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IMPORTANT: Changing in Modding Plan
🕑 Added 2021-09-26 19:11:33 +0000 UTCEdit: Hi, as I’m looking at some other articles, I found that I may have some misunderstandings about the Patreon system. I have mistakenly read the instruction as the cheaper Lite plan with only one fixed payment that I can set, and Pro with multiple levels as well as some other analytics tools, which isn’t the case. I have to either delete all the tiers for a cheaper platform plan or stay in the current platform plan even if I just want to keep one basic payment. I’m asking my other creator friends about this. Seems like it’s different for people with a page started before VS after 2019.
If this is true, I will keep the Patreon platform plan as Pro but also continue my modding plan as I said in the notice. Please check the following notice if you haven’t! Thank you!
Hello guys! How have you all been lately?
I hope you are all well and are having a good time playing with my mods as well as the color swatches added in the latest game patch! Go check out all changelogs in September 2021
I know it is probably weird to say, as I have been very active in modding for over a year now, I would like to ask for your kind understanding for some future changes.
I have been thinking about changing how my mods are distributed because of these reasons:
1. A personal reason that I have stopped taking antidepressants and anxiety medication and my mental state is getting worse than I thought it would be.
2. EA has started to release patches very often in the past few months, once or twice a month, which I'm very happy that they are trying to refresh the game. However, this also interrupts the progression of doing new mods. I was spending most of the time comparing game files and the mods, checking what has changed in patches, and fixing anything needed.
3. Since I was trying to update mods for additional features as usual as before within the patch releases, the updates usually break before I get to release them. It becomes frustrating for me to fix them quick and release them within the month in schedule.
4. It becomes harder to do new mods and also early-access mod updates at the same time for the above reasons. It would be unfair to some patons paying more than the others while getting a similar amount of new content.
5. I want to spend some time on improving non-in-game-content, aka writing about each traits' features and modding tutorials for other creators on my site.
For the next few months, I would like to:
1. Take a break from updating the rest of 100 Traits and focus on doing new mods
2. Stay productive and release two either new mod or major mod updates each month in early access for the same tier(s)
3̶.̶ ̶D̶o̶w̶n̶g̶r̶a̶d̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶P̶a̶t̶r̶e̶o̶n̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶t̶f̶o̶r̶m̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶P̶r̶o̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶L̶i̶t̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶r̶e̶d̶u̶c̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶h̶i̶g̶h̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶t̶f̶o̶r̶m̶ ̶f̶e̶e̶s̶
4. Check and fix mods for patches as usual. Again, any mod updates for compatibility with game patches are posted publicly and all free to everyone as before!
What would happen if you are a Patron?
I̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶d̶e̶l̶e̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶i̶r̶s̶t̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶s̶e̶c̶o̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶i̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶o̶r̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶d̶o̶w̶n̶g̶r̶a̶d̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶P̶a̶t̶r̶e̶o̶n̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶t̶f̶o̶r̶m̶ ̶(̶s̶i̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶L̶i̶t̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶o̶w̶s̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶-̶t̶i̶e̶r̶)̶.̶ ̶F̶o̶r̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶p̶a̶t̶r̶o̶n̶s̶,̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶k̶e̶e̶p̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶p̶a̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶u̶p̶p̶o̶r̶t̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶n̶g̶e̶ ̶t̶i̶e̶r̶s̶.̶ ̶ (I will keep the Patreon platform plan as Pro but also continue my modding plan as I said in the notice) I will be very grateful if you stay as Patrons! If not, I'm still thankful for the long-time support from you all which has been encouraging me to do creative content!
This is not a complete change in direction since I will still be here updating mods and provide technical support on my Discord Server. This won't change my mission in supporting my mods until the end of the Sims 4 series.
I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may cause! Please tell me if anything is unclear about the policy change. Thank you for reading this long notice!
Comments
Take care of yourself you are so special! <3
Jennifer Lynch
I'm glad that you're doing what you need to take care of yourself. I have depression and anxiety too and I know the struggle! I stopped taking antidepressants for awhile but decided that I needed them more than I had thought. 20 years later and I'm still taking them and I have no regrets. I fully believe that I wouldn't still be alive without them. So if you discover that you need them, there's no shame in going back on them. Your happiness matters. <3 Good luck with everything and thank you for your fabulous mods, they've made the game so much better!
Barbara Moore
Sorry to hear about your Anxiety - I suffered from it for years and didn't want to go Pharma - so my Dr. recommended I start taking a daily supplement called Ashwaganda Extract. Amazing stuff - noticeable improvement in just a couple of weeks. I've been taking it for years and no side effects. And it's inexpensive. I get it from Swansons (on line) Good Luck!! <3 Anxiety is no fun. Bless yer heart. <3
Vicky Sims (chingyu1023) Mods for Sims 4
Hi, Pauline～ Actually you are in tier 3 and you do not have to pay more than 3 dollars / €3 to keep getting Early Access 🤣
Pauline
Alright, I can't give more than 3 dollars so I have to exit the subscriptions unfortunately.. :/
Your health is more important and I think it's wonderful your putting yourself and needs first. Sending good juju. Hope you start feeling more yourself. And this new schedule helps lesson the stress and leads to new inspirations. <3
Kai
take care of yourself first and foremost!!
Vicky Sims (chingyu1023) Mods for Sims 4
If you don't do anything manually, you can keep your current pay without early access to support me. You may also change tiers or exit subscriptions. Since I will focus on doing some new mods in the next few months, the early accesses that tier-3 gets, I don't want to keep all tier-2 patrons waiting without getting constant early access updates. 🙏
Vicky Sims (chingyu1023) Mods for Sims 4
$3. All the features of that tier will remain the same as before. 😉
Devon Garvey
Just to clarify, what will be the monthly cost of the remaining tier?
Pauline
I am in the first 2 tiers you were talking about, what does that mean? Am I cancelled and not getting any early access anymore?
Angel
This is understandable The patches are non stop 😭😭😭
Emerald Kelly
We'll be here to support you!
Jeanna Hicks
You need to take care of yourself first. I've know all the patching and things has been tough on modders and you all do so much for us. It's greatly appreciated
