My Wedding Stories: Interaction Reactions  

It’s been a while but this is another in the My Wedding Stories: Interaction Reaction series. Once again, the Announce Engagement interaction was a great addition (I’d had one modded in for years, so it was great to finally have an official one) but, like with many of the interactions, it ended up meaning next to nothing. No moodlets, no sentiments, nothing at all. And you could announce it again and again (and again) to the same Sim.

So I set about overhauling this one to have a bit more meaning. Get comfy, this might be a long one!

You Will Need:

• XML Injector ~ Don’t worry; the XML Injector doesn’t add anything to your game, it just allows this mod to work as intended. If you use many of my mods, you will already have this installed. This mod allows the interactions to be injected without needing a separate script file.
• The Mood Pack Mod ~ Many of the moodlets use some of Lumpinou’s custom moods. If you don’t have this mod, and don’t wish to have it, there’s a Base Mood version which doesn’t use this mod.
• The Custom Wants Mod ~ This isn’t essential for the mod to work but it is recommended for the Having Second Thoughts feature.

What Does It Do?

~ The announcement can now only be made once to each Sim. Once your Sim has announced their engagement to their parent/s, they won’t be able to do it again.
~ The interaction is now autonomous, so there’s a good chance your excited Sims may announce their engagement before you do!
~ I also made a tiny change to the Congratulate Engagement interaction. Previously, it showed up before a Sim even knew a couple were engaged; now it’ll only show if the Sim has been told about the engagement. There’s no change in reactions to this interaction so far but I do plan it for a future update.
~ There are over 40 moodlets added in response to the announcement. These apply to the Sim announcing, the Sim’s fiancé and the Sim hearing the announcement. The responses will differ depending on the relationship between the Sims and, in some places, the traits of the Sims involved as well.
~ There are also 8 sentiments added between the Sims to deepen the impact of the announcement and the response to the announcement.
~ There is also now an option for Sims to have second thoughts about the relationship. Under certain circumstances, a Sim may begin questioning themselves as to whether the relationship is a good idea (a moodlet will indicate this) and the Sim will potentially get some Wants related to this state of mind.