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EDIT 2 - JAN. 16: 

- FIXED issue with custody always been given to active Sim. Note that the fix comes with a downside: contrary to now, in certain cases, custody will be chosen for one child and the event will stop there instead of auto-continuing to the next child. In those cases, you will need to once again talk to the Sim's ex partner and ask to go to court for the next child(ren). 

- Fixed other little things and added one more moodlet for children who didn't specify which parent they wanted to live with.

EDIT: changed the files to fix a few background things being visible on sims that should have been hidden. And also to add this interaction:

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Hello everyone!

Just a quick update.

Module 10 is still being a headache, and I have understoood that it will be to the last moments.... But but but - progress has been made. 

Why a headache? Well, I have kept having yet more sorts of situations that should have been fine but weren't. Weirdnesses, quite simply. Two days ago for example - something very simple just wasn't working no matter what. In complete frustration, after hours and hours wasted, I sent my files to someone on the modders server who offered to try in their game (thanks Kuttoe). It worked fine for him. Just refuses to function in my game. The week before, the simplest bit of script which works always, wouldn't work, for no identified reason either, and even after verification from another modder. Then of course add to that the usual modding difficulties and unavoidable errors that take fixing and whatnot (yes because, not all difficulties are random, often in modding / coding, we make little errors as we go). It's been... a wild ride. 

I fiiinally finished the child support system, which should stand on its two legs I think. I also made it so sims getting divorced will have money switched around if one is quite richer than the other after moving out.... To encounter these features, sims in the process of divorce who have already arranged for custody will see an interaction in the break up menu.

The system counts how much is owed based on how many children are in custody. Once a sim becomes an adult, the number will change to adapt to how many children are still in custody. Speaking of custody, I fixed an issue regarding assignments of that. 

Tried to make sure that couples who weren't bf / gf or married etc would have easier access to the custody stuff, but some of this won't kick in until new pregnancies and some cases still won't be out of the box supported.

What's missing then? Social interactions, some more moodlets (reactions etc), choice for kids to say who they'd like to live with and that impacting results, stuff like that. The pet thing which is almost wrapped. The phone calls which are also fairly advanced. Probably more stuff I forget from the request post, which I'll need to check back on. Also, I'll be changing around what goes in what menu at some point, but I'll keep you informed to avoid confusion.

If you want to test the current files (emphasis on: TEST, as this has NOT been tested other than by me yet), I am attaching them to this. If you do decide to test, feedback would be great - but you don't have to, testers will of course take care of all that. I will get them started on testing this very soon while I add more things. But I like to show you I am being transparent, so I add the files here too :)

Thanks very much again,

Much love,

Lumpinou

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lumpinou

Forgot to say, things should move pretty fast now; tomorrow I should be adding the stuff for children to manifest a preference for whom to live with and their reactions to being told with whom they will live. So that will be added to the uploads soon. Then the rest one thing at a time and I'll keep the files up to date and will put notes to indicate what's changed.

Christina West

You're amazing! Thank you for all the hard work you've put into this and every mod!

Crimson Glass

I had a question about the child support system (and I apologize if you've answered this somewhere else) - does it work well with SimRealist Bills mod or will they conflict?

Dice Gor

Thanks Lumpinou! For this and the last update, do we just add the files to our mod folder, or should we replace already existing files with these new ones?

lumpinou

You'll notice the string tables have been merged back onto the core one :)

lumpinou

Two totally different things. No conflict. But if you use theirs, don't use mine or your sim will be paying through two systems. Just don't use my interaction that starts mine

Crimson Glass

Thank you! I'm not sure if they have a way to disable, so I'll look into that. I appreciate the quick response!

AllyCat

You are a superstar modder, Lumpinou! Thanks for all of your hard work!

Cheers

Do we keep the retoactivelyassign package and script or delete those?

lumpinou

Up to you, it's still going to be needed if you want to use this on couples that divorced before any custody stuff had been installed. If you don't need it for that, you can get rid of it

Kimikosoma

More convenient for translators ;) TY !

lumpinou

It's always merged in the end haha. But during development it is quite easier with separate ones. Especially since we are over 2000 strings for this one 😂

Ashleigh Barry

How do I install this mod correctly?

Dice Gor

Hi Lumpinou, I'm still having the issue where the active parent always gets custody of every child, despite having significantly less assets

Kimikosoma

Oooh yeah right ! And YES that's a lot of strings, I can confirm 😂

Jo

These mods are amazing. If I wanted to try to setup custody between two parents that didn’t have a relationship how would I go about that? From my understanding, it’s possible but doesn’t consistently work?

lumpinou

Try the new version of yesterday, it works now

lumpinou

Depends on what exactly happened. Did they separate through my mod, what was their relationship, did they have a kid after the most recent version of some days aho or before. This module being in development, things get added in as I go. Release of nov/dec wasn't ready for those cases.

Dice Gor

Thanks! I've tried yesterday's version and I'm still having the same issue so I think the problem might be on my end. I'll play around with my mods to see if I can figure out if any of them is causing a glitch. Thanks again!

lumpinou

So you grabbed the files after I re-uploaded and wrote edit notes for yesterday? There should not be anything causing glitches if all files are the most current, there's been more difficulty fixing this than planned but it was functioning properly by yesterday afternoon ish to me

abby stangroom

I can’t seem to do any shared custody or anything with the mod, for some reason it says on my sims game “this part is not ready yet”

Dice Gor

Yes I re-downloaded and tried the files twice after the edit note yesterday. I even started a new save file and had the parents separate angrily, and the one that moved out to an empty lot had $0 and no job still got custody of all 3 kids. Maybe there's a cache somewhere I need to clear?

lumpinou

Then you don't have the right files. Look for either my most recent post or the one from November 30

MsSimsin03

I probably won't ever stop saying this as long as you do cc and mods .... you are amazing at what you do and I will wait as long as it takes you to get it done. Your mods are just amazing but please also take care of yourself while working on them!

Grace Agbessi

will the custody system ever work w/ parents that were never together to begin w?

lumpinou

Always depends on the exact case but the answer is mostly yes

TripToTheMun

Hi! I don't have any huge bugs or anything but I thought it was worth noting, I had my sim get custody over their daughter and then give her up for adoption and now in the sim profile it says "biological child" instead of daughter (as to be expected) but it still says "child in Camilla's custody" even though she most definitely is not.

lumpinou

Adoption is not tied into things yet, or rather, module 10 is not yet tied in to adoption stuff, so that is not surprising. There is a cheat to remove all custody assignments and child support for a child, at the moment one would have to use this first. For your case since you already adopted the child away, it will be too late to clear all markers properly. You can manually remove the relationship statuses using the cheat to remove relbits under 'actions' then 'Woohoo Wellness' but there will still be some hidden stuff on there as the visible relationship statuses aren't all of it. It should not pose much of a problem however

Ellie McDonald

Hi, everytime i try download woohoo wellness i dont have any options of custody etc only surrogates and adoption? am i not installing correctly?

lumpinou

Certainly. If you have the correct files, you aren't installing properly / still have old files in is what I would assume

Tiffani Wallace

I tried court proceedings for custody and the script was blank.

lumpinou

What was blank? Text? If so, remove all files from this mod and re install

Karnise Middlebrooks

Hi Lumpinou, I'm still having trouble getting any of the custody features to work. I've downloaded to Nov30 zip and just replaced with your most recent update, but I still don't have any of the custody features. Everything says "this part of mod is not ready yet" What am I missing? Thank you!

Tiffani Wallace

I redownload everything. The text box about who had custody was blank when the verdict came back. I was giving the test file a try with a married sim couple going through divorce.

Ashleigh Barry

I’ve had trouble using the mod but I think I worked out how to fix the issue and I’ll help you out if I have

lumpinou

I answered to this in private messages already I believe - but - this indicates that somewhere in your Mods Folder there are remantns of an old version. Since the code from the old version is getting read. Check that all files are the new ones (that there are no older leftovers) and clear cache :)

Ashleigh Barry

I’ve finally fixed the issue I was having with the custody mod and it is finally working

Ashleigh Barry

I’ve fixed it and it’s now working on my end

CLahLah

Hiii! Has anyone been able to locate a baby given up to a foster home? I gave up a baby to the foster home because the Sim did not have the $5,000 fee for private adoption. The baby is still showing in the relationship panel for the mother Sim, but I have checked all of the households, and no one has the baby. I was hoping to have another family adopt this specific baby, so I am trying to find it to move it to their household. Thanks for any tips/help!

lumpinou

They go to a family in the world, so they should be find-able. Dincr you are basically trying to pick the family, next time just cheat the sim some money do they can do that perhaps. Easier than looking for the sim. If they are a baby they will be extra hard to find. Toddlers are easier to locate as they are not stuck to a bassinet without face even in the household list

CLahLah

Thank you! I will try to find them, I think babies sometimes get stuck in the family inventory(lol) so I will play some of the families in homes to see if I can find her.

valery cajo santillan

Hi lumpinou, I am writing this comment to you because the texts of the interactions do not appear, the blank oval appears. Please help me.

lumpinou

Erase all files from this mod and re install it, should fix it, usually does

moonlightsimmer

Hi Lumpinou, what was added to the Jan 23 version? It doesn't appear in the edit notes.

lumpinou

Fixed a test thing that appears that should not. Going to have another update in some hours and that micro change was not worth mentioning

Teona Bush

Hi! Is there a way to go back to court over child support? The mom has custody of the 3 kids but only receiving child support for one. While the dad doesn’t have custody and receive child support for the other kids

lumpinou

Normally only one should pay support, that's weird. Just go in 'actions' for her and 'stop paying support for child'