#ts3 creators cave

[ts3creatorscave]

Creator Community Good Faith Practices

Here at the Creator’s Cave, our mission is to create a ‘safe space’ for people to learn how to create new content and mods for The Sims 3, and share their knowledge of how to create new content and mods for the Sims 3.

Frequently, new custom content (CC) is generated by making edits to existing CC. As part of the above mission, we feel it is required of us to encourage ‘Good Faith’ practices, and to discourage ‘Bad Faith’ practices when utilizing content from other creators in your CC or mods.

We've made a  list of ‘Good Faith’ and ‘Bad Faith’, and ‘Grey Area’ practices to serve as guidelines for both existing and aspiring creators.

We asked those in the discord to help distill and tweak it, and will continue to make alterations based on feedback from the creator community. These guidelines are primarily enforced by the community itself, and other creators may decline to provide assistance to someone who is using ‘Bad Faith’ practices.

Here’s a link to the doc for any interested: TS3 Creator Good Faith Practices

[elvgreen]

working on TF versions , all of these are compressed packages

riona pants

YAF-AF only

1 recolorable preset, 3 non-recolorable presets

everyday, athletic, sleepwear, outerwear

all credits to clumsyalien

catalina skirt

YAF-AF only

1 recolorable, 3 non-recolorable

everyday, formal, career

all morphs

all credits to clumsyalien

ali pants

YAF-AF only

2048 x 2048 textures, semi-high poly!!

1 recolorable, 3 non-recolorable

everyday, formal, outerwear

all morphs

all credits to amelylina

straight levi's jeans

YAF-AF only

2048 x 2048 textures, semi-high poly !!

everyday, athletic, outerwear

all morphs

all credits to elliesimple

greta skirt

YAF-AF only

1 recolorable, 3 non-recolorable

everyday, formal, outerwear

all morphs

all credits to clumsyalien

PSA: the skirt clips around the sim's left knee when walking. i tried to fix it as best as i could. i might come back and fix it but it looks fine in other animations

ANY ISSUES LET ME KNOW! i'm a lone tester so if you want to test my cc just slide in my dms!

huge thank you to all the fellow simmers in the ts3 creator cave discord, who helped me with riona's retopology and meshing!

RIONA | CATALINA | ALI | LEVI'S | GRETA

MIRROR (MF)

[lingyunxi]

Self-use Sims 3 CC Tutorials List

Here is a list of tutorials from which I learn to convert/create sims 3 cc in a few months (and as a poor English speaker). I think it might help someone who also wants to try making things for sims 3 but doesn't know where to start, though it's been 15 years from the game release and even Inzoi is coming hahah.

The list covers objects, clothes, hairs and eyes. I know there're lots of tutorials not listed here, that's because I haven't tried them in my projects by hand. But The list will be updated with new things I learn. Most tutorials are in English. Thanks to all these creators for sharing their precious knowledge!

Sorry for the miserable format, cuz I wrote them in Patreon and paste here. You can also read it there, free of course.

Where I find tutorials

sims 3 tutorial hub

ts3 creators cave and its discord

Mod the sims tutorial wiki and the forum

pis3update tutorials tag

General

CC basic concepts by nightosphere (for clothes, most knowledge is shared with objects)

Tools

TSRW guide by apple (for objects, most knowledge is shared with clothes)

Blender

shortcut by Blender Guru

beginner tutorial for version 2.5, 2.8, 3.0, 4.0

3.5入门教程 (youtube / bilibili)

设置切换语言快捷键 change language shortcut settings

图片取色器网站

Mesh ToolKit with Seam Fixer for all ages

Topaz gigapixel AI guide / higher quality texture

Texture

Nicer bake / bake in blender 2.78

Bake in blender 2.93

Make normal map

small size blank texture

Reasons for black blocks on baked image

Adjust texture color without losing quality

Object

clone obejcts with S3OC

4t3

Functional Objects

Functional bed

TSRW setting

Combining Textures for Objects with Multiple Textures

Add normal map to objects

Introduction to slot categories

Add slots in TSRW

Edit in-door shadow or occluders in TSRW / Talks about 3 kinds of in-game shadow by Pocci

Clothes

4t3 by nightosphere

Reduce polycount / fix seams, holes, shadows or normals

Bone reference rule

Avoid milkshape workflow / adjust bone assignment and morphs in blender

Manually fix bone in blender

Convert between ages/body meshes

TSRW check list

Fix long clothes clip with body

Fix holes on morphs (easier in blender)

Extrude collars

Create texture in PS

Avoid TSRW workflow / CTU tutorial

Hairs

Avoid milkshape and TSRW workflow / delete backfaces / handmade morphs / DABOOBS guide

Keys pointing to in-game blank textures to save file size (for DABOOBS not TSRW)

Reduce polycount

4t3

Fix weird seam lines on hairs from s4s

Fix pigtail issue

Eyes

Convert contacts to default eyes

[twinsimming]

Chaise Lounge Mod by Twinsimming 😴

I created this mod to work with my converted chaise lounge pieces and originally released it as my first script mod back in 2021.

This new version of the mod now allows for translations to other languages and easier updating.

This is a script mod that can be placed in your Packages folder. It was built and tested on 1.69 but should work fine on 1.67.

Requirements

This mod requires one of the sectional sets I converted from The Sims 4: Dream Home Decorator to function:

A Couch Evolved Sectional Set

Tough and Tufted Sectional Set

Chaise Lounge

Sims Teen and older can either "Nap" or "Relax" on chaise lounges, like my sim in the preview picture.

Conflicts & Known Issues

- This is a new object class so there shouldn’t be any conflicts.

- Teen sims sink into the chaise a little when using it.

Credits

EA/Maxis for The Sims 3 and The Sims 4, Visual Studio 2019, ILSpy, SmoothJazz, Blender, s3pe, Sims4Studio, and Notepad++.

Thank You

Thank you to everyone over at the TS3 Creators Cave discord, and to patrycarro for bringing the translation issue to my attention!

If you like my work, please consider tipping me on Ko-fi 💙

Download @ ModTheSims

[simbouquet]

TS3: CAS Lighting Edit

Last year, I was experimenting a little bit with the CAS lighting and managed to come up with this neat little mod that I’ve had sitting around up until now. I figured it was about time I shared, so here it is!💡

More info and download under the cut! 

Click here to see a comparison preview!

This CAS lighting is much less flat than EA’s default, with defined shadows that draw attention to the Sim’s face and add depth to their features, overall making them more faithful to what they’ll look like during gameplay. It also happens to make the mirror reflection just a little more bearable to look at! :P

Compatibility

This mod is compatible with all your usual world lighting mods, since they edit completely different resources.

This mod is incompatible with any mods that edit the CustomLightRigging _INI resource. AFAIK, the only other mod like this that’s out there at the moment is @criisolatex's lovely Pure CAS Lighting Mod, which I recommend if you prefer a more stylized, silky-smooth look.

Download: SFS / MTS

Place the .package file in your Packages or Overrides folder.

Credits & Thanks

s3pe: Exporting/Importing resources, creating the .package file.

Notepad++: Editing the .ini file.

Adobe Photoshop 2024: Creating the preview images.

@criisolate's CAS pose: Used in the main preview image.

ChérieDawn67's white CAS background: Used in the main preview image.

simsi45's CAS Room Recolored: Used in the comparison images.

Thanks to @misspats3, @antoninko, @simplyslow and @probablyzora for testing and giving feedback!

Thanks to the lovely community at TS3 Creators Cave!

[meochicc]

Hi! How are you? I was wondering if you have a conversion tutorial anywhere or one that you follow? I’m thinking of converting some things myself! Thank you :)

Hey hey! Thanks for asking, I'm doing fine, hope you are doing well too!

I haven't made any tutorials as of to date yet but I do recommend checking out Nightospheresims' videos to get started and get a grasp of the basics!

If you run into some troubles with your projects or meshes, feel free to join the TS3 Creators Cave Discord, lovely people over there who are willing to help!

[ktarsims]

Life Updates and Such...

Soooo.... many things! At the moment, I've finally pulled myself somewhat out of the doldrums caused by lack-of-job + job-search-sucks and am making all the preparations for celebrating the end of this year and the start of a new one.

I think I've binged something like 30+ anime series in the last month or so, along with reading many many books.

Today, I've finally got some bots working in the Creator's Cave discord, to make things a bit easier there. There are more updates I still need to do, but it's a start.

My hope for this week, is that in addition to my preparations for New Year's, I'll be able to actually finish my project of turning some of my flower photos into TS3 art. No promises, but I'm hopeful.

Below the cut, for the curious or nosy, the menu and preparations for New Year's.

Before anyone starts to wonder... two of the friends coming to my place for New Year's are really really into Pumpkin, so this is reflected here. Yes, this is probably too much food and drink for... 6 people, but hey... leftovers.

**Food** 1 frozen lasagna, family size 1 batch homemade mac&cheese (made by not me) Cheeses! (Extra sharp white cheddar, brie, various spreadables, 3 varieties of goat cheese) Crackers! (Ritz garlic butter, rosemary flatbread, 5 other assorted) Meats! (Summer sausage, dry salame, fig salame) Tea Sandwiches! (Cream cheese + smoke salmon or cucumber or jam) Scones! (I plan to make at least 3 varieties, but haven't yet decided which.) Oven ready appetizers! (Takoyaki, bagel bites, baked potato skins, loaded tater tots, mini quiches, mozzarella sticks, and more.) Shrimp Cocktail platter Veggie Platter Sweet Maui Onion potato chips Homemade snack mix (Corn Chex, Rice Chex, Pretzels, Cashews, Pistachios, white cheddar cheeze-its, white cheddar cheese puffs)

**Sweets** Pumpkin Spice Twinkies Iced Pumpkin Cupcakes (this is also hostess brand) Yackwa Korean donuts (gift from a neighbor) Assorted flavors of KitKats Pumpkin Pie yogurt covered pretzels Butter Rum Crunch popcorn Bourbon Crunch popcorn Milk Chocolate cherry cordials Other assorted chocolates

**Non-Alcoholic Drinks** Five different flavors of Martinellis sparkling cider Pumpkin Spice cold brewed tea (caffeinated) Pumpkin Creme Rooibos cold brew tea (herbal) Pumpkin Pie cold brew tea (herbal) Various Gatorade

**Alcoholic Drinks** 'Strong Mead' from a cider festival (gift from friend) Expensive bottle of Sake 'Demon Slayer' 1 bottle Louis Perrier Champagne for ringing in the new year Berenjaeger Green Apple Sake Peach Sake Umeshu Plum Wine Matcha Plum Wine (I'm really curious about this one) Butterscotch Shnapps Pumpkin hard Cider Dark Chocolate Cherry Moonshine Eggo Brunch Sippin' Cream A cupboard full of other assorted things that probably won't be looked at.

[olomaya]

Hello Olomaya, I’m a big fan of your work.

For the past month I’ve been having this idea in mind of a mod I would like to create or rather to exist lol, as I no modding experience whatsoever. I think it would be a pretty complex mod to create and I’m not even sure If it would be possible. I’ve been looking for tutorials or even just someone in the community (tumblr, Reddit, discord…) to discuss this but I had no success. I think you would like the idea, of course I wouldn’t ask you to make it but I was wondering if you’d be willing to discuss this idea with me just to see is it’s feasible and if so, how. Thank you ❤️

Hi! There are a lot of tutorials from MTS for ALMOST whatever you're looking for. I think if you're looking for a tutorial for EXACTLY what you're looking for, you may not find anything but taking on any project usually requires having to break it down into small parts and tackle each part almost as a separate project. So if you have a complex mod you're working on, I'd start there and think about all the parts and then find the tutorial for each part.

If you haven't checked out the TS3 Creators Cave Discord, it's a good place to start out if you're just learning the glorious mess that is the TS3 coding architecture and systems and there are a lot of good teachers on there. Teaching really is a skill and I am terrible at it because I get easily frustrated when people don't understand things after the first explanation and I'm also a super intuitive person in that I don't explain things very well because why are you not in my head and can't just already understand what I meant despite me skipping over all the details. So yeah, I'm probably the worst person to ask. 😅

[greenplumbboblover]

Going on a Hiatus

I’ve been absolutely dreading making a post like this, and some of you may have figured this may have be coming, but I’ve decided to go on a hiatus again.

I’m not sure when I’ll be back from said hiatus, but I really hope that it’s soon enough when I have my motivation back. Not only that, but I really was hoping that the project I was initially working on, would fuel my lack of liking to work on things for the game. (A TS3 bodyshop)

Truth be told, it’s also because TS3 isn’t quite giving me any new “skills”, which it did around the time the sewing table was made. I’ve therefore done a lot of programming in unity instead, and have found that motivation there. 

So... What now?

I’ll post this on Patreon as well, but if you are a Patreon, don’t feel bad about opting out after reading this, I would have done the same. The support alone is extremely appreciated! As I did actually use the funding to purchase resources for things that made it into modding. I should probably make an inventory list of what I used the Patreon money for, just for transparency. :)

I may actually check if I can “pause” donations entirely for the duration of the hiatus.

This does also mean that the interests and hobbies is on halt. I do seriously hope I get to it eventually, probably after the break, but I’m really sorry for the people who are super excited for it. Maybe after the hiatus, I should ask some members if they want to help out... That may help a lot!

I’ll still be around the TS3 Creator Cave (Been a bit of my second discord home lol), and of course answering any questions as much as I can. Though, as many may have noticed, I absolutely suck at answering questions on Tumblr... I’m genuinely sorry for that! Still trying to get that into my routine, but it’s not been as easy as just reading a notification.

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Overall, i’m really sorry for going yet on another big break, just like back in 2017-2018. I just feel that the only way to get back into doing things for the game, is to just have a break and focus on other non-sims projects I have going on. (Plus, a potential game?) variety is important :)

Hopefully, you all understand! I’m really sorry for the ones I’ve hurt with the message, but just remember... I’m not entirely gone, I’ll be back eventually!

[bellakenobi]

Get to Know Me - Sims Edition

I was tagged by @puffkins2000! Thank you so much <3

What’s your favorite Sims death? I never thought about that but the death by freezing ghost is kinda cute '-'

Alpha CC or Maxis Match? Oh well. I like MM clothes, some EA hairs (the store's ones are the most usable) and also alpha hair, and the skins I use could be considered alpha but they're not uncanny valley. So I guess I'm in the middle?

Do you cheat your sims weight? Nope

Do you move objects? Yup ^^

Favorite Mod? The NRaas ones since the game is mostly unplayable without them, and Simler's mod that fix a lot of stuff, even the "natality" issue that one of the patches broke and now babies are being born in my saves without my interference or using Story Progression (that I'm too paranoid with the lag it can cause to use it)

First Expansion/Game Pack/Stuff Pack? Late Night because I wanted hot tubs and the bars and vampires sounded cool too (but I don't play much with the EP features 😬)

Do you pronounce live mode like aLIVE or LIVing? aLIVE, and well being a non-english speaker I never thought about this '-'

Who’s your favorite sim that you’ve made? My girl Mitsuko (the one in my icon) is my fave 💚💙

Have you made a simself? Yup, and of course she got prettier lol

Which is your favorite EA hair color? ... Black? It's the only EA color that I actually use so 🤷‍♀️

Favorite EA hair? Party on the Side from the store ^^

Favorite life stage? Young Adults I guess

Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay? I had a sort of builder era some years ago but nowadays it seems that my creativity for that is simply gone (even tho my buildings back in the day weren't that much, but it's stuff that I look today and think "WOW I really did that 😮")

Are you a CC creator? Apparently 💀 but mostly a converter.

Do you have any Simblr friends or a Sim Squad? I'm kinda closer to @deniisu-sims because we know each other online outside tumblr but people at the TS3 Creator's Cave Discord are really friendly. But it's a bit difficult to me to socialize even on the internet since being introvert IRL wasn't enough '-'

Do you have any sims merch? / A Youtube for sims? Nope but honestly if I was less shy and had a better internet connection I guess I would have a channel '-' And I've been delaying for YEARS to make a Bella Goth chibi sculpture....

How has your “Sims style” changed throughout your years of playing? lol I guess it's been the same, I make a family and play with them, but lately I've been playing challenges so it can give me a direction and then I don't get bored easily.

Who’s your favorite CC creator? AAAAA DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE! But not kidding, everybody that converts the stuff from TS4 has a special place in my heart ❤❤

How long have you had Simblr? I have it since 2013 and was somewhat active around that time, went through some hiatus and now I'm back on activity since last year.

How do you edit your pictures? I use reshade, for CC previews a preset that slightly enhances color and sharpness (becuase one of my pet peeves are those CC previews that are so heavily edited that you can't see what you're actually getting), Photoscape for quick cropping and making thumbnails, and Photoshop to write stuff in previews.

What expansion/ gamepack is your favorite? I guess it's Supernatural? I like the CAS stuff, the furniture, Moonlight Falls is a nice town to play, I LOVE playing with witches, the alchemy skill and the complementing harvesteables are really cool too 😊

I tag everyone who wants to answer those ^^

[deniisu-sims]

Get to Know Me - Sims Edition

Tagged by @puffkins2000 and several others!

What’s your favorite Sims death? Never thought very well about the death types but I'll go for Time Anomaly because the ghost actually looks kinda creepy!

Alpha CC or Maxis Match? MM clothing, semi-realistic Asian-made skins, ALPHA HAIR ONLY. Furniture is a mix, really, but I can't stand MM hair in TS3 AT ALL.

Do you cheat your sims weight? Not at all - if I want to change their weight, they'll go to the gym! Now, for other physical features (read: getting rid off EAxis cartoonishness) Edit in CAS is my best friend :P

Do you move objects? But of course?????? XD

Favorite Mod? The NRaas suite in general + Lazy Duchess ones, but if I need to choose JUST ONE I'll go with DebugEnabler just for the item spawn function and the shifting up/down walls without Decorator's Best Friend (which I like a lot too)

First Expansion/Game Pack/Stuff Pack? I... found this game in the seven seas so I got them all at the same time...

Do you pronounce live mode like aLIVE or LIVing? The former - never figured out people considered the "live" from "live mode" as a verb until NOW.

Who’s your favorite sim that you’ve made? Melody Hills, the cute Black girl with natural hair I often put on my previews (she's the youthful one often with protective hairstyles). Minato Hawthorne (half-Japanese guy with glasses and blue eyes that often goes for my more... twinky stuff) and Lise Béranger (the one with the really pretty long curly hair) are close runner-ups.

Have you made a simself? Yeah, but I ended up not liking it (not a case of self-consciousness) and deleted her x_x

Which is your favorite EA hair color? Eeeeh the dark brown is useable I guess...

Favorite EA hair? NONE, I HATE THEM ALL

Favorite life stage? I readily admit that I'm part of the Millennial Party Simulator school of playing and 90% of my Sims are Young Adults.

Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay? I don't BUILD per se, all my lots are downloaded, some build tools are still a bit intimidating, but I rotate between (re-)decorating and playing.

Are you a CC creator? A converter, actually XD Quite balanced between objects and CAS.

Do you have any Simblr friends or a Sim Squad? I'm closer-ish with the Brazilian TS3 Simblr guys and EAxis 4t3 converters but to call it a squad is a tad too much! But I'm on friendly terms with the folks from the Creator's Cave server, yes.

Do you have any sims merch? / A Youtube for sims? Nope and I don't intend to.

How has your “Sims style” changed throughout your years of playing? I actually find very difficult to let go of my powerplaying and shift to a more roleplayer style :P THAT SAID, in my decorating I finally found a balance between bare and overcluttered!

Who’s your favorite CC creator? it's a secret to no one that @joojconverts and I have very similar styles and we often suggest and beta test stuff for each other, and @bellakenobi and I are friendly outside Simblr too, but to say I have a Favorite CC creator wouldn't do justice to my 28GB CC folder 8D

How long have you had Simblr? I actually wanted to make a simblr for TS2 first but it never went forward (at the time I only did some mailbox recolors that I never released), so it's older than I believe, but I started getting active in TS3 around 2017-2018 I believe?

How do you edit your pictures? I cut, resize and add text ONLY. I have no patience for extra editing.

What expansion/ gamepack is your favorite? Can't choose between Ambitions and Supernatural XD

I tag everyone!

[elvgreen]

tips for 4t3 converters/CAS clothing creators

3 main things:

non-recolorable presets

DDS. settings

Adult to Teen conversions

disclaimer: i'm not a CC expert, but these are things i've noticed and learned these last couple months converting cc. special thanks to thornowl and the other converters in the TS3 Creators Cave discord.

Non-recolorable presets:

we obviously know that ts4 lacks a CASt tool, so ts4 creators rely on recolors. In my conversions, I do include a couple of the item's recolors. these usually are patterns that CASt does not have.

one thing I've noticed more and more converters doing is putting such item recolors in the 'Overlay' tab in TSRW.

let me show you what that looks like for a non-recolorable preset:

it looks over-saturated, and almost crunchy. but there's another place you can import the recolor into: stencils.

stencils will be found at the bottom, under patterns. hit the plus sign next to stencils to open it.

opening it will show you this:

by default, it will be enabled as false. import your recolor into the texture tab as you would do for any other texture tab. make sure you tick the 'false' to 'true.' stencils override overlays, so if you want to use an overlay, enable stencils back to 'false.'

here's what the recolor imported into stencils looks like:

here's the two side by side:

see how different they are? let's see how they are in game:

click on the pictures to really see the difference in quality. since TS3 uses DDS. format, it compresses the texture, which results in the crunchy texture. importing the recolor into the overlay tab makes the DDS. compression more noticeable. it ultimately is up to you and whichever one you prefer, but do keep it in mind.

the overlay tab is good for small details that you want to maintain on all recolorable presets, like zippers, buttons, tags, etc. just look at EA clothes for reference, especially their shoes and male clothes.

another thing you can see from the images are the bumps on the mesh. doing normal maps can help you keep those same details on the recolorable presets without importing the recolors.

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DDS. settings:

something I also see and used to do myself is bloat package files with large file sizes, specifically normal and specular maps, as well as masks. the Sims 3 Tutorial Hub provides a link to plain maps, but the file sizes are unnecessarily big.

let's look at some of EA's maps in TSRW:

here's the specular from one of the basegame sweaters. notice the image size, DXT format, and compression size.

a lot of converters don't want the shine on regular clothes, so we use a plain, black specular map. but ask yourself, why do you need a 1024 x 1024 purely black specular map with no details?

let's try sizing it down:

notice the difference between the image and compression size. instead of bloating the package file, we can keep it down by using a 32x32 plain black specular map instead, since there aren't details we want from the specular map.

same goes for normal maps:

and masks (meant for 1 channel only):

now, notice how I underlined the info about DXT MipMaps. see how the normal map has a different number there compared to the specular map and mask.

the reason these textures use different DXT is because of the colors and alpha channel.

here's how my DDS. settings appear when saving:

DXT1 (no alpha): this keeps only the 3 color channels and has the strongest compression. it results in half the file size as DXT3/5. 3 channel masks should be saved with this, as they don't need an alpha channel.

DXT1 (1 bit alpha): this includes an alpha, but only black or white. it also results in half the file size as DXT3/5.

DXT3: this one is rarely used for TS3 textures. it really is only used for overlays. it compresses the same as DXT5, but may not be the best for images with smooth-blended alpha regions (Neely).

DXT5: multipliers and normal (bump) maps should only EVER be saved with this. it's best for colors but has a larger file size. this is why it's important to reduce the multiplier and normal map image size, especially if you don't make a normal map.

if you DO decide to do a specular and normal map, they should be regular image size, 1024x1024, and saved in the right format.

here is more information on which textures should use which compression.

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Adult to Teen Conversions:

the default for converters is obviously AF and AM. a lot of people want the items for teens too. I've seen several converters just enable it in TSRW:

please don't do this. it's honestly the lazy route. you can hardly ever get away this, specifically because of the body differences between adult and teen.

some major issues with this include gaps, seams, and unnatural body characteristics:

so please, either skip the teen mesh entirely or spend the time reshaping the mesh. @/sweetdevil-sims has a great tutorial on converting meshes from AF to TF here. the inevitable seams on TF meshes are also now fixed, thanks to @/thornowl with their new version of mesh toolkit.

@pis3update

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here are reduced file sizes and corrected settings of the plain mask, specular, and normal:

download

Sources:

Neely, G. ‘Buckaroo’. Working with DDS/DXT Files. Available at: https://www.buckarooshangar.com/flightgear/tut_dds.html (Accessed: 28 May 2024).

[echoweaver]

As someone who also dreads making a chore of their passion, I definitely understand. That's why I use ko-fi personally, it's a tip jar with no expectations rather than a subscription service 👌 anyhoo, do you want people to sign up as testers (i.e through google forms or discord) or should we just download the mod when it's up for testing and leave feedback here or MTS? Lastly, do you take feature requests/ideas, or is that a privilege that (understandably) only your kid has? :p

I usually post in the TS3 Creator's Cave Discord server and MTS. If you're going to be reading, Nony, I'll be sure to post on MTS and repost the link here.

TS3 Creators Cave is also open to everyone. I don't like posting invite links in the clear for fear of spam bots, but if you contact me privately on MTS or here, I'll be glad to give it to you.

And lastly, I absolutely do take feature ideas! I won't exactly say, "requests," as that implies more commitment. I have to be careful to keep the scope of a given mod down to something I can do in less than geologic time. My kid was the inspiration for these mods, but I strongly suspect she'll play them for a matter of weeks before losing interest. 🤫 She does want to send them to TS3 Warrior Cats Youtubers in hopes of getting THEM to record with them though.

I'm in the slog of getting the animations and visuals working the way I want for a couple of symptoms in Pet Diseases, but it really I swear is almost to testing. At that point, if I have some folks interested in discussing the feature list for the actual Warrior Cats mods, I would love to brainstorm either here or on MTS. In THEORY that mod could be out fairly quick-ish because I’ve already implemented 60-70% of what I planned. I put it on hold because it seemed like a bad idea to release a Medicine Cat without actually testing the skill on diseases.

[twinsimming]

Hi! I'm a big fan of your work. I would like to try to create mods for sims 3, however I have no modding or coding experience whatsoever. I have a very specific idea about the kind of mod I'd like to create (it's career related) and how I think it would be possible to create it by exploiting existing interactions an objects from the base game and/or expansion pack. I would like to discuss the idea with someone who can create mods just to get an idea of how complicated it would be of it it's even possible at all... I'm even ready to pay an experienced modders for some advice on chat on how I could make this happen! Could I describe my idea to you just to get some advice? Posting this here so it may reach also other modders who might be interested :)

Hi anon!

Feel free to share your idea in my inbox and I'll publish it so other modders can see it too.

There's also the TS3 Creators' Cave discord server for Sims 3 creators/modders of all skill levels! It's a great place to share your ideas, find resources, and get advice from a bunch of super helpful users with a lot of experience.

[simbouquet]

TS3: Nicer Vendors + Ask Animation Edits

This mod requires Lazy Duchess' Mono Patcher Library to work properly!

This is a combo of two quick and dirty mods I made to solve some animation-related annoyances I had for a while. It contains a fix for vendors playing negative animations when Sims purchase from a register and adjusts the Ask animations to make these interactions quicker. 💬

Nicer Vendors

Ever since I started playing TS3, I was confused by the animations used for the Buy Items interaction on registers; it uses the same animations as the "Neutral" outcome of the Ask interactions, where the Sims have vaguely negative reactions to the interaction being performed.

This part of the mod contains a script that simply points these interactions to the "Friendly" state, which contains the more positive animations between the two Sims.

It should work on all registers across all EPs, including objects like the Seasons concessions stand, as well as certain Sims such as the special merchant from World Adventures and the tattoo artist from Ambitions. Let me know if I've missed something!

Ask Animation Edits

This is a jazz script replacement for the Ask animations. It adds more variety to the animations used both for the initiating Sim and the target Sim in the Friendly and Neutral states, so the positive and negative reactions are a little different every time.

The extra animations are generally shorter than the vanilla ones, so Sims actually spend less time performing these socials, which is always a good thing in my book because asking another person what they do for work shouldn’t take as long as it does in this game.

You may still see the vanilla animations happening from time to time, although they will be less likely.

Compatibility

The newest version of this mod is compatible with NRaas Consigner.

Ask Anim Edits will conflict with any other mod that replaces the social_askfor jazz script in JazzData.

Download: SFS / MTS

21/11/2024: Nicer Vendors now requires Lazy Duchess's Mono Patcher Library. Added compatibility with NRaas Consigner.

07/02/2024: Sims now play the correct animations when running Buy Items directly from the Sim rather than from the register. - Adjusted animations for WA special merchant and AMB tattoo artist.

18/06/2023: Fixed interaction names not displaying properly.

15/06/2023: Initial release.

Credits & Thanks

Battery’s Script Mod Template Creator: Getting started with scripting quickly.

nraas: I used their Tunings code in my own script, which helped me inject the tuning of one interaction into another.

dnSpy: Peeking into the game’s files.

Visual Studio 2022: Writing the script.

Mono Patcher Library: Replacing game methods without having to clone interactions.

s3pe: Exporting/Importing resources, creating the package file.

Adobe Photoshop: Creating the preview image.

Thanks to @thesweetsimmer111 for helping me work out some issues with the jazz script!

Thanks to gamefreak130 for helping me replace some of the interactions!

Thanks to the lovely community at TS3 Creators Cave!

A Sim walked up to a concessions stand and he said to the man running the stand...!

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