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

• Sims 3:Creating a game compatible Visual Studio project - To learn how to setup your Visual Studio to do game mods.

XML Mods

• Sims 3 XML Tuning Modding
• 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

Core Mods

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

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• Creating Custom Sims 3 TV Channels by Odistant OUTDATED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)
• How to Check if a tuning mod requires an update