Update on Me and My Mods
I apologize for how quiet I've been and the lack of updates for my mods, it has been a very tough year for me as I've been struggling with depression and things happening in life that made it worse and kept me busy.
It started when we lost our family dog in October 2024, and while we knew this day was going to come eventually as she was very old, it didn't hurt any less. My mom grieves the worst as our dog was her baby, and its been tough seeing her like this as she's always been such a strong person as I was growing up, but she's been improving thankfully. Then a job opportunity I had in the same month that was going to change our lives for the better fell through, which was devastating as I was really looking forward to it and would have been a dream job (game dev), and in this economy would have made a major difference. Then there were other things that just tacked on as the year went by, including the stress over my elderly blind cat (he's still doing great so far, but I worry), and I was in a very deep hole from all of it. But with the support of my family, friends, and focusing on other things, including being away from online stuff more like going to the gym, I've been able to slowly pull myself through. I still have my bad days, but they are getting rarer now as I also work on myself.
Now for my mods, I'm trying to avoid burn out, but I have been working on my mods lately when I can, including updating the Custom VFX file about 2 months back for new submissions and the patches. My current plan so far is the following:
Update UI mods first
Severely broken non-UI mods next like Bloody Vampire Bites
Smaller updates like minor patch changes
Pack updates for some, such as No Fade for new packs or pack related features
If no burnout by the end, work on some feature updates and likely smaller new releases. I have a small backlog of stuff that I finished or close to finished just sitting around.
After that and if I'm feeling well enough, explore some ideas I have (old and new mods)
This plan may change and its impossible to give an ETA at this time for any of it, but I will do my best to get these out to you as quickly as I can without burning myself out. I will likely post update alerts every couple of completed mods, but you can also follow along on the mod status sheet here.
I also wanted to thank everyone who is still following and supporting and those who also checked in on me to see how I was doing and if I was okay, it meant a lot. I'm still catching up on things and getting settled back in, so I apologize in advance for slow replies or if I don't know what feature you're talking about. I may spend some time playing the game soon myself to check out all the new packs and their features, especially Royalty & Legacy!
Comments (65)
so glad you are doing better
thank you so much for the updates <3 i love your mods (bloody vamp bites was a fav) and im really happy to hear that its not gone. take as long as you need, depression is a terrible illness i would wish on anyone. youre amazing, never forget that!!
Поэтому я желаю тебе сил и уверенности во всем, что ты делаешь в первую очередь для себя и своей семьи.
Автор, я только недавно наткнулась на твои моды и хочу поблагодарить за работу! Ты знаешь, что нам нужно для отыгрыша различных ситуаций. Но здоровье важнее всего!
Hi, Mizore! Hoping you are doing better this August! . I was wondering: Would you mind if someone updated your Medieval Mod and made all the interactions Autonomous, instead of User-Initiated? That someone would not be me, but I have someone in mind to ask, if you are OK with it. Let me know! Cheers, and hope you are geographically located somewhere the heatwave and drought isn't affecting you.
Self care is so important. No matter what your work is, you should always put yourself first. The work can keep going, you can't. Take care of you!
I'm sorry to hear your are struggling. I hope things get better for you and I'm sorry for your loss. Take your time we will wait life comes first ❤️
Sending you love & warmth, I hope things are starting to get better. The way life can dogpile sometimes sucks & I'm sorry to hear you've been having such a rough go of it for the last year+
Depression is tough. Take the time you need and don't push yourself too hard.
Thanks for the update! Best wishes.
So since I can't ask on the other page because I have to pay to do that.. what's going to happen with mods like "more traits in CAS" and "auto pause on pie menu"? I especially can't do without the second one.
Hate you had this rough time in your life, but glad that you're well. Losing a part of the family is always tough. Keep your head up... I'll pray for your family!
Are there plans to update the color slider?
pancake1 is the one controlling the color slide mod. they just dropped a new version on their patreon!
Im glad to hear you feeling better ^.^ And plz take all the time in the world with your mods! Creating mods should be as fun as playing them. Worst thing you can do is forcing yourself to start modding again because feeling obligated to update your mods or whatever reason. That WILL with 100% guarantee lead to a total burn-out. Take all the time in the world - literately..
Looking forward to the Bloody Bites mod getting updated. I miss that one so much lol. Depression sucks, I understand that all too well. Glad that things are looking up for you now.
so glad to hear from you <3 we wish you well please take care of yourself <3
i wish you the best! thanks for all your hard work!
Hang in there. Wishing you the best!
My condolences to you and your family❤️ Thank you for all of your hard work❤️
Please don’t worry about us! Take care of yourself and spend time with your loved ones, and use modding as an escape from real life’s struggles, don’t let it become another stressor 🩵 So proud of you for digging yourself out of that awful, awful hole! 🫂
But why did you randomly change the password of the account and kicked your mate? :/
This account is my personal one. For the other, I was told nothing and can't get into contact since he made his announcement and I thought he had already completely abandoned the group account. I explained the only thing I know here and that there's nothing I can do but move on for my own mental health: https://www.patreon.com/posts/157252435
Im sorry this is coming at such a bad time. But as they say.. put your oxgen mask on first! Take care of your self, best wishes
Hi I am wondering who is looking after the More Traits Cas and Color Sliders Mods?
Those are being handled thru thepancake1's page - https://www.patreon.com/cw/thepancake1
Take you time, I'm sorry to hear you are suffering with depression you have good days and then bad days leaves you exhausted sometimes. Get Rest, at the moment it is a little confusing with what is happening and I hope everything will be sorted out.💕💕💕💕
Depression is really emotionally exhausting and really contributes to burnout though so genuinely always focus on you and your needs first bc at the end of the day your life and its quality matter more than a silly game. Many mod creators can try to continue/replicate your work or even be guided by you on how to replace it if you ever decided to leave so don’t ever feel trapped and forced by the community.
Please take care of yourself, but lawd knows we are in desperate need of the color slider mod. I can’t play til it’s working again.
hope you get better and find some new fun opportunities!
You are your priority, so don't even come close to burnout for us. Life likes to throw several curveballs at us at once, and it's not always easy to brush them off. I'm really happy to see you taking good care of yourself. Keep it up, you're doing great! 🥰
So sorry to hear that! Please take all the time you need!
I can relate and it really sucks :( Wish you the best, take your time. You're right deciding to prioritize your mental health and avoiding the burnout. And thank you for all your great work! I'll be patiently waiting for everything you will make 🙏
I am so sorry to read that you've been struggling. I struggle too with depression and it's very hard! Take your time, the most important is to take care of yourself!
Sending virtual hugs... We are in no rush. Take your time and take care of you!!!
So much love in the comments in less than 24h of posting just warms my heart. We have our struggles, but I hope we can always count on each other. Sending lots of love, strength and gratitude. Take good care of yourself, simmer.
As much as I love your mods, please take care of yourself and wellbeing first, nothing matters more than that<3
Thanks for sharing. It's understandable and relatable. Take care of yourself and your loved one❤️
Hey,hun, just stopping by to leave a big, giant bear hug. And to reinforce the words: Take YOUR time! And, most importantly: we thank you and we love you!💜
As someone who's also with depression, jobless, with an elderly cat who's sickly sometimes, and elderly parents, one of them neurodivergent, I understand you too well. Maybe you could ask someone to adopt the mods you don't like working on now and do smth creative and inspiring you truly want? Being responsible is important, but it also doesn't mean you must do everything by yourself. Ty for coming out with this post, I know how hard it is to even talk about these things. Pls don't feel guilty or ashamed, life is really tough for many recently, you did your best and still are doing so. Wishing you happiness and creative energy <3
Deseo que pronto puedas salir de esto , debes de saber que muchos aprecian tu trabajo y sinceramente tus mods no se comparan con otros . espero que te recuperes pronto!!!
Take your time hun 😊we can wait
You've been missed, I wondered about you from time to time. Make sure you're taking care of yourself and your loved ones before you worry about recreational modding. We'll be glad for updates when they come, but we can wait. You are yours are always the priority.
The mods can wait. What's important is your health, both physical and especially mental. I know how to deal with depression; I went through it when I lost my sister. Since we were twins, we were very close to each other. So take care of yourself; health and family come first.
Please, please take your time. As much as we all love The Sims and mods, at the end of the day, they mean nothing compared to the hardships we experience in the real world. So, if you have to take some time for yourself and your loved ones, then please don't hesitate to do so! ❤️
Healing energy sent your way. Please be gentle with yourself.
Feel better!! Dont rush, your well being and health comes first!!
Wishing you the best!!
You hang in there. Take as much time as you need for yourself. Stay encourage. 🙏🏽
Man, depression sucks, as does sucky things in life, but I'm glad you're doing better and following your passions.
Hi take your time and I am ready for your new mods
So glad you're doing a bit better! Depression sucks. Always make sure to focus on your health (mental and physical) before anything else. <3
It's so good to hear from you lovey, mental health is a fickle b.tch and I hate that for you! Take the time you need and work at a pace that suits you best. Hugs and love always <3
Take care of yourself first - We'll be waiting when you get back 🙂👐
Thank you for all your mods and the time you take to do them. Take each day as it comes and always look on the bright side of life!
Sending many hugs and much love and understanding as I also suffer from severe depression due to multiple chronic illnesses and just in the last 5 weeks My partner and I lost 2 cats to old age and illness. The second was just this week. So know you aren't alone and at least some of us understand and will be here so no rush.
Get well soon 💙
Take your time💜 You have done ALOT for the modder community and I personally will never forget the guidance you gave me at the beginning of my journey! It meant alot to me!💜 Get the rest you need you deserve it ! x
You've done so much for the community... always helping new modders on top of creating your own... we appreciate you so much. Don't give up on the game developer thing. The next one is the job for you.
take your time as always. its a tough time for a lot of people right now so we understand as a community! may i ask who will be taking over the mods shared between you and pancake?
Take your time!! Sending you so much love!! I have a question though, I didnt see cute romance on the list?
Hope you feel better & find peace soon. 💙
so sorry to hear hun 😞 we understand completely no rush whatsoever 🙏 prayers for ur family. ur mental health is very important. I know i for one can wait bc id rather u be okay
Take your time your followers are here and support you
I'm sorry to read you've been struggling. Depression is an awful illness and I fully sympathise with you. Sending you so much love across the ocean from Wales 🫂