My Wedding Stories: Interaction Reactions ~ Check Out Venue Overhaul

23rd October 2024
~ Removed dependency on XML Injector and switched to Core Library instead.

20th June 2024
~ Updated all images to work with the new DX11 update.

29th January 2024
~ Added Dutch translation

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There are some lovely new interactions in the latest pack but sadly, many of them are lacking reactions. Some have no moodlets, notifications or sentiments attached to them. So I set about trying to change that a bit.

After I finished the Ask For Blessing To Marry Overhaul, I set to work on one of my favourite new interactions in the pack: Check Out Venue.

This is a lovely little interaction that appears on Wedding Venue lots and allows your Sim to quite literally check out the potential venue. The interaction appears on Dining Tables (I don’t know why Maxis coded it like that but there you go). Sadly, it came with no moodlets or any reaction at all. So once again, there was no real gameplay benefit to this interaction at all.

So I set about changing that. Your Sim can now receive a moodlet to tell you what they think about the venue.

✔️ Lot51’s Core Library ~ This mod allows the interactions to be injected without needing a separate script file.
✔️ The Pie Menu file. Both the new social interactions are listed in this pie menu so you need to download this. It’s included in the attachment below so make sure you install both files.

Good question! 

✔️The mod adds the Check Out Venue interaction to Beach lots and Park lots as well as the standard Wedding Venue. Additionally, the interaction is now only available for engaged Sims.

✔️There are 9 possible moodlets for your Sim to get when they check the venue out. One is specific to Park lots for certain traits, one specific to Beach lots for certain traits and one specific to Non-Committal Sims. The other six are random. These are weighted relating to décor preferences; so if your Sim has a moodlet informing you they dislike the décor of the lot, they’ll have a higher chance of a negative reaction to the venue and vice versa.

✔️There are two new interactions: Discuss Wedding Venue and Argue About Wedding Venue. 

✔️Discuss Wedding Venue will only show up if both engaged Sims have any one of the moodlets listed above. There are also four possible moodlets and notifications for the outcome of this interaction, depending on what your Sims think of the venue.

There’s also a new Sentiment if your Sims disagree about a venue.

✔️Argue About Wedding Venue only shows up if Sims have differing views on the venue. This follows the same pattern as the standard in-game arguments and will have a winner or loser of the argument.

✔️Finally, I created a new Pie Menu under the Friendly social category: Wedding Planning. This keeps all wedding-related socials together and both new social interactions appear under this category, along with two from My Wedding Stories: Express Doubts About Wedding and Enthuse About Upcoming Wedding.

I edited the following XMLs and so this mod will conflict with any others that do the same.
wedding_Venue_CheckOut_OnObject
mixer_social_ExpressDoubtsMarriage
mixer_social_EnthuseAboutWedding
mixer_social_EnthuseAboutWedding_ActorEngaged

Naturally, this mod requires My Wedding Stories.
The mod is currently in the following languages:
English (Me, Included)
Chinese (Simplified & Traditional) (littlelittleGirl, Included)
French (Kimikosoma, Included)
Russian (Origamika Group, included)
Dutch (GothiqueAngel, included)
Polish (Daisy1728, Download Here)
Brazilian Portuguese (Andy Ms, Download Here)
Translations are welcome!

Check Out Venue Overhaul: SimFileShare (Free) | Google Drive (Free) | Patreon (Free)
Wedding Planning Pie Menu: SimFileShare (Free) | Google Drive (Free) | Patreon (Free)

If you have any problems, please head over to my Discord server and I’ll do what I can to help.

Zer0 for his fantastic tutorials
Sims 4 Studio
Lot51 and Scumbumbo for the TDESC Browser
adeepindigo for her help with the interaction injection!
Kimikosoma, littlelittleGirl, Origamika Group, GothiqueAngel, Daisy1728 and Andy Ms for translating!

I hope you enjoy this mod and please let me know if you encounter any issues! 💖