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(Preview) Use Laptop Together | Gameplay Mod
🕑 Added 2024-12-12 15:32:17 +0000 UTCWith this release, I'm excited to share that I’ve added more new interactions to the mod, allowing your Sims to enjoy their laptops together even more!
So, in addition to watching videos side by side, they can now browse the web together and scroll through Sistagram/social media together. They can also learn and practice skills together, such as writing and programming.
Each new interaction will offer distinct benefits. As I mentioned when I began creating the mod, my goal is to integrate all the major computer interactions into the mod while avoiding clutter and randomness. I want to make sure it’s fun and more Meaningful to use it,
A new pie menu called "Use Laptop Together..." has been added to all sofas. The old watch video and all the new interactions will be available there.
This pie menu will become available once your Sim has a laptop in their inventory and a romantic relationship level of at least 40.
● Browse Web with:
This Interaction will allow you to Browse Simpedia, the Web, Art, and Funny videos on Sim.Tv. I have combined all of them so that when your Sim uses it, they will randomly experience one of those activities. 
I didn't want to add all of the interactions separately to avoid clutter. If you're looking for a specific interaction, like browsing Simpedia for a focus buff, then use the desk computer. However, if you just want a positive buff, this option is perfect.
Another reason to use this interaction is that your Sim might encounter a pop-up ad while using it. A notification will appear on the side, showcasing an available discount and will provide the description for it.
Your Sims will receive a buff related to that discount, and the discount will expire once the buff runs out. So keep it in mind if that is something you would like to benefit from.
I have created many ads that will cover various packs. Don’t worry; you will only receive discounts relevant to the packs you own. For example, if you have Island Living, you might see a pop-up ad featuring discounts on beach supplies at the local Sulani store.
Keep an eye out for both small and large discounts. There are rare offers, such as a Golden Special, that provide a 100% discount on drinks. These can be a wonderful way to help your sim in choosing their next date!
● Browse Social media with:
This interaction will greatly increase your sim's fun and social needs. The sims will also receive some positive buffs associated with social media,
However, excessive use may lead to negative emotions, such as sadness from comparing their posts to their life, or anger from being too focused on Simstgram or ignoring each other.
Excessive use may also trigger jealousy buffs, especially if a sim's partner has dated many other sims, has a lot of friends, or frequently exchanges numbers with others. This can instigate jealousy, leading to a negative buff for the partner.
Jealousy buffs won't count as cheating. They are just negative buffs that may appear once you use the interaction too much, but there is a suspicious system that checks for potential cheating. If a sim has multiple partners, the other sims will receive a strong uncomfortable buff indicating their suspicion. I plan to expand on this system in the future, introducing further consequences for cheating and ways to deal with it.
The interaction will have another in-game benefit other than just mimicking the experience of scrolling through Simstgram together. It will also work as social media in-game interaction, so your sims may gain some new Followers while using it.
● Practice Programming:
As with the in-game one, it will allow both of your sims to learn the skill together.
● Practice Writing:
This will enable both of your sims to learn the writing skill.
Using a laptop together is a social mod. All the interactions will build relationships and increase some fun or social needs. Still, each interaction will focus more on the type of activity that they are doing and have benefits related to that.
Watching videos together is an intimate interaction that can mainly be used to build romantic relationships and greatly increase their fun needs.
As for scrolling through social media, it is a social interaction that will help your sim gain followers and greatly increase your sim's social needs, and also building friendship relationships.
On the other hand, browsing the web will function like regular computer interactions. It will slightly enhance both fun and social needs. Additionally, the new pop-ad feature may lead to dates or activities, such as a trip to the beach or ski slopes, to fully take advantage of discounts.
Things To clarify:
Drink's pop-ads will offer discounts on the station that make them, like a bar discount, will also work in a nightclub or karaoke bar,
Many random discounts are available in various packs, such as facial masks in the spas, market discounts, or happy hour at coffee shops. As I mentioned, you don't need to worry if you don't have the particular pack for that discount; it won't be displayed for you.
The mod isn't designed to transfer all interactions from the default computer; however, I will prioritize the main ones. But Each new interaction will be unique in its own way.
The new interaction uses a new system other than the one used in the watch video interaction, so while there may be some small clipping with the hands, the interaction will be more seamless and way smoother to run.
This mod is BG-compatible. and it will work with any Custom Content Laptop and sofas.
For the interaction to show up, you will need a laptop in your sims inventory (not the household inventory).
If your Sim has multiple laptops in their inventory, they’ll randomly choose one when the interaction starts.
If the interaction doesn't appear even if you already have a laptop, it must be that there isn't a sim to do it with. Within the lot, make sure that their romance bar level is more than 40
Requirement :
The mod was previously using the XML injector. But with the new features and to be able to run the new interaction/animations way smoother, I have used Lot 51 Core Library;
Now you will have to download Lot 51 Core Library; you may already have it since a lot of other mods use it; if not, download it from here: https://lot51.cc/core
To keep everything clean, I have switched all the systems to the core Library so that you won't need the XML Injector with this mod, but you don't need to delete it since most of my other mods use it,
How to install :
Just put both my mods and the Lot 51 Core Library script into your Sims 4 Mods folder.
