[FULLFILLED] Modding Request: Shoe removal rug

The shoe racks in the game should do that already, no mods needed. You have to click on them to make them do it, though.
simscommunity.info/2020/11/02/the-sims-4-snowy-escape-all-about-the-indoor-footwear-rules/

Adding the tuning to a decorative object like a rug is probably 'baby's first tuning mod' level easy, but I'm pretty busy at the moment with other things. I'll take a look if nobody beats me to it, but this would be a great first project for someone who'd like to get into object modding -- the standing toilet and bed comfort tutorials ought to cover the relevant techniques.

Hey, not everyone has a head for modding, and that's okay -- there are tons of different ways that brains are wired to think, and humans need all of them. My ADHD makes my hyperfocus on it, so... like I said, if someone else doesn't come along and say 'oh, hey, I want to try that!' before I get to it, I'll take a look. I think it's easier than you think, though -- odds are the tuning is fine as-is and all that's needed is to change which tuning the object is actually using, which is much, much simpler than actually editing the tuning itself.

I've got a 3 day weekend starting tomorrow, I'll take a look at it. Did you try telling the rug to use the existing EA tuning, giving it a custom tuning cloned from those objects, or both?

Figured it out!

When I first changed the tuning pointer and put the rug in the game, nothing happened at all. My new rug had exactly the same options on clicking it as any other rug, which are also the same options as any ordinary bit of floor or ground... but that gave me a clue as to why, and after some experimentation and searching I found this thread and learned that there was an extra, rug-specific step that neither you nor I knew about.

The thing that enables the rug to have clickable interactions is unchecking a checkbox labeled U2, which is actually found right below the tuning pointer in the Object Definition resource, like this:



Once I unchecked the box, the interactions for removing shoes appeared when clicking the rug!

Here's my quickie no-shoes rug. It's cloned from the Half-Hearted Hospitality Mat, so it'll work for anyone who has Snowy Escape (which didn't have any doormat-like rugs itself) with no other pack requirements. I added the text and image from the wall sign to the texture of the rug, and gave it a light grey and dark grey swatch in addition to the tan one I originally cloned, but didn't copy over all the rest.

My guess is that you could probably do this to any rug you want now that we both know about the U2 checkbox. But if you run into trouble or if you're just too burnt out on it from the previous attempt to try, I can also make either a clone or a default replacement of the two rugs you mentioned, with all their original textures. (For my own game I'll probably tweak some CC welcome mats I've got.)

Hi eehna have You seen yet these ravasheen male shoes for the purpose (link) Sole Mates Shoe Clutter ?