[Misc.] Here's to the New Year!

Another year is done, and as we prepare for a new one, I thought I'd wish you a happy new year if you celebrate and share some quick notes.

Modding wise, we ended the year on a successful note with the recent new update release!

Most notably this year, in terms of releases, there were: new contraception options, additions to protection failure system; Style of ‘not wanting to have children’, number of children wanted, family preference changes via life events, baby name preferences; Community / Custom Gameplay Suggestion Mod and Web "Tool"; “Personal Lists”, “Curious Inquiries”, 7 mods for Lovestruck, “Say something to”, Re-make of RPO M10’s custody system; development of the TS4 Mod Hound Platform; RPO M19 expansion and ‘interactive woohoo’…. this despite some technological issues and ferocious EA patches.

So what's next?

• I will make another Progress Info Post about Law & Disorder in January

• I need my stress to go down. I have 2 Works in Progress I posted about last December that were very advanced then and still are (the updated paternity system and auto-family tracking / genealogy). I would like them off of my back, if that makes sense.
  The past few days I have allocated some time to fixing in them what patches upset. I am releasing a partial version of genealogy very soon (the 'auto family tracking' portion - and by very soon I mean it goes in beta within 24 hours of now), and hopefully the full paternity update will follow. With these two matters 75% out of my mind, I hope to rest easier.... although the list of work to do is never ending... I also would like to catch and fix some pesky small things that have come up on Discord a few times...

• other than Law & Disorder, what to expect in 2025? Well, many more expansions and feature updates to RPO Mods (I've talked about so many plans in so many places.... there is so much to do!), hopefully my 'custom religions' mod project, among other things... on the side, the continued development of the Mod Hound platform, those are the certainties, then there will be more random stuff as always, revamps of older things, new things I can't yet predict...

Thanks for sticking with me through 2024. I hope your world has been warm and your Sims game, the creative outlet, escapism, challenge, or other fun that it is for you. I thank you for making my work a part of that, and making my work possible! Personally what I love most about the game is seeing whatever random nonsense it will throw at us players, and what we make of it. I enjoy the positive energy that comes from what you all create, be it builds, sims or story!

Take care, and till next year!