Trying to create a mod for sims 4

[Eskamine]

Does anyone know where to start or what I need to try and create a mod for the sims 4?

[Bee78]

33 minutes ago, berrylice3@gmail.com said:

Does anyone know where to start or what I need to try and create a mod for the sims 4?

What kind of mod do you want to create?

As a first step, lets watch videos about modding in youtube. 

Then go to this page: Sims 4 Studio

After registration you can download the program, and follow the steps described the youtube videos. Depending the mod you would like to create you must have Photoshop or similar image editor program (Gimp 2 is free and easy to use: Gimp 2.10)

If you want to create animation, lets go here: tutorials

[BiaX]

I think you need to start by defining what you want to create. If 'superficial' modifications like new aesthetic content (hair, clothes, objects, etc.), Sims4 Studio is an excellent choice.
If you want to create traits, careers, aspirations, I recommend using The Sims Constructor. I believe it offers more options.

 

But if you want to modify questions that will change or come into direct contact with the structure of the game, I advise you to learn how to program. Because most deep mods need script changes, which you only do when programming.

 

This site here has some aspiration / traits tutorials on Sims Constructor: https://kisakijro.wordpress.com/sims4/

[Eskamine]

2 hours ago, BiaX said:

I think you need to start by defining what you want to create. If 'superficial' modifications like new aesthetic content (hair, clothes, objects, etc.), Sims4 Studio is an excellent choice.
If you want to create traits, careers, aspirations, I recommend using The Sims Constructor. I believe it offers more options.

 

But if you want to modify questions that will change or come into direct contact with the structure of the game, I advise you to learn how to program. Because most deep mods need script changes, which you only do when programming.

 

This site here has some aspiration / traits tutorials on Sims Constructor: https://kisakijro.wordpress.com/sims4/

Thanks, but does the Sims 4 Studio also allow creation of aspirations, careers, and traits? I wanted to create an adult interactive career (kind of like nisa's wicked perversions) with buffs as well as a normal one and normal buffs that associate with reaction to eating foods (like pizza, giving a specific buff depending on what kind was eaten...and so on). I kind of wanted to try to start off small by creating traits, I'm not sure if this would be harder because I know nothing about coding.

[Oops19]

Zerbu should have a career tool.

[Eskamine]

I've been trying to follow this python coding guide...but I'm stuck at the part where I need to install uncompyle6 to decompile the files I guess. And I've been trying to follow the guide in using windows shell to do that, but I keep getting error messages. I downloaded python 3.7.9 and the latest uncompyle6 from the website, all that I'm doing now is repeating the steps from the guide, but I don't know what I'm doing wrong or what I need to do. Can anyone help?

[Oops19]

Andrew from s4s has a guide how to set it up with PyCharm and CN has a Github repository with an S4CL Sample Mod (https://github.com/C***y/s4cl-template-project/wiki/Project-Setup) which includes a de-compiler which works.

[Eskamine]

Right now I'm trying to follow ~The Sims 4 Modern Python Modding: Part 1 — Setup~, but I'm having an issue with the decompyle step. Then there are other guides. I'm not sure which would be the best to follow. I wanted to make a career mod similar to Nisa's WP, but have the name of the profession show up where the sims career and schedule is. But I also don't want it to be scheduled. And then I wanted to create a mod that's a clinic or hospital with different wings(though this would probably be very intricate and difficult to construct) where sims can go in for check ups, go through tests, get shots, prescriptions, go through surgeries, procedures...etc. And a few traits and aspirations, some to go with what I just mentioned.

 

Okay, so if I wanted to learn about how to start creating a mod, career/aspiration/trait plus interactions, and the career not be a rabbit hole, what would you suggest be the BEST option for a beginner who has no idea on how to code or what the code means?

[Oops19]

Hopefully you have Get-to-work. Then Zerbu's Turbo Career mod may be a good mod to look into to understand how much scripting vs. XML editing is needed.

Zerbu has also a mod constructor to add traits and aspirations.

[Eskamine]

16 hours ago, Oops19 said:

Hopefully you have Get-to-work. Then Zerbu's Turbo Career mod may be a good mod to look into to understand how much scripting vs. XML editing is needed.

Zerbu has also a mod constructor to add traits and aspirations.

I downloaded zerbu's turbo career mod and mod constructor, but it there a guide in using it?

[Oops19]

The careers should work if you have GTW but you may only want to look at the package details with s4s as a reference what files have to be modified.  

 

I hope there's something on youtube or in forums. The mod constructor looks indeed very complex. Modding TS4 with these XMLs is a science. I prefer writing Python code only but while filtering all interactions with an interceptor in Python works it seems to be much better to do this in XML and let the game engine handle it. Anyhow there one may hit the problem that allowing cooking or swimming temporarily using a state machine may be even more advanced.

[Eskamine]

On 3/2/2021 at 12:42 AM, Oops19 said:

The careers should work if you have GTW but you may only want to look at the package details with s4s as a reference what files have to be modified.  

 

I hope there's something on youtube or in forums. The mod constructor looks indeed very complex. Modding TS4 with these XMLs is a science. I prefer writing Python code only but while filtering all interactions with an interceptor in Python works it seems to be much better to do this in XML and let the game engine handle it. Anyhow there one may hit the problem that allowing cooking or swimming temporarily using a state machine may be even more advanced.

Yeah I don't know if there are any guides on using it, so right now I'm a little lost at what to do...but thanks for the info.

[Eskamine]

Is there any known guide on how to create a mod using python or using mod constructor or somewhere I can learn about the coding process needed for modding? Because I’m just sitting around wanting to try and start to make a mod. 

[Oops19]

On MTS you should find some mods and guides, eg by Scumbumbo. The best way to get started may be to download one of Scumbumbo's mods - he has usually included the sources (teleporter, poseplayer are short mods). He wrote also a guide to add super affordances to the mailbox.

On S4S are many tutorials, also about about Python.

My HH mod is quite long but still simple, it comes with sources.

[Eskamine]

On 3/8/2021 at 12:15 AM, Oops19 said:

On MTS you should find some mods and guides, eg by Scumbumbo. The best way to get started may be to download one of Scumbumbo's mods - he has usually included the sources (teleporter, poseplayer are short mods). He wrote also a guide to add super affordances to the mailbox.

On S4S are many tutorials, also about about Python.

My HH mod is quite long but still simple, it comes with sources.

Thanks.

[Eskamine]

What about creating an object, can you create a lot type?

[Oops19]

New lot types can be created, I think Zerbu did this but I have absolutely no idea how.
Objects are something different, if you mean build CC. There a mesh is used which may be exported with S4S and edited in Blender.

If you want to edit maps you better use a tool like https://thesims.shop/arnie-brookheights/

[Eskamine]

Where is a site of link to learn about xml tuning? Because I was on a site learning some things about python already, but I want to know what xml tuning is and how that goes into modding.

[Eskamine]

Is there a guide on knowing how to differentiate what's what when using python? There's all these folders and I'm not sure what everything is with base, core, simulation and so on.

[Oops19]

I don't think so.

I use the Edit > Find > Find in Path and look at the code, classes and functions involved and which functions are called or call this code.