Seasonal Parks (Auto-Events)
Description
This mod sat in my wip folder for more than 4 years now and I finally decided to share it with my fellow simmers. I wanted to add more features regarding custom zone directors etc. but I postponed those again and again. As these features aren't needed for the events to work I went back using the standard Park zone director and pushed myself to the release. And if you feel like the standard spawns are too boring, you can make use of other great mods editing them, like "Spawn Refresh" by Zerbu or "NPC's Everywhere" by Kuttoe to make the Park more lively.
So let's finally look into this mod :)
It adds 4 auto events, one for each season, to the Park using the sub-venue system the Game introduced with Eco Lifestyle/High School Years [You only need either one + Seasons installed; you don't need both, but they are both adding the needed mechanics to the game].
To get this mod to works as intended you need to set up the lot beforehand:
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Enter Build Mode at the Park venue where you want the events enabled and add the Lot Challenge "Seasonal Park Events" on the first default venue "Park".
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Start building your sub-venues for each season - from spring through winter.
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Wait for the venue event drama scheduler to run.
The game only schedules the so-called VenueEventDramaNodes (which are triggering the festival events) only once a Sim week, on Mondays at 3:00 AM. At that time, it schedules ALL available venue events for the entire week. So if you set up the mod during a Sim week, the events will not be scheduled immediately. You will have to wait until following Monday at 3:00 AM for the scheduler to run.
This is a game mechanic I am unfortunately unable to change :(
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Done. You can start playing now. The events should trigger either on a Friday or a Saturday each weekend, depending on the season you're playing in.
It's NOT compatible with my other "Seasonal Park" mod!
CAUTION WHEN DEINSTALLING!
If you want to get rid of the mod but are attachend to your sub-venue Parks you built while using the mod, remember saving your Park sub-venues to your Gallery before deleting! The game will only keep the default one and WILL DELETE all sub-venues if the mod is missing in your mods folder! So those lots will be gone, when your not backing them up!