Tutorials:TS3 GeneralModding

Overview

A small guide to extracting and using the games animation files.

What will I need?

Each tutorial will list the tools needed, but here is a general list of Modding Tools.

Tutorials

Programming in C#

• Sims 3:Creating a game compatible Visual Studio project - To learn how to setup your Visual Studio to do game mods.
• C# tutorials - For Windows Forms applications really but excellent first exposure to C# anyway

XML Tuning Mods

• Sims 3 XML Tuning Modding
• How to Check if a tuning mod requires an update
• How to Edit XML Tuning by Twallan

Interactions

• How to Make an ITUN for a Custom Interaction by NonaMena
• ITUN Modding Discussion and Explanation by NonaMena

Script Mods

• How I made a new toilet class with its own tuning
• Sims 3 Object Modding (aka Adding Interactions)
• Sims 3 Pure Scripting Modding
• Sims 3 New Lifetime Wish (non-core)
• Sims 3 Localized Coding
• How to Create and Load Custom Moodlets with a Pure Script Mod by NonaMena
• How to Inject an Interaction With a Pure Script Mod by NonaMena
• Scripting Core FAQ by Twallan (NB not core modding as such)

Core Mods

• Sims 3 Core Modding Basics
• IL and DLL overview / tutorial
• Core Modding Tutorial (For complete and total nincompoops, like me!)

Career Modding

• Complete Guide to Career Modding for Beginners! by Creon
• Making New Distributable Careers by Twallan
• Changing Career Names/Descriptions - Outdated

Animations

• Making an Animation Sequence "Custom Animation" For Cmo's Animation/Pose Player by SeeMyu
• Turning game animations into AVI's by WesHowe
• Creating Objects with Custom Animations for The Sims 3 (outdated)
• Using The Sims 3 Animator - OUTDATED (see the tutorial in Basic Object Creation)

Poses

• Sims 3 Pose Creation for Milkshape or Blender by orangemittens
• Complete Pose Making Tutorial using Milkshape for beginners
• Creating Custom Poses and Animations Using Blender - Now with correct link
• Using JAZZ and C# to make a non-default accessory for an object

Miscellaneous Mods

• Creating Custom Sims 3 TV Channels by Odistant OUTDATED
• Catalog Reorganization & Hiders
• Adding A Custom Book Title To The Game

Miscellaneous

• Info on the LN/1.17 CTD issue with script-modded objects (Post #23 on)