This mod permits Sims to add any Sim as known (and hence callable) by phone. No longer does your Sim need to have a pile of telephone directories cluttering up their hall table.
There are three sub-call options "All", "Locals" and "Family". "All" populates the directory with every unknown Sim - NPC's, townies, dormies, vacation locals, et al. "Locals" populates the directory with Sims that have a valid house number (so should only include playables). "Family" populates the directory with blood relatives of the calling Sim and their partner.
The mod requires a global hack to BHAV 0x2050 "Call - Build Menu" in the PhoneCallsGlobal (0x7FB208FA) group to permit custom calls to be added to phones. This hack is generic and will pick up any custom call objects (those with category 0x91) with a sub-category in the range 0xDC to 0xFF inclusive. PhoneCall_DirectoryEnquiries uses sub-category 0xDE - for obvious reasons!
Configuration is done via a BCON.
BCON 0x1000 - Configuration
Only one value should be changed
- 0x02: Require phone? Set to 1 to only add Sims to the directory list that have access to a phone (mobile or house phone).
Copy the WH_PhoneCall_DirectoryEnquiries.package file and the three WH_PhoneCall_DirectoryEnquiries_Xyz.package files into your downloads directory.
Copy the WH_PhoneCall_GlobalsFix.package file into your downloads directory, unless using another mod that adds phone calls by a similiar method.
Uninstallation
Delete the four WH_PhoneCall_DirectoryEnquiries package files from your downloads directory.
Package Dependencies
WH_PhoneCall_DirectoryEnquiries_Xyz.package files depend on the WH_PhoneCall_DirectoryEnquiries.package files, do NOT delete the latter without also deleting the former. WH_PhoneCall_GlobalsFix.package is standalone and can be deleted if no longer required.
Will conflict with any mod that alters the "Call - Build Menu" BHAV (0x2050) in the PhoneCallsGlobal (0x7FB208FA) group
No known conflicts.
Conflicts - New Objects
All four objects "Phone Call - Directory Enquiries", "Phone Call - Directory Enquiries - All", "Phone Call - Directory Enquiries - Locals" and "Phone Call - Directory Enquiries - Family" have their own GUIDs from my block, so will NOT conflict with any other objects.
- The developers of SimPE.
You are free to use my code in any way you want, a credit would be nice, but not required.
Specifically, you may
- reverse engineer the code to figure out how I did it
- modify the code to do something different but similar and redistribute it, provided you change the name of the .package file
- merge my code into your own mod and redistribute it
- merge my code into another mod for your own use. You may redistribute this mod-mod ONLY if the author(s) of the other mod permit it
Before contacting me to report any issues, errors or conflicts please ensure you have read and followed Help Me To Help You and Help Me To Help You - Part 2
- Full Download DirEnquiriesByPhone.zip