Mod The Sims - "Dress Me Correctly" Mod

*Updated 16th August 2009*
Fixed error in school clothes changing - see section below

When I play Sims, their mornings tend to follow a routine which includes trying to squeeze in a shower before going to work (nice to get the hygiene motive high before setting out for the day). I say "squeeze" because it's often the last thing they do before running out the door. So, I noticed that they come out of the shower and 'spin' into their everyday clothes, and then immediately 'spin' again into their work clothes. That's just silly. Also, at bedtime, they get out of the bath, 'spin' into their everyday clothes, walk into the next room and 'spin' again into their pajamas before getting into bed. Again, that's just silly.

So I have designed a global mod that controls which outfit the Sim puts on when they get out of the shower/bath, instead of it always being the Sims everyday outfit. Now when your Sim has finished their shower/bath they will get dressed into an appropriate outfit based on how close they are to starting any of the following 'tasks':-

Going to work
Some jobs have special uniforms, and some the Sim goes wearing their Everyday outfit. Bear this mind if you see your Sim change into Everyday clothes when you are expecting Work clothes. The easy way to tell is if your Sim owns a Dresser; there will be a separate menu option "Dress for Work" if this Sim has a special outfit to wear to work.
Going to school
Private School has a uniform, but for Public School your Sim goes wearing their Everyday outfit. Bear this mind if you see your Sim change into Everyday clothes when you are expecting School clothes.
Going to bed
Bedtime is calculated based off School Start time for Children and Teens and off Work Start Time for Adults and Elders. This means that bedtime moves for Adults and Elders.

If the time is two hours prior to one of these 'tasks' and not yet half way through the time spent doing the 'task' then they will change into the appropriate clothing for that 'task' as they finish their Shower/Bath. Otherwise they will change into everyday clothes.

If by any chance your Sim does end up changing into the wrong outfit, no harm will come to them as they will still change into the correct attire when attending to this 'task'.

Please note that your Sim only changes clothes if they take a shower or a bath - it's not going to direct them to change just because it's two hours before Work/School/Bedtime.

The gory details
These diagrams will try to explain exactly when a Sim will change into a specific outfit.

Child

If it is between two hours before School Start time and half way through the school day (and it isn't the weekend), the Sim will change into School clothes - at the weekend this period will be treated as an Everyday clothes period (see here).
If it is three hours after School Start time (i.e. half way through the school day), the Sim will change into Everyday clothes (on the assumption that they are skipping school today (or perhaps have been expelled?!).
If it is within two hours of bedtime (bedtime assumed to be 10 hours before school starts (8 hours sleep, 1 hour for breakfast, then the school bus arrives), the Sim will change into Pyjamas.
If it is four hours after bedtime (i.e. half way through expected sleep period), the Sim will change into Everyday clothes (on the assumption they are getting up very early and it is not really time to change into school clothes yet).

Teen

Teens can have varying job start times, but it is School that is most important, and bedtime will be set based on the school start time not the job start time.
If it is between two hours before School Start time and half way through the school day (and it isn't the weekend), the Sim will change into School clothes - at the weekend this period will be treated as an Everyday clothes period (see here).
If it is between two hours before Job Start time and half way through their working hours (and they work on this day), the Sim will change into Work clothes - if the Sim doesn't have a Teen job this period will be treated as an Everyday clothes period.
If it is later that half-way through their Job hours, the Sim will change into Everyday clothes (on the assumption that they are skipping work today, or perhaps have been fired!).
If it is within two hours of bedtime (bedtime assumed to be 10 hours before school starts (8 hours sleep, 1 hour for breakfast, then the school bus arrives), the Sim will change into Pyjamas.
If it is four hours after bedtime, (i.e. half way through expected sleep period), the Sim will change into Everyday clothes (on the assumption they are getting up very early and it is not really time to change into school clothes yet).

Adult

The first timeline shows a standard 9am - 4pm work day. If the Sims job starts later than 9am, all the times will be pushed later for the various clothing periods; similarly if the Sims job starts early, all the times will be pushed earlier.
There are certainly some extreme work times. The second timeline shows the Fish Chummer job in the Oceonography Career track which is 5 hours earlier than a 'normal' 9am job. The third timeline shows the Security Guard Job in the Law Enforcement Career track which is 11 hours later than a 'normal' 9am job.
If it is between two hours before Job Start time and half way through their working hours (and they work on this day), the Sim will change into Work clothes - if the Sim doesn't have a job this period will be treated as an Everyday clothes period (see here).
If it is later that half-way through their Job hours, the Sim will change into Everyday clothes (on the assumption that they are skipping work today, or perhaps have been fired!).
If it is within two hours of bedtime (bedtime assumed to be 10 hours before work starts (8 hours sleep, 1 hour for breakfast, then the car pool arrives), the Sim will change into Pyjamas.
If it is four hours after bedtime (i.e. half way through expected sleep period), the Sim will change into Everyday clothes (on the assumption they are getting up very early and not really time to change into work clothes yet).

Elder

The diagram shows Work starting at 3pm. If the Sims job starts later than 3pm, all the times will be pushed later for the various clothing periods; similarly if the Sims job starts early, all the times will be pushed earlier.
If it is between two hours of the Job Start time and half way through their working hours (and they work on this day), the Sim will change into Work clothes - if the Sim doesn't have a job this period will be treated as an Everyday clothes period (see here).
If it is later that half-way through their Job hours, the Sim will change into Everyday clothes (on the assumption that they are skipping work today, or perhaps have been fired!).
If it is within two hours of bedtime (bedtime assumed to be 8 hours after work starts, the Sim will change into Pyjamas (on the assumption they are having an early night).
If it is four hours after bedtime (i.e. half way through expected sleep period), the Sim will change into Everyday clothes.

I have done a lot of testing of this mod, with various different job start times crossing various time boundaries, but I shouldn't pretend that this is perfect, so if you do find an issue where you think the Sim is getting dressed into the wrong outfit the following section tells you the information I will need.

Cheers
Mog

Update History
16August2009

Fixed a problem where children changed into school uniforms (only apparent when children attend Private School) on Saturday. Thanks to myokichoccy and Sadie79 for reporting this issue.
Fixed a problem where children changed into school uniforms on Snow Days. Thanks to Sadie79 for reporting this issue.

Additional Credits: :lovestruc
Quaxi for SimPE^wiki
Numenor for the AnyGameStarter.
All the people responding on the Creator Feedback Forum who helped me in designing this mod.
crumplebottom_marky4444 for the More Snow During Winter mod which made it easier to test behaviour on Snow Days.

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