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realistic wages

this is a simple selection of xml tunings that attempt to re-jig the salaries and stipends of all possible careers. inspired by other similar mods such as the one i used in my own game for a very long time, 'minimum wage remastered and realistic' by evelynnmama

overview of changes:
  • all full time, part time, and active careers have had their salaries and stipends adjusted - i attempted to make them significantly more challenging to live with in the outset, while scaling the last few levels to still allow high up sims to feel extremely wealthy
  • all pensions have been re-adjusted. turns out ea made some very bizzare decisions/mistakes. in some instances getting promoted means you would actually receive a lower pension when retiring. to me that made no sense. the daily pension a sim receives is now always at least what they would have earned per hour, and you always are rewarded with a higher potential pension upon being promoted
  • xp based careers have been made more challenging to level up in. this is done by adjusting the level of xp gain received on completing jobs. this effects both skill based careers + active careers. i felt like the progression in active careers especially was much too fast, one job was often enough for a promotion which made it feel very out of place, especially when, in both forms of careers, you're making money outside of the stipend too
  • autograph signings ran as part of the professional sports career now receive less money. to balance this properly, i also reduced the amount of simoleons required for the autograph signing to be considered a success
  • pay for business meetings is much lower. it felt a bit overpowered to make so much money on running a couple of meetings every day, especially when the salary at those levels are already pretty comfortable, so that's been nerfed quite a bit

conflicts:
  • anything that edits careers xml (0x6e9adcdaeb2ce302)
  • anything that edits activecareers xml (0x4dd83aec13971834)
  • anything that edits xpbasedcareer xml (0x7996ef5c7f17e520)
  • anything that edits business xml (0x48d448e1995c11bb)
  • anything that edits autograph session situation xml (0xd68faaa3e13b88f6)

known issues:
  • none at the moment
  • please let me know if there are any problems
  • this is the first mod i've ever posted publicly so please be gentle because i'm nervous

credits:
gameplay suggestions:
  • help out your sims in the outset + balance your sims when rolling in it with the taxes and benefits mod by phoebejaysims
  • use the percent price modifier in grocery, consignment, and bookstore xmls to afford the basics - sihmie version coming soon
  • edit the spirits, wildflowers, rocks and gems, and insects xmls to make them sell for less - sihmie version coming soon

future plans:
  • providing already edited xmls for popular career mods (e.g. nraas career modules)
  • finding other career related xmls similar to the autograph signings + meetings ... i tried to look for ones i know of in game but could not find corresponding tunables - if you know the location or names of any of these let me know

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