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SimNation Travel
🕑 Added 2021-12-01 04:11:04 +0000 UTCReady to hop of to Mt. Komorebi to test the slopes? Going for a weekend getaway to Granite Falls? Or ready for the adventure of a lifetime in Batuu? Not so fast! Not without a handy license and motor vehicle registration for that car you bought from the catalogue, or a subway pass for the children, or travel reservations and your passport for that international destination.
Speaking of going on a trip; you must book plane reservations and put down a vacation rental deposit. And let's not forget, you must have a passport to visit far away locales like Selvadorada. Just going from Willow Creek to Grandma's in Newcrest? Make sure you have gas in the car, your subway pass is ready, or your bicycle is registered. And if your teens are sick of using the subway, they can take formal or informal driving lessons to get ready for licensure. Travel free and loose no more!
Features
Travel Requires a Mode: Bike, Subway Pass, Car, or Plane for International Travel
Apply and Renew Passport
Buy 7, 14, or 28 Day Subway Pass
Go to DMV to get a license
Driver's Education and Informal Lessons with Adult Household Members for Teens
Buy title for your Sim's car: it requires a license and gas once a week
Book Travel Reservations to travel internationally
Put down Vacation Rental Deposit before you can travel internationally
New Reward Trait: Prepared Traveler
New Travel Aspiration: Seasoned Traveler
New Travel-related Career: Travel Magazine Critic
How It Works
Most options are available on the phone and computer (under my general pie menus) but if you don't see one in one place, check the other. Most career interactions are available on the computer and tablet the exception being location check-in which requires the phone.
Domestic Travel
All active sims (excluding toddlers) will need a way to travel in order to leave their home lot. This only affects travel via the phone menu and relationship panel as well as elevators and travel boards. It does not affect travel from the street. You can also only have one primary mode of transportation at a time - the most recent mode of transportation selected will always be the primary. The following modes of transportation are available:
Subway Pass
All sims child and up can use a subway pass. Subway passes are the cheapest mode of transportation and cost between $20 for a Youth 7-day pass and $130 for an Adult 28 day pass. Discounts are available for children, teens, and elders. A 7, 14, or 28 Day pass are available. When a Sim's pass expires, they will not be able to travel and will need to get a new one. The subway pass will be delivered to the Sim's inventory.
Bike (Requires Discover University)
Your sim can purchase a bike as usual. Once a sim has a bike, it will need to be registered. This essentially, as far as the mod is concerned, marks the sim who registers the bike as the owner. What that means is that it will consider that Sim to have a bike but anyone else in the household will either need to register their own bikes, buy a car, or get a subway pass. Registered bikes will need to be serviced every 21 days. When in need of service, it will be unusable and until sent in. In order to be serviced, it must first be placed in the Sim's inventory. Servicing takes about 90 minutes.
Car
Buying a Car
All Sims teen and up are eligible to purchase a car (from Buy mode under Outdoor/Transportation). Each car has a price tag, an eco footprint, and an environmental score. If a Sim buys a sedan - or an average eco footprint car - it ranks differently than a muscle car/utility vehicle like a van or pickup truck or a hybrid vehicle like the euro car (from GTW) or a hybrid version of the BG coupe.
Mid-sized sedans (normal eco footprint of -1) are great values as they are reasonably fuel efficient and require a normal amount of maintenance. Muscle Car or Utility Vehicles are larger and thus are not as fuel efficient as sedans or hybrids but they also don't require as much maintenance. Hybrid vehicles cost more but provide better fuel mileage and require maintenance slightly less often than sedans.
License and Registration
In order to actually drive the car bought, first, they must apply for a license at local DMV. Wait times vary. Once a license has been obtained, the license will be in the Sim's inventory and then they can purchase a car/title. The Sim who registers the car is the owner of that vehicle. Note that when the game loads there is a small, random chance for sims young adult and up to already have their license.
Driving Lessons
Teens can get a license only if they complete Driver's Education lessons ($50/lesson) or ask an older family member (who has a license, a car with fuel and doesn't need maintenance) to teach them how to drive. This option is only available if the car is not in the inventory! A hidden driving skill will determine when they are eligible. Driving lessons, formal or informal, increase the skill, though formal driving lessons are noticeably more effective. When they are eligible to get their license, you will receive a notification.
Fuel and Maintenance
Service maintenance depends on the type of car but usually is needed between every 14-28 days, costs between $150-$250 depending on type of car, and takes about 2 hours and gas is usually needed every 7-10 days. Maintenance takes about 2-3 hours. Filling up takes about 15 minutes and costs between $20-$30 depending on type of car. Your Sim will receive a notification when it is time for service and when the gas gauge is low. If your Sim no longer wants to deal with the hassle of owning a car, they are able to sell it. Note that the only way to get rid of a car is to use the Sell Car interaction on the car.
International Travel
To travel internationally to Windenburg, Selvadorada, Sulani, Batuu, Granite Falls, or Mt. Komorebi (if your sim does not live there) requires a passport and advance reservations. They will then go to the airport for about an hour before heading to their final destination.
Passport
Sims can obtain an initial passport by filling out an application online and then going to the Passport Office. Once at the passport office, Sims will choose a shipping speed to receive your passport. The options are to receive it within 12 hours to the Sim's inventory (Express Service), within 12-24 hours in the mail (Expedited Service), or within 24-48 hours in the mail (Standard Service). Sims will pay a fee for both the passport itself and the shipping. The shipping speed chosen will be for all Sims present at the Passport Office.
Advance Reservations
Once Sims have a passport in their inventory, they are able to book travel reservations and put down vacation rental deposits. A vacation rental deposit and travel reservations are required before a Sim can go on vacation/travel international. Sims may choose a range they're willing to put down for the deposit.
For travel reservations they must specify the whether they are flying in Economy seating or First Class. They will receive a random buff based on the fare class and a chance to get travel-sick and/or loose their luggage. Fees are adjusted accordingly. Only one reservation for travel and vacation rental per household is needed.
Passport Renewal
A passport expires after 36 Days. A Sim will then need to fill out a similar application/paperwork online and then mail the paperwork to the passport agency. The Sim should receive their passport within 24 hours.
**Travel Note**
You may also temporarily see your sims on lot before going to their final destination after the airport.
Seasoned Traveler Aspiration
Note that due to the nature of this aspiration it requires several packs: Jungle Adventures, City Living, Snowy Escape, Outdoor Retreat, and Island Living to complete. It also is greatly enhanced by frankk's Language Barriers as a few of the objectives include learning languages but you can still complete each level without the mod as it is not required.
Prepared Traveler Reward Trait
These Sims enjoy traveling all over the world. They have an easier time learning new languages, socializing with strangers, and have more fun when they are not in their home region. Works well with Language Barriers.
Travel Critic Career
Note that due to the nature of this career it requires City Living.
A brand new 6 level semi-active career inspired by the CL Critic career with a travel-focused twist. Sims focus on writing columns, reviewing food and drinks and performances, visiting different neighborhoods and different worlds, talking with local sims, and excelling at photography. Brand new work from home interactions, short hours, and a boost in language learning skills (boost requires Language Barriers mod). Levels are:
- Story Researcher
- Columnist
- Reviewer
- Culture Writer
- Travel Blogger
- Chief Travel Critic
Compatibility and Requirements
Packs Required
Base Game
City Living (for Travel Critic Career)
Jungle Adventures, Snowy Escape, Island Living, City Living, and Outdoor Retreat (for Seasoned Traveler Aspiration)
Highly Recommended
City Living, Snowy Escape, Island Living, Jungle Adventures, and Outdoor Retreat
Get to Work for the Euro hybrid car
Language Barriers Mod is recommended for completing certain objectives within the aspiration as well as getting the full experience of the Career, though not required
***While this does not require any packs for the base mod - no career/aspiration - its playability is greatly limited if one does not have any other packs***
Mod Notes:
1.) For the purpose of this mod Windenburg, Mt. Komorebi, and Sulani are treated as international destinations in addition to Batuu, Granite Falls, Tartosa, and Selvadorada for those who do not live there so they count as travel abroad for the aspiration and career and are tracked locations in the passport even though you don't necessarily need to plan a vacation in order to visit them like the others.
2.) Your Sims will always be able to travel regardless of the mod if you zoom out and use the map picker from the street. The mod therefore only affects travel by any other means. Just FYI in case you really need to get somewhere without the restriction of the mod.
3.) Note it takes the mod about 20 sim minutes (20 seconds) to load fully. If you cannot access a feature make sure you let the game load for at least half an hour/30 seconds.
4.) There is a cheat menu available with the game cheats. Please note that the option to Reset Mod truly resets the mod to when it was first loaded - all progress for licensure/passports/etc. is lost and the passport/license/subway pass will be removed from your inventory. If you have any test versions of the mod prior to release, I actually do suggest you reset.
Credits: Sims 4 Studio, AroundtheSims4 (inventory objects), Roundgrass (extracted cars).
Comments
RoshySims
https://www.patreon.com/posts/simnation-travel-84329600
RoshySims
Hi a.deep.indigo! I have translated your mod in Spanish, greetings.
adeepindigo
Yes. I took a family of five including infants, toddlers, and kids and had no lag so it's your game.
Shawndese Luv
did this pass the patch? i used to go on vacation and my game started lagging like crazy
Crazygirl11683
Is there cross-compatibility between this mod and Healthcare Redux?
Crazygirl11683
Thanks. 😀
adeepindigo
https://frankkmods.com/#/mods
Crazygirl11683
Do you know if the Language Barrier Mod is updated for the Infants patch?
adeepindigo
Ah okay I think I understand. Thanks!
Elvy
I think I can answer that. I have the mod installed with automation, and when my infants were born they didn't spawn a passport. So now I can book a vacation, pay for everything, and then go to leave on the vacation using the phone, but if I have selected my infants to travel with me, my sim doesn't even make the call. If I unselect my infants, my sim makes the call as normal, and then leaves for the airport. I can't find any way to order a passport for my infants as the computer just cycles through the initial application and then does nothing because I already have MY passport. There doesn't seem to be any way to cheat spawn in a passport either.
adeepindigo
What do you mean when you say you couldn't go?
Jaylin Taylor
Hello! I was thinking of taking a vacation with my sims, 2 adults and an infant, but they couldn't take go. I bought all the required items to travel but I couldn't go. Then, I tried to send only the adults and it worked. I wasn't sure if this was known, but I just wanted to let you know.
mods manager is saying that the core package conflicts with the DomesticTravel package, is this correct or should I just leave it?
adeepindigo
maybe but I don't keep track of things like that since I can only support my own mods
Damarrea Spann
where do i get 2. Install the the main mod, the General pie menus, and the BG required cars. 3. Install International Travel option if you want to use the passport and need to make travel reservations and have gameplay related to international travel 4. Install Domestic Travel if you want cars, bikes, driving, public transportation, and gameplay related to domestic travel 5. Install the Aspiration if you have the packs required.
Icytayy
hi, I was just wondering if there are any other functional car mods that are compatible with this mod.
shift click and delete them
adeepindigo
Hello! I’m confused why you’re trying to go to the passport office in f you already have one of trying to get another one. You can only have one. If you read the files you download and put in your mods folder you would see some listed as optional and automatic which explains why you are automatically getting those things without applying. This is for people who want to bypass the initial setup. If you’re not one of those people, don’t install the optional automation files.
Hi, I need help. 🙏🏻 There’s no Passport office option on my phone. And everytime I click initial passport on computer, after filling up no notif regarding the initial passport. :( when I put the mod, I got subway pass, passport and driver’s license on my inventory even I didn’t apply for one first.
kanapuro
i often experience a frustrating feature where a sim will die and their passes will be added to the household inventory or another sim's inventory and cannot be moved or deleted. what do i do?
RedAlfa
Can you add more cars please,that will be great thank you!!
Diana Rueda
Hola, podrías hacer un tutorial sobre como modificar autos de CC para hacerlos compatibles con el mod? no se si ya tienes eso en algún lado pero no encontré :(
adeepindigo
No but I think there's a youtube video about it somewhere
franchise ice
Great! Is there a forum on ur discord on how to do this?
adeepindigo
You can manually add support for CC cars (I can't support modded cars from anyone but myself though) on your own. You can also ask the CC creators you get cars from to make a version compatible with the mod.
franchise ice
Hi does this mod work with any CC cars? I play alpha for the most part and I hate the BG cars. If not it is alright
adeepindigo
Yeah that's just a thing that happens with custom careers; we're not sure why. As for the $5, when was the last time you updated the mod? That was fixed months ago.
Paige Engelhardt
Hi, my Sim has the travel writer career but when she works from home she gets like $5 for completing tasks. Also my boss is still disappointed with my work, even if I do all the tasks. Is there something I'm missing?
Simslegacy5083
Hello again - had something interesting happen today and wanted to give you a heads up. My sim is living on campus at University, hadn't gotten her a subway pass yet, and I wanted to send her across campus to the commons. She couldn't travel from her dorm to the commons because she didn't have a subway pass... I understand there might not be anything to be done about it due to the game considering it all travel (darn loading screens of doom) but I found it a little odd she'd need a subway pass to travel between buildings on campus. Easy enough to fix of course, I just cheated her a pass (I love that you still charge the simoleons using the cheat, I'm often to lazy to send them to the DMV and I feel less bad since they still have to pay for it!) I didn't test this mod free/cache cleared and all that jazz, so apologies in advance if its some sort of mod conflict thing... Thanks!
spacesuitsims
How do my sims actually go on vacation through the game mechanics? m y sim took a flight and missed work so i had to send them to work. How do I just make them go on vacation like in game when i choose a rental
It doesn’t give me the option. Lol. It’s grayed out.
adeepindigo
I have no idea. Did you register it?
When I click on my car, it says I can't travel bcus the vehicle is not registered. Is this a bug?
