This is cool! Thank you so much.

This is really nice! I like ladders but I also like playing with laundry and trash on and that's hard to do in a house with ladders before this mod.

This is cool. Is it possible to just make them always slide down ladders?

Thanks for this!!!

That's a really cool idea, thank you for the suggestion. I'll try to add that (possibly as an optional flavour) next time I update this mod.

EDIT: Done! I actually added it to the main mod since I think everyone can benefit from it, and I don't want to maintain 2 versions. Enjoy!

Thank you SO much!!

So great. Thanks

Thank you! Finally I can stop manually dragging all my sims clothing piles downstairs to the laundry

WOOHOO, that's fantastic! Thank-you, thank-you <3

nice i was hoping for something like this.

Very good, thank you so much. Now you see how much we need the modders for the Sims 4...they do very very good work.
Thanks....

Thank you so much for this!

Hi, this is a great idea, but I am not noticing any difference in game. No sliding down animation either.

Hi Compuzak, I'm sorry you're having issues with my mod. The only thing I can think of would be a conflict with another mod. To find if that's the case you can try to put all your mods aside, leaving only this one, then delete localthumbcache.package, launch the game and try to "Climb down" a ladder to see if the Sim slides it down instead as expected.

I've installed this and put in the mod file it didn't show. I figured it might be one deep in folders so put it in the main mod folder. Still it is a no show in game. I do have other mods in game. Unsure why I can't find this. Thank you so very much for this mod if you have any insight it would be appreciated!

That's indeed very weird. It's not even a script mod so you should be able to put it like ~5 folders deep and it would still work. I tested it with the latest patch and Base Game only and it shows up in the list of installed mods just fine when I go to Settings > Others > View Custom Content, as "Arckange_BetterLadders".

Can you check if it shows up in this list for you? My best guess is that it's installed properly (= you should see it in the list), but you don't actually notice any difference in your game, probably because of a conflict with another mod.

Thank you for getting back to me so quickly! I checked in settings and sure enough the file is there. I used the options on this tiny house build with the ladder from Island Living. I haven't ever used the ladders in Island Living pack. In which when I did use the ladder they did slide down. I'm unsure if this is indeed the mod, or island living ladder. When I was building I looked up ladder, Arckange, BetterLadders, but it was a no go. Just wanted to make sure wanted to give these a go they look amazing! Thank you again.

There may be a confusion with the type of ladder. This mod only changes the ladders than can be placed on the ground, from one floor to another. It's the ones that were added with the free game patch that came just before Eco-Lifestyle was released. They can be found in the same Build Mode section than Stairs. And just to clarify, this mod doesn't add a new ladder or any other item in Build mode. It only improves the way Sims use this type of ladders.

Pool ladders and ocean ladders that came with Island Living (which can be found in the Pool section of Build Mode) aren't affected by this mod at all.

However, if you say they slide down the ladder you used, then it was probably actually the right type of ladder (Sims can't slide down Ocean ladders from Island Living). So maybe everything is working fine after all..!

The changes this mod makes are actually subtle. If you're not used to using ladders, you may not really notice the +50% movement speed when climbing. But you should notice than whenever a Sim goes down a ladder, they will actually always slide down, even when you tell them to "Climb Down". That's a good way to know the mod is working properly. Concerning the "carry items" parts, it's something they tend to do on their own whenever they go from one floor to another while carrying an item. You can try to see if this works by making them go upstairs/downstairs while they are carrying food for instance.

Well thank you for the clarity!!! Then it is in game. I was looking for the individual ladder and was not finding it. So to know that it modified the original and working the mystery is solved! I was wracking my brain...took out all the mods still looking in decor, build, etc with no luck. Thank you soooo much this is working and wonderful LOL. Truly appreciated !!!

I'm glad it cleared things up. Enjoy!

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Thank you for another great mod!

I like the increased speed, but I'd prefer if Sims go down the normal way instead of sliding down every time, looks odd, especially when they're carrying something. I understand you don't want to maintain 2 versions, but just thought I'd share my view on it. I'm still using this mod ofc :p

Hi maria

Fair enough! As I've mentioned, I hesitated to do separate versions first but eventually decided that one version was just simpler, both for me and for people downloading this mod. After reading your message I changed my mind though. Even though you're the only one to have mentioned that you'd have preferred the normal version so far, I think it's safe to assume that you're probably not the only one.

So here you go: I've re-uploaded the original version. Now you're free to choose whether you want Sims to always slide down or not.

Thanks for your feedback!

thanks for the update!