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Alpha Testing: Functional Duck Pond
🕑 Added 2022-04-12 07:00:04 +0000 UTCHey y'all! Here's the most recent mod I've been working on. This mod allows your sim to buy and farm ducks! We know that with Cottage Living (my all time favourite game pack!) a large variety of animals was introduced - llamas, cows, chickens, rabbits, however when it comes to farm animals - there is no such thing as too many animals! So, here I want to share with you the project I've been working on for a while now.
How does it work?
BASE CAME COMPATIBLE
1. To begin farming ducks, first you need to buy the Functional Duck Pond from build/buy mode, it can be found under Outdoor Activities category and it costs 250 simoleons.
Note that the footprint is larger than the object, I tried to resize it, but it doesn't want to resize, yet the Sim still goes throught the object, like it's not there, so I might remove the footprint for the final release.
2. Once placed, you can click on the pond to purchase ducks to inhabit it. You can choose between two types of ducks (white or mallard).
Once purchased a duck vfx of the respective ducks will show up in the water. For now there is no quacking audio, but I'm working on it, hopefully I'll figure out how to add.
The pond needs to be cleaned regularly. You can see your pond’s status by hovering over it with your cursor. Usually you'll see three statistics constantly - activity level (indicates you own ducks), hygine level and hunger levels. And two other statistics will show up on certain occasions - eggs level and feathers level (shows up only when they are ready to be collected, usually once a day).
When the pond is dirty, make sure you clean it so your ducks will stay healthy. Sims must also click on the pond to feed the ducks, to feed them is required 5 barley grains (so make sure to download the harvestable). Make sure to remember to do this every 12-15 hours to keep your ducks well fed, if you leave your duck hungry for too long they can die from starvation. Hovering over the pond will show you whether your ducks are hungry or fed.
The pond has custom states and animations! When it's dirty has the stinky vfx from the chicken coop and the back container gets full with dirt.
When your ducks lay eggs, the nests fill with eggs.
NOTE: If at the same time the pond is dirty and the eggs are ready, it won't show both states, only one of the two!
When collecting eggs your Sim has the chance to find a golden egg, which they can then exchange for money or 6 regular eggs that can be used in cooking, they are SCCO tagged. They can also collect duck feathers, which can be sold for profit or used to make pillows on the Loom (will update the recipe ingredients!). The interaction for eggs and feathers show up only when there are items to collect, otherwise they are not visible.
NOTE: If you keep your ducks hungry for too long, there won't be a warning notification, they will directly die from starvation (I tried to add notice, but no matter what I tried it didn't want to show up)! So, make sure to feed them frequently.
Your Sim can socialize with the ducks, which will increase their relationship. Any sim from child to elder can take care of the ducks. Children and teens develop their responsibility when taking care of the ducks. Children can also hug ducks. Toddlers can talk to the ducks and observe them.
Want to test this mod? VIP Patrons get to test alpha versions sometimes, of mods that implement new code, so when the mod is released to minimize the chances of issues. Testing is different from early access because the mod is definitely not complete & I'm using this time to make sure the mod works for people and there are no unexpected errors.
Download the test version now (VIP Patrons): HERE
Comments
Laura Martinez Barca
gracias por contestar tengo que dejar la referencia en cada publicación de lo que he traducido al español la verdad me estoy traduciendo casi todas tus cosas me encantan y a mis seguidores también
Pied Piper
Hi, this is now a testing version, so it's not the final product, I've been working hard on finishing it recently, so depending when I release the final version then we can see when the public release will happen, I could imagine that by the begining/ middle of June it should be public (if everithing goes all right). I hope that answers your question.
Laura Martinez Barca
estoy impaciente por traducirlo al español,cuando será publico?
Dovelette
So charming!
