Is there a mod for more frequent opportunities?

[Blanchflower]

OK, as everyone knows, getting the guitar, bass, drums and piano star challenges is one of the most difficult aspects in the game. My question is, is there a mod somewhere that increases the number of opportunities for these instruments?

Thanks!

 

[NonaMena]

Less/More Gigs for your band. Plus more music opportunities! is compatible with 1.31/1.32 (I checked)

[Blanchflower]

Thanks for the kind link, my friend!

 

[NonaMena]

Woops, just an update. Not all flavors of that mod are compatible with 1.32. Very sorry for not looking at every single flavor (won't happen again!).

[lvrugger]

Nraas's Master Controller has an option (I think it's in the cheats expansion) that allows you to assign opportunities to any sim. I used it when testing some combinations for the finale challenge last year.

[Leto85]

I knew it would be Blanchflower who would ask for this. Stil going for that supermaxing instrumental quest, are you?
Believe me, modding your way to complete this will not necesarily makes things easy for you, due to the fact that you still have four instruments to go and as you know; finishing one doesnt prevent its oppertunities from popping up again, instead to the other three different instruments.

[Blanchflower]

I knew it would be Blanchflower who would ask for this. Stil going for that supermaxing instrumental quest, are you?
Believe me, modding your way to complete this will not necesarily makes things easy for you, due to the fact that you still have four instruments to go and as you know; finishing one doesnt prevent its oppertunities from popping up again, instead to the other three different instruments.

Well actually I completed all the instruments opportunity but the reason for me asking this is because I am planning to start all over again, trying to create that perfect Sim. Doing the instrument opportunity is very tedious to say the least!

  

[Leto85]

Well actually I completed all the instruments opportunity but the reason for me asking this is because I am planning to start all over again, trying to create that perfect Sim. Doing the instrument opportunity is very tedious to say the least!

  

Ow, wow, congratualations on that one!
But what was wrong with your previous sim that you need to start over? If you where trying to add all hidden traits in it, there is a topic here somewhere that can help you with that.

[Blanchflower]

Ow, wow, congratualations on that one!
But what was wrong with your previous sim that you need to start over? If you where trying to add all hidden traits in it, there is a topic here somewhere that can help you with that.

Well, I could not get a gig for my Sim at week 60. I was furious! The I tried the 2nd time achieving all the instruments skills but when I travelled, the unique analysed rocks dropped in percentage. Installing the traveller's mod  fixed this issue but I have to start all over again as it was too late. This is my 3rd try and I have completed all the instruments.

The reason I am asking this is that when future problems crop up and I need to create a new Sim again, it will be easier to achieve the instrument achievements with this mod.



 

[Leto85]

I see.
There was a mod for this I thought. I have no idea how it was called however. Have you tried Google already? I'm sure you have, but I'm wondering about your search terms. I could give you a hand with that perhaps.

[NonaMena]

I updated claudiasharon's mod for 1.31-1.33: More or Less Gigs for Bands and Music Opportunities for your Sims (Late Night)

[Leto85]

I updated claudiasharon's mod for 1.31-1.33: More or Less Gigs for Bands and Music Opportunities for your Sims (Late Night)

You make mods? That is awesome!

[NonaMena]

You make mods? That is awesome!

hehe, XML Tuning mods are really easy I'm quite sure you could make them, too! They don't require any programming knowledge at all. If you ever get bored and feel like taking the plunge, I recommend the XML Tuning tutorial at MTS.

If you have any questions or if you have a mod request feel free to pester me

[Leto85]

If you have any questions or if you have a mod request feel free to pester me

I will. Thanks for the tip.

[Blanchflower]

I see.
There was a mod for this I thought. I have no idea how it was called however. Have you tried Google already? I'm sure you have, but I'm wondering about your search terms. I could give you a hand with that perhaps.

OK, I have finally collected 100% of the fireflies but my happiness was short lived. This is the reason:

This was BEFORE I installed Twallan's traveler mod.

When I analyzed the unique number of rocks before the mod was installed, I traveled and unsurprisingly, the percentage of rocks analyzed dropped. So I installed the traveler's mod and the issue was fixed...so it seems. When I have analyzed 121% of unique rocks, the sentence pertaining to "Awesome Rock Collector in the Universe" was not BOLD in colour! It had seemed that I have not collected 100% of the rocks but 121% of the rocks!

I am deeply frustrated as I am trying to create the perfect Sim where all his attributes are being maximized!

Is anyone else facing the same issue?

Must I start ALL over again in creating that elusive perfect Sim where all his attributes are being maximized? And yes, I am a hardcore Sims 3 player. I am very, very disappointed. I should have installed the mod BEFORE traveling!

I think I must start all over again using the traveler mod to make things perfect. What is your views on this? I must also go through the 4 skill instruments again, perfecting them and receiving opportunities for them. This is going to be tedious? Why doesn't EA test their games for bugs before releasing them?