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Restaurant Mod WIP

I've been thinking of making this mod for a long time now.

The business as usual oven is alright, but it's lacking some of the things that I really want in a restaurant. So, in true Phoebe style - I've made my take on it!

Of course, this is heavily inspired by Ani's Business as Unusual Oven, Sims 2 OFB, and Sims 4 Dine Out!

I wanted to expand the flexibility of working at a restaurant so there are new roles, including being a chef, a waiter, a greeter, and a bartender.

Bartender was a last minute addition but I really wanted a way for active sims to moonlight at bars without me having to direct them. Technically, this should mean you could run a bar instead of a restaurant too...

Dining out with groups, or with a date, is made easier as you can be auto-seated at an appropriate table.

Sims won't autonomously make themselves broke by trying to order food that they can't afford.

And there is slightly more depth to if a sim enjoys their dining experience and the benefits of that (though this only really involves tipping rn so is pretty surface level).

Business management is almost the same as in my Boutique mod however I've handled bosses working much better. Your sim can own multiple restaurants without actually working there as an employee - you can also set the owner as an employee if you DO want them to work.

You can set shifts, days off, work outfits, wages, all that normal stuff.

As much as I wanted to revamp a bunch of animations too, if it ain't broke...

Anyway, as you can see from the mish-mash of pictures, as few as they are, I've started testing this in my main world which means unless I have another last minute spark of inspiration, we should be pretty close to the mod being released!

Stay tuned!

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Apologies in advance to those who have been waiting a while for a response!

@lumi-cosmonaut hello! So, when you right click on the Tuning XML inside the package, do you see 'Notepad' at the bottom of the drop down? That's the way I've always edited tunings. If not, try exporting the XML first and then opening it with a text editor. You can import it again to the package once you've made your edits.

lovely @sushiikinsss! Thank you for the idea. Right now, I don't have a need for that in my game, so my interest is limited. But I might have some interest in this in the future (unless someone else gets to this first!) I wonder if Olomaya's Private Clinic therapist could work to help sims with drug/alcohol related moodlets. Might be worth testing

thank you kalque! I suppose you could set the club hours to run for 23 hours, for however many consecutive days the camp is active for. But I don't know exactly how that would function in actuality. This will probably be something where you have to test out various methods and see which one works best! :) It's been a while since you asked this, so hopefully you managed to find a good solution.

hellooo @ladymudcrab! I hope you are doing good too :) I'm really glad you like my mods. I also can't remember if I answered this question somewhere else so please forgive me. But, as I don't play with occults, they're pretty much always an afterthought for me. I don't know what half of them even do. That's why you don't see many interactions for them. However, I will keep this in mind when I next update the social clubs mod.

@murkoose did I answer this on another platform? I really cant remember! Sorry! Just in case I haven't, to answer: yes, as I only play rotationally I was really only catering for myself when I set up how the mod will work. I don't believe I made it possible to fully go through the whole buying and selling process one-sided :/

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Drunk party boy Warren. Shots hit him harder than expected… and so does the floor 😅

Huge thanks to @phoebejaysims for the mod that brought extra depth... and just the right amount of chaos, into the lives of our adult sims :)

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Let's Get Drunk Mod - Quick Update

If anybody has been having trouble with interactions dropping when the sim is hungover, please redownload the package :)

Also, juice kegs should properly count as alcohol now! Silly oversight on my part!

Simblr.cc - Let's Get Drunk Mod

As apology, please also enjoy these other outtakes from mod testing, including a drunken backflip gone wrong:

Ace Wilde having a miserable time:

And more awkward falling over!

Hope you all are enjoying the mod so far :)

I'm sure if there are any other bugs, I'll get around to fixing them soon enough. But I think everything is good for now.

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Hello :) I would like to ask if it is possible to make it less possible for sims to receive a negative moodlet when they are using a bubble bath? My sims bought the tea sense and when both used it, both receive negative modlets. Thank you in advance for your response, I greatly appreciate what you have offer. Take care

Hello!

Unfortunately, that's the fun of the tea tree bubble bath - you never quite know if your sim will enjoy it or not! Sorry about that :(

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hey phoebe! just downloaded the cheerleadingmod you made and i think it’s so cool! i’m having a problem though where they keep spawning pom poms and i can’t delete them. do you know why this might be or a fix perhaps? thank you!!

hello! I'm so sorry, I'm not sure why this would be happening. It's hard to troubleshoot when I can't replicate the issue. Have you tried running the interaction in a fresh save to see if the issue persists? It's likely it could be sim or world related?

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Let's Get Drunk - Mod Download

Introducing 3 different types of beverages: alcohol, non-alcoholic juice, and tap water!

Full documentation is included in the download!

Alcohol

Purchase from the grocery store, buy mode, or from Alcohol Racks on community lots. There are up to 7 different alcohol glasses that may be used depending on the setting/occasion. There's also a champagne bucket that only serves champagne!

By default: drinking nectar, from a professional bar, playing juice pong, and drinking from a juice keg also count as drinking alcohol. This is tuneable.

Most sims will become drunk after drinking around 4 cups, however this can fluctuate depending on if your sim is a lightweight (or an alcoholic), or if they are out clubbing.

Drunken Behaviour

There are 6 different types of drunks. Traits and buffs affect how sims will act when intoxicated. Whether it's picking fights, streaking, having giggle fits, or falling flat on their faces, there's something unique for everyone.

Drinking is social behaviour so most of the fun will be seen when drinking in groups.

Benefits:

Sims can be more successful at various social interactions

Non-violent drunks will be less angry

Drunk sims are less exhausted

Sims may lose all sense of embarrassment (and morals)

Drawbacks:

Excessive drinking increases the risk of addiction, poisoning, fainting and vomiting

Underage drinkers may be punished

Going to work or school drunk can lead to dire consequences

Drunk driving or travelling abroad while drunk may lead to fines, or a police visit

There are many other effects besides the few mentioned above.

Social Interactions:

There are 10 new unique social interactions, including: ramble incoherently, drunk tease, shove, spill soul, and show off guns. All with TS4 animations I converted!

Hangovers

Hangovers don't come on immediately after a sim finishes being drunk, and the intensity, length and symptom frequency depends on how well the sim looks after them self before and after. Things like napping, drinking water, and eating certain food will reduce hangover severity.

Addiction

A sim's propensity for addiction depends on how much they drink (a lot), their traits, and if there is a history of addiction in their family. Addiction has the ability to become fatal.

It can be disabled in the tuning.

Juice

Juice can likewise be purchased from the supermarket & buy mode. There are 3 different types of cups that may be used. Toddlers can also be given juice.

Benefits:

Blocks 'too spicy' buff

Increases children's party score

May increase the intensity of drunk buff

Drawbacks:

Can give sim's toothaches if they already have a sugar high

Water

Water can be drunk from the kitchen sink (any room with a fridge or stove)

Benefits:

May reduce hangover length

Reduces sims temperature

Thank yous:

To @aroundthesims for generously allowing me to use her meshes in my mods. It's always appreciated. Link to the originals can be found in the documentation

To @zoeoe-sims for the commodity tutorial at MTS

To Douglas Veiga for the gardening service mod that helped me also with the alcoholic commodity

To @desiree-uk for helping me brainstorm and being the reason behind water being added

To TS4 for the animations which I converted

To Lizcandor as her 'common' code was a great reference on how to reference NRaas Woohooer PROC tests (romantic social interactions will also take woohooer attraction and preference settings into account)

Compatibility

Made on version 1.67

Because there are new romantic interactions, Nraas woohooer may generate a script log when loading the game. It's not actually an error so can be discarded. (The documentation includes a way to stop this though)

All new objects are unique so shouldn't be conflicts.

If you would like to give a tip as thanks, feel free to do so here: my kofi. I'm always grateful for your kind words and generosity!

Download here: Simblr.cc - Let's Get Drunk Mod

Thank you and hope you all enjoy!

Phoebe :)

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Functional Boards! (Masterlist)

I built a community centre to have sims meet and hang out, but most importantly, to get information of events around the town. There are some good noticeboards from mods that do exactly that, so I'll be placing them on the walls of my centre! I'll also be placing them on other lots too!

@phoebejaysims says there should be a list of functional boards as there are quite a few, so here it is! 😄 I've included their scripts too, so if you decide to use other custom decor boards, you can switch out their scripts with these ones using S3pe or Transmogrifier :) (You can place these notices anywhere you want, even at the sims homes, I just list where I place mine for some ideas. 😊)

4to3 Cheerleading Mod - Phoebejaysims

Join the cheer squad, check for opportunities and become a social media manager! Place at: School, Community Centre, Library, Gym. Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.Miscellaneous.PhoebeJaySims.Cheerleading.CheerleadingBoard

2. Bulletin Board - Arsil

Notes added to inform sims of events around town, reminders (to them or to YOU, the player lol). Any active-sim can add or delete a note and be read by others. Place at: Town Hall, Community Centre, Library, Gym, Post office, Job Agency, Grocery Store, Consignment Store, Sims home. Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.rothnBulletinBoard.workingBBoard

3. Club Board - Phoebejaysims

Sims can browse the board to see which clubs are available in the neighbourhood and join them. Place at: Town Hall, Community Centre, Library, Gym, Post office, Job Agency, Grocery Store, Consignment Store. Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.Miscellaneous.PhoebeJaySims.Clubs

4. Club Calendar - Phoebejaysims

This calendar has uses on both residential and community lots! View Schedule: While on residential lots, the weekly club schedule for the lot’s household will pop up on the screen. While on community lots, if there are any open club schedulers in the same room as the calendar, all the schedules for the aforementioned clubs will pop up on the screen. If there are no open schedulers in the same room but there are open schedulers on the lot, the schedules for all clubs on the lot will pop up on the screen. Place at: Anywhere where there is a club scheduler or at a sims house! Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.Miscellaneous.PhoebeJaySims.Clubs.Calendar

5. Get Pumped: Exercise Class Schedule Board - Olomaya

A board to announce the various fitness classes held at the gym or other places! Place at: Gym, Town Hall, Community Centre, Library, Post Office, Job Agency (for self-employed trainers). Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.olomaya.Exercise.GymBoard

6. Gig Scheduler - Nona Mena (Alternative Box download)

Find Work for Your Band Check for Available Gigs Get Band Opportunity These are band-related opportunities which are not considered Gig Opportunities. Place at: Theatre, Library, Community Centre, Dance Club, Watering-hole. Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.Decorations.Mimics.NonaMena.NonaGigPoster

7. Job Board - Ani/Mspoodle

A board for RH and skill-level job opportunities only! Brilliant! Lists all jobs available, and some specifically chosen to match the active sim's skills! Place at: Town Hall, Community Centre, Library, Gym, Post office, Job Agency, Grocery Store, Consignment Store. Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.HobbiesSkills.ani_JobBoard.JobBoard

8-9. Opportunity Board - 2 versions - mintbeehry

v.1 - A board to find short-contract job opportunities! Lists one job at a time. v.2 - Use this version if you have the Modelling v2.0 Mod - https://modthesims.info/d/672701/modelling-interaction-and-skill-updated-3-3-23.html Place at: Studio, Theatre, Community Centre, Job Agency, Town Hall, Library. Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.MintOppportunity.NewPinBoard

10. Student Council Board - Olomaya - TEENS ONLY!

Join the Student Council where they can then take on different activities such as run for office in the council and support school issues to try and make their school a better place. You can learn about student issues and the like through the Bulletin Board object! Place at: School, Town Hall, Community Centre, Library, Post office, Job Agency, Consignment Store. Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.olomaya.StudentCouncilObjects.CampaignBoard

World Adventure and University Life Adventure Boards/Job Board for your Home Towns - Nona Mena

If you know of any other functional boards, let us know in the comments!

📝🤗

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WIP - Alcohol Mod (+ mini Tillage Update!)

To make a long story short, I had to restart my current world, Tillage, because I was trying to uninstall a mod but it couldn't be done safely and was spurting out so many script errors and lagging my game etc etc. So, I have all new sims living in Tillage!

The last family in my rotation were who I made the taxes and benefits mod for, and this current family has sparked this new mod.

What's the point of having a liquor shelf, when the only liquor isn't even drinkable because it has the Hobo Script OBJK attached? I haven't had that mod installed for years!

Not only is there alcohol, complete with different glasses depending on the occasion...

There's also fruit juice, that even toddlers can enjoy...

And water, straight from the kitchen tap.

So there's something for everyone (except babies!).

Drunk sims may act differently depending on their current traits/buffs. Hangovers creep up on sims and the symptoms can be lessened/managed through certain activities. Binge drinking is a thing, and can have consequences.

I even made a custom commodity/motive so that sims may be pushed to do certain drunken activities autonomously.

This mod has been a bit difficult because I really hate working with props + converting animations means finding appropriate voice files, and making jazz scrips and whatnot.

This mod really isn't perfect however, I'm like 85% finished and it's finally completely stable!

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Hello, how are you? Thanks for all the amazing mods!! I want to know do you take mod requests? If so how much? I would love a auction mod for the art appraisal career

Hello! I'm good thank you for asking. I hope you're well too?

I have taken requests in the past but I've done it selectively because modding can take a lot of time and energy. I don't currently have a lot of free modding time outside of my own projects (of which I currently have too many lol).

However, somebody else actually has come to me with this idea and I've seen a few other simmers brainstorming along these lines.

So, even though I won't be able to take on this project, there's a good chance something like this will be made sooner or later :)

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hi, just a dumb quick question as it was unclear: I assume that any cc beards, including those your recommend, aren't yet included in the xml of the shaving mod, or are they?

Hello! That's correct, you'll have to add the cc you want included to the XML - I've only added EA beards!

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Taxes & Benefits Mod + New Active Career - DOWNLOAD

One of my sims was earning a little too much money and somehow this spiralled into me developing this mod. Introducing a very configurable tax and benefit system alongside an all new active career!

The tax and benefit system is modelled after the system we have here in England. All tax and benefit options are configurable and sims will only be opted in if you want them to. See the included documentation for a proper feature breakdown.

There are three types of taxes:

Council Tax (a property tax)

Business Tax

National Insurance (an income tax)

Register sims for each type of tax through the city hall.

There are four types of benefits:

Universal Credit

Housing Benefit

Child Benefit

Job Seekers Allowance

Register sims online, through social interactions with the all new Civil Servant, or at a HSRC communications booth.

Civil Service Career

Work for the HSRC in this fully functional active career.

There are 36 jobs which can be completed: 27 are custom career opportunities (like in the private eye career), 9 of them are custom active jobs (like in the interior decorator or firefighter career).

Jobs include: checking benefit eligibility for sims around town, attending job fairs, auditing, community outreach, responding to council house repair requests, and things of that nature.

Communication Booth

Civil Servants are given communication booths which can be placed anywhere in the world. This object has 2 geostates and can be set up or packed down when not needed.

Council Houses

Properties that are not owned by a sim are council houses. There are some unique interactions for these homes. For one, they can be more susceptible to pests (if enabled in the tuning, that is).

Complain to the Council

Depending on the type of property the sim lives in, they can complain to the council about housing issues such as overcrowding, broken facilities, or vermin.

Social Interactions

There are 12 new social interactions found under Friendly, Funny and Mean.

Help Understand Welfare System – Civil Servant Only

Complain About Taxes

Accuse of Benefit Fraud

Suggest Part Time Job – Civil Servant Only

Joke About Fraud

Talk About Benefits

Talk About Career History

Hand Out HSRC Leaflet – Civil Servant Only

Warn About Fraudulent Behaviour – Civil Servant Only

Offer Council House Repairs – Civil Servant Only

Including 2 autonomous only interactions:

Talk About Shared Career History

Talk About Shared Benefit Claims

Some interactions are only visible after doing things such as paying taxes. Some interactions are specific to the Civil Service career.

Required

Ambitions EP

University EP

Optional

Seasons EP – adds tax refunds, tax fluctuations and council house scenarios

Showtime EP – adds extra interaction to communications booth

World Adventures EP- adds extra active job

My Boutique Mod, Hairdressing Mod, Go to Court Mod – adds extra work opportunities

My social clubs mod – adds extra work opportunity and some optional integration with Bronzo banking

My functional printer mod – makes use of buff

Olomaya Smoking & Private Clinic (optometry module) mod - illness buffs taken into account with trying to claim some benefits.

Uninstallation

You can use cheat ‘uninstallTaxesBenefits’ in order to remove all mod related objects and data before uninstalling.

Download: Simblr.cc - Taxes & Benefits Mod

If you would like to donate as thanks, please feel free to do so at my ko-fi! :)

ps modders: this code for this mod is up on GitHub, plus a WIP active career tutorial (emphasis on the WIP but I hope it's helpful). Link included on the last page of the documentation.

Please enjoy all!

~ Phoebe <3

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Birthday Celebrations Mod

How sad is it that you can't throw a real birthday party in the middle of your sim's lifespan without the party failing because they didn't age up? For those of us who use Battery's real age mod or track our sims' in-between ages with other methods, birthdays can be a little lacklustre.

So, I made this little mod to fix that. Now you can throw a proper birthday party, complete with blowing out candles and opening presents and NO aging up!

Interactions

Birthday cakes (including modded non-birthday birthday cakes, and cake-connector-birthday cakes) have a new interaction: 'Blow Out Candles (No Age Up)'.

Also, there's a new birthday gift pile. You can set up to 2 birthday sims, put in gifts for them, and gather around to watch them open their presents. This is for @bietjie who mentioned wanting this on the creators-cave.

Finally (and this was @desiree-uk's idea), the gift box from the gift pile has been separated into it's own object so you can send a random present to sims anytime you want. Simply choose an owner and said owner can open the gift.

Party Conditions

Blowing out cake candles and being gifted an individual gift will give your sim the 'celebrated birthday' buff if they are involved in a birthday party. It will also satisfy the conditions of the party so that the game doesn't complain that nobody has aged up at the end of it.

Battery Real Age Mod

If you have Battery's mod installed, then the sim will get the 'Birthday' active topic on their birthday meaning they'll have the 'announce birthday' social interaction and whatever other features the topic unlocks.

Objects

The gift pile can be purchased for 250 under Entertainment/Parties or Study/Indoor Activities.

The gift box can be purchased for 50 under Entertainment/Parties or Study/Indoor Activities.

Ps: it doesn't have to be a birthday for you to use these objects!

Compatibility

Made on game version 1.67

Shouldn't conflict with other mods

Download: Simblr.cc - Birthday Celebrations

If you would like to donate as thanks, please feel free to do so at my ko-fi! :)

Please enjoy!

~ Phoebe x

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Mod Updates

Functioning Printer

Hopefully have solved the problem where some lots with printers can't be saved to library or opened from edit town mode.

Download Update: https://simfileshare.net/download/3455857/

Real Estate Mod

Fix for social interaction null error

Download Update: Simblr.cc - Real Estate Mod - Become an active realtor!

Social Clubs

Club requirements are filtered through more accurately

Fix for indexing error when trying to find a seat in formal club

New Bronzo bank interaction to transfer money to another household's family funds (using computer only currently)

When setting up bronzo bank automatic payments, can now choose whether to transfer from another bank or household family funds

Download Update: Mod The Sims - Social Clubs Mod (+ banking) - Grow Memberships, Push Activities, Make Bank Accounts and More!

Greeting Cards

Cleaned up STBLs

Download Update: Mod The Sims - Send Greeting Cards

Generic Register

Choose Work Outfit

Internal edits to pushing duties

Download Update: Mod The Sims - Generic Retail Register - With New Features (holiday pay, request time of work, assign duties)

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Shaving Mod - DOWNLOAD

Objects

2 types of razors: electric and disposable.

They can be purchased through electronics/misc, bathroom/accent, or from the supermarket RH.

Disposable razors have a max. 3 uses before expiring.

Electric razors may break and need repairing.

Only disposable razors can be used in the shower.

Interactions

Sims can shave off their beards using the sink! A full shave lasts for 72 hours - stubble will grow back 1 day prior to this.

Sims can also shave their beard into a style.

Sims can also shave their legs in the shower.

Other features

Some sims may nick themselves while shaving. The sims in question will have at least one of the following attributes:

traits: clumsy, absent minded, childish

buffs: sleepy, bad nights sleep, exhausted, dazed

age: teenager

About beard styles

The types of beards available are determined through the Beard Config XML in the mod's main package file. You can add your own beards, if they happen to have a CASP name, and also determine which of the beards may be chosen as stubble.

Known Issues

Sadly, I couldn't get all beards to play nice with the mod. The two EA beards 'amBeardMoustache' and 'amBeardMoustacheStubble' as shown in the screenshot below will not grow back once shaved or be applied to the sim when chosen as a style. As such, I have removed them from the beard XML and you will not see them in the drop-down like below. From my knowledge, these are the only two beards that act as such.

Other

Requirements: No EP or mod requirements

Recommendations: @nectar-cellar beard cc . Kitt Trapping Beards, Imamiii beards. Whichever Master Controller module allows for female body hair.

Special thanks: @twinsimming for providing the shaving cream overlay which she converted. Those who helped to test the mod @desiree-uk @its-time-o-clock @puffkins2000 @twinsimming and any others who tested but did not reveal themselves.

Tuning: There are tuneable values in the XML.

Uninstallation: You can use the cheat 'uninstallshaving' to safely clear the mod data before removing from your mods folder.

Compatibility

I do not use NRaas Dresser anymore so I'm unsure how how fervently it will try to add body hair to sims when enabled. Please keep this in mind if you see oddities.

Final

There is documentation in the download. Please have a read of it if you have questions. If something isn't clear, feel free to ask!

Download here: Simblr.cc - Shaving Mod - Shave and Grow Body Hair

If you would like to donate as thanks, please feel free to do so at my ko-fi!

Please enjoy,

Phoebe x

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Ownable Tech - Download

For years, I've wanted a way to stop randos from using computers at my sims' houses, workplaces, restricted lot areas, etc. Finally, the dream has become reality!

Although the mod is called ownable tech, it only covers computers.

This mod was made with the Mono Patcher! You must download that in order for this to work.

What does the mod do?

Choose an owner for the computer/laptop (Control Ownership -> Set Owner...) and no other sim will be able to use it but the owner. This can be an individual sim or a household.

Restrictions cover all computer interactions, in and out of the inventory, except for modded interactions where the modder didn't call the 'IsComputerUsable' method.

You can still access all settings menus on computers as usual.

Easily see who the owner is by hovering over the computer. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the tooltips to work as intended however you can see who owns the device under the control ownership menu.

Computers can still be repaired by anyone - so your service sims won't be out of a job, don't worry!

Conflicts & Compatibility:

Will conflict with any mod that edits the EA 'IsComputerUsable' bool. Very unlikely as without the Mono Patcher it would be a core edit.

Made on game version 1.67.

Made on Mono Patcher version 0.2.2

Download here: Simblr.cc - Ownable Tech

As always, please enjoy!

If you would like to donate as thanks, please feel free to do so at my ko-fi!

-Phoebe xxx

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Wow! How exciting!

Thank you, Sandy - this looks great! I can't wait to refurbish my post office.

Around the Sims 3 | Post Office

Finally, the post office I wanted to male since @phoebejaysims eleased her postal mod, thanks to another request for it!

It will be released on Around the Sims 3 the 28th of March. It’s available in early access for Patreons right now.