#sejianisranting

[sejianismodding]

🫀 [BG] XMOD/SGFX - "My Beautiful Squishy" a.k.a. Expandable BuildBuy Catalog - OG by TwistedMexi

☠️ REMINDER: Double-check the OP for updates!

⚔️ Requires - TS4: BASE GAME

☄️ Updated - NIL

🚀 Initial Release - 3/9/2025

🎁 Download & Discussions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/123626846

🗺️ Modding Announcements: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109291501

🪄 SGFX Overrides Collection: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1306589?view=condensed

🔪 XMODTko Collection: https://www.patreon.com/collection/884886?view=condensed

💬 Expandable BuildBuy Catalog has been proper ded since 2023. I have exhumed it from the grave, assembled the rotted bits, and breathed new life into it.

👹 I've been wondering which of my XMODTkos would be the first to grace anywhere outside of Patreon, and it turns out to be this little beauty that I resurrected myself after patiently holding out hope for... ONE (1) YEAR AND SEVEN (7) MONTHS - SEVEN (7) MONTHS sounds hella !@#$in' familiar, where do I know that num- oh yeah! EAxis made me wait SEVEN (7) !@#$ING MONTHS before they finally decided to fix my spine - but only after !@#$ing around like a bunch of clowns and breaking children. I am so sorry that I impatiently fixed that in SEVEN (7) DAYS. Am I being a !@#- I think I'm being just a tad bit of a !@#$ right now, because the real issue is the lack of communication. It ain't the !@#$in' 👏 impatient 👏 entitlement 👏 bruh. Maybe prioritize status posts on Patreon over Twitter and we can avoid this ridiculous situation that keeps repeating over and over and over. Shirley someone must be enjoying this !@#$, 'cause this ain't rocket science.

📸 OH LOOK, HERE I AM! SAYING THE SAME !@#$ IN A MUCH MORE POLITE WAY THREE (3) !@#$ING MONTHS AGO!

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🦄 I had a moment there. I apologize. I did not resurrect this mod out of malice. I resurrected it because it was abandoned and I have no interest in Better BuildBuy. Cheers! Now I'm off to continue my BAND-AID for another thing EAxis broke but can't be arsed to fix in a timely fashion - https://www.patreon.com/posts/117653032

[sejianismodding]

☢️ I'M JUST GON' LEAVE THIS RIGHT HERE AND GO BACK TO WHAT I WAS DOING - WHICH WAS FIXING ANOTHER EAXIS !@#$ UP.

THE DEFORMER MAPS ARE FINALLY FIXED.

IT ONLY TOOK THEM HALF-ARSING OUR SPINES AND BREAKING CHILDREN TO FINALLY FIX WHAT I'VE BEEN POINTING OUT FOR SEVEN (7) !@#$ING MONTHS.

[sejianismodding]

☢️ Update 2/25/2025 - MOAR body distortions are being reported. I sure hope this isn't due to EAxis' half-arsing our "Male sims with Feminine Frames" spine fix.

THIS IS A RANT. YOU'RE WELCOME TO IGNORE IT. I DO THIS FOR PERPETUITY.

⋆⋅ AIN'T LIFE GRAND?!

This was meant to be a "BUGWATCH", but then I noticed that we're now getting reports that !@#$'s deforming all over the place - where it wasn't before.

On kids - https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/toddlerinfantschild-body-and-face-distortions/11928891

On necks - https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/sims-neck-set-to-wide/11912011

I've been harping on about those EIGHTEEN (18) broken Deformer Maps for SEVEN (7) !@#$ing MONTHS, and INSTEAD OF FIXING THEM, EAxis removed the dependency, making it appear as though our bodies are indeed fixed.

It feels like a slap in the face to not fix those Deformer Maps, but I'll let it slide 'cause MY sim don't look like a freak no more and that's what matters... at least they didn't during my very brief play-test before my nap. [*]

Maybe removing that dependency is what they meant to do SEVEN (7) MONTHS ago but "forgot", and continued to "forgot" for SEVEN (7) MONTHS.

Certainly EAxis' special bug fixin' team knows what the !@#$ they're doing, but I can't help but wonder if what's being reported now is related to those Deformer Maps. I have no idea if any of them affected kids. Only THREE (3) or FOUR (4) of those EIGHTEEN (18) Deformer Maps !@#$ed with our spines. I have no idea what the rest did. If the dependency was removed, would my BUGFIX for Our Broken Bodies even affect those kids or those necks?

I will not be investigating this until I see it for myself, which might take a while because I'm hardly in Live Mode and the reports I read claim that the more extreme deformities aren't appearing in CAS.

Yes, I am being a bit of a !@#$. I had a nap and have oodles of "be a !@#$" energy now.

They should have fixed the !@#$ing Deformer Maps.

⋆⋅ <INHALES SHARPLY>

Now that I've gotten that out of my system, I'm going to see if I can update the SGFX overrides.

I'm only encountering errors with Sims4Studio when trying to export Tuning resources, but it's been reported that modifying CAS items is also bugging out.

I'll do what I can.

[*] I swear, if I load my new saved game and see my sim's body spazzing out, I'm going to !@#$ing lose it.

⋆⋅ ⚡ NOW THAT I'VE CALMED DOWN...

I want to point out that EAxis went mucking around body sliders.

[EA Forums] Body sliders in Create a Sim are back on track! Adjusting the belly, butt, and thighs of male Sims will no longer transform certain full-body outfits into avant-garde fashion.

It's possible that they just broke everything while half-arsing our bodies.

[sejianismodding]

☢️ EAxis has finally noticed that OUR BODIES ARE !@#$ING BROKEN! M-... - A short rant 'cause I'm modding, baby!

THIS IS A RANT. YOU'RE WELCOME TO IGNORE IT. I DO THIS FOR PERPETUITY.

https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/laundry-list-february-18th-2025

TWELVE (12) UPDATES, SEVEN (7) MONTHS, FOUR (4) KITS, FIVE (5) CREATOR KITS, TWO (2) FOMO EVENTS, AND TWO (2) EXPANSION PACKS LATER, EAXIS FINALLY NOTICES THAT OUR !@#$ING BODIES ARE BROKEN, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BEHAVE AS THOUGH THIS ONLY AFFECTS MALE SIMS WITH FEMININE FRAMES.

This should give you an idea about EAxis' priorities and how long it might take for them to fix the !@#$ they broke that's breaking our Nude/Bathing outfit, automatic outfit switching, and various other outfit-related commands - https://forums.ea.com/discussions/the-sims-4-bug-reports-archive-en/archived-sims-wear-default-underwear-when-naked/11663791/

Providing they actually fix this !@#$ and providing it's actually new Deformer Map resources and they didn't just grab the files from the Google Drive folder I made just for them - https://../drive/FixingTheBodiesThatEAxisBroke - I will update my BUGFIX with the "new" resources.

My BUGFIX will remain available here and on all mirrors.

I had enough time to finally get onto Mod The Sims...

SEVEN (7) months to officially fix a "bug" that required SEVEN (7) days to mod-fix, and that was with delays because I didn't bother to back up absolutely everything and had to rely on simmer friends for Update 6/6/2024 files.

Would you like to know how I tracked this down?

After combing though and comparing thousands of files to no avail, I resigned and asked my anonymous friend to send me their whole ClientDeltaBuild0.package, and lo and behold our bodies were fixed, which told me that it could be fixed from our side but that I was looking in the wrong place.

If you've followed my ramblings you'll know that before this fiasco, I had no knowledge about Deformer Maps or what purpose they serve. It was a random custom body preset mod that I had downloaded and dissected to try to gain some insight that pointed me to them.

I still have no idea what EAxis were doing or trying to do that led to these Deformer Maps becoming corrupted.

[sejianismodding]

👹 I noticed something after finally completing my Reaper's Rewards. Today I investigated.

"KEEP READING" to read this on Tumblr.

It's important that you know how your game works when you're dealing with bullshit.

Happy At Home IS - for lack of a better explanation - "account-bound". It's just done incompetently and that's why the "NEW CONTENT" gold badge keeps popping up on the CAS items (I haven't checked the BB objects).

Reaper's Rewards IS NOT "account-bound", it's EAxis "server-bound".

Entitlement data is pulled from the server and stored in "accountDataDB.package". EA App must be in Online Mode for this to happen. If your EA App is in Offline Mode - intentionally because you did it yourself or unintentionally because you have !@#$ internet like me or because EAxis' servers are !@#$ - and you lose your "accountDataDB.package" and cannot reconnect to EAxis' servers, you will lose access to your "server-bound" rewards until you can reconnect and relaunch the game.

You need to actually launch or relaunch the game while both EA App and The Sims 4 are in Online Mode for this entitlement data to populate the "accountDataDB.package". I might refine this statement in the future if I decide to troubleshoot more.

Let's talk about the difference between how Happy At Home was initially full-arsed and how Reaper's Rewards is unlocked.

Happy At Home was never "server-bound" or "account-bound", it was "device-bound". It stored one-time (like the way EAxis said they'll only fix their Live Event !@#$ ups "one-time, make-good" - yeah, they ain't gettin' away from that statement) entitlement data in the "UserSetting.ini" file, which meant if your .INI was deleted or corrupted or lost, there goes your Happy At Home rewards. Of course, this could be easily remedied for simmers on PC and Mac, etc. by just adding the required string of entitlement data back into the .INI - which EAxis refused to tell you or let anyone else tell you - but console simmers were !@#$ed unless they could access the Gallery and find one of the Households or Rooms with all the rewards that were uploaded by "Good Samaritan" simmers.

The initial Happy At Home full-arsery evolved into what we have now AKA the buggy "NEW CONTENT" half-arsed "account-bound" unlock - they say it's "account-bound" but it could be a half-arsed "override patch" similar to my no-arse Happy At Home FOMO Unlock. Yuh can't pull the wool over my eyes, fam, I've been gaming for half of my life and I know how to do some !@#$.

As explained above, Reaper's Rewards is... different. On the bright side of EAxis seemingly only now starting to learn how to "Live Event account-bound" in 2024, it means if you lose your "accountDataDB.package" you can still get your entitlement data back by "simply" reconnecting to EAxis' servers and launching or relaunching the game. This wasn't possible with Happy At Home. On the dark side, it means if EAxis !@#$s up on their end and you've lost your "accountDataDB.package", you can permanently lose Reaper's Rewards.

On the me side, 🦄 my FOMO Unlocks give zero !@#$s about EAxis and their "server-bound" entitlements and "account-bound" half-arsery. They will always work unless EAxis decides to !@#$ around.

It never ends, does it?

Why do game publishers insist on holding our games hostage after taking our money? Did you hear about the recent fiascos with other publishers removing purchased games from customers' libraries?

The last time the industry crashed it was the fault of the publishers. If it crashes again, it will be the fault of the publishers again - not the pirates and not "woke ideology" or pronouns or gender-neutral vocabulary. I'm soap-boxing, sorry.

If you'd like to test my claim...

1️⃣ EXIT the game.

2️⃣ BACKUP your "accountDataDB.package" for your own ease of mind - I just delete mine, I don't give no !@- 😹 You can simply RENAME it to "accountDataDB.packageOFF". You need "File name extensions" ENABLED to do this.

3️⃣ GO OFFLINE in EA App.

4️⃣ LAUNCH the game and enter CAS. The game can be in Online Mode, it don't matter.

5️⃣ Reaper's Rewards has Clothing Top and Clothing Bottom CAS items so choose either of those categories and try to FILTER for the SPECIAL "Event Rewards" tag. It ain't there, innit? It ain't there because Reaper's Rewards aren't available. Reaper's Rewards aren't available because you ain't got no entitlement data on your account.

6️⃣ Because we can, switch to Full Body and FILTER again for "Event Rewards"… Oh look! Half-arsed Happy At Home is here! Yes, I know I punctuated "it's" wrong.

7️⃣ Now that you've seen what you can't un-know, EXIT the game, DELETE the new "accountDataDB.package", RENAME the old "accountDataDB.packageOFF" to remove the "OFF", GO ONLINE in EA App (or not, it doesn't matter because the entitlement data is in your old "accountDataDB.package") and gwan wit yo bad self.

EAxis doesn't know what the !@#$ they're doing and they should stop this !@#$ and go back to SDX... or they do and they're intentionally !@#$ing around. 👹

I said I wouldn't talk about Happy At Home again.

Technically I'm talking about Reaper's Rewards.

It's important that you know how your game works when you're dealing with bullshit.

Cheers!

I will never get into the "EA Partnership Program" thing with my attitude. 😹

[sejianismodding]

Hi! I'm Sej. It's short for Sejian.

I've been meaning to get my butt on Tumblr for a while. I make little mods for games like The Sims 4 and I rant about sleazy corporate behavior. I also troubleshoot issues and I like slapping little colorful emojis everywhere.

🇵atreon - https://www.patreon.com/sejian/collections

🇬oogle - https://drive.gl/drive/folders/ThisNeedsTLC

🇸im 🇫ile 🇸hare - http://simfileshare.net/folder/215943

🇨urseforge - https://.../members/sejian/projects

🇱inktree - https://linktr.ee/sejianismodding

🇧luefly - https://bsky.app/profile/sejianismodding.bsky.social

🇫eedback 🇵oll - https://www.patreon.com/posts/117055702

Keep an eye on my 🦄 Modding Announcements Post. It's where I post announcements for, well everything really.

If you're looking for the fix for our broken bodies, you can grab it directly from SFS 🌺 here. My FOMO Unlocks can be grabbed from SFS 👹 here. A collection of my Neurodiversity mods is available ♾️ here, and AnimXGenWear and My Little Animation Overrides can be found 💜 here. Other download options are available in the Patreon posts.

Cheers!

I'm working on overhauling my hashtags for navigation - I can't function in a mess. I'll look into Tumblr's other features or a different theme at a later date. For now, you can use the custom me-specific hashtags below to navigate around.

[sejianismodding]

☢️ Tumblr, why?! - A short Tumblr-exclusive rant.

I changed the URLs for a couple content posts and they've now apparently disappeared from the Tumblr ecosystem.

There's a note that says "This feature has some known issues. Use with caution." next to the re-dating feature, why isn't there one at the top of that entire section?!

I'm trying to organize my Patreon posts a little better. I'll deal with Tumblr in good time.

I also have a Bluesky now if you're interested. I will not be posting update notifications because I want it function as a list of my mods. Each mod gets one post. Maybe I do update notifications in replies.

There's only a few mods listed there right now - the most recently released and recently updated.