Functional Pottery Wheel
Mod Info:
Adds a new crafting station complete with a 10 level skill, several custom buffs and a new craftable – pottery.
CATALOGUE DETAILS
– Search for ‘Pottery Wheel‘ in the search bar to find the machine
Name – Pottery Wheel
Location – Misc Appliances, Outdoor Activity, Hobbies
Price – 750 simoleons
Off The Grid Compatible – yes
INTERACTION – DETAILS
1. Pottery Wheel – Craft Pottery
— opens up a recipe picker menu from which you can select the item you want to craft
— At level 1, are available 6 ceramic design plates for crafting.
— As the Skill progresses, more pottery recipes are unlocked.
— Since pottery is a common relaxing practice, I added extra functionality, your Sim can use the pottery wheel while they are tense/uncomfortable/sad. The crafting process will also decrease their negative mood.
2. Skill – details
Name – Pottery
Levels – 10 levels
Can be mentored
Gained By:
— Reading skill books ( available from bookshelf)
— Crafting Pottery
Reward
— At level 5, a new interaction is unlocked on the Crafted Items – Sell to Pottery Museum ( Selling price 2x retail price).
— At level 7, a new interaction is unlocked on the Crafted Items – Sell to Private Collector ( Selling price 2.5x retail price).
Skill Books
— 3 skill books –
1. Pottery Vol 1: The Begining
2. Pottery Vol 2: The Science of Glazing
3. Pottery Vol 3: Porcelain or Ceramic?
— Custom thought bubbles
— Can be bought from the bookshelf
3. Craftable Pottery
Names, Interactions, Buffs
There are 40+ different craftables (in this number are included their color options).
At level 1 your Sim can create 6 different colors of plain ceramic plates.
Level 2 can be created roman and porcelain plates
Level 3 ceramic coffee cups
Level 4 Small roman vases
Level 5 Roman styled souvenirs
Level 6 Big Greek Vases
Level 7 Kylix
Level 8 Amphore and Lekythos
Level 9 Oenochoe
Level 10 Tea pots and procelain perfume
All craftables can be found in debug mode with their respective names (ceramic plate, amphore, kylix etc.). Or once you activate the debug mode, you can go under sculpture category and they should be all there at one place.
Only the tea pots are visible in the regular buy menu, under appliences, but they cost 1000$ if you want to buy them.
All craftables are low poly,LOD 0: under 1K.
— Can be crafted
— Can be sold from the inventory
— Can be sold from the city/island living Sales Tables
— Can be enlisted on Plopsy
Interactions
80% of the potteries give off emotional aura
View the object
— (the Sim will admire the handicraft and get special moodlets)
Sell to Pottery Museum
— this interaction will allow your Sim to sell their products on double price (available after skill level 5)
Sell to Private Collector
— similar to the upper, available after level 7
Some of the craftables are functional
— (on level 10 of the pottery skill, your Sim can create tea pots and perfume bottle) they can be used, and the tea pots work off-the-grid.
With level 6 onward, your Sim will create different types of big vases, amphoras, kylix etc. They all can be used to collect water.
Buffs
There are at least 20 different buffs, that your Sim can recieve from different interactions, including, after finishing crafting, viewing the craftables and mentoring.
4. Price Structure
The cost to make the ceramic is based on a small fee – to cover hidden costs. (Amounts to 0.5 % of retail price)
Selling Price
— Adjusted so that the sim can profit
— A higher price can be obtained by selling via the interaction ‘Sell to Pottery Museum’ (Unlocked after skill level 5) and “Sell to Private Collector” (Unlocked after skill level 7).
Issues
1. Cannot queue potteries. You have to craft potteries one by one.
Patch
Compatible with Game Version PC: 1.75.125
