#Keksdrache

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The Culinary Librarian Aspiration by Keksdrache Updated

Another aspiration I was asked to update. This was last updated in 2020 and needed some updates to match the way the game does things now and to add some newer options. You can see the original here.

I made some changes. A decent amount of changes. Some were to make the mod work at all. Some were to remove overrides--there were many overrides, and now there are none. Some were because once I removed the overrides, parts no longer worked as I assume they did, and I don't understand how they did work then, because they shouldn't have. Keksdrache did a good job getting it to work, but it makes no sense to me that it did. As a side effect, I fixed an issue that existed in the aspiration from the start--it now works even if you already know the recipes.

From the original description (along with the picture at the top):

The Culinary Librarian Lifetime Wish in Sims 3 has always been one of my favourite, despite not beeing updated for all the expansions added recipes. I wanted something similar for the Sims 4 so I created this custom aspiration. To make it a bit more interesting I made objectives that require the player to cook certain dishes with either high skill requirements in different skills or special ingredients. And of course you will have to eat tons of food to learn all the recipes from San Myshuno, Brindleton Bay, the experimental dishes and Selvadora! Description: There is a vast array of recipes to prepare for hungry guests and famished family members. By mastering the cooking skills and perusing the food stalls for recipes, your Sim can become a walking library of culinary expertise. The aspiration can be found in the Food category and therefor gives the Essence of Flavor Bonus Trait.

Level 1: Grandma's Cookbook

Prepare a Honey Cake or a Signature Cake

Decorate Pastries 3 Times

Cook Emotional Meals 3 Times

Learn and cook all Recipes from Food Stalls in Brindleton Bay

Level 2: Culture Shock

Survive Pufferfish Nigiri

Learn and make the two bar drinks from Henford-on-Bagley

Learn and cook all Food and Bar Drink Recipes from Food Stalls in Selvadorada

Learn and cook the Indian, Moroccan, Vietnamese, and Filipino Recipes in San Myshuno

Level 3: Dine Out

Learn and cook the Japanese, Mexican, and Chinese Recipes in San Myshuno

Learn and cook all Experimental Food Recipes

Learn and make all of the Food and Bar Drink Recipes from Batuu

Cook Popcorn Crickets or Bombadier Beetle Stir Fry, or make Beetle Juice at a bar

Level 4: The Spice of Life

Prepare Plasma Fruit Salad or Superfood Salad

Bake Alien Fruit Tarts or Cowplant Essence Meringue Pie

Cook Ambrosia

Eat Boiling Death Frog Hot Pot

Important info:

See updates below for some info that was previously here.

Have to cook multi-serving meals when they're available, not single serving. 4 or 8 is fine, but not one.

The reason that it's now learn and cook is that it was originally done using a statistic, and that statistic would not work when done as an injection. It may have worked if I left it as an override and just updated that, but that's not a thing I can do. It would need constant updating and conflict with too many things. Learning is no longer tracked, just that you cook the unlocked recipe.

City Living learnable food stall recipes:

Indian Food Stall (Curry & naan picture): Bhel Puri, Curry, Samosa

Moroccan Food Stall (Tajine picture): Brochette, Merguez, Tajine

Vietnamese Food Stall (Pho picture): Banh Mi, Gui Cuon, Pho

Filipino Food Stall (Rolled food picture): Ensaymada, Lumpia, Pork Adobo, Siopao

Chinese Food Stall (Take-out container picture): Egg Rolls, Mapo Tofu with Pork, Sweet and Sour Eggplant, Sweet and Sour Pork

Japanese Food Stall (Ramen noodles picture): Dango, Nigiri, Pufferfish Nigiri, Ramen

Mexican Food Stall (Desert picture): Bean & Cheese Burrito, Chicken Burrito, Empanadas, Spinach-Wrapped Veggie Burrito, Taquitos, Tomato-Wrapped Veggie Burrito

Compatibility:

Probably compatible with mods that override food.

Maybe compatible with mods that add extra serving sizes.

Probably not compatible with mods that override food stall function, unless they leave the original foods intact.

All of that's a guess. I could be wrong. You're welcome to test in your game and let me know so I can make a note of it.

Updates:

Jan 31, 2025:

Have to cook the food instead of just learning the. This fixes some issues with updating, and also allows sims who already know the recipes to complete the aspiration.

Have to cook multi-serving meals when they're available, not single serving. 4 or 8 is fine, but not one.

Objective got changed around during the updates as a result of the changes.

String tables got altered beyond all recognition.

Added wants.

Pack requirements reduced due to EA starting to follow its own rules since the mod was last updated by Keksdrache.

Feb 7, 2025:

By request, added Batuu recipes, Cottage Living recipes, and Eco Lifestyle recipes.

By request, added Life and Death recipe. You have to eat the Boiling Death Frog Hot Pot, not cook it, because it's not a distinct recipe the way others are. What you get is based on the ingredients used, and the ingredient test I tried didn't work.

Re-organized objectives to accommodate the new recipes, because there is apparently a limit of four levels and four objectives per level.

New strings are added. Some strings are removed.

City Living is now required. Sorry.

Requires Dine Out, Vampires, Spa Day, and City Living.

Strongly encouraged: Cats and Dogs, Get to Work, Jungle Adventure, Seasons, Journey to Batuu, Eco Lifestyle, Cottage Living, and Life and Death, to get the full experience. Any or all of them will add things.

Download: https://www.patreon.com/posts/culinary-by-120354596

[a-very-confused-dragon]

Here's mine (I searched Zhadésya-core)

@secondhanddragon @kiwiwisdeathday @werestorm @thebattleofthelabyrlnth @keksdrache @wyvernstuff I randomly tagged 6 of my followers. Even if I didn't tag you, feel free to join in

aesthetic tag game

search your name + core on pinterest. Post six pictures, tag six people. I wasn't tagged but this seems like fun

Uhh tags:

@cloudxxiii @hiyokoplushie @fangomango

@vicaridoo @noodlesuoup @squ1dteeth

If you didn't want to be tagged I'll remove it once I see that you asked

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The Culinary Librarian Aspiration

Created by Keksdrache at MTS

The Culinary Librarian Lifetime Wish in Sims 3 has always been one of my favourite, despite not beeing updated for all the expansions added recipes. I wanted something similar for the Sims 4 so I created this custom aspiration. To make it a bit more interesting I made objectives that require the player to cook certain dishes with either high skill requirements in different skills or special ingredients. And of course you will have to eat tons of food to learn all the recipes from San Myshuno, Brindleton Bay, the experimental dishes and Selvadora!

IMPORTANT: It most likely won't work properly with Sims who already learned some of the recipes from Cats and Dogs, Dine Out and Jungle Adventures! It might work with already learned recipes from City Living as the game counts these itself, but I'm not entirely sure. Safest way is to use the aspiration only for Sims who didn't learn any recipes from eating certain foods.

Description: There is a vast array of recipes to prepare for hungry guests and famished family members. By mastering the cooking skills and perusing the food stalls for recipes, your Sim can become a walking library of culinary expertise.

The aspiration can be found in the Food category and therefor gives the Essence of Flavor Bonus Trait.

Download here:

http://modthesims.info/d/628002/the-culinary-librarian-aspiration.html

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The Culinary Librarian Aspiration by Keksdrache at Mod The Sims

[amethystamanda]

PlumbBuddy manifest updates

These files have had descriptions added that you can see in the Catalog, notes to translators who use Parlay added, and if applicable, had Lot 51's Core Library removed from their manifests as a requirement.

if they require Core Library, they still do. This is a manifest update only.

If you don't use PlumbBuddy, you can ignore these updates. If you aren't being told that Core Library is missing, you're not a translator, and you don't care if there are descriptions, you can ignore these updates.

Allow Children to Volunteer Alone

Altar Set

Boarded Up

Caged Bead Bracelet

Extra Funeral Activities

Family Member Trait

Famous Pastry Chef Aspiration by xbrettface Updated

Freestanding Dishwashers

Historical Gigs: Midwife

Let Horses Mourn

Listen To A Radio Show

MissBee's Child Aspirations Set updated

Mournful Melodies Music Box fix

Nightlife Superstar Aspiration by MissBee updated

Peaceful Mourning V2

Renowned Photographer Aspiration by xbrettface Updated

Self-Sufficient Aspiration by MissBee updated

The Culinary Librarian Aspiration by Keksdrache Updated

Unlock Specific Bucket List Goals for All

Main menu overrides and loading screens did not have their manifests updated, since their names should tell you what they are and they don't need translations or Core Library.

All of these link to patreon. Sorry, I'm not going back through and re-linking. Updating the manifests so that PB doesn't scream at people already took me two hours. They're all linked in the spreadsheet in my pinned post.

[amethystamanda]

My update of The Culinary Librarian Aspiration by Keksdrache has been updated again.

City Living is now required

By request, I added:

Batuu recipes

Cottage Living recipes

Eco Lifestyle recipes

Boiling Death Frog Hot Pot from Life and Death. You have to eat it, not cook it, because of how it's made.

Re-organized objectives to accommodate the new recipes, because there is apparently a limit of four levels and four objectives per level.

New strings are added. Some strings are removed.

Further requests for additions will be met with reluctance, because what should have taken a few minutes to update ended up being a complete restructure, and anything else new will be the same. There's room for, I think, two more things if I squeeze things together even more. Unless a new pack adds locked recipes or something special to cook, I think this is it.

If you're playing a sim who has this aspiration, you may want to finish the aspiration with them before updating, unless it breaks in a patch first. This is not an update due to breakage, it's a feature update.

The Culinary Librarian Aspiration by Keksdrache Updated

Another aspiration I was asked to update. This was last updated in 2020 and needed some updates to match the way the game does things now and to add some newer options. You can see the original here.

I made some changes. A decent amount of changes. Some were to make the mod work at all. Some were to remove overrides--there were many overrides, and now there are none. Some were because once I removed the overrides, parts no longer worked as I assume they did, and I don't understand how they did work then, because they shouldn't have. Keksdrache did a good job getting it to work, but it makes no sense to me that it did. As a side effect, I fixed an issue that existed in the aspiration from the start--it now works even if you already know the recipes.

From the original description (along with the picture at the top):

The Culinary Librarian Lifetime Wish in Sims 3 has always been one of my favourite, despite not beeing updated for all the expansions added recipes. I wanted something similar for the Sims 4 so I created this custom aspiration. To make it a bit more interesting I made objectives that require the player to cook certain dishes with either high skill requirements in different skills or special ingredients. And of course you will have to eat tons of food to learn all the recipes from San Myshuno, Brindleton Bay, the experimental dishes and Selvadora! Description: There is a vast array of recipes to prepare for hungry guests and famished family members. By mastering the cooking skills and perusing the food stalls for recipes, your Sim can become a walking library of culinary expertise. The aspiration can be found in the Food category and therefor gives the Essence of Flavor Bonus Trait.

Level 1: Grandma's Cookbook

Prepare a Honey Cake or a Signature Cake

Decorate Pastries 3 Times

Cook Emotional Meals 3 Times

Learn and cook all Recipes from Food Stalls in Brindleton Bay

Level 2: Culture Shock

Survive Pufferfish Nigiri

Learn and make the two bar drinks from Henford-on-Bagley

Learn and cook all Food and Bar Drink Recipes from Food Stalls in Selvadorada

Learn and cook the Indian, Moroccan, Vietnamese, and Filipino Recipes in San Myshuno

Level 3: Dine Out

Learn and cook the Japanese, Mexican, and Chinese Recipes in San Myshuno

Learn and cook all Experimental Food Recipes

Learn and make all of the Food and Bar Drink Recipes from Batuu

Cook Popcorn Crickets or Bombadier Beetle Stir Fry, or make Beetle Juice at a bar

Level 4: The Spice of Life

Prepare Plasma Fruit Salad or Superfood Salad

Bake Alien Fruit Tarts or Cowplant Essence Meringue Pie

Cook Ambrosia

Eat Boiling Death Frog Hot Pot

Important info:

See updates below for some info that was previously here.

Have to cook multi-serving meals when they're available, not single serving. 4 or 8 is fine, but not one.

The reason that it's now learn and cook is that it was originally done using a statistic, and that statistic would not work when done as an injection. It may have worked if I left it as an override and just updated that, but that's not a thing I can do. It would need constant updating and conflict with too many things. Learning is no longer tracked, just that you cook the unlocked recipe.

City Living learnable food stall recipes:

Indian Food Stall (Curry & naan picture): Bhel Puri, Curry, Samosa

Moroccan Food Stall (Tajine picture): Brochette, Merguez, Tajine

Vietnamese Food Stall (Pho picture): Banh Mi, Gui Cuon, Pho

Filipino Food Stall (Rolled food picture): Ensaymada, Lumpia, Pork Adobo, Siopao

Chinese Food Stall (Take-out container picture): Egg Rolls, Mapo Tofu with Pork, Sweet and Sour Eggplant, Sweet and Sour Pork

Japanese Food Stall (Ramen noodles picture): Dango, Nigiri, Pufferfish Nigiri, Ramen

Mexican Food Stall (Desert picture): Bean & Cheese Burrito, Chicken Burrito, Empanadas, Spinach-Wrapped Veggie Burrito, Taquitos, Tomato-Wrapped Veggie Burrito

Compatibility:

Probably compatible with mods that override food.

Maybe compatible with mods that add extra serving sizes.

Probably not compatible with mods that override food stall function, unless they leave the original foods intact.

All of that's a guess. I could be wrong. You're welcome to test in your game and let me know so I can make a note of it.

Updates:

Jan 31, 2025:

Have to cook the food instead of just learning the. This fixes some issues with updating, and also allows sims who already know the recipes to complete the aspiration.

Have to cook multi-serving meals when they're available, not single serving. 4 or 8 is fine, but not one.

Objective got changed around during the updates as a result of the changes.

String tables got altered beyond all recognition.

Added wants.

Pack requirements reduced due to EA starting to follow its own rules since the mod was last updated by Keksdrache.

Feb 7, 2025:

By request, added Batuu recipes, Cottage Living recipes, and Eco Lifestyle recipes.

By request, added Life and Death recipe. You have to eat the Boiling Death Frog Hot Pot, not cook it, because it's not a distinct recipe the way others are. What you get is based on the ingredients used, and the ingredient test I tried didn't work.

Re-organized objectives to accommodate the new recipes, because there is apparently a limit of four levels and four objectives per level.

New strings are added. Some strings are removed.

City Living is now required. Sorry.

Requires Dine Out, Vampires, Spa Day, and City Living.

Strongly encouraged: Cats and Dogs, Get to Work, Jungle Adventure, Seasons, Journey to Batuu, Eco Lifestyle, Cottage Living, and Life and Death, to get the full experience. Any or all of them will add things.

Download: https://simfileshare.net/download/5265712/