Lyralei's CC Sewing Machine ~ Help Thread

[MrsFlynn]

It looks like some others have reported some of the issues, such as table disappears or is invisible and the error message on save load. The creator is looking into fixing these issue, plus adding more features to the sewing machine.

Sounds like the new update is going to be a fairly large one.

Mechanical Stitching Machine by Antique Artifacts - Fully Functional [BETA V1.0.6]
https://modthesims.info/download.php?t=643837&c=1&goto=newpost

[MrsFlynn]

An Update on the sewing machine from Lyralei!! Wha-hoo!! -- New version of the sewing machine coming soon!!

https://modthesims.info/download.php?t=643837&c=1&ht=0&page=7&pp=25#startcomments

From Lyralei -- 25th Mar 2021 at 12:41 PM - Msg: 169

Heya everyone!

Not sure who reads the comments regularity, but I felt like sharing it is at least good :p

There is a new update coming soon! What I'll be adding is the following:
- Sims can now create clothing! The clothing will be unlocked in-game of course, so it works a bit like clothing you unlock with a career.
- A new dialogue I made will show all clothing
- The sewing table will now appear when on low-texture settings! And no longer be invisible
- Adding a tutorial tab in the tutorials section in the game (the one where you see about gameplay and how to do stuff basically :p)
- Limiting the possibility for the game to create 'failure object' patterns. Which is still a hard one to tackle!
- Limited the possibility for patterns to be patterns but when created, being non-existence
- Fixing that popup on the load screen, although I'm sure it will sneak up, because that thing is just cursed lol
- The chair will now have only one slot to slot to. The previous version would have two to put the chair on and one of them would make it so the sewing table would say there was no chair So that's fixed!
- Some behind the scenes code bug fixes (like that the sewing table would share the same progress if you had two, rather than keeping it to one sewing table)

What I might add:
- Hand stitching, but that's indeed either this update or another one :p
- Adding sewing machine sound
- Sim taking measurements and gifting the clothing piece to another sim to wear

[MrsFlynn]

Lyralei's CC Sewing Machine - Updated Apr. 17th 2021
https://modthesims.info/d/643837

[Version 1.0.7] 14-04-2021:
- Added a feature where your sims can now create clothing!
- Fixed an issue where a popup would show on world load where it would basically complain that the dictionary was already populated and therefore throwing that error popup.
- Fixed an issue where the sewing table disappeared on low-texture details!
- Fixed an issue where the sewing table had 2 slots for the chair to be put on, but only one was the valid one. It now has only one slot for the chair
- Added the sewing table to the Lessons tab! You can now read up on information in-game the images make no sense yet though :p

[MrsFlynn]

Anyone else playing with the newest version of the sewing machine?  If you do encounter bugs/issues please post about them. We'll try to help fix or find a work around and let the creator know.

[MrsFlynn]

Since there are a few players that may still have an older version (v1.08) of the sewing machine installed and placed in their saves I wanted to make note to delete it and make sure to clean up after the machine using Master Controller.

If you have v1.0.8 of the sewing machine installed and placed in any of your houses you may need to do a little cleanup when you delete it from the house you have it in.

This is due to the sewing machine not cleaning up after itself and may leave projects behind. You're looking for anything that is sewable rugs, beanbag chair, clothing items, teddybear etc.

Steps to cleaning up after deleting the machine:

With an active Sim, click on lot > Nraas MasterController > Object Stats > Not in Inventory
Select Unwanted objects to delete. Once chosen you can delete them individually or all at once.

If not cleaned up it could have the potential to corrupt the house. I've had this happen. I was able to fix it with the steps above.

Once cleaned up use Save As and save with new name.

If you have an even older version, it may still need to be deleted and cleaned up after. I just want to give a heads up.

The newer version while still buggy, is better. Creator is working to squash as many bugs as possible to hopefully make it more enjoyable to play with.

Lyralei's CC Sewing Machine - Updated Jun. 4th 2021 v.1.09
https://modthesims.info/d/643837

[Nindigo]

I haven't browsed the entire thread here, but have you tried having a teen use the sewing machine? I notice they sit too low on the chair - that is, they're sinking a bit through the seat. Their legs can't quite reach the pedal, but that's a skeleton stretch thing. I don't think that can be helped.

[MrsFlynn]

No I haven't tried having a teen use the machine. I've been using a YA for my testing purposes and trying to figure out solutions to the glitches and bugs I experience. More so trying to figure out if what I'm experiencing is player error or something that needs reporting.

[Sonshine]

Hi, sorry about being MIA, I took a little break (if you want to call it that, was doing some major remodeling of my farm town farms : /). I do have a question though about this. Does anybody know which stuff packs are required?

[MrsFlynn]

It shows on the main page, down past the photos in the Info box to the right says what packs are required. = Base Game.

In my testing of the machine I am using only base game with a few mods, mostly Nraas Mods. No CC other than the machine and it's sewable clothing add-ons. No Store content either.

Lyralei's CC Sewing Machine
https://modthesims.info/d/643837

[Sonshine]

Oh, ok. It saw where it said base game and stuff packs, but if those are not required, then great! I looked through all of my saves and don't have the old version so I'll d/l the new one.