⛔ SGFX Patch: More Traits in CAS v1t -- [10/9] 🎁 This patch is not required for "v2[x]". See the new section just below for more details.

⚔️ MORE TRAITS IN CAS v1t ⋆ 🚀 12/16/24 ⋆ 🌠 NIL ⋆ ☄️ 1/16/25
⛔ Only use this patch if you still use version "v1t" of "More Traits in CAS".

⚙️ These are ZIP archives. See the "INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS" section for more details.

🆘 You can request assistance or inform me of issues in a new comment on this post, in a new post in the Troubleshooting Community Chat, or via DM (Discord). I don't bite, unless biting is the necessary response.

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☆// ⋆ README FOR "V2A" AND ONWARD:

Please delete this SGFX Patch if you have updated "More Traits in CAS" to "v2[x]".

It is no longer necessary because "More Traits in CAS" and "No Godrays in CAS or Build Mode, etc." are no longer in conflict due to changes EAxis made on their end.

"No Godrays in CAS or Build Mode, etc." is now fully compatible with the current "v2[x]" versions "More Traits in CAS". Download it here [🌐].

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From "More Traits in CAS" changelog:

2025 September 26th - The file we edit changed this patch so we're on 2a again, but nothing should be different on your end in the game. File name for the Chingyu compatible has changed format.

Update 9/18/2025 changed which Scale Form GFX resource is used for "More Traits in CAS". It is no longer "guicomponentlibrary", it is now "traitsmoleculelibrary".

This SGFX Patch modifies "guicomponentlibrary", which means that the standalone "No Godrays in CAS or Build Mode, etc." is now fully compatible with "More Traits in CAS" because they no longer modify the same Scale Form GFX resource.

I do not currently modify "traitsmoleculelibrary" in any of my SGFX Overrides or SGFX Patches, which means that all of my SGFX Overrides and SGFX Patches are now fully compatible with "More Traits in CAS".

Now, am I about to give myself more work after EAxis just reduced my workload? Yes! I'll poke around "traitsmoleculelibrary" and see if there's anything to smash.

Cheers! I'll overhaul this post later!

✮// ⋆ TOTES "SIMPLE" MOD DESCRIPTION:

This patch removes GODRAYS from CAS and the top left corner of the Build Mode UI while using "More Traits in CAS".

Place this patch next to "More Traits in CAS" in your Mods folder.

If you do not use "More Traits in CAS", then download my "SGFX Overrides" instead.

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✮ // ⋆ NOTICE MY POST ATTACHMENTS, SENPAI:

• 🎀 More Traits in CAS -- https://../posts/62838078

• 🎁 GDrive Folder -- https://../drive/SGFXPatch_MoreTraitsInCAS

• 🎁 SFS Folder -- http://../folder/SGFXPatch_MoreTraitsInCAS

• 🎁 CF -- https://../mods/neurodiversity-patch-more-traits-in-cas

✮ // ⋆ EXTRA BOOTY:

• 🌸 SGFX Patch Collection -- https://../collection/951353

• 🪄 SGFX Overrides (Standalone) Collection -- https://../collection/1306589

• ♾️ Neurodiversity-Friendly Collection -- https://../collection/877663

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✮ // ⋆ TABLE OF CATENTS:

• INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS -- Self-explanatory.

• OLDER PATCHES ARE AVAILABLE -- If you need it.

• COMPATIBILITY NOTES -- Self-explanatory.

• COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER SGFX PROJECTS -- Self-explanatory.

• I STEPPED ON TOES TO DO THIS -- I waited, and waited, and then I did it.

• PROJECT MIRRORS -- This project, but Elsweyr. 🐱

• ZIP CONTAINS -- A complete list of this mod's archives and files.

✮ // ⋆ INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS:

The following options must be enabled for the mod and this patch to work properly:

• GAME OPTIONS » OTHER » "Enable Custom Content and Mods"

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These are ZIP archives. They can be opened or extracted with:

• Windows Explorer on Windows -- https://../windows/zip-and-unzip-files

• Finder on Mac -- https://../mac/zip-and-unzip-files-and-folders

I personally use 7-Zip for all of my zipping needs. It's free and it's open-source:

• 7-Zip for Windows -- https://7-zip.org

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SGFX Patch archives do not contain a "#Sej" folder. These archives are tailored to match the third-party archive. In other words, if the third-party archive has folders, then the SGFX Patch archive will have the same folders.

• 1️⃣ EXIT the game.

• 2️⃣ DOWNLOAD the ZIP archive.

• 3️⃣ OPEN or EXTRACT the ZIP archive.

• 4️⃣ DRAG N' DROP or MOVE the patch next to the mod in your "Mods" folder.

• 5️⃣ Choose "Replace the file in the destination" if prompted to "Replace or Skip Files":

• 6️⃣ LAUNCH the game.

✮ // ⋆ OLDER PATCHES ARE AVAILABLE:

If for any reason you need an older version, you can find it here:

• 🪦 GDrive Folder -- https://../drive/Graveyard_SGFXPatches

You're welcomed to request a patch for a different version if it isn't already available.

I'm not here to police your game version.

✮ // ⋆ COMPATIBILITY NOTES:

This SGFX Patch modifies the following Scale Form GFX resources:

• GUIComponentLibrary -- Defines elements in various places, including multiple areas of CAS, in the top left corner of the Build Mode UI, and likely other places too.

SGFX Patches are made by extracting the modified Scale Form GFX resource from the third-party mod, then modifying that resource further with my modifications.

A standalone SGFX Override cannot be used as a patch because it is a modification of the original EAxis resource and lacks the modifications from the third-party mod.

An SGFX Patch cannot be used as a standalone override without the third-party mod because it is dependent on the modifications from the third-party mod.

✮ // ⋆ COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER SGFX PROJECTS:

I mean to destroy all annoying UI effects. To achieve this goal, I have created a collection of standalone SGFX Overrides and SGFX Patches. To remove all annoying UI effects from your game, you must mix and match my standalone SGFX Overrides and my SGFX Patches.

If using this SGFX Patch with any of the other SGFX Patches, be sure to remove the incompatible standalone SGFX Overrides for those SGFX Patches. Makes sense?

I know this is a little complicated, but there's no way for me to merge these overrides.

THESE SGFX PROJECTS ARE NOT COMPATIBLE:

• ❌ No Godrays in CAS or Build Mode, etc. -- https://../posts/117006563

THESE SGFX PROJECTS ARE COMPATIBLE:

• ✔️ LClick DISMISS + RClick PIN -- https://../posts/112728731

• ✔️ Main Menu Override -- https://../posts/121348052

• ✔️ My Beautiful Squishy (Expandable BB Catalog) -- https://../posts/123626846

• ✔️ No Glowing Dots on Calendar, etc. -- https://../posts/116006465

• ✔️ No Glowing Dots in Social Bunny -- https://../posts/117105007

• ✔️ No Godrays on Quests, etc. -- https://../posts/116007299

• ✔️ No Godrays on Quests: Event Button Variants -- https://../posts/121840542

• ✔️ No Promo Garbage, etc. -- https://../posts/112973547

• ✔️ Pure Black CAS Transition + Loading Screens -- https://../posts/123464880

• ✔️ Pure Black World Transition + Selection Screens -- https://../posts/132809890

• ✔️ Smudgy Wudgy Barfy Warfy -- https://../posts/133330990

• ✔️ SGFX Patch for Better BuildBuy -- https://../posts/117337021

• ⚪ SGFX Patch for More Traits in CAS -- YOU ARE HERE

• ✔️ SGFX Patch for UI Cheats Extension -- https://../posts/116265171

✮ // ⋆ I STEPPED ON TOES TO DO THIS:

This section exists to explain my actions because I'm certain that somewhere, at some point, someone has been critical of me for making my SGFX Patches "without first asking permission".

I don't ask permission to mod. I do what I think is necessary despite what anyone tells me because I believe that I am doing the right thing for the right reasons, and to me, "the right reasons" is the health and well-being of others. We can agree to disagree, but I'm still going to do what I think is right if I think it is necessary.

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This mod entered a suspended state from 12/5/2024 to 12/16/2024 because I was asked to not patch the third-party mod. I was told it could be done natively, and of course it can, because if I can do it in a patch, then it can be done natively in the mod.

TEN (10) DAYS later there was no update, no notice about new features, and no DMs asking how to do it, so I stopped waiting and released my patch.

When the update finally came, it still didn't remove the UI effect.

Back then the GODRAYS on the new "Pick an Occult!" button in CAS would not go away because EAxis coded it incompetently. It was extremely annoying for someone like me who spends a lot of time in CAS. EAxis finally fixed it, but it took them like FIVE (5) MONTHS.

I don't ask permission to mod.

If I notify another creator that I'm patching their mod to remove UI effects and they object, a few things can happen:

• If they object with no compromise offered, then I will just ignore them.

• If they object but tell me they can do it on their side, then I'll extend the courtesy and not patch the mod. Instead, I will notify everyone in a post that their mod does what my patch does and we can all just use their mod. However, if it doesn't happen within a reasonable time-frame, then I'm gonna assume there's no intention to do it, and I'm gonna release my patch, and I might be just a tad bit offended.

• If they object but express a desire to do it natively and ask how it's done (at the time or at any point in the future), then I will happily explain how to do it so that they can do it natively. I would just hope that a little courtesy is extended with a "name drop" and a link to my profile, but that isn't a necessity.

These are my "ethics" because these UI effects negatively affect the health and well-being of some simmers, including myself.

Over the years, I have seen numerous simmers ask for these UI effects to be removed from the game. EAxis doesn't give a !@#$, and to my knowledge, ain't nobody else done it in the past TEN (10) YEARS through modding either.

I will not ask permission to do this, and I will not sit by and wait another TEN (10) YEARS for anyone to acknowledge the negative effects this has and do something about it. It don't matter if you're EAxis, or the most popular creator in the community - my "ethics" on this matter applies to everyone, equally.

I can do it right now, so I'm gon' do it right now. No one has to like it, but I'm still gon' do it, because someone needs to. 🎙️ Can you dig it?

I know I can be - let me say this a more apt way than the last time - I know I can behave like an egotistical arsehole, but I'm also courteous and considerate. I'm a lover and a fighter, baby, and I'm also self-aware to some extent.

My DMs are always open. I'm not that hard to find.

I have not published a D.I.Y. explaining how to do this yet, but if you're one of the creators I've patched and you want to do this yourself, just ask. Seriously.

These "Neurodiversity Overrides" aren't about me - well, they are because the UI effects annoy me too, but "it's not about me", if you get my meaning.

[...] if at any time I notice that any of the third-party mods I've patched get updated to do what I've patched them for, I will place a big 'ole note at the top of my posts notifying everyone that those patches are no longer needed, and I will stop patching them - but yes, I will still D.I.Y. it eventually.

🎙️ That's how I roll. I roll like this!

What? Fast & Furious was fun once upon a time! Just like Need For Speed was fun once upon a time. I enjoy car racing games, don't judge me! 😹

✮ // ⋆ PROJECT MIRRORS:

• CF Legacy --

• Mod The Sims -- https://modthesims.info/d/689935

• Nexus Mods --

✮ // ⋆ ZIP CONTAINS (0) TS4SCRIPT + (1) PACKAGE:

This is a simple Scale Form GFX override.

This archive should never contain TS4SCRIPT files, BATCH files, or EXE files, etc.

This section exists as a reminder that we are in someone's crosshairs.

Rogue TS4SCRIPT files, BATCH files, EXE files, etc., encountered where they don't belong could contain malicious PYTHON SCRIPT or other !@#$ that will attempt to infect your device and steal your personal information when executed by you or the game. Malware can ruin lives. Don't !@#$ around.

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