🥳 (OUT NOW) Announcing Luminova!

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✦ LUMINOVA IS NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD (Click here!)

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Hey friends, I'm announcing a new mod today! Say hello to Luminova!

Luminova is a new fictional brand I created that features 15 new smart items! This brand may expand in the future with additional smart devices, so if you have ideas or requests, let me know! 😊

Smart Blinds/Shutters

I’ve had this idea for years, and it’s finally here! I created functional and animated Smart Blinds/Shutters that protect your home from prying eyes while adding a touch of modernity.

Fabric Smart Blinds:

• Available in two sizes (1x and 2x for Small Wall Height).

• Can be opened or closed manually or controlled via the Luminova Smart Home App to manage them all at once!

• Blocks light and prevents passersby from peeking inside!

Wall-Integrated Smart Shutters:

• Sleeker and more discreet, compatible with all windows up to 2x wide and Small Wall Height (even rounded windows!).

• Perfect for fully darkening a room for better sleep or privacy.

Privacy Screen Smart Blinds:

Similar to Wall-Integrated Shutters but designed to blur the view without blocking light, ideal for bathrooms or toilets.

All blinds and shutters have a smart schedule, closing automatically at 10 PM after sunset and opening at 6 AM at sunrise. They can also all be remotely controlled through the Smart Home Panel / Smart Hub (see below!)

Air Purifier

The new Smart Air Purifier is a must-have for your Sims’ home and well-being. It automatically turns on twice a day, removing dust and particles from the air. It features:

• A sleek design: with an animated fan in the middle, lights, and beautiful swatches!

• Bust the Dust Compatibility: Prevents dust from accumulating in your home if you own the kit, making it sparkle clean!

• Provides a happy buff for a clean and peaceful home.

In a future update, I’d like to make them compatible as well with the mold feature from For Rent EP (I haven’t got it yet!) and the sickness system from Get to Work EP, to help your home and sims stay healthy with clean air! The Smart Air Purifiers can also be controlled remotely through the Smart Home Pannel / Smart Hub.

Smart Thermostat

A new futuristic Smart Thermostat (for Seasons EP owners) lets you control heating and cooling remotely. It also features colour-changing light effects to match the temperature and a full integration with the Smart Home Panel / Smart Hub to be controlled remotely!

Smart Home Pannel and Smart Hub

These two devices offer the same features in different form factors. One looks like a tablet that can be hung on the wall, while the other is more like a speaker with a screen that sits on a counter or table. They are both powered by PlumfruitOS (there’s a strong relationship between Luminova and Plumfruit in the Arnie Cinematic Universe!).

With these powerful smart devices, you can control almost everything in your home:

• 💡 Smart Lights: Control the lights and colours in your room and home.

• 🪟 Smart Blinds: Control the smart blinds/shutters and open or close them all remotely.

• 🌬️ Air Quality: Turn on and off all the air purifiers around your house to keep the air clean and fresh anytime!

• 🌡️ Temperature: Control all the Smart Thermostats in your home directly from the smart hubs.

• 🤖 Neo AI: A new AI assistant responds to your questions, gives you news briefs, and calls for repair automatically when something breaks in your home! (It overrides the Linzy assistant on the base game smart speaker!)

• 🎵 Music: Play music directly from the smart hubs with the best sound quality, and control the sound volume.

• 📞 Order Services: Services are just a phone call away, whether it’s for pizza delivery or a gardener!

• 📑 Utilities and Services: Access bills, utilities information, neighborhood action plans, and story progression news directly from the smart hubs.

• 🛠️ Cheats: Tired of looking for the mailbox to shift+click and reveal cheats? Use any of the smart hubs in your home to perform cheats! It’s cross-compatible with my CheatsMaster Mod!

Bonus: a smaller version of the Smart Home Pannel is available, it’s called the Luminova Smart Switch, and can be put in any room with a more discreet look.

Smart Fridge

The Luminova Smart Fridge features a futuristic transparent screen! It also has beautiful gradient lights inside for a sleek look. It also allows you to order food and control the Luminova smart home devices right from your fridge, useful while you’re cooking something!

Smart Clocks

There are two Luminova smart clocks available in this pack, and they are both functional! One is a bedside smart clock; it looks like a mini smart hub with an animated screen. And you can set up alarms for any time of day! (This feature requires the latest Sims 4 patch update since I’m using the code from the upcoming alarm clock from the 25th anniversary event.)

The other smart clock has the same features but is hung on a wall, and has a beautiful gradient projected light surrounding it, making it look like it’s coming from the future.

Smart TV + Backlight

The new Luminova Smart TV is the ultimate television for your Sims! It effortlessly controls smart devices in your home while offering a sleek, modern experience. Powered by PlumfruitOS, it includes 10 stunning wallpapers to choose from, and the TV features a user-friendly interface that displays apps like Simflix, PlumTV+, and SimTube right on the homescreen. You can opt for a blackscreen as wallpaper if you prefer a minimalist look.

But my favorite feature of this TV is the animated backlight, which is independent from the screen and compatible with all other TVs in-game. Simply use the “bb.moveobjects on” cheat to place it behind your TV and create a stunning visual effect! It also comes in a variety of swatches with different light colours to match your style.

Release Date

✦ LUMINOVA IS NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD AS EARLY ACCESS ✦ (Click here!)

And it will be available to download for all publicly on February 14th!

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Plumfruit coming back next month + Luminova Integration!

Yes! Finally! You’ve been asking for this every day since I came back, and I’m so excited to announce that Plumfruit is coming back, and it will be cross-compatible with Luminova!

I’ve been in contact with Mizzie, who volunteered to update Plumfruit after I left the Sims community back in 2022. Out of respect for her work, I didn’t want to interfere or release an update myself. However, it’s been nearly three years since I last updated Plumfruit, and no updates have been released yet. The pressure has been building from fans but also from myself.

After much consideration, I’ve decided it’s best for me to move forward with Plumfruit independently of Mizzie’s schedule. She may still release her own update with features and devices from my original mod pack, and if she does, I’ll happily support and share her work. But as its creator, it was very important for me to keep creative control and ensure the future of this beloved brand. That’s why I’m going back to the beginning and creating the Plumfruit Collection from scratch!

The Plumfruit Collection:

This will be a collection of standalone (yet interconnected) mods and mod kits exploring the Plumfruit universe more deeply than ever before, starting with Plumfruit Lite in February.

• Plumfruit Lite : The first release will be a remaster update in February, featuring the original Plumfruit (Lite) devices you know and love, completely revamped with very simple code, so you can finally get at least the CC devices back into your sims’ homes!

• New Features & Devices: After that, I’ll begin creating new features and devices to expand on themes from the original Plumfruit mod pack, and beyond! Some ideas include a “PlumPhone Pro” Mod that would give you a new phone and Ui with apps revamped like Simstagram and Luv2Meet, but maybe adding new apps inspired by TikTok or Twitter? Or maybe a new Plumfruit mod kit with just smart speakers in all shapes and forms? Or even a smart projector kit? We’ll see, I have many ideas! I promised you Plumfruit would be back, and it will be back and even expand in 2025!

This new collection will remain fully compatible with any updates Mizzie may release, leaving space for her work while allowing me to revisit and expand Plumfruit in exciting new ways. I hope this solution feels fair for all, and meets everyone’s expectations. I cannot wait to start working again on tech devices from the fruitiest brand in the world, and share them you all!

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Thank you so much for joining and watching the announcement today!

I’ll see you on Tuesday for the release of Luminova! 🥳

Love,

Arnie

The Sims 4 - Luminova Smart Home (Mod Kit) (YouTube)