INFO

"Divorce is always hard on children..." the game claims -- well, not really hard, just a tiny bit depressing if they happen to be there to witness it. Even then it only takes four hours for them to get over it completely!

Not any more!

This mod increases the sadness level for children to +3 and the duration increases to 5 days.

Teens didn't get sad at all, they just ignored the divorce. I think this was a bug or oversight as some of the files reference teens, but not all of them. This will give teens a sadness of only +2 for 4 days (since they're hopefully a bit more emotionally stable than children).

In addition, the news of the divorce will be broadcast to as many children as possible, not just those who happen to witness it. Due to the limitations currently in the game, news doesn't travel up or down a flight of stairs or to those on another lot, so children that aren't on the same floor or that are off to school will be blissfully unaware of the unhappy event. However, this mod does make the news travel to children on the other side of the wall, or if on the ground floor, playing out in the yard or even jogging down the block.

So, it's an improvement, but not really perfect. Hopefully someone will determine how to make news go up a flight of steps soon!

-Scumbumbo

INSTALL

Just unzip the package file to your Mods folder as usual. If you are using version 3a of the mod then you must install both the v3a version of the package and the script file.

This mod may cause conflicts with other mods which change reactions to divorce. Due to the wide variety of mods and sources for them, it is unlikely I will be able to help you with such a conflict. If there is a conflict, either one or both mods may fail to work properly, your game may crash, frogs may rain down from the sky...

EXTRA

Tech Notes
This may be of interest if you are experiencing a conflict and know how to debug such issues, or if you are creating another mod affecting divorce reactions and wish to incorporate these changes to eliminate conflicts. If you do create another mod using these changes, I would appreciate receiving credit.

This modifies the following XML resources:

• S4_E882D22F_00000000_0000000000006615 - mixer_social_Divorce_targeted_mean_relationship

• S4_DEBAFB73_00000000_0000000000017D8A - broadcaster_Divorce

• S4_E882D22F_00000000_0000000000017D8D - reaction_Child_Divorce

• S4_6017E896_00000000_0000000000017D8F - buff_ChildDivorce (plus DATA resource)

• S4_E882D22F_00000000_0000000000017D90 - reaction_ChildDivorceAggregate

• S4_E882D22F_00000000_000000000001E98A - broadcaster_Generic_Reactions_Sad

The following XML resources have been added:

• S4_0C772E27_00000000_CCB19A147E4C4C6F - MTS_Scumbumbo_Loot_Buff_Teen_Toddler_Divorce

• S4_E882D22F_00000000_ABCF2198D67E4348 - MTS_Scumbumbo_reactionFallback_Teen_Toddler_Divorce

• S4_E882D22F_00000000_AD13AB66A8F767C3 - MTS_Scumbumbo_reactionFallback_Child_Divorce

• S4_6017E896_00000000_D75E95BAD9273018 - MTS_Scumbumbo_buff_Teen_Toddler_Divorce

• S4_E882D22F_00000000_FFE9EB993B9321C2 - MTS_Scumbumbo_reaction_Teen_Toddler_Divorce

Additional Credits
As always, the authors of S4PE.