddingpartyoutfitfix (weddingformal module)

I wil probably not do this regularly, but I wanted to showcase some of my mods as there are so many. Today's feature topic are mods that fix bugs currently trending at the EA forums.

Sabotage interaction always available:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/sabotage-interaction-falsely-available/12597201
sabotagefix

Sims standing around instead of taking care of infant/toddler:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/sims-standing-around-instead-of-taking-care-of-infanttoddler/12577738
infantcaretweaks

Strangers in your conversations:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/strangers-in-your-conversation/12577574
ungreetedbidgoodbye
conversationtweak

Romantic Relationships decay without reason:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/romantic-relationships-decay-without-reason-patch-1-117-228/12576643
fixlovestruck

Sims obsessively use objects:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/sims-obsessively-use-objects/12577862
lessautonomouscomputer
dancingtweak
thirsttweak
lessautonomouscrossstitching
lessautonomousyoga
noautonomouspressurecookeronresidentiallots

Townie Outfit Generator Creates Incoherent/ Mismatched Clothing Combinations:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/townie-outfit-generator-creates-incoherent-mismatched-clothing-combinations/12577461
norandomhatsaccessoriesandmakeup

Sims randomly change seats during conversations:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/sims-randomly-change-seats-during-conversations-musical-chairs/12714550
conversationtweak

Excessive Idle Phone Animations:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/excessive-idle-phone-animations/12577157
noautonomousphone

Sims interrupting activities to use paper airplanes:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/aa-sims-interrupting-activities-to-use-paper-airplanes/12745837
nopaperairplaneobsession

Sims constantly doing mischief:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/sims-constantly-doing-mischief/12578015
conversationtweak
fightavailabilityfix

Random Milestone Moodlets:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/gro-random-milestone-moodlets/12297864
milestonemoodletfix

Excessive Adoption of Pets, Horses, and Children:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/hr-cd-nhs-excessive-adoption-of-pets-horses-and-children/12641256
storyprogressiontuning

Sims call each other when on the same lot:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/sims-call-each-other-when-on-the-same-lot/12702138
callandvisittweak

Child sim cancels interactions to play on BamCo playground equipment:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/aa-child-sim-cancels-interactions-to-play-on-bamco-playground-equipment/12717011
noplaygroundobsession

Call keeps dropping due to off grid when lot is not off grid:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/call-keeps-dropping-due-to-off-grid-when-lot-is-not-off-grid/12315340
phonebadreceptionbufffix

Pets getting sick very frequently:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/cd-pets-getting-sick-very-frequently/12582219
catanddogsanity

Dogs need bathing constantly:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/cd-dogs-need-bathing-constantly/12576441
catanddogsanity

Mixologist behind bar, but not tending it, unavailable for orders:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/mixologist-behind-bar-but-not-tending-it-unavailable-for-orders/11938183
bartenderfix

Drinks gives fizz moodlets/Infected Walk:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/eco-drinks-gives-fizz-moodletsinfected-walk/12307108
drinkdesasterfix

Sims Wear Winter Clothes Indoors with Thermostat is set to warmer:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/sims-wear-winter-clothes-indoors-with-thermostat-is-set-to-warmer/12713120
thermostatoutfittweak

Children are unable to get help learning to ride a bike:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/gro-children-are-unable-to-get-help-learning-to-ride-a-bike/12263239
kidsbiketweak

Family Portrait is Missing Hot & Cold Weather Outfits:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/ld-s-family-portrait-is-missing-hot--cold-weather-outfits/12612931
[link]photoframe_family1t_switchedoutfits[/link]

Detective: Suspect missing after issuing APB:
https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/gtw-detective-suspect-missing-after-issuing-apb/12586506
criminalcareerfix

Hello there,

I just wanted to let you know that I did not buy the new Expansion Pack as I do not play with occults.

Still, I did update my mods - as far as possible except for enhancements that would have required access to the tuning of the new pack. My new mods since end of April are not online here yet as I still have to update all my CAS downloads for fairies and that is currently a priority. For the time being, you can only find them on Curseforge.

Hey folks,

I keep getting mostly nice and sometimes not so nice messages why I don't update my mods here and on Curseforge at the same time.

The reason is that I'm simply not able to due to personal challenges. I will not bother you with the details, but life has been rough for me since last spring and still is.
I'm still busy with uploading all my mods to Curseforge which is very time consuming. I can handle updating 3 files a day, but that's pretty much it.

Rest assured that I still update mods at this site in a timely manner, I just can't do it daily. Normally, I will post my updates here once or twice a month, if my real life allows for it. Moreover, I do of course update mods asap here as well as on Curseforge when they cause serious issues due to a patch (which luckily rarely ever happens as I don't have any script mods).

I hope to be able to update stuff on both sites on the same day as I know that is easier for you lot. That will however not be before everything is online on both sites.

In the meantime, I had to cut some ends so new mods will - for the time being - no longer have the "new" flag on them. I will hopefully be able to bring that feature back in the future, but it's pretty time consuming for me to do two images for each new mod.
Managing Curseforge and this site at the same time is quite a struggle anyhow as both required different kinds of images and while I can only upload rar files here, Curseforge does not accept rar files, only zip files. Also, it is not possible to upload more than one package file within the same zip file on Curseforge, so I have to do threads for every single mod module over there (unless it is not essential to keep the mod modular, which is rarely the case).
If you use all modules of a certain mod, it would certainly wiser to update this using this site instead of updating it at Curseforge.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

bienchen

Hi there,

as I finally got For Rent, today's update as well as the update from last weekend do actually deal with some of the minor issues that pack came with (unfortunatly not the major ones, as those are not fixable with simple tuning mods).

Apart from the new mods, an honorable mention goes to my traitoverhaul mod. The For Rent part of that mod deals with the issue of nosy Sims placing their binoculars almost in other Sims faces while doing the spy interactions and with Tomarang cultural trait giving their owners negative moodlets even if the do partake in cultural acitvities.

A lovely weekend to all of you

bienchen

I'm so sorry to inform you, folks, that I'm not gonna update my mods for the upcoming For Rent EP anytime soon. I'll do my best to at least offer some crucial updates during December, but I can't promise anything.

Reasons are:
- I'm not even gonna buy the pack next week, if at all. Doing updates for packs you don't own is a hassle and for some part even impossible.
- I'm working full-time in a judicial branch that has an insane workload in December. On top of that, I'm on on-call service during release week and have to attend a professional training the week after.
- As a mother of three (two of them also having their birthday in December), I'm not in a position to commit to modding in Chistmas month December.

Thanks for your understanding.

You're encouraged to post on this thread if you find something wrong with a specific mod of mine:
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/953198/mods-by-bienchen83-sims4me

That helps me to faster find the most important issues in the small time frame I can spare to mod. Thanks in advance.

bienchen

With todays update, I also removed two mods that have become obsolete since the latest patch:

craftsalestablefix
vegetariangrableftoverfix

Hi folks,

I deleted the mod plopsyshipfix today as it is no longer needed.

Hi there,

I just wanted to inform you that shorterdogwalks has been removed because it has become obsolete as of now. Please delete it from your mods folder.

Also, sellgrownuppets has been removed as it seems to be broken beyond repair after the release of Horse Ranch.

As for mod updates, make sure you sort all mods by date to see which ones got an update.

Have a great weekend!

There's a new update with two new mods for Growing Together.

Just a quick note: As you will now always see the latest updated mods showing up on top of the list when you click on "All Mods +", there will not be an update post for most updates.

Please delete the mod nobabyeyeglow if you have it as it has become obsolete with the newborn update.

The default sort order has been changed. From now on, the most recently updated mods are at the top of the table overview.

- seebee

New hoster, new site, new look, new features.
So once again we have to get used to things. But let's remember the great words of a wise old man: "New is always better!"(2011, Barney Stinson)

• The upper categories of the mods can also be selected. Anyone who wants to see all the mods at once is now welcome to do so.
• The search now works a little differently. The whole text (including the mod descriptions) is searched live for the search word.
• The mod descriptions are hidden behind the mod name and can be folded out and in.
• The table can be sorted by date, modname and category by clicking on the table header.
• A mod can be downloaded by clicking on the download symbol in the last column of the table.

- seebee