Ghost Busting - Professional Edition

•   Lot51 Core Library Required
• Packs/Kits Required:  Outdoor Retreat, Strangerville, Realm of Magic, Get to Work, Discover University, For Rent, and Royalty & Legacy
• Also draws content from: Paranormal Pack, Seasons, Get Famous, Eco Lifestyle, Snowy Escape, Life & Death, and Adventure Awaits but those elements are pack tested and not required to enjoy the mod

Mod Description: Annoyed at things going bump in the night? Is your furniture floating around and terrifying everyone? Are you absolutely sick and tired of waking up in the morning to find your prize ham dinner is gone? Suffer no more. Get rid of ghosts the correct way, with science!

With our easy-to-use science gear, you too can shuffle those pesky phantoms straight to the netherworld in one quick and easy action. Your ghosts will be but a memory and, with our patented targeting system you can’t miss. It’s the ultimate in active careers. Do however much you want, when you want, and where you want and still get paid!

And yes, it does feel good. But that’s not all! If you are successful. you might get a small treat in your inventory and, if nothing else, a few hours of bragging rights. Share your adventures with your living friends.

You asked for it, you got it, updates and more updates. And upgrades… Yeah. We have those too! And they are full-sized upgrades not the “fun-size” upgrades. Yes, you can have more than one.

This epic-feature length update provides:

• Enhanced Proton Cannon: 100% protonic inversion and absolutely no T-Posing ghosts! They do leave an ash pile where they went Ker-blooey so bring a trash can!
• Snazzy Uniforms: You can’t just go around slinging a Proton Cannon without proper safety gear. Safety first!
• Ghost Detector: Those sneaky ecto-menaces can’t hide from you!
• Skills: Not just anyone can use a Proton Cannon! Just ask your insurance company! The more you know the better it works. But hey, you do you. It’s accessible at any skill level.
• A Career: What else are you going to do with those skills? Answer: Anything you want! A fully handmade part-time career with thrilling chance cards makes those valuable skills pay! Or just freelance at various residential and public lots when you feel like it. You still get paid!
• Books: If you like that sort of thing you like then this is the sort of thing you’re going to like! And we have two of them specially made just for you.
• Dreams: If you learn about the ghostly menace, your dreams start to take on a life of their own! They occur automatically when your Sim is either sleeping or napping once you have acquired any amount of Ghost Busting skill or are entered into the part-time career.
• New Perils: Donning the uniform paints a spectral target on your back! Good thing your Proton Cannon is always ready! Everyone has heard of getting slimed but can you handle a case of Ghostly Gout?
• New Tools: Spectral Repellant from the fine folks at Power-Sip will give you the edge you need!
• And a Bonus: Ecto-Cooler makes a comeback at bars, fridges, coolers, and lunchboxes! The beverage that defined a generation makes a thrilling comeback!

Ready to start blasting those ectoplasmic menaces?

Uncover phantasmal perpetrators?

And, of course, blast them into atomic particles?

If you said yes, then read on. There are a few things you need to know about before you dive in. If you aren’t careful, you might find your adventures less than victorious. These ghosts are not happy about anyone poking their nose into their business. Good thing you aren’t afraid of ghosts.

On the other hand, they aren’t exactly afraid of you either. So, get ready!

To start out with, you have a few decisions. You can:

• Read up on the Ghost Busting skill from the two skill books. Ghost Busting Vol 1 (available wherever fine books are sold) will teach you the first level of the skill and the extra-rare Tubins Spirit Guide will teach you everything else you need to know.
• Join the career. You can gain skill and earn a living in the part-time career.
• Don the uniform, skip to the head of the line and have an adventure right away!

You put the uniform on by selecting your Sim and locating the Ghost Busting pie menu located on the main menu wheel. There you’ll see the “Wear Ghost Hunting Uniform” option. Select that and you’re ready for action. Once put on, the “Remove Ghost Hunting Uniform” option will appear in the same place.

With the uniform as the toggle for action you can have a ghostly adventure anytime, anywhere!

Note: The uniform has a lingering effect (ok it smells a bit like fire-retardant and plastic) that ghosts can detect for a few hours after you take it off so do try to be careful.

Once properly attired, different objects, including the terrain will allow you to search for ghosts with the following actions. (Not all actions are available on all objects). All options have the potential to discover a ghost but Scan for Ectoplasmic Residue has the highest potential for spectral detection.

• Search for Ghostly Clues: Examine the area for any signs of ectoplasmic activity.
• Dust for Ectoplasm: Examine the object up close looking for traces of ectoplasmic residue.
• Deploy Spectral Repellant: Available from objects or from selecting the Self -> Ghost Busting menu this option deploys a short-lived concoction that will repel ghosts before evaporating. Very useful if you happen to find a ghost, otherwise harmless,
• Scan for Ghosts: Available from the Self -> Ghost Busting menu this option will display all instanced ghosts in the active neighborhood and allow you to focus the camera on them.
• Scan for Ectoplasm Residue: This option will unleash your Ecto-Scanner to ensure the object is clean. Once an object has been scanned, this menu option will be unavailable for 24 hours for that specific object. All other valid objects remain available. If the object does show traces of ectoplasmic activity, it will be highlighted in red.

Residue Cleaning

A piece of furniture or other object that is highlighted in red will have a new option available and can then be purged of its ectoplasmic residue. This slightly messy option will well and truly get rid of any residue and force it onto the nearby ground for cleanup. Sometimes, if a ghost just happens to be hiding in the furniture, purging the ectoplasm from the item will force it to appear. It won’t be very happy about being discovered.

Ghostly Presence Uncovered!

It’s up to you to decide to either try and talk with the ghost or select “Bust Ghost” from the menu wheel.

At a low skill, the ghost may well give you a proper beating and your ability to wield the proton cannon could easily start fires and damage nearby objects but at higher skill levels you will be vaporizing them and basking in the satisfaction that comes from keeping the material plane safe for the living.

Ghost Busting with Low Skills

Ghost Busting at Higher Skills

Ghostly Justice!

That Ghost is Toast! (Or a small ash pile if you're being specific)

After that, all that’s left is to grab a cold Ecto Cooler and collect a fee or two!  Break out a mop if you’re feeling generous.

Job Done Well!

Once an area that isn’t your household or an area your own (public residence or wherever) is truly ghost-free the inhabitants will gift you with a generous payment. It’s the active career that starts and ends whenever you want!

If you successfully bust a ghost on a lot that you do not own, the nearby lot owners or sometimes a bystander will reward you with a monetary gift or two!

That’s the tour! Discover the secrets of the ghostly realm, read the bulletin boards, scan things and keep the material plan ectoplasm-free! Let the spookiness run wild anytime, anywhere!