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MODSBY'S DROPDOWN MENU ESCAPED! [DOWNLOAD FILES] (Patreon)

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2026-08-27 17:26:32
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2026-09-07 18:00:07
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CHECK OUT THE RELEASE CLIP AND HOW IT HAPPENED: (1.0.2.35-SulSul) ESCAPED! Thank you to all my testers and supporters that have helped me test! WHY WASN'T THIS A DROPDOWN?

Yes! A dropdown menu - not a pie-menu! You always were a dropdown menu deep down inside!

And it turns out, being a dropdown solves a surprising number of everyday UI annoyances. You can see more of your interactions at once, find what you want faster, and somehow - it just makes more sense than chasing options around in a circle. Best part: you spend a lot less time digging through it.So what actually changed?Not much. Same functionality (except the A to Z sorting)Features:- All languages supported- All icons supported- Scaling and Maximum Items visible in the menu- ScrollbarsALT + CLICK - brings up old vanila menu SHIFT + CLICK - brings up Modsbys dropdown menu, cheat menu (vanilla cheat menu when you do cheatsenabled on in CTRL+SHIFT+CMore features coming:- Search- Favorites- Instant Menu <- This one is real already. There's a prototype running around in the lab.- Dark Mode- And wheel scrolling wowow! (no seriusly i dont know how to make it yet)- MAC supported Supported:Auto-pause modWhat's not included:Support for other mods that change how the pie menu itself behaves.Mods that add interactions, rename them, or move them into different categories should still be fine. Basically - if it changes the interactions, probably yes. If it changes the pie menu itself, probably no. Use the common sense powers!How to install:Place the "[Modsby] Dropdown Menu" folder  (with .package and .ts4script) in: Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods\

Make sure Custom Content and Mods and Script Mods Allowed are enabled in Game Options > Other.

That's it! Enjoy!

Update: 1.0.2.37 - Now has cheat menu revampred on SHIFT+CLICK and 'untitled' is gone from settings.UPDATE 1.0.2.37 - Look, I don't like cheating in Sims 4, it really ruins the core value of the game, which sadly isnt survival mode. The latest version allows you to use SHIFT + CLICK to get cheat menu when you have testingcheats onlike this:1.0.2.40 - Fixed native arrow keys scrolling lot away from underneath the menu. Fixed modguard issue when creating .json.tmp file. Fixed glitchversion 1.0.3 - Auto-pause compatibility with auto-pause mod. You apply for testing here: https://www.patreon.com/Modsby/posts/sims-4-mdm-v1-0-168397450UPDATE version 1.0.4 version Pandora - Inludes view-all in testing build branch available for paid-supportersversion 10.4.1 - deadlystingnyc - MAC support brought to with the help of www.patreon.com/deadlystingnyc version 1.0.4.3 - inludes Search in testing build branch available for paid-supporters [download https://www.patreon.com/Modsby/posts/search-feature-168871988 ]

Modsby's LabIf you like my menu and would like to contribute with your ideas, reach out to me about bugs or play-test Instant Menu or other features in action before they are releasedother experiments before I let them escape into the world?And if you really love what i'm doing please become my supporter.If you are a modder and my mod is breaking yours and you think we can do something about it, like make it work together < - Reach out to me and we can make this happen.Search available for paid-supporters during testing period:

Buy me a coffeeUPDATES: THE LATEST VERSION FILE v.1.0.4.32.23Current test version [ MDM SEARCH download: https://www.patreon.com/Modsby/posts/search-feature-168871988 ]

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NoNayNever

Intriguing! What does "Instant Menu" mean?

Katherine

Honestly you got the pledge for using Harry Potter memes alone! I love it! Gonna test the actual mod now :D

Modsby's Laboratory

Thank you so much! I hope you are not on Mac, I just found out it may lead to a crash. I thought I'd satisfy everybody with language support but forgot half the population uses a different platform. I am already working on a hot fix!

Remy

I've tried it, I like it (thank you) however it takes forever for me to load (as long as the regular pie). I've seen that you have a INSTANT MENU - crazy prototype v1 but it's behind a paywall. Do you have any plan on releasing it for free ?

Modsby's Laboratory

Thank you for trying it! Im sorry you have to wait for it to load. I did my research on it and it as expected! I can not make it faster unless i rewrite some caching logic. So its either that or make it instant with "OPTIMISTIC PRELOADING". So back to your question about paywall instant menu: Yes! Absolutely! Once its ready to face the public and roam free on its own - it will be free for all and forever, until then EA allows me to claim something for the 1000s of hours i spend building it and i hope you join testing it because *scandalous blackmail envelope flashing under the trencoat* you deserve it?

shiny pineapple

I’m very excited for when you get the opportunity to make it for Mac! Have fun being brilliant!

Misty

will this eventually have compatability with the ui mods by vyxated?

Misty

like if you use the pink ui from vyxated, the dropdown menu will be pink. if you use the sims 2 ui, the colours will be blue like the sims 2, etc.

Modsby's Laboratory

Yes! And it have its own customisation options eventually, after dark mode

Waffle's Mix-Ins

I have messed with this a bit and would like to suggest it prioritize social interactions at the top rather than going alphabetically. I'm unfamiliar with the game's default social menus at this point (as I made a mod to properly restore the Friendly/Romance/etc categories) but in playing with this, it goes Actions first, then Call Over, then Convince To, then friendly, then Funny, then Law and Disorder...it's not respecting the pie menu priority the game usually has, which puts the socials first. Law and Disorder also takes priority on objects such as chairs- because L comes before S for Sit- which is a usability issue. Pie menu priority should be prioritized outright. It's automatically alphabetical otherwise anyway. Otherwise, assuming this is put together legit, *holy shit* it's much better than the existing menu system lol. It also works fine with my own mod that alters the computer categories and social categories to clean them up significantly.

Bookwyrme

Thank you for this mod. Is there any word about compatibility with Weerbesu's Ui Cheats Extension?

Modsby's Laboratory

I love this idea, and thank you for your feedback. I have decided for next version i will implement the A-to-Z sorting as optional with default off

RoyalGhostx

I have been wanting a mod that fixes the slowness of the Pie menu for sooo long. My pie menu would load within 7 seconds just to do interactions etc. and I have around 180gbs of CC so, when i saw this mod pop up i had to test it. And i quite like it. Although i dont have the instant menu, but it still works fine. Once that is public i'll be sure to try that out too! Thank you for creating a mod for the pie menu slowness :D

deadlystingnyc

Is this PC only? My game will not launch with the mod installed on Mac with error: Type de4ee14f : Group 29f00e76 : Instance 4b0d852b. It says my game is corrupt in the failure message too. Removing the mod allows the game to load normally.

Modsby's Laboratory

Yes, sorry. Mac is not supported at the moment, I am working on a version to fix it in the near future

deadlystingnyc

I look forward to trying it out then! ty for the quick response!

Marie

i spent yesterday playing with the mod and i do like it. i don't know if it's much quicker than my current setup, which was using the auto pause on pie menu mod but i do really like having everything laid out. it made searching for things easier but i don't know if it was really any quicker. edit: so, a bigger issue has popped up. after using the mod yesterday, i can't launch the game with the mod in my game today. i get an error message: " Unable to start: Cannot start because game data is missing or damaged. If you have Mods installed please remove them and try again. If not, please repair or reinstall the game via Origin. [de4ee14f:29f00e76:00000000:4b0852b]" removing your mod fixes the issue. an issue i ran into and a suggestion i had: 1. after awhile the menu wouldn't open under where i clicked and instead would open in the same spot, a little bit away from where i clicked. not sure what causes it, if it's a mod conflict or what. not game breaking, just a little but of a nuisance. 2. the scroll wheel doesn't work within the menus. i don't know if that's a limitation but it would be nice to get it to scroll. other than that, i'm looking forward to the mod developing further, especially the precaching of the pie menu for instant loading. maybe then i could reinstall some adeepindigo mods because with them installed, menuing takes too long with all the new interactions added.

tipoual

Hi, do i need to install the Instant Menu and then this one here ? By the way, i cant wait to try it! Im so hype! Thank you!!!

Arina Shkolna

Hi! Would it be possible to make a separate Instant Menu version that keeps the original vanilla circular pie menu? I really like the default radial menu and don’t want to replace it with a dropdown, but I have noticeable pie menu loading delay even after removing almost all interaction mods. The caching / optimistic preloading from Instant Menu sounds exactly like what I need. I’d love to use that system while keeping the vanilla circular UI. Ideally, it would be a separate mod or separate mode where the vanilla circular menu is the default on normal click, without needing ALT-click at all. Would it be technically possible to make something like a “Vanilla Instant Menu” version?

Modsby's Laboratory

Yes, infact that was my first prototype before I put it away from me to focus on this, if there is real interest for that I can find that and release it separately

Arina Shkolna

Yes please! That is exactly what I was hoping for. I really prefer the vanilla circular pie menu, so having the instant caching as a separate mod while keeping the original UI would be perfect. I also know quite a few people who have run into the same pie menu delay, and I think they would really like this option too. So I definitely think there would be real interest in a separate vanilla version. Thank you for considering bringing the prototype back!

Arina Shkolna

Thank you so much! I really appreciate you bringing this project back after our conversation — I honestly didn’t expect that 😭 I’ll definitely be following the updates. Thank you again for revisiting the project! 💜

Modsby's Laboratory

Thank you for your feedback i'm tracking down the crash issue as it has been happening randomly when the game first encounters the new menu. I have noticed that moving the files does not help, however, starting the game 2-3 times does help make the same error go away. I dont know how it works. The error message you've seen is broader then the wording. It happens on packaging level. Not always, but i have seen that error message dissapear if you try to make it appear again. Which is why its hard for me to track down. But i'll get to it. There will be a solution to this bug Regarding Auto-pause- Its currently in testing: https://www.patreon.com/Modsby/posts/sims-4-mdm-v1-0-168397450

Carla

Hello, I tried this last night and it's working so well for me! Thanks for your work on it. One thing I noticed was that attempting to change the font size sets off TwistedMexi's ModGuard and it just won't let me do it. Is there any way for you to get around that in a future update?

Modsby's Laboratory

Can i confirm something, I fixed that modguard issue yesterday. Is it possible you downloaded before the patch? However, yes the issue was because the dropdown menu was creating a settings.tmp file to temporarily save your settings when you change UI Scale. ModGuard does not like ".tmp" so i changed it to ".json" and it worked. Please see latest version and if that still causes the modguard to complain then I would need to reupload it here :)

Carla

Ah, I may have missed that update!. Will double check and let you know if it's still happening. Thanks for your reply!

high cortisol

Hi! Does it conflict with Better Pie Menus by Andirz?

J anon

do i have to remove smarter pie menu by Tmex while i have this installed?

Little Bambi

Hi does it conflict with other pie menus? I installed it and my game wouldn’t even launch! It just kept throwing me out of the game and closing entirely until I deleted it from my mods folder😟

Modsby's Laboratory

Oh good news I managed to fix this bug and error. It will be out today or latest tomorrow. Please come back for the stable version. I'm very sorry you experienced grief because of my mod

Marie

i think you're on to something with reopening the game a few times. when i first open the game, it crashes immediately. when i open it a second time, it runs fine. and i'm glad the auto-pause feature is being worked on! auto pause + your instant menuing caching would have me subscribing instantly! <3

Nicole puiia

Would this one have better compatibility with other pie menu mods? I just found this but feel like I have quite a few that won’t be compatible with this even though I’d love to use it. I’ll have to look into that and see if I’m willing to part with whatever I need to or not. But simply having my pie menu load faster would also be a game changer! I have 64gigs RAM and it’s still no match for my insane folder size. Pie menus are my most annoying issue for sure 🫠😆

Kanako Yamamoto

Hi! Would it be possible to add an option to sort the menu based on the game's default settings instead of alphabetically (A–Z)? I use a mod that makes “Open” appear first on the refrigerator menu, and I’d like to keep that order when using this mod. Thank you!

Modsby's Laboratory

Yes! Funny you should ask I am literally working on that right now. A button in settings that will allow to turn off sort by name and give other mods priority.

Modsby's Laboratory

Yes I heard the feedback and am currently working on a broader compatability for other mods.

Bookwyrme

Thank you for looking into it.

Modsby's Laboratory

Yes, I had a tester confirm today that it's compatible with Ui cheats, ad least that's what I heard

VoidCreations

is this compatible with vyxated UI color mods?

VoidCreations

I can verify that this works with both vyxated Chalk'd UI and Chalk'd UI - Clean Add-on! just in case anyone was wondering. ill lyk if there are any errors

Dbol07

hi, this sound's sooo cool and i really want to use it but i have a question about compatibility, does this mod work with twisted mexi's smarter pie menu and/or weerbesu's ui cheats?

Modsby's Laboratory

Tmex's Smarter Pie Menu is for the Pie Menu only, the dropdown menu has its own search Weerbesy Ui Cheats - Yes, as far as i remmber and no one reported otherwise

Rachel52

I just downloaded this mod and have only been using it for a few minutes and I already love it! Thanks for all your hard work! Subscribed!