Modding Diary - Bluetooth stethoscope ๐
Added 2022-09-11 21:15:18 +0000 UTCHi Guys!
Hope you all had a great week! For those of you who missed my last modding diary: the home birth update will be released in the first week of October!
This week I worked on adding the stethoscope interaction and check dilation interaction.
it all started out very well, the code(tunings) was working nicely, and I was working on the animation, thinking this will be done in no time.
until I tested the animation in game and saw this in game:
the chest-piece part of the stethoscope doesnt know where its supposed to go and is floating in the air D :
Some of you might remember me mentioning IK(inverse kinematics) in a previous post, basically it is a system that helps the sims hands to know where to go in relation to their body or another sims body. However objects do not have IK, so in this case the chest-piece is floating in the air because it doesnt know where the other sim's stomach is. I can manually attach the chest piece to the sims hand but the ear piece will then float in the air since the two are connected by the tubing.
after giving it some thought I came to the conclusion that the only way I can make this work is to remove the tubing and turn the stethoscope into two separate pieces ๐
so when you click on the midwife and select "check on the baby"
they will listen to the baby's heartbeat with a high-tech Bluetooth stethoscope. I know it looks slightly ridiculous but that's the best I can do for now lol
after they check the baby's heartbeat you will a notification, here are a few examples
right now the baby's heart rate doesn't have an actual effect on the game play, but in the next major update I plan on adding emergency birth situations where if the baby's heart rate is too slow you might need go to the hospital and get an emergency c-section.
I also worked on the checked dilation interaction. After initiating the interaction both the pregnant sim and the midwife will find a place to sit down
(there will be censors in the final version)
you will then get a notification saying how many centimeters you are.
next week I will work on:
- Finishing the dilation interaction
- Fix an LE im getting after calling the midwife.
- get started on the "relax in birth pool" interaction
Once again the home birth update will be released in the first week of October!
As always, thank you all for you patience and your support!
Comments
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PandaSama
2022-11-04 19:58:13 +0000 UTCdownload option is not showing
2022-11-04 14:28:28 +0000 UTCThis mod is what made me want to play sims 4 again. I can't get enough of it.
Christy Wakeen
2022-09-22 03:04:08 +0000 UTCIt could come out between Saturday the 1st or Saturday the 8th and I just can't wait that long! Im too excited and impatient lol.
Christy Wakeen
2022-09-21 22:50:43 +0000 UTCYa that is really weird but some to end the game just does weird things. Glad itโs working now!
PandaSama
2022-09-17 17:36:06 +0000 UTCTwins delivered and in household normally. Not sure what happened the first time, but all good now! Thank you.
ThKi111
2022-09-17 16:21:40 +0000 UTCI'll try using the mod again now and let you know if it happens again.
ThKi111
2022-09-17 14:32:33 +0000 UTCNo unfortunately it disappeared after birth. It was not in the hopital crib like usual and it was not added to the family.
ThKi111
2022-09-15 22:10:58 +0000 UTCAmazing!
2022-09-15 14:06:06 +0000 UTCYou are brilliant. I actually like your solution to the stethoscope problem. That is genius. I was in the hospital over the weekend with my daughter, who was having her first baby. She brought her ball with her. So she and her husband would get up and walk around, then she would come back and sit on the ball for a bit; he would sway with her etc. I thought about your mod and how true to life it actually is! You may have created the most true-to-life mod there is!
Wendy Hubble
2022-09-13 13:01:06 +0000 UTCFirst week :o I can't wait <3
ToraTorell
2022-09-13 11:09:09 +0000 UTClooks great, I'm really looking forward to the update :)
Barbara Sutherland
2022-09-13 01:40:54 +0000 UTCThe baby should be added to the household automatically, do you not see the baby after going home?
PandaSama
2022-09-13 00:04:46 +0000 UTCbedrest should be added?
2022-09-12 23:29:53 +0000 UTCThis mod is great and creates a new level of experiences for the game! Only question is I don't know what happened to the sim that gave birth at the hospital then went home without her baby? Am I missing where the baby should be added or claimed before going home?
ThKi111
2022-09-12 22:39:10 +0000 UTCnot so excited you can spit! lololololol I'm cryinggggg! I'm that excited, too tho! <3
Miss Boo
2022-09-12 15:52:37 +0000 UTCi knw this is a lot of work and im enjoying it. i would love to see them go to doc appointments
2022-09-12 15:43:46 +0000 UTCIm so excited for this I can spit lol. but Seriously thank you so much for all your hard work in our troubling sims 4 world. its modders like you that make it so much better and keep us coming back for more.
2022-09-12 03:44:35 +0000 UTCI did have a suggestion if not its quite alright as this mod is essential for my gameplay. By any chance would you be open to sims going to like a birthing center instead of the hospital?
Lilmiznormal
2022-09-12 01:35:23 +0000 UTCSo so so excited!! Sorry if this has already been asked/answered but would there be a chance to get a playable midwife career of some sort in the future?
Maddie
2022-09-11 22:47:11 +0000 UTC
