Severino this is the GREATEST mod this is so much needed, I can't thank you enough, for taking the time to create this mod. This is something the Sims game needed for a long time.
Now with your mod a Community Library is possible, Much Love and thanks for this Mod for me and all members. :lovestruc

Strangely enough, I've never had a problem with visitors using bookshelves on community lots in my game. Then again, my libraries are usually all in university neighborhoods, so young adults probably have that behavior already enabled. I had no idea that visitors wouldn't autonomously use bookshelves on regular community lots!

Why not just make a global mod to change the behavior of ALL the bookshelves? That way we wouldn't have to have another copy of the same thing.

Thank you very much.

Some prefer modded objects over global mods, depending on what it is, because they don't want it affecting residential lots, too. They may just want it to affect specific lots. Having your bookshelves on residential lots be accessible by your visitors may become rather annoying.


Alternatively, if say a deco object could be modded and placed on a lot that would affect any/all bookshelves on that lot to be visitor-enabled without having to make a global mod or make duplicates of the bookshelves.. I am by no means a modder, but I wonder if that would be possible?

I do really like these bookshelves, but I hope to see more bookshelves be made visitor-enabled.

Keep in mind this mod was a request from a friend of mine, she wanted a bookshelf that only worked on community lots, so the best thing to do was make an new object.
But i can try to make another mod where all the bookshelfes are visitor enabled.

Thank you I like the idea of the bookshelves and this will suit my game

Agreed. This is the most inefficient example of creating a mod. These bookcases contain all the original mesh/textures resource when you have changed nothing. This is also in the wrong category. All of your bookcases contain meshes and textures, with edits to only what, the OBJD and TTAB? So most of this upload belongs in the buy/objects section of downloads.

A global mod for this object would be great! I use autonomy control by Pescado, and I can easily disable autonomous behavior for the world and enable it for certain lots (e.g. library/bookstore) and combine it with this mod if it were global.

@HugeLunatic This is just my personal opinion, why is your comment reply so harsh in words ? Sometime to help a person or give constructive feed back there are ways to do so with kindness.
It's not what you say to a person but how you say it, don't you think that you being a Staff Administrator with years of modding experience that helping a newcomer with Mods should be more tactful in your feed back.
I mean no disrespect here to you, but we all can learn from each other with kindness and respect.

Severino, many thanks for this mod. It always annoyed me that Sims would not use bookcases in public libraries, hotel rooms, etc. In Belladonna Cove Maxis even included a Public Library and sims would play chess all day and that was it! Your mod will add more realism to my game, thanks again and happy Simming!

Thanks for the new ability to use a library or other community spot in a more natural way. Especially my reading sims who often walk around with their noses in a book but never actually picked one off the shelf at the library.
As I read the comments pro and con about making it a global mod for all bookcases, the reply about wanting it to be for community lots only strikes me as the most valid. However as a person who often doesn't follow all explanations well, I was glad the comments were there to make me think about why I needed to be sure to download the global mod as well. And I also subscribe to the urge to be kind when expressing an opinion or explaining something. Thanks again

I actually like the fact that this is not a global mod - while I would love my sims to read in a library, I don't want them to read when they should be lying on the beach - but still like a bookcase there for writing in a diary. This mod means I can pick and choose which bookcases to place where and it suits my game very well. While some players may prefer a global mod, I certainly don't.

Thanks for this mod! It's something that didn't exist before and DOES exist now, so it would seem to be an "object mod" in my book. Appreciate you sharing it, and also, I think you should be given props for doing a request. It takes a lot of time and talent, and few people really want to take on requests. +2500 bonus points for that aspect alone!

As for the debate over whether or not it should be a global mod... Perhaps a good compromise would be a global mod with an on/off toggle? That way, you could click on the bookcase and select "community" or "residential" depending on how you wanted the effect applied.

But regardless... it's great the way it is! I wouldn't want every visitor to my residential lot going for the bookcase and leaving books strewn about the house! The damned maid is lazy enough, without having to put thousands of books away! She'd never get to cleaning the toilets!! As it is now, i've never seen her dust or vacuum ONCE! ☺


-grinEvilly
>=)

Does this mod compatible with Apartment Life? Because I can't read AL special books on residental lots from ANY of bookshelfes sinse I've installed this mod. (Books like fire safety, physiology est) My sim tried to read this book and I've got this error: Reference to tree table entry that does not exist. But I can still learn cooking/cleaning and read my sim's books without any problems.

I found no conflicts with other mods, by the way. Deleting of this mod cured my game. Too bad, I wanted this mod for ages.

I'm getting the exact same thing as Left4LifebyLight.

That's SO wonderful! Thank you very much!
I wonder if it's possible to make a version of this mod that almost "forces" the visitor sims to grab a book & read. Perhaps to create a more serious atmosphere like the visitor sims literally just go there to read & study on that lot

@xRedcrossx Would you really want a Sims that Visiting to just walk into a Sims home and start using the Sims Bookcase and read? It's bad enough that the Sims eat food at the table, that not meant for the visitor but for the household, or walk into a Sims home lot and start playing the piano visitors can be very rude. The Sims will walk straight into another Sims home not invited if you don't lock the door. Lol

Just adding another bug report - like others above, I have the problem where this mod seems to break the extra skills for all bookcases.
A shame, as I was really happy to be able to have a functioning library. Hope this gets fixed!

Error: Reference to tree table entry that does not exist.

I don't have AL, but even though I had no other Mods installed this Severino_Publicbookcase_Global.package causes an error with The Education Bookcase that is the Reward for Education Career. When a Sim tries to Study Charisma, Creativity or Logic it throws an Error: Reference to tree table entry that does not exist.

This Mod is not ready for Prime Time, It was reported that it does not properly work with AL and I am reporting that it does not properly work with The Education Bookcase. Obviously you didn't test this mod very well. Even with no other Mods installed this Mod causes an error when a Sim tries to Study Charisma, Creativity or Logic on the Education Bookcase. Pull the Mod and fix it or just figure that it is not Compatiable with Seasons and Above.

Too Bad that it does not work properly I was looking forward to having bookcases on Community Lots that were usable.

From the Error Log.
at Nov 6 2015,14:10:15

Object id: 1046
name: N002_User01894 - Mimi
Stack size: 5
Error: Reference to tree table entry that does not exist.
Iterations: 11
Frame 4:
Stack Object id: 1046
Stack Object name: N002_User01894 - Mimi
Node: 3
Tree: id 8213 name 'Interaction - Study' version -32754
from BookCaseGlobals
Prim state: 0
Params: Locals: 835 74 19
Frame 3:
Stack Object id: 1046
Stack Object name: N002_User01894 - Mimi
Node: 5
Tree: id 281 name 'Wait For Notify' version 8
from global
Prim state: 1
Params: 0 1 Locals:
Frame 2:
Stack Object id: 1046
Stack Object name: N002_User01894 - Mimi
Node: 1
Tree: id 8282 name 'Function - Main - Check Queue' version 50
from PersonGlobals
Prim state: 0
Params: Locals: 835
Frame 1:
Stack Object id: 1046
Stack Object name: N002_User01894 - Mimi
Node: 18
Tree: id 8193 name 'Function - Main' version 113
from PersonGlobals
Prim state: 0
Params: Locals: 5 20 0
Frame 0:
Stack Object id: 1046
Stack Object name: N002_User01894 - Mimi
Node: 1
Tree: id 4096 name 'Function - Main' version 2
from TemplatePerson
Prim state: 0
Params: Locals:

Unfortunately, this mod doesn't seem to work with the Ultimate Collection. When I instaled it, my Sims could no longer study the Life Skills that came with FT and AL.

It caused the jump bug when I tried to get them to do as such and I when I removed this mod they could study them again.

It's a shame, I would have loved to have this work properly but it doesn't seem to have been tested very well.

I had exactly the problem as Little White Comet mentions. The problem got progressively worse until only the original three choices from the pie menu could worked even though all the choices displayed. Removing the files fixed the problem. This was happening with all bookshelves in the game. I also have the Ultimate game.

Funny, thanks

I'm also having the problem where I can't read the special books that came with "Apartment Life," like Fire Safety or Parenting or Couples Counseling.

I have all of the expansion packs but no stuff packs, and I have them on disk, not the Ultimate Collection.