The Bill Master
A downloadable mod
Current Mod Version: 2.1.0
Last Update: February 29, 2024
This mod was originally developed by ShuSanR. I'm adopting some of his mods after he announced in February 2022 that he would stop modding and playing the Sims 4 entirely. I really liked the idea of this mod, even if the realization was a bit boring. I adopted the mod, updated it and made it a little more exciting. I hope...
Mod Description
Have no money to pay bills or just don't want to pay bills? This is the mod that could help! Three new interactions for handling invoices are available for you:
- Hack Into the Tax and Bills Office (Programming Skill required)
- Pay Bills with Stolen Credit Card (Mischief Skill required)
- Ask for Help Paying Bills (friendly interactions, may fail if the friendly relationship is not high enough)
Original post by ShuSanR: here
I changed the realization of the interactions a lot!
- At ShuSanR, every Hack Into the Tax and Bills Office interaction with Programming skill from level 6 was successful. I found it boring. Now Sims can try to hack the servers of Tax and Bills Office already with skill level 4. However, the success rate depends on many things, e.g. level of Programming skill, university degree in Computer Science, techie or technophobic lifestyle, programming preferences etc. The focused mood can also be helpful. The magical Lucky Potion (Realm of Magic Pack required) increases the chances of success, but only a little, because no luck alone can help here without the necessary programming knowledge. The hacking attempt can also fail. In this case, the Sims will receive different buffs depending on their traits. I love the personalization! Also, I moved the computer interaction in the Hack menu. That seems logical to me.
- The Pay with the Stolen Credit Card interaction was always successful at ShuSan if the Sim has Mischief skill level 7 or higher. I found that boring too. Now the action can already be attempted with skill level 5, but only with a 50% chance of success. Otherwise you will get the message that the card has already been blocked and the transaction has failed. Higher chance of success with the Mischief skill at level 9 or for Sims with traits Kleptomaniac and Dastardly (they know what cards they steal). The success rate is also higher during Discount Day (Seasons Pack required), since the Cervice Center is overloaded on this day and the card can only be blocked slowly. Also, the magical Lucky Potion (Realm of Magic Pack required) increases the chances of success to 99%.
- The Ask for Help Paying Bills interaction stayed the same for now, but I plan to make it a bit more interesting and fun in the next update as well.
Translations
Since I have completely revised all strings from the original mod, the existing translations are no longer valid. So I had to redo all of them. I made new strings myself as always in English, German, Spanish and Russian. The rest of the localizations have the English language strings. If you want to translate them into your languages or like to correct the existing languages, I'm open to your suggestions!
Compatibility Issues
The mod does not overwrite anything. All new interactions are independent and do not change existing game resources, so incompatibility with other mods is not to be expected.
Download
Install instructions
General Rules
- Back up your current save files just in case!
- Please delete all files of the previous version of the mod!
- Download the zip archive and extract all files to your Mods folder (how)!
- Delete the game cache files (how)!
General Policy
- The development and maintenance of the mods takes a lot of time and energy! If you like my mods, feel free to support me with a donation on my Patreon! Your support motivates me to keep working!
- Feel free to translate my mods if some translation is missing. Also, I will be glad to any corrections to already existing translations, including English, since this is not my native language. Just write to me!
- Please don't upload my mods to other sites! This way you show respect to me and thank me. If you want to help me spread my mods, you are welcome to link to my Patreon page, this homepage or my CurseForge. Thank you for that!
- Don't download my mods from third party websites! By doing this, you encourage those who steal the mods from their authors. Also, this way there is always a risk that you will download a corrupted or old mod version. To download, only use my Patreon or my CurseForge. I don't upload my mods anywhere else!
Comments
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Tambien tengo el mod telefono universal de ShusanR. No se si seguirá siendo util o si tienes pensado adoptarlo si hay que actualizarlo.
No tenía intención de adoptar este mod, al menos tal como es. Pero muchas partes de este mod (u opciones similares) están disponibles en mis otros mods, como Purchase Overhaul o Smart Sim Randomizer. Quizás haga otras modificaciones. Pero la forma en que está el mod ahora no me gusta, ya que es un montón de cosas diferentes sin sistema. No me gusta eso.
Hello :) What other mods have You adopted from ShusanR? It has a lot of great mods! I'm a fan !
So far I have adopted five mods:
But I would take more. I took the mods that appealed to me the most and needed updating first. I left out the mods that still work well. But I haven’t checked all his mods closely to see if the code is up to date.
Wow, its awesome ! I hope You will take over all ShusanR mods :) You make great mods Yourself, so You will definitely improve Shusan R mods even better :)
Thank you for your feedback. Well, ShuSanR had already created many cool mods. But I wouldn’t do all of them because some things don’t interest me at all. But I have plans to adopt a few more.
It's good that a large part of them will be updated by You :)
Woah this is an amazing mod to pick up! Great for storytelling and also a humorous mod at a side haha.
Thanks very much! Yes, that’s what I thought too. I still want to personalize and expand the social interactions to make it even more fun. In the next update.