[September 24th 2025] : Plumfruit Essentials 1.2 Update is now available! See the changelog and details at the bottom of this post!
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Hey friends,
Yesterday I announced The Plumfruit Collection and two new mod kits, Retrofruit and Plumfruit Essentials. You can watch the trailer here on my YouTube channel, and read the full post announcement here!
Today is my brithday and my gift to you is the release of Plumfruit Essentials!! 🥳 This is the first mod kit from the Plumfruit Collection, which will expand in the future with new releases!
Say hello to Plumfruit Essentials, a brand new mod kit featuring some of your favourite Plumfruit device types: phone, tablets, computers, and more! This mod kit is kind of a reimagining of Plumfruit Lite, a mod kit with more simple items I released just before I stepped away from Sims modding three years ago. But everything here is brand new: simpler code, better stability, and better design than ever before!
What’s included?
📱 PlumPhone Air – A stylish new phone replacement with a custom animated screen and PlumfruitOS visuals. For now, it’s available in one swatch: Titanium, and this is just the first of a new generation of Plumfruit phones.
There are also new app icons I designed for your UI Phone, that match the interactions and categories! Now please be careful: the PlumPhone Air and the new app icons are overriding some of the game's items, interactions and categories! Any other mod overriding the phone will conflict! Also, please note that there is only one swatch available for now! Some players have been asking for the PlumPhone Air to be a seperate download, would you like that? Let me know in the comments down below!
💻 PlumPad Air & PlumPad Mini – These elegant tablets come with a completely overhauled interaction menu, now sorted into apps with all-new icons for easier accessibility, similar to what I’ve done with CheatsMaster and Luminova. These icons will be shared across all Plumfruit devices (and the next Luminova update too!)
🖥️ iPlum Air & PlumBook Air – A futuristic all-in-one desktop and a sleek laptop companion. Both come with 15 beautiful wallpapers, a minimalist black-screen swatch, and new apps like Mail, Web Explorer, Notes, and more.
🔊 PlumPod Max & PlumPod Mini – These are for all the music lovers out there! Great sound quality, colourful swatches, animated screens, smart home features (compatible with Luminova), and access to Plumfruit’s virtual assistant, Neo.
If you have my Luminova Mod Kit installed, there are already some features that are cross-comptaible, and there will be soon another update expanding the features!
🎧 PlumBuds – A stylish replacement for the EarBuds from the Fitness Stuff Pack – required for them to show up and work! With an overhauled menu and custom icons for a smoother, more modern feel. (This is also an override and it will conflict with any other mod replacing the EarBuds!)
📸 PlumCam Future – A high-end camera with three lenses and a massive touchscreen at the back. It works just like the in-game HD cameras, but with an updated futuristic design (perfect to take pictures to store on Retrofruit storage units when it comes out!)
📺 PlumTV – Running PlumfruitOS (just like the Luminova Smart TV), this new TV features rounded corners, a selection of new screensavers, and sleek modern lines.
You can also use the animated TV Backlight from Luminova with this new TV!
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✦ BONUS PERKS ✦
Patreon Members got early access to this mod last week with a couple bonus perks, which include the Plumfruit computer's wallpapers in 4K, and a special and exclusive digital member card I designed for the occasion!
Members can still download them on the ✦ Bonus & Early Access ✦ page here! Think of these as a little digital collectibles. If you enjoy this kind of perks, let me know and I’ll definitely make more in the future! 💜🫶
Members can download the Plumfruit Wallpapers in 4K and the exclusive Member Card shown up above.
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[Sept. 24th 2025] Plumfruit Essentials - 1.2 UPDATE
Hey friends! I have a small update for Plumfruit Essentials today! Here's the changelog:
Fixed a bug that would make sims dance after asking Neo a question
Improved referencing and cross-compatibility with my other mods (it should stop mod conflict reports from Better Exceptions)
Added new Computer Categories icons: 'Mentoring' and 'Small Business', in the style of other apps!
I split the Phone UI Apps from the Phone Override package files (for the UNMERGED folder version) for those who wanted them seperate :)
Improved cross-compatibility with FutureFruit 1.0 and Luminova 1.8.
New Travel App Icon, in the style of my SimSelf Plus mod, for the Ui Phone Apps
Added 5 new wallpapers for the iPlum Air and PlumBook Air computers, in the style of FutureFruit!
Fixed an issue that could prevent the Plumfruit Smart TV to connect with game consoles
Other minor improvements
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How to Install
Download the file attached down below: "Arnie_Plumfruit_Essentials_1.2.package" (or the Arnie_Plumfruit_Essentials_1.2_UNMERGED folder for those who want seperate items! Download and install one of these two options!)
Put it in your Mods folder (and enable mods in the game's settings) and make sure you don't have other mods overriding the same items!
Enjoy :) You can find the items by searching for "Plumfruit" or "Arnie" in the build/buy searchbar.
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🐞 A bug? Let's fix it!
If you encounter a bug or would like to report an issue with my content, please use the new BUG REPORTS FORM, it helps me and the community a lot! Thank you for reporting :)
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That's it for today friends! Thank you so much for the warm response to the announcement! I'm glad I took my time to make these releases the best I could possibly make them. Thank you for your continued support and excitement about my work, and for the birthday wishes I've recieved already! 🥹🫶
Xoxoxo
Arnie💜