Any mod to fix the issue with merchants as martial arts opponents?

[Korva]

So I'm focusing on a martial arts/explorer Sim at the moment since I hadn't touched that part of the game yet. Quite fun, but I ran smack into a nasty problem that appears to be quite common: my next tournament opponent is a merchant. More precisely, the Special Merchant. The only time I can even see the "Spar" and "Challenge" interactions with her is after 9pm at the merchant's home, and then it's greyed out claiming my Sim can't do that because she's fatigued (she isn't).

I read about "just delete the associated register" trick, but this merchant doesn't have one (as far as I know), so it doesn't help. I don't just want to delete the poor lady in order to force the game to give me a new opponent. Is there any mod to fix this? It's a real downer, partly because I had planned to have Martial Arts as a supermax skill if I ever attempt an Immortal Dynasty, but this issue rules that right out, even if there is a mod for it.

[NonaMena]

You can use NRaas MasterController + MasterController Cheats to force the game to drop your current opponent and select a new one. I'm not in game so I can't check, but you should be able to do it like this: Click on the sim and go to Nraas / MasterController / Intermediate / Drop Opponents.

It will also drop your chess opponent and a roll a new one for that.

[Pam]

Have you tried challenging the merchant while your Sim is at the market?  If the merchant is already on the lot, maybe they can spar.

[ClayMask]

The game will claim that your Sim is fatigued when they try to spar if they have low energy (if they are sleepy or would become sleep during the match).  If nothing else works, have your Sim wake up later or take a nap, so that they have more energy when asking the special merchant to spar at night.

[Korva]

*facepalm* Now I feel like an idiot. My Sim had plenty of green left in her Energy bar, or so I thought (I'm a little tyrant who's made her exert herself much worse before), no sleepiness or exhaustion-related moodlets. But I tried again the next day, with Energy maxed, on the merchant's doorstep at exactly 9pm -- and it worked. Huge relief, thank you ClayMask!

And thanks for the heads-up on MasterController too, NonaMena. I didn't need it in this case after all, but it's good to know that the option is there.