Mod Updates (June 4)

Hi everyone!

Happy Pride Month 🌈

Last June, I released Tribes. Now that it’s been almost a full year, I figured it was time for a major update. If there’s enough interest, I’ll make sure the next update doesn’t take another year. Let me know what you’d like to see added.

First, two small updates to get out of the way:

Deeper Friendship

• I finally fixed an annoying but harmless last exception that could occur. This one had been stumping me for months, but I finally figured it out.

Interests

• No redownload is needed, but I’ve packaged the mod with a new file: tyjokr_CustomPreferences.

• I added this because I’ve gotten a lot of reports from people thinking the mod is broken when the required custom preferences support is missing. If you already use Zerbu’s The Custom Preferences Mod, just delete this file. Mine is a slimmed-down version.

And now, here’s everything new in Tribes:

Tribes

✨ Manage Tribe Preferences

You can now manage your Sim’s tribe preferences at any time with a fancy new UI:

• Click the Sim → Actions → Manage Tribe Preferences

✨ New Lot Trait: Gay Hangout

Apply this lot trait to make a venue attract gay male Sims. When the game fills roles like patrons, customers, or regulars, this trait pushes those roles toward gay (and bisexual) male Sims instead of the usual random population.

Gay Hangout also steers those roles toward tribe groups that fit the venue type. A few examples:

• Gyms attract more Jocks, Twunks, and Muscle Daddies.

• Cafés attract more Clean-Cut Sims, Otters, and Twunks.

• Lounges attract more Daddies, Polar Bears, and Silver Daddies.

• Clubs attract more Twinks, Twunks, and Femboys.

If a venue needs to fill a role and there isn’t a suitable gay male Sim available, the game may generate a new townie. With Gay Hangout active, the mod adjusts that Sim so they spawn interested in men and with physical attributes aligned with a specific tribe.

If you play with Automatic Body Hair, Tribes will also factor it into newly generated townies when applicable.

Note: Certain roles may also be filled by lesbian and bisexual women.

✨ Other Notable Features

• No more dependencies! Tribes is now fully base game compatible and powered by its own script.

  • The download also includes the same tyjokr_CustomPreferences file packaged with Interests. This is only needed if you have Lovestruck and do not already use Zerbu’s The Custom Preferences Mod.

• For those who don't own Lovestruck, Tribe Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs will now factor into WW's Attractiveness system.

• For those who own Lovestruck and also play with WW, tribe preferences work in both systems at once.

• All 16 tribes have been refreshed with new icons.

• Sims who don’t fit into a specific tribe will now be assigned "Average."

I hope you enjoy the update as much as I enjoyed working on it!

Link to the Mod Master List ↗️