Sims 2 String Substitutions - Revision history

Lamare: /* Special Substitution inserts */

2025-09-28T08:23:55Z

‎Special Substitution inserts

2024-01-24T13:30:04Z

extra knowledge on DayLocal

2018-02-08T14:04:54Z

‎Special Substitution inserts

2018-01-19T20:57:36Z

‎Special Substitution inserts

2018-01-15T10:52:37Z

‎Special Substitution inserts

2018-01-15T10:48:46Z

‎Special Substitution inserts

2010-09-12T20:57:46Z

‎Special Substitution inserts

2010-09-12T20:57:26Z

2010-09-11T16:22:03Z

‎Special Substitution inserts

2010-08-16T19:58:56Z

‎Special Substitution inserts

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 |-
 |$PrimaryNeighborhood||Displays main neighborhood's name, e.g. Strangetown.
 |}

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 |$Me||Insert [[CTSS|catalog name]] of current object/Sim contained in the special [[Sims_2_Variables#My|My]] variable
 |-
-|$Object||''Insert [[CTSS|catalog name]] of current stack object into string''
+|$Object||Insert [[CTSS|catalog name]] of current stack object into string
 |-
 |$Local:X||Insert value of [[Sims 2 Local|Local variable]] X
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 |$TokenNameLocal:X||''Insert catalog name of object type pointed at by token type, which is indexed by local var X''
 |-
-|$DayLocal:X||''Insert text name of day given in local var X. Day values are 0-6, 0 being Sunday (?)''
+|$DayLocal:X||Insert text name of day given in local var X. Day values are 0-6, 0 being Sunday. This is unlike the Global variable "Day of Week" which starts with Monday as 0 instead
 |-
 |$JobTitle:X||''Insert text name of a job title of given object. Using index passed in via local var X, this indexes into string table 800 (?)''

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 |-
 |$PropertyGlobalString:X:Y||''Displays result of lua script by the name found in Local X=string set, Local Y=string index. There is Global Properties STR 0x00000133 for this.''
 |}

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 |$LotNameLocalByLotId:X||Displays the name of the lot with Lot ID given in Local X
 |-
-|$Cash:X:Y||Displays amount; useful for money. Local X=Div (10,000s), Local Y=Mod (remainder)
+|$Cash:5:6||Displays amount; useful for money. Local 6=Div (10,000s), Local 5=Mod (remainder). Note: it might not take any locals other than 5 and 6.
 |-
 |$Money:X:Y||''Not sure. Example of usage I saw: local X=base value (1000), local Y=multiplier (~1-19)''
 |-
-|$PropertyGlobalString:X:Y||''Not sure. In the example I saw it, it's supposed to display amount of money to purchase community lot (X and Y probably stand for table and string?)''
+|$PropertyGlobalString:X:Y||''Displays result of lua script by the name found in Local X=string set, Local Y=string index. There is Global Properties STR 0x00000133 for this.''
 |}

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 |$LotNameLocalByLotId:X||Displays the name of the lot with Lot ID given in Local X
 |-
-|$Cash:X:Y||Displays amount of money: local X=Div (10,000s), local Y=Mod (remainder)
+|$Cash:X:Y||Displays amount; useful for money. Local X=Div (10,000s), Local Y=Mod (remainder)
 |-
 |$Money:X:Y||''Not sure. Example of usage I saw: local X=base value (1000), local Y=multiplier (~1-19)''

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 |$Neighbor||''Insert name of neighbor pointed at by neighbor ID in stackObject ID''
 |-
-|$FamilyAssets||''Insert family monetary Net worth into string from family index in local var''
+|$FamilyAssets:X||Insert family monetary Net worth into string from family index in local var (note: includes budget, lot and objects value)
 |-
 |$Family||''Insert house-hold name of person in stack object into string''
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 |-
 |$FullNameLocal:X||Insert full name of Sim pointed at by [[Sims 2 Neighbor ID|Neighbor ID]] contained in [[Sims 2 Local|Local variable]] X
 |}

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 |$PrivateString:X:Y||Gets the Private string from the [[STR#STR.23|String Resource]] number in Local:X (have made it work for 0x0101), and the string within that table which is in Local:Y
 |-
-|$SmiGlobalString:X:Y||''Gets the Semi global string from the [[STR#STR.23|String Resource]] number in Local:X, and the string within that table which is in Local:Y''
+|$SemiGlobalString:X:Y||''Gets the Semi global string from the [[STR#STR.23|String Resource]] number in Local:X, and the string within that table which is in Local:Y''
 |-
 |$LastName||''Gets the current family's last name''

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 |$Local:X||Insert value of [[Sims 2 Local|Local variable]] X
 |-
-|$TimeLocal||''Insert hour of day in text using in index of local var to point at var with hour value in it new ones ''
+|$TimeLocal:X||Insert hour of day in text contained in [[Sims 2 Local|Local variable]] X
 |-
 |$NameLocal:X||Insert [[CTSS|catalog name]] of object/Sim with ID contained in [[Sims 2 Local|Local variable]] X
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 |-
 |$PrivateString:X:Y||Gets the Private string from the [[STR#STR.23|String Resource]] number in Local:X (have made it work for 0x0101), and the string within that table which is in Local:Y
 |-
 |$LastName||''Gets the current family's last name''

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 |$NameAttrib:X||''Insert [[CTSS|catalog name]] of object with ID pointed at index X of stack objects attribute (?)''
 |-
-|$NeighborLocal:X||Insert name of Sim pointed at by [[Sims 2 My person data|Neighbor ID]] contained in [[Sims 2 Local|Local variable]] X
+|$NeighborLocal:X||Insert name of Sim pointed at by [[Sims 2 Neighbor ID|Neighbor ID]] contained in [[Sims 2 Local|Local variable]] X
 |-
 |$Attrib:X||''Insert attribute value X of stack objects attribute (?)''
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 |$LastName||''Gets the current family's last name''
 |-
-|$FullNameLocal:X||Insert full name of Sim pointed at by [[Sims 2 My person data|Neighbor ID]] contained in [[Sims 2 Local|Local variable]] X
+|$FullNameLocal:X||Insert full name of Sim pointed at by [[Sims 2 Neighbor ID|Neighbor ID]] contained in [[Sims 2 Local|Local variable]] X
 |}

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 |$CatalogLocal:X||Insert [[CTSS|catalog description]] of object with ID contained in [[Sims 2 Local|Local variable]] X
 |-
-|$GUIDCatalogNameLocal:X:Y||Insert [[CTSS|catalog description]] of object with [[GUID]] contained in [[Sims 2 Local|Local variables]] X and Y
+|$GUIDCatalogNameLocal:X:Y||Insert [[CTSS|catalog description]] of object with [[GUID]] contained in [[Sims 2 Local|Local variables]] X and Y. Availabled with Pets or higher
 |-
 |$TokenNameLocal:X||''Insert catalog name of object type pointed at by token type, which is indexed by local var X''