Functional Library Skill Encyclopedias
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Have you ever noticed how the Libraries in the Base Game are the only ones to be stocked with skill books? If so, you're not going mad.
It turns out that the base game Libraries feature Debug bookshelves that cannot be purchased from the catalogue in normal gameplay that feature their own unique tuning so that they come pre-stocked with level-one skill books. (As well as a selection of "emotional" books and three Toddler books.) No other object in the game has this tuning.
This new set of books will allow you to decorate your Libraries as you please and so long as you include at least one of these in your build, your Libraries will be automatically stocked with one of every level-one skill book available in game*.
Info
This mod does two things.
First, it adds a new purchasable set of decorative books that behave like a bookshelf. They come in a selection of 17 different swatches featuring a combination of single colour or mixed colour variations. They cost 75 simoleons and can only be purchased on Library and High School Lot types within the Library Objects and High School Objects catalogue sorts! If you comment asking why you can't find these in your regular catalogue then I will assume you have not read this important bit. This is by design, as I felt making them available on all Lot types was cheaty for Residential Lots and it actually gives you more of a reason to get your Sims to visit Libraries or follow your Teens to school if you don't want your Sims to purchase the skill books themselves.
Secondly, it overrides the "object_bookshelf_library" tuning and will conflict with any other mod that does the same. This is the tuning that the Debug bookshelf and these new decorative books use but it doesn't apper to have been updated in a while as a lot of the skill books from the game are missing. I have updated it to include every level-one skill book available in the game so far. If you don't own a pack, it doesn't matter as the game will just skip it.
Polka Dot Rumble
Elegy for a Fallen Piano
Playing With Your Food
Gentleman Corgi: A Memoir
The Swift and the Angriest
The 50 Shades on My Windows
The Chronicles of Rodiek
The Little Train that Couldn’t
Point, Don't Stare
Yay, Pork Barrels!
SKILL
Acting Vol 1: Finding Character
Archaeology Vol 1: Tiny Brushes and You
Baking Vol 1: Mix
Charisma Vol 1: Diplomacy for Dummies
Comedy Vol 1: Get the Jokes
Cooking Vol 1: Let's Cook!
Encyclopedia Vampirica Volume 1
Fabrication Vol 1: Thermoplastics and You
Fishing Vol 1: Getting Hooked
Fitness Vol 1: Put Down the Milkshake
Flower Arranging Vol. 1: What is a Flower
Gardening Vol 1: Water, Light and Dirt
Gemology Vol 1: Shine On!
Gourmet Cooking Vol 1: Make Food Fancy
Guitar Vol 1: Intro to Rocking
Handiness Vol 1: Try Not to Die!
Herbalism Vol 1: Let's Get Brewing!
Horse Riding Vol 1: Get Off Your High Horse, You're Still a Beginner
Knitting Vol 1: k2tog & The Basics of Yarn
Logic Vol 1: An Introduction to Reason
Mastery of Skiing Vol 1: Balance and Taking Off
Mischief Vol 1: What's Funny, What's Illegal
Mixology Vol. 1: Beverage Basics
Painting Vol 1: The Fundamentals of Painting
Parenting Vol 1: Learning to Crawl
Photography Vol.1: Your First Exposure
Piano Vol 1: It's Pretty Black and White
Pottery Vol 1: From Blobs to Jobs
Programming Vol 1: Turn It Off and On Again
Research & Debate Vol 1: Look it Up
Robotics Vol 1: Getting to Know Circuits
Rock Climbing Vol 1: Get a Grip
Rocket Science Vol 1: So You Want to Be a Rocket Scientist
Romance Vol 1: From Flirtation Disaster to Romance Master
Snowboarding Vol 1: So You Want to Snowboard
Tattooing Vol 1: Sketch Twice, Ink Once
Thanatology Vol 1: Mortal Mortality
Video Gaming Vol 1: Trolling for n00bs
Violin Vol 1: Basic Violinin
Wellness Vol 1: Exploring the Mind-Body Connection
Writing Vol 1: The Conjugation Conundrum
TODDLER
A Good Night's Moon
Dog on a Log
Princess Plumbob's Castle
UPDATED
June 16th 2025 to add Pottery, Tattooing, Thanatology, Romance, and Gemology level 1 skill books.
Oct 20th 2023 to show up in the High School BB as suggested by Hollow Simmer.
Notes
*Not all skills in the game have skill books.
I'm not sure if the books listed under "EMOTIONAL" are ones that Sims can write when in specific moods or if reading them is supposed to put the Sim in the related mood. In my testing of a Sim reading them they just behaved like regular books.
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| MMlibrarySkillBookEncyclopedias.zip | zip | |
| MMlibrarySkillBookEncyclopedias.package | package | 654813 |
This is a new mesh, and means that it's a brand new self contained object that usually does not require a specific Pack (although this is possible depending on the type). It may have Recolours hosted on MTS - check below for more information.
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MMlibrarySkillBookEncyclopedias.zip
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2. Extract: Use 7zip (Windows) to extract the file(s) from the .rar or .zip file(s).
3. Cut and paste the file(s) into your Mods folder
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- My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods\
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Functional Library Skill Encyclopedias