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Better Pie Menu v. 2.6.0
🕑 Added 2023-04-26 06:42:59 +0000 UTCThe new generation of Sims 4 Pie Menu! Liven up those boring original cake menus with bright new colors and organization! After Growing Together Patch Update.
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📆 Patron Release: April 26, 2023
📆 Public Release: May 17, 2023
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✅ Update Notes Version 2.6.0
The following updates were made:
- I've completely discarded my original reorganization of social interactions and am embracing EA's structure. However, I increased the prioritization of the EA subcategories so that they are always at the beginning if you have multiple mods. In addition, the categories are collapsible, i.e. they are hidden if they only contain one interaction, so there are not so many clicks for Toddler, for example.
- In addition, some sub-sub-categories (Wellness, Skiing, Snowboarding, RockClimbing) have been added to "Friendly/Hobbies" as there are still too many interactions there.
- The "Activities" subcategory has been removed from the "Friendly" category in the main sim category. I also moved some other categories to the "Activities". (e.g. "Gift", "Convince" or "Acting").
- Also, some EA subcategories that I think are too small (Affection, Compliments, Complaints, Gossip) have been merged into a new intermediate category "Emotional". The name of this category is provisional, maybe you can suggest a better variant.
- New Growing Together TV channels have been sorted into the appropriate categories. Some other changes in other "old" categories, mainly changing the prioritization and icons.
- Improvement to the management menu for own retail employees and domestic employees.
- I discovered a new incompatible mod. That is Massage Socials Fix by Vicky Sims (chingyu1023). Please do not use this mod if you have BPM. Simultaneous use will result in all interactions being blocked on the sim. The improvement in massage interactions is already taken into account in BPM.
- Tested with the brand new Smarter Pie Menu mod by TwistedMexi! There are no compatibility issues. So you are welcome to use both mods at the same time!
✒️ Mod Description
This mod creates a better overview in the pie menu structure for some objects in the game, e.g. sim, computer, TV, stereo, fridge, stove, mirror etc... The main goal is to make the search faster with suitable icons. In addition, the priority of unimportant folders has been decreased and the priority of the important folder has been increased instead. A few new overcategories were also created and the sub-folders reorganized.
This mod only overwrites the so-called Pie Menu Category Tuning of some menu categories. Not a single interaction tuning was overwritten! The restructuring is done via a script, so you need to allow scripting in your game settings. Conflicts can only arise with the same mods that also modify the category tuning of the pie menu or also arrange interactions differently through scripts.
More information: https://andirz.itch.io/better-pie-menu
⚒️ Problems with BPM
Problem: Since I got the mod, I can't do anything with the computer (or on other objects) anymore. The menu has disappeared. If I click on the object, then everything hangs and then nothing happens.
Answer: The problem can occur when my mod conflicts with another one. This can only be the mods that change the EA Pie menus. Let me know which mod it conflicts with (or at least which objects the menu disappears on) and I'll try to find and resolve the conflict! The conflicts are unpredictable, but many are fixable!
🚨 Compatibility Issues
1) The following mods are completely incompatible with BPM:
- Less Main Pie Clutter by Lumpinou (retired mod)
- Massage Socials Fix by Vicky Sims (chingyu1023)
2) The following mods are problematic:
- Conversation Tweaks by Bienchen
The problem with this mod is that it overwrites dozens of game interactions. At the very least, some things may no longer appear the way BPM intended. I can't say more exactly. I'm not crazy looking at every little change Bee has made in his mod either. So I guarantee no security and no compatibility here.
3) The following mods don't have any compatibility issues with BPM (at least not yet), but may cause the menus to look slightly different than intended:
- Better Meal Time Menu by LittleMsSam (on the kitchen appliances);
- Carl's Sims 4 Gameplay Overhaul by Carl (on Sims social interactions);
- Complete Cooking Overhaul by Srslysims (on the kitchen appliances);
- Meaningful Stories by roBurky (on computers and refrigerator);
- Move, Sort & Hide Interactions (multiple interactions everywhere);
- Plumfruit by Arnie (on computers and tablets);
- Realistic Cooking Mod by Somik and Severinka (on fridge).
These minor conflicts do not cause the game to crash or generate LE errors. The result of these conflicts is that some of my menu tweaks no longer work because the mentioned mods are also overriding the same pie menu tuning, resulting in override contention. So you won't see all the improvements I've made to BPM. So players using BPM and the listed mods at the same time just don't see the full Better Pie Menu improvements. But there's no reason to delete either mod because you like both. However, the conflicts are possible in the future if the authors of these mods change something so much that it will cause a conflict. If the interactions on the objects mentioned disappear, it could be that it has become a conflict. Then let me know and I'll check it out.
⚠️ Required Terms
- You have to allow the scripts in your game settings.
🈯 Translations
The mod almost exclusively uses only pre-made strigs from the game, so no translations are needed here.
📌 General Installation Instructions
- Back up your current save files just in case!
- Download the zip archive and extract all files!
- Move the unzipped folder to your Sims 4 Mods folder!
- Path: Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > Mods
- Please delete all files of the previous version of the mod first!
- Delete the game cache files (how)!
💾 Download
You can download the mod files from CurseForge at this link.
Please respect my work and don't upload the files to other sites! Better link my Patreon page, my CurseForge account or my homepage if you like my mod and want to spread it! Thanks very much!
Look for my entire mods list: Mods Overview
