Law and Disorder: A Sims 4 mod for a Maxis-Match Crime & Justice System (BG compatible)

• The game’s own interactions for Blackmail count for this. There is also a modded “Threaten for Money” Interaction available for all Sims
• Minor misbehavior

• The game’s own interactions for Bribes are what counts for this.

• Minor misbehavior

• The game’s own interactions for Sabotage, pranking and werewolf rampage are what counts for this. There is also this mod’s “Wreck Object!” interaction available to Sims.

• Minor misbehavior
• Sims in the same household DO NOT REPORT each other for this. Sims DO NOT REPORT others destroying their own belongings in this fashion, either.

• Having a fight with many Sims nearby counts as disrupting the public order
• So will excessive apartment noise ( but I’m not done with that yet)
• Minor misbehavior

• The game’s own interactions for Hacking are what counts for this.
• Minor misbehavior
• Sims can get caught:
  • If they fail their hack
  • If someone else passes by closely and witnesses them hacking

• Major misbehavior
• any magical power of negative effect used on another Sim counts for this (Including alien powers)
• The nature of some of these makes it so that only witnesses can report, because the victim is in no state to do so

• Major misbehavior
• Committed via a dedicated interaction “Reap Sim’s Life”
• Triggers sentiments, moodlets and milestones
• With “Mature mode” ON, Sims of any age can die. With “mature mode” OFF, only Sims who could die in the game’s “unmodded” state can die with this.
  • this misbehavior count as worse on pregnant sims and younger sims
• Ghost knows who slayed them and the system keeps track of whether the criminal was sentenced for it or not.
  • Later, with that tracking I will add functionalities for when the death is unsolved (confession, ghost helping making it known who did it, etc)

• Any sim going around in the nude is Naturing.
• Considered a Minor Misbehavior
• Does not trigger in circumstances where the game considers Naturing as acceptable (“Clothing Optional” lots, etc)
• Sims are less prone to report Naturing than other offenses. They also take into account wether it’s indoors or outdoors.
  • Sims who are squeamish or proper, or part of law / law enforcement careers, are notably more likely to report another Sim for Naturing.
  • Sims in the same household do not usually report each other for Naturing, though they react – as they do without this mod.
  • Similarly, Sims involved in a romantic relationship do not report each other for Naturing on their own lots.
• If you really want to report a Sim for it and your Sim didn’t, you can use the manual interaction:

IN THE END THIS IS BEING SPLIT OFF INTO ITS OWN MOD

• If a child is taken by social services, it counts as having committed Parental Negligence.
• Sims can report others for it. If the children of the reported Sim have low needs or very bad relationships with their parents, no toys, or other such problems, the suspicion is confirmed, and the Sim’s children are taken away.

• Major misbehavior
• Interaction “Punch a Sim” available in the “law and disorder” menus counts for this
• + vampire non consensual drinking count for this. In that case, only witnesses can report – the victim being in a “dazed” state. A moodlet is added to signify this.

• Sims can start fires (that doesn’t mean they should!)
• considered a Major Misbehavior
• Starting fires with spells from “Realm of Magic” counts as well.

• sims can steal items at any time (that doesn’t mean they should!)
  • Swipe object from Lot, Swipe from Inventory, Swipe Simoleons
    • “swiping” from the kleptomaniacs trait also counts for this

• Considered a Minor Misbehavior

• To be able to report others for trespassing, a Sim must first show that his property is private and trespassers not welcome by placing a “Keep Your Feet Off My Lawn” sign on the property. It pops up in build-buy catalog by searching for “lawn”.
• If you have that sign on your property, if Sims come onto the property who aren’t family or friends or guests, It unlocks a “Report for Trespassing” interaction in the main menu when clicking them.

• If a Sim repeatedly fails romantic interaction with another, and keeps trying, the other Sim might decide to make a report
• It takes 3 repeated fails for Sims with no romantic relationship existing, and 6 for those with established relationships.
• per request, I am also adding an optional, euphemistic dedicated interaction to commit this misbehavior

• If another Sim witnessess or suffers a misbehavior, they react.
  • Typical witness Sims are shocked, angry or scared.
  • Witness Sims who are Mean or Evil, however, might be amused

• Witnesses and victims can decide to report your Sim (unless you activated “Manual Only” mode).
  • In “Auto & Manual” mode, whether or not a witness or victim decides to report shall depend on their own traits, the misbehavior and the relationship existing between these Sims.

• You can also make them report.

If reporting, they call the police.

• A notification shows to let you know their decision to report, and you see them use their phone. At this point:
  • If you Sim is not particularly Confident or Evil, they will fret
  • If a Sim is Confident or Evil, they remain confidently composed

4.     Authorities promptly arrive and go to your Sim. Meanwhile, your Sim keeps fretting (or stays composed if warranted)

5.     Authorities confront your Sim.

For Major misbehaviors: a fight ensues [‘fight’ here to remain consistent with the BG’s spirit, which has burglars fight authorities]

For Minor misbehaviors: the officer chastises the guilty Sim verbally

If a Sim is Mean or Evil, they yell back at the officer.

6.     Either way, your Sim will end up following authorities.

• For Major misbehaviors: your Sim is taken into custody (Rabbit Hole).
  • If they qualify for bail-out: a required sum is calculated and the Sim is offered to pay it. If they can afford and accept to, they will be allowed to return home, until their hearing the next day.

• It’s possible they don’t qualify for bail-out options. In that case, they must stay in the rabbit hole till their hearing the next day.

• CHEAT: You can skip ahead to the court hearing by using a cheat. You can also use a cheat to force bail being offered if it wasn’t.

• For Minor misbehaviors: in a Rabbit Hole, your Sim gets processed and gets a ‘ticket’ to show up in court the next day. They return home after 1-3 hours.
  • HOWEVER: if your Sim has accumulated several Minor ones, they might not be allowed to return home without having to go through the bail-out process

Now, your Sim is waiting for their court hearing.
If they managed not to be stuck in custody:

• they can tell others about the situation
• they can try to convince the Sim who reported them to change their story or drop their case, all in usual Sims fashion. They have 1 chance which they can use to do any of the following:
  • The typical Sim would attempt to plead, charm, or even resort to bribes
    • several answer texts possible. Result depends on friendship and charisma and chance

• Sims who are Mean or Evil might attempt intimidation – which can cause another report against them

Your Sim can decide to skip their court hearing.

• this is obviously a bad idea, and results in the worst conclusion to the hearing, as well as loss of bail amount if any was paid

they can decide what kind of legal representation they want:

If you have the “University” EP, the lawyer will be a real Sim of the Lawyer career.

If a decision regarding legal representation has been made, the Sim can prepare for the hearing (alone in the mirror if they chose self-representation or with their attorney on the phone if they have one)./

if preparing with a lawyer: the lawyer will make a recommendation (plea deal or take it to trial).

8.     The next day, sometime between 8 and 10 AM (and unless they chose not to), your Sim will have to attend their court hearing.

• They will automatically go, but you can also manually trigger it.

If they haven’t addressed the matter of legal representation yet, they have a chance to do so now. Doing it now vs earlier doesn’t give them a chance to prepare, making the defense less effective.

They then specify if they wish to admit to the fault or dispute the complaint:

If admitting: a ‘plea deal’ sentence might be decided, without trial (your Sim might even get away with a simple warning)

There will be 2 options for Trial, for now only one (Rabbit Hole with Pop-Ups).
Later I will add ‘in person trial’.

If disputing: trial occurs.

Player can make decisions during trial if wanted.

Some sentences are only for Major offenses, some only for Minor offenses, some can occur for either; acquittal also possible.

Your Sim’s reputation, traits and outfit play a part in results of court hearings and trials, as does the representation choice, past conviction history, and some other things

And after all this… Your Sim gets to enjoy either one of the sentences, or simply being let off the hook.

• 24 hours to pay, With the interaction on the mailbox
• If not paid by then, authorities come to repossess your Sim’s belongings.

• Sims are likely to NOT wants to interact with another who wears the Hat of Shame
• It’s also harder to get introduced
• Sims react in shock when seeing a Hat of Shame sim
• Hatted sims get embarrassed in a group of many Sims

If you have the “Eco Lifestyle” EP, you get the ‘real’ design for the Hat of Shame (the bag). Otherwise, you get a Helmet of Shame instead.

• Sim wears a tracker bracelet and is obligated to stay home for the duration of the sentence.
• If Sim is away from their home, they have 60 minutes to return home or police comes to take them to jail.

During a Jail Sentence:

1. Other Sims (loved ones)

• can call the incarcerated sim once every two day – resulting in different speech notifications

If you have the “Get to Work” EP, Sims can visit in person.
Otherwise, they can still do a rabbit hole visit.

• can visit the incarcerated sim once every 2 day – resulting in a few possible moodlets.
  The Jailed sim also has matching moodlets.
  • NOTE: during the in-person visit, If your Sim wants to go home before the end, they MUST use the special “go home” interaction available During the visit:

• can tell others about a loved one in jail – several possible reactions.

 2. The Sim locked up

• is not removed from your household, but is not there / not available to play

• gets occasional moodlets about their life in lock-up.

3. When released

Other Sims in the household receive a moodlet based on their relationship with the Sim coming back home.

• The sentenced Sim is not allowed to approach another who was a victim of a misbehavior
• If the two share a household, the sentenced sim is prompted to move out
• If the sentenced Sim approaches that other one anyways, a warning is issued that they have sixty minutes to move away again or authorities will show up

• For the duration of the sentence, Sim goes to perform public service work once to twice a day.
• They can get a few different moodlets