Basemental Drugs 7.17.199
=== Changing World ===
Changed prices on a regional basis
New batches of pills out on the streets
=== Patch Stuff ===
Put social interactions in new pie menu sub categories
=== Improved Addiction System ===
Added pre-addiction state for most addictive drugs
Higher likelihood of triggering for predisposed Sims
Pre-addiction state will encourage Sims to do drugs
Added notification when Sims gets addicted
=== Fixes / Other ===
Changed some minor tuning errors
"Stop Smoking" interaction now works on menthol cigarettes
Changed some drink names in Real Drink Names optional package
Added dummy tooltip interaction for ADHD Hyperfocus Buff
Fixed issue with amphetamine addiction not triggering
🧠 Pre-Addiction
This is the continuation on my effort of improving addiction in the mod. Last release saw the implementation of addiction predisposition, whereas this release features a state prior to addiction where Sims start enjoying their new habit a tad bit too much.
Pre-Addiction for Predisposed Sims
That's a mouthful of a title right there.... Sims who are predisposed to addictions will be more likely to trigger the pre-addiction state when consuming drugs, just like they are also still more likely to go from the pre-addiction state to addiction.
This doesn't mean that Sims who aren't predisposed can't get the state, or from that state to addiction. It simply means predisposed Sims are more likely to get there from consuming less drugs. The road from pre-addiction to addiction is short, though... regardless of Sims being predisposed or not.
What does Pre-Addiction do and how long does it last?
When a Sim does an unhealthy amount of a substance, the pre-addiction may trigger. It triggers as a buff, quite like the addiction buff, but with a Fine moodlet.
The buff lasts for 3 days, and during these 3 days the Sim will get occasional additional buffs encouraging them to do that drug they have started to love doing.
If the Sim succumbs to the temptation and keeps on doing a lot of said drug during these 3 days they will eventually trigger addiction.
If the Sim manage to read the warning signs of early onset addiction and stay away from doing that drug during these 3 days, however. They will not trigger addiction.
Wait.. Is that all?
Well, yes. Yes it is. Considering the amount of drugs in game and each of them being quite complex systems that is slightly different from one another, implementing this feature has been a lot of work. Not only implementing it, but also testing it.
I hope that I have managed to squash all bugs and inconsistencies when adding this feature, but if you find any weird stuff going on related to the pre-addiction feature I truly encourage you to let me know about it. Either here or on Discord.
Venue List
To make sure this works you need to download the updated Basemental Drugs venue list provided in this post. I recommend installing this venue list in a separate folder directly in your Mods folder called: Basemental Venue List. I also recommend updating it whenever there is a new mod version out as I constantly add in new custom venue compatibility from other mod authors.
Choose one of these 2 installation methods. Not both.
Basemental Drugs Installer (WINDOWS ONLY)
Delete all the old Basemental Drugs files from your Mods folder.*
Download this Basemental Drugs.exe file.
Run the Basemental Drugs.exe file.
Choose which Optional Packages you want included.
Delete your localthumbcache.package
* If you installed from the installer previously, you can delete the old files by launching the file called unins000.exe in your Basemental Drugs folder.
Basemental Drugs Zip (WINDOWS OR MAC)
Delete all the old Basemental Drugs files from your Mods folder.
Download the Basemental Drugs zip file.
Unzip the Basemental Drugs zip file.
Place the files in a folder titled Basemental Drugs in your Mods folder.
Delete the Basemental Drugs zip file.
Delete your localthumbcache.package