MTS2:Creator Guidelines/Sims 3 Careers - Revision history

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 '''Information:''' Your upload post must tell us the following:
 * Rabbithole job is assigned to
-* Opportunities
+* Opportunities, if you have included any
 * Work Tones
 * Join Text

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	*'''Duplication:''' Search MTS and see how many recolors have already been done for the particular type of item you're creating - do not duplicate items. We would, however, accept the same kind of thing if your version had significantly improved features than an existing item.		*'''Duplication:''' Search MTS and see how many recolors have already been done for the particular type of item you're creating - do not duplicate items. We would, however, accept the same kind of thing if your version had significantly improved features than an existing item.
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−	*'''Overwriting:''' Custom careers ''must not'' overwrite EA ones. It's a simple rule, but may not always be obvious to beginning creators. Please ensure that your career does not replace any existing careers.

	*'''Quality of Writing:''' Text is the main part of a career, as such it needs to be as close to perfect as possible. ''All'' text - job levels, job descriptions, and chance cards - must be triple checked for spelling and grammar; and must make general logical sense. Make sure you change the pronouns in male and female versions, and be careful in your use of $Me.		*'''Quality of Writing:''' Text is the main part of a career, as such it needs to be as close to perfect as possible. ''All'' text - job levels, job descriptions, and chance cards - must be triple checked for spelling and grammar; and must make general logical sense. Make sure you change the pronouns in male and female versions, and be careful in your use of $Me.

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-==Creator Guidelines - Careers==
+=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===
+==Quality==
-{{Guidelines-Quality-TimeandEffort}}
-{{Guidelines-Quality-Duplication}}
-{| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:100%"
+{| class="nicetable" style="width:100%"
-|-
-! style="text-align:left" | Overwriting
 |-
+|
-{| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:100%"
+*'''Duplication:''' Search MTS and see how many recolors have already been done for the particular type of item you're creating - do not duplicate items. We would, however, accept the same kind of thing if your version had significantly improved features than an existing item.
-|-
-! style="text-align:left" | Quality of Writing
+*'''Overwriting:''' Custom careers ''must not'' overwrite EA ones. It's a simple rule, but may not always be obvious to beginning creators. Please ensure that your career does not replace any existing careers.
-|-
-−
-Text is the main part of a career, as such it needs to be as close to perfect as possible. ''All'' text - job levels, job descriptions, and chance cards - must be triple checked for spelling and grammar; and must make general logical sense. Make sure you change the pronouns in male and female versions, and be careful in your use of $Me.
-|}
-{| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:100%"
+*'''Quality of Writing:''' Text is the main part of a career, as such it needs to be as close to perfect as possible. ''All'' text - job levels, job descriptions, and chance cards - must be triple checked for spelling and grammar; and must make general logical sense. Make sure you change the pronouns in male and female versions, and be careful in your use of $Me.
-|-
-! style="text-align:left" | Job Pay
+*'''Job Pay:''' Unless your career is specifically meant to be unrealistic, make pay levels congruent with the pay of EA careers. A table of the basegame career wages is available [[Game_Help:Sims_3_Careers|here]] for comparison.
-|-
+*'''Custom Icons''' Are ''required''.
 Unless your career is specifically meant to be unrealistic, make pay levels congruent with the pay of EA careers. A table of the basegame career wages is available [[Game_Help:Sims_3_Careers|here]] for comparison.
 |}
-{| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:100%"
+==Information==
-|-
-! style="text-align:left" | Custom Icons
+{| class="nicetable" style="width:100%"
 |-
+|
-'''Custom icons:''' Are ''required''.
+'''Information:''' Your upload post must tell us the following:
 |}
-===Screenshots===
+{{Guidelines-InfoFiles-PatchRequired}}
-{| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:100%"
 |-
 ! style="text-align:left" | Required Images
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 |}
-===Uploading===
+==Files==
 {{Guidelines-InfoFiles-ZipRar7z}}
-* If your upload 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].
+==Other==
 [[Category:MTS2 Creator Guidelines]]

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 ** Opportunities
 ** Work Tones
 ** All job titles
 ** All job descriptions

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-You must attach your career's icon, even if it is for whatever reason not custom - the icon is usually the best choice for default thumbnail, too. You may also include ingame pictures such as the carpool, uniform, a particular chance card/job description/promotion bubble: however these are ''not'' required.
+You must attach your career's icon; - the icon is usually the best choice for default thumbnail, too. You may also include ingame pictures such as the carpool, uniform, a particular chance card/job description/promotion bubble: however these are ''not'' required.
 |}

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-*Being graced now with a full 7 EPs, there's really no excuse for careers not being EP compatible. If you're not sure, there is a tutorial for making careers EP compatible [http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=147886 here].
+Being graced now with a full 7 EPs, there's really no excuse for careers not being EP compatible. If you're not sure, there is a tutorial for making careers EP compatible [http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=147886 here].
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-*Custom careers ''must not'' overwrite Maxis ones. It's a simple rule, but may not always be obvious to beginning creators. Instructions on ensuring this are in the same [http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=147886 tutorial] as linked above.
+Custom careers ''must not'' overwrite Maxis ones. It's a simple rule, but may not always be obvious to beginning creators.
 |}
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-*Text is the main part of a career, as such it needs to be as close to perfect as possible. ''All'' text - job levels, job descriptions, and chance cards - must be triple checked for spelling and grammar; and must make general logical sense. Make sure you change the pronouns in male and female versions, and be careful in your use of $Me.
+Text is the main part of a career, as such it needs to be as close to perfect as possible. ''All'' text - job levels, job descriptions, and chance cards - must be triple checked for spelling and grammar; and must make general logical sense. Make sure you change the pronouns in male and female versions, and be careful in your use of $Me.
 |}
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-*Unless your career is specifically meant to be unrealistic, make pay levels 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.
+Unless your career is specifically meant to be unrealistic, make pay levels congruent with the pay of EA careers. A table of the basegame career wages is available [[Game_Help:Sims_3_Careers|here]] for comparison.
 |}
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-*'''Custom icons:''' Are ''required'', unless you have a good reason for exception. They should meet the standards laid out in [http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=269957 this mini-tutorial] - that is; be the roughly right colour (if it's a single-colour silhouette), '''NOT''' be a random photo, have a transparent background.
+*'''Custom icons:''' Are ''required''.
 |}
 ===Screenshots===
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-*You must attach your career's icon, even if it is for whatever reason not custom - the icon is usually the best choice for default thumbnail, too. You may also include ingame pictures such as the carpool, uniform, a particular chance card/job description/promotion bubble: however these are ''not'' required.
+You must attach your career's icon, even if it is for whatever reason not custom - the icon is usually the best choice for default thumbnail, too. You may also include ingame pictures such as the carpool, uniform, a particular chance card/job description/promotion bubble: however these are ''not'' required.
 |}
 ===Uploading===
 {{Guidelines-InfoFiles-ZipRar7z}}
 {| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:100%"
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 * '''Information:''' Your upload post must tell us the following:
-** How many chance cards are complete.
+** Rabbithole job is assigned to
-** All job titles.
+** Opportunities
-** All job descriptions.
+** Work Tones
-** All wages.
+** All job titles
-** All work days.
+** All job descriptions
 :: The easiest way to present the last of these is something like this:
 :: ''Talking Example - §200 - M, W, Th, F, Sa''