Music Lessons

Update Log:
– 25th July, 2022 ~ Added Polish translation
– 22nd November, 2020 ~ Added French translation
– 19th August, 2020 ~ Added Greek translation
– 15th July, 2020 ~ Added German translation
– 9th July, 2020 ~ Added Dutch translation

Once again, it’s been a while since there were any new releases for afterschool activities. These have been in development for a while and are finally ready for release.
Music Lessons, for children and teens! This is a pack of 12 Music Lessons, 5 for Children and 8 for teens.

These require Generations to work. However, some skills won’t be built if the appropriate Expansion Packs and/or Store Content isn’t installed.
For the pack to work correctly, you’ll need Late Night, Generations and Showtime and the Fit As A Fiddle Violin from the Store.

The activities are in English and support Dutch, German, Greek, French and Polish translations.

For these activities to show up in game, you’ll need Nraas Careers Mod and Nraas Careers Schools Mod.

The Activities

Bass Guitar Lesson
Days: Wednesday and Thursday
Ages: Teen
Skills: Bass Guitar

Bass Guitar Lesson (Child)
Days: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Ages: Child
Skills: Child Bass Guitar

Drums Lesson
Days: Monday and Thursday
Ages: Teen
Skills: Drums

Drums Lesson (Child)
Days: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
Ages: Child
Skills: Child Drums

Guitar Lesson
Days: Tuesday and Thursday
Ages: Teen
Skills: Guitar

Guitar Lesson (Child)
Days: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
Ages: Child
Skills: Child Guitar

Piano Lesson
Days: Tuesday and Friday
Ages: Teen
Skills: Piano

Piano Lesson (Child)
Days: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
Ages: Child
Skills: Child Piano

Singing Lesson
Days: Monday and Wednesday
Ages: Child and Teen
Skills: Charisma, Karaoke

School Band
Days: Monday and Wednesday
Ages: Teen
Skills: Drums, Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar and Karaoke

Violin Lesson
Days: Tuesday and Wednesday
Ages: Teen
Skills: Violin Skill

Youth Orchestra
Days: Thursday and Friday
Ages: Teen
Skills: Drums, Piano, Bass Guitar, Violin

Translating

I’m not fluent enough in any other languages to translate, so if you’re interested in translating these activities into your language, then please download this Language Strings file and open the file up in Notepad.

<KEY>Gameplay/Excel/Careers/CareerList:Example</KEY>
<STR>Translate This Text</STR>

Do that for the entire file, then email me your translation to: missyhissy0913@hotmail.co.uk and let me know which language you’re translating to. 🙂
The activities work for me but if you have any issues, please don’t hesitate to let me know and I’ll do my best to sort it as quickly as possible.

Credits:
Twallan for creating the Careers mods.
The NRaas team for keeping them updated.
Lessien Vardamir, MsKaty, Pagkosmios, sarecool and Zuzoolek for the translations.

Bartender Saturday Job

Originally released 09/12/2018

Update Log:
– 18th January, 2022 ~ Added Italian translation
– 25th September, 2020 ~ Added Chinese translation

I bring you a Bartender Saturday Job for Teens! Part of a set of 12 Saturday jobs for your teenage sims.

For this career to show up in game, you’ll need Nraas Careers Mod.

It was made with patch 1.69 and should work on all patch levels, although if it doesn’t, please let me know.
The career is in English, and supports German, Russian, French, Dutch, Chinese and Italian translations (thanks to Tankalein, Victor, SecretX, Lessien Vardamir, vkey and Franco for translating!). I’ll include translation instructions at the end.

The career is based at the Bistro and is for Teens only. To change the designated rabbithole to suit your own requirements, I have a tutorial HERE for you to follow. There are only three levels since there is little chance of a promotion in this kind of job.
The career promotes into my Bartender career when the sim ages up.
There are uniforms for all levels in this career. You can edit career outfits with patch 1.31 and above, so I highly suggest using this feature to give your Sims a uniform of your own choosing 
There are no opportunities.
There is one custom tone; Practice Mixing Drinks, which builds the Mixology skill.
You only need the Base Game and Late Night for the career to work.

Career Levels

1. Table Cleaner ~ Wiping the tables clean seems mundane and if that’s what you’re thinking, then you’re right. It is. But cleaning up after spilt drinks and sticky marks is important and proves your competence when it comes to the hygiene side of restaurants.
§4/hour
Hours: 4.00pm ~ 10.00pm
Days: Saturday

2. Waiter ~ It seems boring but lots of your friends are doing it, so it must be good! Serving the drinks to the customers is vital and working on your tableside manners is good practise for when eventually, you’ll be allowed to work behind the bar.
§5/hour
Hours: 12.00pm ~ 6.00pm
Days: Saturday

3. Bartender ~ Your people skills are good. You’re the cheery young bartender most people love to see and talk to and you’re gaining skills in mixing drinks all the time. Keep up the good work, you’ve got some talent there!
§7/hour
Hours: 2.00pm ~ 8.00pm
Days: Saturday

Translating 

I’m not fluent enough in any other languages to translate, so if you’re interested in translating this career into your language, then please download this Language Strings file and open the file up in Notepad.

<KEY>Gameplay/Excel/Careers/CareerList:Example</KEY>

<STR>Translate This Text</STR>

Do that for the entire file, then email me your translation to: missyhissy0913@hotmail.co.uk and let me know which language you’re translating to. 

The career works for me but if you have any issues, please don’t hesitate to let me know and I’ll do my best to sort it as quickly as possible.

Credits go to:

Twallan, for his wonderful Career mod!

The NRaas team for keeping Twallan’s mods updated!

Reena, roocheysims and Laurabcn for their valuable input during the planning stages! ❤

Music Business Apprenticeship

Originally released 11/03/2013

Update Log:
– 18th September, 2020 ~ Added Chinese translation

This Apprenticeship can promote into the Music Career. Late Night and University Life are required.

Now, these Apprenticeships are, essentially, part-time teen careers. Your teens can go and apply at the associated rabbit-hole building and land themselves a three-level apprenticeship. To change the designated rabbithole to suit your own requirements, I have a tutorial HERE for you to follow. They will earn money each day and will work from 4pm-7pm, Monday to Friday.

Once your teen is promoted to Level 3, they will receive a reward certificate in their Family Inventory to put up on the wall to show off their achievements. As an additional bonus, when your teen ages up to Young Adult, when they apply for the connecting career, they’ll start at a higher level!
Each Apprenticeship has its own custom uniform. There are, currently, no opportunities. It’s challenging enough getting the teens to complete homework and build up the required skills, without throwing extra opportunities into the equation!

How The Promoting Works

When your teenage Sim ages up while employed in an Apprenticeship, they will appear to stay in the apprenticeship. In order for them to get into the “Adult” career, your Sim needs to apply for the job via the Rabbithole, or on the newspaper or computer, as normal. They will appear to only be in level one of the “Adult” career when they join, but after a few moments, it will change to a different level.
If your Sim is at Level One in the apprenticeship, they will not gain any career advancement.
If your Sim is at Level Two in the apprenticeship, they will promote into Level 4 in the “Adult” career.
If your Sim is at Level Three in the apprenticeship, they will promote into Level 6 in the “Adult” career.

Please don’t ask me to change this! It’s the way to code works in Twallan’s Careers mod and I can’t change it.
The Apprenticeship is in English and supports Spanish, German, Russian, French, Dutch and Chinese translations.

The Apprenticeship is located at the Theatre and has a custom uniform for all three levels. It focuses on the Bass, Guitar, Piano, Drums and Social Networking skills.

Uniform for all three levels.

1. Marketing and Promotions Assistant ~ Intermediate: The first step of your Apprenticeship has begun! While practising your musical skills, you’re assisting in promoting the gigs of the local bands and singers and giving your opinion on posters and television and radio advertisements. You get to meet the local musicians up close and see that they are just Sims. Using your social networking skills, you’ll advertise the latest gigs and interviews on your blog and your favourite social networking sites to get the word around. It’s an exciting job and you can meet so many new people and get quite a name for yourself around your local town.
§10/hour
Hours: 4.00pm ~ 7.00pm
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

2. Venue and Stage Crew ~ Advanced: When the bands have a gig, somebody has to set the stage up beforehand and make sure the lighting is ready, the microphones are working and the set won’t collapse on the band during the performance. You’re also responsible for booking the venues well in advance, so don’t think of leaving it to the last minute. The band won’t be as understanding as your teacher might be!
§15/hour
Hours: 4.00pm ~ 7.00pm
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

3. A&R (Artists and Repertoire) ~ Higher: So, after all this time behind the scenes, you’re finally the one on stage, and not just to do a sound and lighting check. You’re one of the artists! You only perform in the local area, but once your name gets out (and lets face it, you’ve had experience of social networking), you’ll be ready to take on the world! Congratulations on your dedication!
§20/hour
Hours: 4.00pm ~ 7.00pm
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

There are three custom tones; Practise, which builds all four music skills; Network, which builds the Social Networking skill and Sit Exam, which boosts overall performance.

Translating 

I’m not fluent enough in any other languages to translate, so if you’re interested in translating this career into your language, then please open the LanguageStrings file in Notepad.

<KEY>Gameplay/Excel/Careers/CareerList:Example</KEY>

<STR>Translate This Text</STR>

Do that for the entire file, then email me your translation to: missyhissy0913@hotmail.co.uk and let me know which language you’re translating to. 

The career works for me but if you have any issues, please don’t hesitate to let me know and I’ll do my best to sort it as quickly as possible.

Credits:
Twallan, for his excellent Careers Mod
Inge and Peter Jones for S3PE
Creon, for his tutorial on Career Creating
argos93, Angie, Victor, SecretX, Eline, Lessien Vardamir and vkey for translating!

Afterschool Activities for Kids and Teens!

Originally released 09/01/2013

Update Log:
– 17th September, 2020 ~ Added Chinese translation
– 19th August, 2020 ~ Added Greek translation

I bring you 6 new afterschool activities for your kids and teens! After the success of the sporting ones with my Sports Pack in November, I decided to get some more together, to fill the gap in the career creating due to my exams *sigh*. But here we are!
Three of the activities are for kids and teens and 3 are just for teens.

These require Generations to work. However, some skills won’t be built if the appropriate Expansion Packs are not installed.
If Showtime is installed, the sims will build their Pool and Dominoes skills.
If Late Night is installed, the sims will build their Darts and Club Dancing skills.
If Ambitions is installed, the sims will build their Gnubb skills.

For these activities to show up in game, you’ll need Nraas Careers Mod.

And:
Nraas Careers Schools Mod.

Supported Languages:
Italian ~ Thanks quir98!
Polish ~ Thanks Wojtek!
French ~ Thanks quir98!
German ~ Thanks Jani24f!
Brazilian Portuguese ~ Thanks Bluna The Sims and vini!
Hungarian ~ Thanks Arzuna!
Spanish ~ Thanks coto39! And thanks to argos93 for polishing!
Turkish ~ Thanks Duygu!
Swedish ~ Thanks Simki!
Czech ~ Thanks Kolikokoli!
Danish ~ Thanks NumSimish!
Dutch ~ Thanks Marcella17!
Russian ~ Thanks todoabout!
Norwegian ~ Thanks EmEmOsEwA!
Thai ~ Thanks theNymphs!
Finnish ~ Thanks Spyge!
Greek ~ Thanks Pagkosmios!
Chinese ~ Thanks vkey!

The Activities

Cheerleading Squad ~ Join the Cheerleading Squad and support the football team!
Days: Monday and Wednesday
Ages: Child and Teen
Skills: Athletic

Computer Club ~ Become a computer whiz in no time!
Days: Monday and Thursday
Ages: Child and Teen
Skills: Handiness, Logic

Dance Club ~ Become a dancer and dance the day away!
Days: Tuesday and Wednesday
Ages: Child and Teen
Skills: Dancing, Club Dancing

Gamers Club ~ Indulge your inner gamer and build your gaming skills!
Days: Tuesday and Friday
Ages: Teen
Skills: Pool, Arcade Machine, Darts, Gnubb, Foosball, Video Game, Chess, Dominoes

Life Skills Club ~ Learn essential skills to prepare you for the world.
Days: Monday and Friday
Ages: Teen
Skills: Cooking, Gardening, Charisma

School Council ~ Joining the Student Council will allow you to keep up to date with what’s happening!
Days: Wednesday and Friday
Ages: Child and Teen
Skills: Charisma, Logic

Turkish Version (Overrides English strings)

Translating

I’m not fluent enough in any other languages to translate, so if you’re interested in translating this career into your language, then please download this Language Strings file and open the file up in Notepad.

<KEY>Gameplay/Excel/Careers/CareerList:Example</KEY>
<STR>Translate This Text</STR>

Do that for the entire file, then email me your translation to: missyhissy0913@hotmail.co.uk and let me know which language you’re translating to. 🙂
The career works for me but if you have any issues, please don’t hesitate to let me know and I’ll do my best to sort it as quickly as possible.