[The Sims 4] BlackBoxMods — Blackmail & Leverage v1.4.5 — Secrets, demands, exposure, NPC follow-through 1.4.6

Blackmail & Leverage
by https://www.patreon.com/BlackboxMods/
The full download mod is available exclusively on Patreon!
Version 1.4.6 · Built against TS4 1.127.41

Gameplay script, not an animation pack. Secrets become leverage. Leverage becomes money, favors, silence — or a feud that survives the save.

REQUIREMENTS

• The Sims 4, script mods enabled
• Both files inside the zip: BlackBoxMods_Blackmail.ts4script + BlackBoxMods_Blackmail.package
• WickedWhims: optional. Tested against public v185k / Patreon v187.18
• Wicked Consequences (BlackBox): optional, read-only secret import
• WW is not required to threaten, demand, expose, or settle a deal by hand
  

WHO CAN BE INVOLVED
Young Adult, Adult, Elder. Human only.
Teen / Child / Toddler / Infant / Baby: blocked in code.
Per-Sim opt-out list in settings.

WHAT IT ADDS
Secret graph — Affair, cheating, hidden romance, secret WooHoo, workplace, family, financial, embarrassing, betrayal, and more. Private, contained, or exposed. Evidence is a number, not a flag.

Leverage tiers — Trivial → Weak → Useful → Strong → Dangerous → Devastating.
Higher tiers unlock more demand types: silence, favor, money, apology, behavior, confession, relationship. A weak secret cannot bankroll a devastating ask.

Player actions (pie menu Secrets & Leverage + bb.blackmail.*)
Threaten · Demand silence · Demand money · Demand a favor · Expose · Accept · Refuse · Call bluff · Negotiate / counter-offer · Confess · Mutual silence · End arrangement · Forgive.

Money — Percentage of the target household’s funds. Transfer is atomic.

NPC director (Exclusive build) — Event in, arc out. Message first. Travel only when the arc calls for it. Confrontation only when both Sims are instanced. Intents: confront, beg, retaliate, visit, reconcile, cold shoulder, fight, back down. Personality traits change the weights. Arcs survive save/load.

Reputation and pressure — Paying, refusing, exposing, and threatening write history between that pair.

Buffs — Holding All The Cards, They Know, Paid for Silence, Power Is Addictive, Called Their Bluff, The Truth Is Out, Mutual Silence, Out for Blood, Under Siege.

DEFAULTS (you can tighten them)

• NPC autonomy: low
• Drama spawn onto the lot: off
• Max active demands per Sim: 2
• Blackmail cooldown: 12 sim-hours
• Notifications: normal
  

CONSOLE
bbmail
bb.blackmail.help
bb.blackmail.status
bb.blackmail.list_secrets
bb.blackmail.demands
Exclusive: bb.blackmail.drama · bb.blackmail.queue · bb.blackmail.pulse

INSTALL

1. Enable script mods and custom content.
2. Drop both files in Mods (one folder deep is enough for the script).
3. Delete localthumbcache.package if the pie menu is missing after an update.
4. Confirm with bb.blackmail.status (version, tier, WW/WC flags).
   

KNOWN SCOPE
This mod does not add sex animations.
This mod does not add police or jail.
This mod does not write into Wicked Consequences.

SUPPORT
Post bb.blackmail.status, game patch, WW version if used, and the last 40 lines of BlackBox_Blackmail.log.