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#

• Tutorial: First steps in Sims 3 Script Modding: Setting up SharpDevelop By Battery
• Sims 3:Creating a game compatible Visual Studio project - To learn how to setup your Visual Studio to do game mods.
• C# tutorials - Intended for Windows Forms applications, 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 by NonaMena
• How to Edit XML Tuning by Twallan
• How to Make an XML Tuning Mod by NonaMena
• How to Make an ITUN for a Custom Interaction by NonaMena
• ITUN Modding Discussion and Explanation by NonaMena
• Daniandan's Sims 3 Changed Book Mod Tutorial by daniandan

Script Mods

• How I Made a New Toilet Class with Its Own Tuning by Inge
• Sims 3 Object Modding (AKA Adding Interactions)
• Sims 3 Pure Scripting Modding by Buzzler
• Sims 3 In Depth Scripting by Odistant
• How to Inject an Interaction With a Pure Script Mod by NonaMena
• Tutorial: Adding Pie Menu Options to Sims by CmarNYC
• Sims 3 New Lifetime Wish (non-core) by velocitygrass
• Sims 3 Localized Coding by Buzzler
• How to Create and Load Custom Moodlets with a Pure Script Mod by NonaMena
• Scripting Core FAQ by Twallan

Core Mods

• Sims 3 Core Modding Basics by Buzzler
• 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

Animations

• Making an Animation Sequence "Custom Animation" for Cmo's Animation/Pose Player by SeeMyu
• Turning Game Animations into AVI's by WesHowe
• Jazz scripts - Adding animations to your objects by Lyralei

Poses

• Sims 3 Pose Creation for Milkshape by orangemittens
• Complete Pose Making Tutorial Using Milkshape for Beginners
• Complete Pose Tutorial Using Blender for Sim & Animal Poses by orangemittens
• Using JAZZ and C# to Make a Non-Default Accessory for an Object
• Creating a Couple's Pose Using Blender by orangemittens
• Creating a Pose Using an Object Prop in Blender by orangemittens
• Create Poses Using Multiple Sim and/or Sim Pet Rigs in Blender by orangemittens

Miscellaneous Mods

• Catalog Reorganization & Hiders
• How to: Re-categorize, Show in Build/Buy Catalog, Add to World Editor, etc. by NonaMena
• Adding A Custom Book Title To The Game

Arcane Archive

These tutorials are still available as archives, and may still contain useful information. However, note that they have all been superseded by newer or more complete tutorials, and so may not be wholly accurate or well supported.

• Changing Career Names/Descriptions by Creon
• Objects with Custom Animations for The Sims 3
• Using The Sims 3 Animator (see the tutorial in Basic Object Creation)
• Creating Custom Sims 3 TV Channels