Pure genius!

You did it again!! Thank you so much for another great mod.

This is awesome. Thank you for making sticking with TS3 the easiest decision I've ever made!

Awesome mod!

Oh my God, this mod is just PERFECT! *_* You're my second favorite modder after Sims MX!

My words exactly! Thank you! You da

BTW, if I can help to provide translation for french, I'm totally up to it! Just tell me how to proceed!

Hey icarus, did you take the "Make Everyone Happy with 1,000 Perfect Mods" Challenge or something?

Simply great! This mod ia a blessing for playing sims in a band )

In italian it's "Fai un provino per un ingaggio per il gruppo"

I have to go and set up a band in my game now!
This is a great mod, Thanks Icarus!

This is absolutely perfect! Thank you so much :D

Thanks!

This sounds epic - will have to actually create a band just to try this out; thanks a lot!!

I had no idea how much I needed this mod until I saw it! This is exactly what was missing! Thank you!

Wow, this is so cool! I can't wait to try it!

I love you for making this! Just awesome! Thanks so much!

wow i was wishing the bands worked like this! i recently made a band again and was kinda disappointed they didnt work like the showtime careers. thank you!

Just a quick question (or three): Is it possible for you to be able to make it so that Sims aren't required to audition first? I like the idea of being able to get gigs at locations other than bars & lounges (& Showtime venues?) but would prefer not having to audition first, and combining it with NonaMena's More Gigs mod so that I don't have to wait forever for a gig would make it even more awesome. And if not, is auditioning autonomous or user-directed only? And am I able to tweak the mod to make it autonomous if necessary?

Just need a translation for "Audition For Band Gig" if you wish to provide one)


Auditioning is hard-coded to be user-directed only (wouldn't be pleasant to have your sim dragged out of work by unseen forces just because one of your inactive bandmates decides to audition without your consent). If you only want to lift the venue restrictions on the gig opportunities themselves, try an XML tuning mod to edit the Opportunites_EP3 XML. Look for the band opportunities (CTRL+F to look for "skillband") and for each applicable opportunity change the following lines:

Example:
<OpportunitiesSetup>
<ProductVersion>EP3</ProductVersion>
<GUID>EP3_SkillBand_DiveBarLow1</GUID>
...
<Timeout>Gig</Timeout>
<TimeoutData>1</TimeoutData> <- Change to 0 if you want the gig to start on the following day after accepting the opportunity
...
<TargetData>DiveBarCriminal</TargetData> <- Change to or add the additional venue types (spearate with commas) this opportunity can be generated for. The names of the venue types you can use can be found in the Venues XML.
...
<EventStartTime>12:00PM</EventStartTime>
<EventEndTime>4:00PM</EventEndTime> <- Change the start/end times as you wish, you'll have to find a time frame where all of the venue types you've added will be open
</OpportunitiesSetup>

(The opportunities without these lines don't need to be changed, they are for paying your band when the gig is completed)

If you changed the venue types, you also have to make the same changes to the opportunity under OpportunityRequirements (CTRL+F to find the next instances of the opportunities name):

Example continued:
<OpportunitiesRequirements>
<GUID>EP3_SkillBand_DiveBarLow1</GUID>
<Requirement1>HasActiveRockBand</Requirement1> <Requirement2>WorldHasCommunityLotTypeForGigWithBartender,DiveBarCriminal</Requirement2> <- Change or add the venue types as you did above here as well
<Requirement3>HasCompletedNGigs,0,1</Requirement3> <- First number is the minimum number of gigs your band has completed in order to qualify receiving this opportunity, the second is the maximum, change to your liking.
</OpportunitiesRequirements>

And that should be it (you can adjust the payment amounts later down in the XML if you wish). Together with the more gig opportunities mod you should start receiving more gig opportunities so long as you have the venue types you specified in your world (and the lot must have at least 4 instruments and a bartender on it).

Very cool, thank you :)

This is brilliant! Thank you for making bands work properly! :lovestruc

Awesome! Thank you! Gonna take a crack at this over the weekend when I have time.

Appreciate your mod. Thanks dude!