Automatically Closing Blinds

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Hi everyone!

I quite like the Eyes Aside Curtains (Blinds) provided by EA in the base game but I don't like how it completely blocks out the sunlight all the time. So I decided to make day/night changing blinds!

About This Content
These blinds are the same as the Eyes Aside Curtains from the base game - except they take on a different shape during the day (6AM - 6PM) and are closed only at night (6PM - 6AM). There are two objects contained in the .zip-file with different behaviours for the day period:
  • The blinds are fully raised ("fully_open_blinds_automatic")
  • The blinds are tilted ("half_open_blinds_automatic")

Facts
  • Found under "Decor" > "Curtains & Blinds" or "Bathroom"/"Dining Room" > "Curtains & Blinds"
  • Price 90§
  • Needs the Supernatural EP

How does this work?
The blinds use the "Commonwealth Court" painting, which was added with the Supernatural EP, as a base. If you're not familiar with it, the image in the painting changes based on the time of day. These different images are represented by geostates. For example, bookshelves also use different geostates - based on how many books have been added to the shelf, the shelf is displayed slightly different in-game.

This content uses geostates to decide what parts or faces of the object are displayed, making the blinds appear closed, tilted, or fully raised. As with the painting, the game then automatically selects a geostate depending on the time of day.

Polycount

VariationHighLow
Closed State (=EA object)230155
Tilted State230155
Raised State224170

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