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Whiterider: Created page with "''This page was last edited on the 3rd August 2011, 13:47.'' ==Creator Guidelines - Careers== Creating a custom career involves a lot of writing and a fair amount of creativi..."

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''This page was last edited on the 3rd August 2011, 13:47.''

==Creator Guidelines - Careers==
Creating a custom career involves a lot of writing and a fair amount of creativity. As such it's a shame to let all that effort go to waste - so it's important that you ensure your upload meets the following criteria for approval; otherwise you'll just end up depriving downloaders of what may be a brilliantly written career due to mere technical details.

===Quality===
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* '''Writing Quality:''' Try to make your job descriptions and chance cards interesting and/or funny. Make sure the writing flows - you can get help with that in the [http://www.modthesims.info/fd.php?f=473 Creator Feedback Forum].
* '''Uniqueness:''' If your career is similar to one which already exists on MTS, try to make it different enough that it offers a real distinct alternative.
* '''Spelling & Grammar:''' Double-check it!
* '''Pay and skills:''' Unless your career is meant to be unrealistic, make skill requirements and pay levels roughly congruent with the pay of Maxian careers. A table of the basegame career wages is available [[MTS2:Creator Guidelines/Careers/Pay Chart|here]] for comparison.
* '''Icon:''' Please use a custom icon, or an EA icon which makes sense for your career. Custom icons should fit reasonably well with the user interface.
* '''Overwriting and Compatibility:''' Unless there is a good reason not to, please ensure that your career doesn't overwrite any EA careers and is EP compatible.
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! style="text-align:left" | Quality-Related Tips
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* If you're not sure whether your career is ready for uploading, use the [http://modthesims.info/forumdisplay.php?f=611 Creator Feedback Forum] for guidance.
* Suggestions on making custom icons are [http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=269957 here].
* Instructions on making your career EP compatible are [http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=147886 here].
* Instructions on preventing your career from overwriting EA careers are [http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=147886 here].
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===Screenshots===
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* '''Icon:''' You must include your career's icon, or a picture of it in-game.
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===Information===
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* All job titles.
* All job descriptions.
* All wages.
* All work days.
* Skill requirements.
* How many chance cards are complete.
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* The easiest way to present the required info is something like this:
: ''Talking Example - §200 - M, W, Th, F, Sa - 1 Body, 3 Logic''
: ''Your job is simple. You sit in a wiki article, reading yourself to passers-by. This description would include brief mention of your promotion prospects; but really, from here, where can you go but up?''
* If you wish, you can hide some of this information, by putting it between spoiler tags, e.g. [spoiler]Job descriptions here[/spoiler].
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===Uploading===
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==Other==
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===Additional Stuff===
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* If your career is rejected or marked as changes required and you're not sure why, ask in [http://www.modthesims.info/forumdisplay.php?f=492 Creator Issues].
* If you're not sure whether your career is ready for uploading, use the [http://www.modthesims.info/forumdisplay.php?f=473 Creator Feedback Forum] to get feedback on it.
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-==Creator Guidelines - Careers==
+When uploading a career for The Sims 2 to Mod The Sims, we have some basic requirements to ensure that your upload is good, shown well, and has the correct info and files needed for people to use it in their games. This allows both moderators to check your uploads for quality, and for downloaders to see if your item is something they want to add to their games.
-Creating a custom career involves a lot of writing and a fair amount of creativity. As such it's a shame to let all that effort go to waste - so it's important that you ensure your upload meets the following criteria for approval; otherwise you'll just end up depriving downloaders of what may be a brilliantly written career due to mere technical details.
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-* '''Writing Quality:''' Try to make your job descriptions and chance cards interesting and/or funny.  Make sure the writing flows - you can get help with that in the [http://www.modthesims.info/fd.php?f=473 Creator Feedback Forum].
+* '''Writing Quality:''' Try to make your job descriptions and chance cards interesting and/or funny.  Make sure the writing flows.
 * '''Uniqueness:''' If your career is similar to one which already exists on MTS, try to make it different enough that it offers a real distinct alternative.
 * '''Spelling & Grammar:''' Double-check it!
-* '''English:''' Your career must be written in English. You can include translations into other languages if you like!
+* '''English:''' Your career must be written in English, or include an English translation.
-* '''Pay and skills:''' Unless your career is meant to be unrealistic, make skill requirements and pay levels roughly congruent with the pay of Maxian careers. A table of the basegame career wages is available [[MTS2:Creator Guidelines/Careers/Pay Chart|here]] for comparison.
+* '''Pay and skills:''' Make skill requirements and pay levels roughly congruent with the pay of Maxian careers, unless your career is meant to be unrealistic.
-* '''Icon:''' Please use a custom icon, or an EA icon which makes sense for your career. Custom icons should fit reasonably well with the user interface.
+* '''Icon:''' Your icon should make sense for your career and fit reasonably well with the user interface.
-* '''Overwriting and Compatibility:''' Unless there is a good reason not to, please ensure that your career doesn't overwrite any EA careers and is EP compatible.
+* '''Overwriting and Compatibility:''' Please ensure that your career doesn't overwrite any EA careers and is EP compatible (unless it is a default replacement).
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 * If you're not sure whether your career is ready for uploading, use the [http://modthesims.info/forumdisplay.php?f=611 Creator Feedback Forum] for guidance.
 * Suggestions on making custom icons are [http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=269957 here].
 * Instructions on making your career EP compatible are [http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=147886 here].
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-* All job titles.
+* For each level:
-* All job descriptions.
+** Job title
-* All wages.
+** Job description
-* All work days.
+** Wage
-* Skill requirements.
+** Work days
 * How many chance cards are complete.
 |}