Better Pie Menu

Current Mod Version: 2.8.0
Last Update: Oct 16, 2023

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This mod creates a better overview in the pie menu structure for some objects in the game, e.g. sim, computer, TV, stereo, fridge, stove, mirror etc... The main goal is to make the search faster with suitable icons. In addition, the priority of unimportant folders has been decreased and the priority of the important folder has been increased instead. A few new overcategories were also created and the sub-folders reorganized. The mod is compatible with the Base Game.

This mod only overwrites the so-called Pie Menu Category Tuning of some menu categories. Not a single interaction tuning was overwritten! The restructuring is done via a script, so you need to allow scripting in your game settings. Conflicts can only arise with the same mods that also modify the category tuning of the pie menu or also arrange interactions differently through scripts.

In the archive you will find several files:

• Better Pie Menu Script (required)
• Better Pie Menu: Computer & TV (optional)
• Better Pie Menu: Cooking Menus (optional)
• Better Pie Menu: More Pie Menus (optional)
• Better Pie Menu: Phone Overrides (optional)

If you don't want something, you can delete the corresponding module.

Last Update Notes 

Notes to v. 2.8.0 

• Update and adjustment of the pie menus for game patch 1.101. 
• Small changes in the structure and icons in the cheat and debug pie menu.
• Changes to the priority of folders in the phone menu (optional in the addon). 
• The changes to the kitchen appliances have been separated into an addon so that you can delete them if you use cooking mods and don't want the mods to compete with each other.

Notes to v. 2.7.2

The following changes have been made:

• New TV channels from Horse Ranch have been classified on TV.
• The Adopt category on PC has been split into Family and Animals.
• Science Baby and Purchase Horse interactions on PC have been reclassified.
• Cook Pet Recipes interactions have been moved to Cook Special Recipes category.
• Other minor adjustments, especially with regard to players who only have a base game, in particular, the "Collapsible" property has been adjusted in some categories.

Problems with BPM

Problem: Since I got the mod, I can't do anything with the computer (or on other objects) anymore. The menu has disappeared. If I click on the object, then everything hangs and then nothing happens.

Answer: The problem can occur when my mod conflicts with another one. This can only be the mods that change the EA Pie menus. Let me know which mod it conflicts with (or at least which objects the menu disappears on) and I'll try to find and resolve the conflict! The conflicts are unpredictable, but many are fixable!

No Compatibility Issues

The following mods have been tested with BPM and have no compatibility issues:

• Smarter Pie Menu by TwistedMexi

Compatibility Issues

1) The following mods are completely incompatible with BPM:

• Less Main Pie Clutter by Lumpinou
• Massage Socials Fix by Vicky Sims

2) The following mods are problematic:

• Conversation Tweaks by Bienchen

The problem with this mod is that it overwrites dozens of game interactions. At the very least, some things may no longer appear the way BPM intended. I can't say more exactly. I'm not crazy looking at every little change Bienchen has made in his mod either. So I guarantee no security and no compatibility here.

• Move, Sort & Hide Interactions

Unfortunately, the author neglected his mod and no longer updates it. As such, there are a number of pie menus that no longer make sense after the social menu patch. You can still use this mod along with BPM, but you should enter the cheat to disable the mod's default sorting: "cLineLy.enable_default_sortings False". This will disable any new categories introduced in the mod.

3) The following mods don't have any compatibility issues with BPM (at least not yet), but may cause the menus to look slightly different than intended:

• Ask Category & Menu Cleanup by Kuttoe (on social interactions);
• Better Meal Time Menu by LittleMsSam (on the kitchen appliances);
• Carl's Sims 4 Gameplay Overhaul by Carl (on social interactions);
• Complete Cooking Overhaul by Srslysims (on the kitchen appliances);
• Meaningful Stories by roBurky (on computers and refrigerator);
• Plumfruit by Arnie (on computers and tablets);
• Realistic Cooking Mod by Somik and Severinka (on fridge).

These minor conflicts do not cause the game to crash or generate LE errors. The result of these conflicts is that some of my menu tweaks no longer work because the mentioned mods are also overriding the same pie menu tuning, resulting in override contention. So you won't see all the improvements I've made to BPM. So players using BPM and the listed mods at the same time just don't see the full Better Pie Menu improvements. But there's no reason to delete either mod because you like both. However, the conflicts are possible in the future if the authors of these mods change something so much that it will cause a conflict. If the interactions on the objects mentioned disappear, it could be that it has become a conflict. Then let me know and I'll check it out.

Translations

The mod almost exclusively uses only pre-made strigs from the game, so no translations are needed here.

Required Terms

• The use of scripts must be allowed in the game settings!