Mod: Marksmanship Skill
Updated 3/3/2024: This update adds compatibility for the Crystal Creations patch and fixes a number of small bugs, including but not limited to rifles sometimes appearing when shooting with a pistol, crafting guitars, and others.
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Note for translators: this version of the mod also separates out the strings just used for hunting, which used to be in the merged hunting file, for ease of use.
Hey! I'm back with another skill mod, this time for Marksmanship! The mod includes a 10 level skill, with a like and dislike, plus low poly targets, three kinds of rifles, three kinds of pistols, and a hunting spot. This mod does require Cottage Living for hunting, although the targets would work in base game.
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Skill Level Information
Level 1 - Practice Marksmanship with a Rifle on the Short Distance Target
Level 2 - Discuss Marksmanship, Practice Marksmanship with a Pistol on the Short Distance Target
Level 3 - Go Hunting at the Hunting Spot, Practice Marksmanship on the Medium Distance Target
Level 4 - Practice Marksmanship with a Pistol on the Medium Distance Target
Level 5 - Watch and Learn from other Sims, Craft Targets at the Woodworking Table
Level 6 - Practice Marksmanship (Rifle) on the Long Distance Target
Level 7 - Practice Marksmanship (Pistol) on the Long Distance Target
Level 8 - Craft Rifles at the Woodworking Table
Level 9 - Craft Pistols at the Woodworking Table
Level 10 - Mentor other Sims in Marksmanship
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Hunting Details
To hunt, place a Hunting Spot in Build/Buy Mode. Then, click on the spot and select "Hunt". Depending on your Sim's skill, they are more or less likely to hit their target. Deer, rabbits, and pheasants may appear. Your Sims must be level 3 or higher to use the hunting spot. When you successfully target an animal, it will appear in your inventory, after which it can be turned into Wrapped Meat. If you use Littlbowbub's Ye Olde Cookbook, the usual interaction on hunted animals will also appear.
Duels Details
Under the Mean/Malicious category, your Sims can now choose to Duel another Sim. Depending on the two Sims respective skills, either one or both Sims may die. Or, if both Sims are very low Marksmanship, it's possible for both to miss! This is an optional package and can be safely deleted from your game if not desired.
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Installation and Requirements
This mod should be installed directly in your mods folder like all other mods. It requires the Cottage Living EP and the XML Injector. If you do not already have a copy of the XML Injector, you can get it here.
Thank you to all who have made this mod possible! It's truly a joy.
~ JS
Comments (33)
Does this mod have autonomy, like if I make a shooting range lot will visitors who have marksman skill and guns in inventory use the targets without prompting? Club activity would be cool too
Hello Jane, I really enjoyed this mod, sadly, it broken after patch a hour ago. Also, is teenager sim losing emotional control while shooting is intended feature? Thank you.
I don't like guns irl, but I've really enjoyed how much this adds to my cowboy, detective noir, and regency hunter sims. It's very polished, even with skillbooks and mentoring. If you're looking to add anything to this, it would be nice if this could work with the small business, whiteboard classes, clubs, or custom venues systems.
Is there a reason (or something I've missed) that a pistol turns into a rifle when it's being reloaded?
will the mod still work if you don't have CL?
Thanks for this mod. Really adds to the basemental gangs experience . Now the boss can practice shooting! Awesome for ranches too! However pistol sounds are muted when shooting at least on the short distance target and also medium target. The reloading sound works but there is no sound when shooting.
Is this mod compatible with the current version of LBB's hunting and foraging mod?
I am also curious about the latest medieval cookbook. I hope we can still use the game caught while hunting with archery and marksmanship for the medieval cookbook recipes now that it's been reworked. It seems the recipes may be unchanged enough to still work.
Hi! I've been using your archery mod for a while now as I'm mostly a historical player. I recently discovered this mod and I love it, especially for wild west gameplay but I was wondering if you could add compatibility between the archery skill and the hunting marks so pre gun sims could hunt?
Hi, it's already there :) Just make sure you have the most recent version of the mod with the attached hunting package and you should be able to
Is this mod compatible with extreme violence or zombie apocalypse from Sacrificial?
Well, I have them both and they don't interfere with each other, if that's what you mean. However, they do not SYNERGIZE with each other; EV already lets you shoot people and this mod doesn't add to that.
Just double-checking, are the hunting files here identical to those in the Archery skill mod? BE flags them as duplicates so I wasn't sure whether one set of Hunting packages will suffice for both this and Archery, or if I need to keep both. Thank you for all the work you do!
I have asked this before so I know the answer is yes you only need one.
I just noticed that when you reload the pistol (at least at the short target, but likely each of them), it briefly morphs to the rifle and then back.
Do you intend to add a career for this, similar to the archery mod career? I love both skills/activities, btw!
Hi! Thank you so much for the suggestion. I thought about adding a career, but I know some people probably use this mod for modern hunting and some use it for historical gameplay, so I feel like I ought to make two separate careers... but it's definitely something I've thought about for a future update.
This is amazing!!! Thank you so much.
Hi! I made a Russian translation. Please add a link to the post. My name is Pumpkin4u. Thank you! https://boosty.to/pumpkin4u/posts/58467ab2-093f-4250-a0ba-2653e9226a12?share=post_link
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I love this mod! Thank you so much for making it! Would you be able to ever add it to the club activities?
This mod it's so amazing! and I had to make my Spanish Translation https://www.patreon.com/posts/habilidad-de-x-97548035
I just wanted you to know, i have been using this in my off-grid play and absolutely LOVE it! It's so funny watching my sim try to hunt and when he's successful, I celebrate with him. Thank you for your Amazing Mods and great work!
This is so awesome and the fact you took Ye Ole Cookbook into account is just out of this world! Thank you for sharing your talent and creativity with us!
Love it!
Amazing Work! But Can I use my Own Weapon CC On Rifle and Pistol?
Hey! So in order to make custom rifle and pistol CC, you just need to make sure the object tuning is the same, but it's actually pretty easy to make compatible with other objects. Lmk if you need help - happy to talk in detail on Discord.
Amazing! Your mods have made this game so much better for us historical players.
Amazing !
Wow, how do you to that? That’s amazing. Thanks, our game is better because of you.
Thank you so much for your amazing work 💜
Thank you for this addition to my game!! Within this zip file, there is another compressed folder named "JS_Marksmanship_Script.ts4script.zip" but it doesn't contain the script file. It contains a PY and PYC file. Is the script file missing or are we supposed to put the PY and PYC files in our mod folder?
Hey, thank you for catching this literally so fast. That's a mistake on my part - if you redownload it should now just be .ts4script not .ts4script.zip.