Mod The Sims - Bog Off, Bobby: No/Reduced Curfew for Teens and Children (Updated 28/10/11)

Bog Off, Bobby: No/Reduced Curfew for Teens and Children (Updated 28/10/11)

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Posted 24th Jan 2011 at 09:40 PM - Updated 2nd May 2013 at 12:09 AM by whiterider - Viewed 89509 times. Direct link to this thread

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Tags: #curfew, #child, #teen, #police, #stay out, #night

For a 1.50 version of this mod, click here!

28/10 - Updated for 1.26/Pets! Please redownload.
Older versions also available in the "pre-1.26" file, which will work for versions 1.22-1.24. I include these only because 1.26 is such a pain in the ass, and I imagine many people won't be updating yet. Don't expect a pattern to emerge

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Now, we all know that EA live in fairy lala-land, but I bet you never guessed that Lala-land is in fact an iron-fisted police state. It's exceedingly difficult to play a troubled teen, vagrant youth, or prodigal... something when young sims are caught (by police that is, not child-catchers) and taken home at sunset - even worse when children needn't be caught, because as soon as 10pm strikes, they get an uncontrollable (uncancellable) urge (autonomous action) to go home.

My first thought with this mod was "Stuff the curfew!". However, I can imagine that real police would probably pick up a young child if they saw 'em wandering around the streets at night, so I made several versions with relaxed, but not removed, curfews for children (and teens too, 'cause... 'cause... just 'cause!).
On the other end of the issue, apparently the curfew is lifted at 6am - so any child or teen caught wandering around before 6am will be sent home too. Chortling at EA's naivet�, I made the end of the curfew slightly earlier, so that the kids can actually, y'know, walk to school, the lazy little buggers.

Varieties
There are 9 flavours of this mod, and I've tried to cover all bases. None of the flavours have a stricter curfew for teenagers than for children, since that'd just be silly. Install only one version!

Teen Curfew - Default is 11pm - 6am	Child Curfew - Default is 10pm - 6am
None	None
None	Default
9pm - 5am	9pm - 5am
Midnight - 4am	Midnight - 4am
None	9pm - 5am
None	Midnight - 4am
Midnight - 4am	9pm - 5am
Midnight - 4am	Default
Adjusted Default (11pm - 5am)*	9pm - 5am

* Adjusted because it seemed silly to have the child curfew end before the teen curfew.

Conflicts
This mod modifies a rather large XML file called Sim_0xa29571c6f77aa18d - the file affects mainly routing and social tuning, and may conflict with any such mods.
This mod does not conflict with AD85's Routing Improvement / Debugging mod.

Compatibility
This mod is compatible with gameversion 1.26/1.27/Pets. It should be compatible with all EP setups. Compatible versions for 1.22-1.25 also available. May be compatible with earlier versions, but this has not been tested.

Additional Credits:
ella, for her lovely XML tuning tutorial; Inge & Peter, for S3PE; and HP, for helping me check compatibility.

1071 people have said thanks to whiterider for this download.

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6th Dec 2011, 03:10 AM	#101
Mouse Lab Assistant Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 167	I can�t believe that an old version of this mod made all the saddles stuck and invisible in my game! It just seems so unrelated...and yet it was the culprit. Thanks for the update! I should have checked sooner.
Mouse Lab Assistant Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 167	The Possibilities are Endless -----------------------

17th Dec 2011, 05:14 PM	#102
mewichigo34 Forum Resident Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 841	Is this compatible with 1.29?
mewichigo34 Forum Resident Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 841	I like listening to JPop.Yearbook:http://yearbook.modthesims.info/2011/mewichigo34/

19th Dec 2011, 11:59 AM	#103
l8nytsimmer	OMG, thank you for this! I absolutely HATE that Curfew! I've had the cop grab my Sim Kids as they were collecting gems just outside the fence that marks off their OWN yard. How, stupid is that? And why should a Teen get busted for being in the park at night collecting butterflies for school? This is going to make me one happy camper!

7th Jan 2012, 02:58 PM	#104
Jengajengs Test Subject Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 1	Will this work with 1.29? :]

8th Jan 2012, 11:15 AM	#105
whiterider Original Poster Oh, My! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,643 Thanks: 27831 in 58 Posts View My Journal	Yes. The chances of this mod being broken by any patch which doesn't accompany a new EP are very low.
	"On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells the reader how to hum the tune." - Lynn Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves

16th Jan 2012, 12:43 AM	#106
l8nytsimmer	OMG, you're a genius! I soooo need this! I hate that Curfew thing. Thank you for making this and sharing it.

16th Jan 2012, 12:47 AM	#107
l8nytsimmer	Sorry for the double post. I've been so busy recently, I forget little details like commenting on a design.

21st Feb 2012, 02:35 AM	#108
piratekimchi	Thanks! This whole 'teen curfew' thing must be an American-ism because I'm not familiar with it in real life. I'm keeping the default child curfew because it's probably not a good idea for kids to be wandering the streets alone in the middle of the night, but in real life there are teenagers who work nights, or live on their own, or stay up all night on weekends.

6th Mar 2012, 05:54 PM	#109
Ambrily Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 15	Hi. Is this mod compatible with the patch 1.31? Thank you very much!

6th Mar 2012, 07:07 PM	#110
whiterider Original Poster Oh, My! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,643 Thanks: 27831 in 58 Posts View My Journal	It's likely that this mod isn't compatible with 1.31, though I don't know that for sure.
	"On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells the reader how to hum the tune." - Lynn Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves

9th Mar 2012, 12:01 PM

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Ambrily

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Quote:

Originally Posted by whiterider

It's likely that this mod isn't compatible with 1.31, though I don't know that for sure.

Thanks for answering...
Now, I don't want to annoy you, but do you plan to update the mod to the 1.31/1.32 patch?

9th Mar 2012, 12:06 PM	#112
whiterider Original Poster Oh, My! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,643 Thanks: 27831 in 58 Posts View My Journal	Yes, I do.
	"On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells the reader how to hum the tune." - Lynn Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves

24th Mar 2012, 09:54 PM	#113
luckynicole659 Lab Assistant Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 178	I miss this mod.

27th Mar 2012, 01:12 AM	#114
Anji4062	Darn...I was really hoping this one had been updated already. So tired of the cops tailing after my teens... :p

27th Mar 2012, 05:48 AM	#115
luckynicole659 Lab Assistant Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 178	When is this being updated? If you could tell me how to do it, ill do it myself because I really need this. I play with teens and kids alot.

27th Mar 2012, 09:14 AM	#116
whiterider Original Poster Oh, My! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,643 Thanks: 27831 in 58 Posts View My Journal	You grab the xml from thid mod, and the corresponding xml from the updated GameplayData.package, open them both in Notepad++, run a compare script and then copy the relevant differences from the mod xml to the game xml. The game xml is now an updated mod xml. I will probably update this myself in the second half of next week. I have a bunch of research and other work to do this week, then exams Monday and Tuesday of next week, but after that I'm relatively free,
	"On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells the reader how to hum the tune." - Lynn Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves

29th Mar 2012, 12:44 AM	#117
luckynicole659 Lab Assistant Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 178	lol nvm, I think you'll do it better. Thanks for the update though. Ill come back on here next week :D

6th Apr 2012, 07:01 PM	#118
hucker Test Subject Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 1	I want it too please! I live in the UK, where we don't have these crazy laws in real life, so I don't want them in my Sims game!

9th Apr 2012, 10:31 PM	#119
luckynicole659 Lab Assistant Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 178	no update yet?

9th Apr 2012, 11:34 PM	#120
whiterider Original Poster Oh, My! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,643 Thanks: 27831 in 58 Posts View My Journal	Nah, I updated it but didn't change the file, title, or description, nor did I post to tell anyone I'd updated it.
	"On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that. It tells the reader how to hum the tune." - Lynn Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves

10th Apr 2012, 01:31 AM	#121
Anji4062	Lol @ whiterider! I too, can't wait till this is updated. I just started playing more with teens and children (they're kinda boring) and without this mod, my game complains too much about the kids not being at home on time. Thank you for this great mod btw!

11th Apr 2012, 03:00 AM	#122
luckynicole659 Lab Assistant Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 178	As you can see, I'm not the best at patience. I'm sure you are annoyed by coming on here and seeing my posts lol. Ah well. At least you know you have fans.