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#1
8th Nov 2021 at 2:52 AM
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Is it possbile to create a mod for an officiant for a wedding?
I'm new to modding, and my idea for this mod might be a bit too hard or stretch for me.I want to create a mod that allows for an officiant for a wedding. I want the sims getting married go under a wedding arch and the officiant conduct a ceremony. I've seen videos using zerbu's mod constructor to make an event, which I think I could do. But I don't know where to get started. I know I need to do these things for the mod to work (I think): Custom officiant NPC, hire a role for the event, custom animations (for the officiant and sims getting married), custom interactions (sims talk to officiant, officiant doing ceremony, wedding arch). I know this maybe (but most likely) too advanced for skill set. How can I do this? What can I do to gain experience in modding? Thanks!
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#2
9th Nov 2021 at 7:28 PM
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It would require editing the files manually, MC will not be able to handle all of this as it's made for simple mods, not ones with more advanced features. Also if you intend to override the EA wedding event, MC can't do that either. I have two paths to recommend. The first, the main one I recommend doing, is making other mods or other simple features related to this mod first. This includes overrides first, then regular custom interactions, traits, buffs, etc. once you are comfortable with overrides. This will allow you to learn how files work and so that when you are comfortable you can start attempting parts of your mod. I recommend doing the animations last because they are their own thing and can be quite difficult to get working.
The second path I only recommend if you are a fast learner and good at taking things apart, and that's to open the EA wedding files and see how they work. Or make an event first in MC, export, see how it works, then apply that knowledge to the EA wedding files to see what you need to edit. It would be better to do the first one because there are a lot of files involved and it can be overwhelming without prior experience.
Here are some resources:
The second path I only recommend if you are a fast learner and good at taking things apart, and that's to open the EA wedding files and see how they work. Or make an event first in MC, export, see how it works, then apply that knowledge to the EA wedding files to see what you need to edit. It would be better to do the first one because there are a lot of files involved and it can be overwhelming without prior experience.
Here are some resources:
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If you need more tools, resources, and tutorials I recommend joining my Creator Musings Discord server which has an active community of modders.
Scarlet's Beginner tutorials (starting on page 2): https://www.simsvip.com/category/th...e-a-mod/page/2/
Zer0's tutorials (for beginners and beginning intermediate, covers social interactions, buffs, Mod Constructor and much more):
https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorials-35031545
https://www.patreon.com/posts/mod-constructor-45356828
How to Start a Custom Tuning File: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-start-38023976
How to Add Custom Icons to Your Mod: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-add-icons-42171247
How to Unlock Interactions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-unlock-38446873
And then you need the TDESCs and TDESC Browser as it helps you understand how files are built and what each thing does. Zer0’s tutorials linked above have 3 different tutorials on how to use the TDESC, so make sure to read them to understand how TDESCs work.
Website version (use this one or manually setup with the links below): https://lot51.cc/tdesc
TDESCs: https://forums.thesims.com/en_us/di.../1-81-72-tdescs
TDESC Browser (Windows): https://www.modthesims.info/download.php?&t=618199
TDESC Browser (Mac): https://modthesims.info/d/649060/tu...-for-macos.html
How to Properly Setup the TDESC Browser (Windows): https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-properly-42170948
XML Extractor (Windows) if you want to update or make new mods before S4S updates, and XML File Finder (needs the extractor and in the same download) to see connections/references between each file without having to manually search for them. File Finder is very useful and highly recommended, even if you don’t use the XML Extractor for modding.
https://scumbumbomods.com/#/xml-extractor/
Tuning Error Notifier is to help you make sure you don’t make mistakes.
https://scumbumbomods.com/tuning-error-notifier/
There are tools that handle injecting for you for common areas, so you don’t need to focus on scripting until the time is right. This includes:
XML Injector: (interactions, loots, buffs to traits, reward traits, name objects, object relationships, states): https://scumbumbomods.com/xml-injector/
Injection Tools (for situations, walk-bys, etc.): https://brainblasted.itch.io/injection-tools
Andrew’s Crafting Enabler (for injecting recipes like food, books, etc.): https://sims4studio.com/post/72754
Mod Constructor: (not an injector, except where needed, but can be used to make interactions, buffs, traits, careers, aspirations, events, and a few others): https://zerbu.tumblr.com/post/18178...-constructor-v4
If you need more tools, resources, and tutorials I recommend joining my Creator Musings Discord server which has an active community of modders.
Scarlet's Beginner tutorials (starting on page 2): https://www.simsvip.com/category/th...e-a-mod/page/2/
Zer0's tutorials (for beginners and beginning intermediate, covers social interactions, buffs, Mod Constructor and much more):
https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorials-35031545
https://www.patreon.com/posts/mod-constructor-45356828
How to Start a Custom Tuning File: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-start-38023976
How to Add Custom Icons to Your Mod: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-add-icons-42171247
How to Unlock Interactions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-unlock-38446873
And then you need the TDESCs and TDESC Browser as it helps you understand how files are built and what each thing does. Zer0’s tutorials linked above have 3 different tutorials on how to use the TDESC, so make sure to read them to understand how TDESCs work.
Website version (use this one or manually setup with the links below): https://lot51.cc/tdesc
TDESCs: https://forums.thesims.com/en_us/di.../1-81-72-tdescs
TDESC Browser (Windows): https://www.modthesims.info/download.php?&t=618199
TDESC Browser (Mac): https://modthesims.info/d/649060/tu...-for-macos.html
How to Properly Setup the TDESC Browser (Windows): https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-properly-42170948
XML Extractor (Windows) if you want to update or make new mods before S4S updates, and XML File Finder (needs the extractor and in the same download) to see connections/references between each file without having to manually search for them. File Finder is very useful and highly recommended, even if you don’t use the XML Extractor for modding.
https://scumbumbomods.com/#/xml-extractor/
Tuning Error Notifier is to help you make sure you don’t make mistakes.
https://scumbumbomods.com/tuning-error-notifier/
There are tools that handle injecting for you for common areas, so you don’t need to focus on scripting until the time is right. This includes:
XML Injector: (interactions, loots, buffs to traits, reward traits, name objects, object relationships, states): https://scumbumbomods.com/xml-injector/
Injection Tools (for situations, walk-bys, etc.): https://brainblasted.itch.io/injection-tools
Andrew’s Crafting Enabler (for injecting recipes like food, books, etc.): https://sims4studio.com/post/72754
Mod Constructor: (not an injector, except where needed, but can be used to make interactions, buffs, traits, careers, aspirations, events, and a few others): https://zerbu.tumblr.com/post/18178...-constructor-v4
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