I was attempting to try some very basic scripting, namely making shortcuts for some of those RSI-inducing in-game commands. I was thinking this should work along the lines of defining a new command named "mo" and having that execute the actual bb.moveobjects command, for example.But now I'm already stuck because all the examples I looked at are using commands that I can find in the game scripts (like set_clock_speed in clock.pyo.py), however that moveobjects one I can not find. =/ Same problem with the unlocking stuff ones. Am I making this too complicated? Is there some other way of defining aliases? The way I understood it, one would have to do that when defining the command in Python, but maybe I'm misunderstanding .. Also, does the "plunking loose files in /unpackedmod" thing still work?

Actually, instead of having the file be under Mods, make sure the path is The Sims 4\Mods\maslow\Scripts\maslow.pySee if that works.

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With this part I'm having a little issue:@sims4.commands.Command('h', command_type=sims4.commands.CommandType.Live)def headline(enable:bool=None, _connection=None): if enable is not None: if enable: command = 'headlineeffects on' sims4.commands.client_cheat(command, _connection) else: command = 'headlineeffects off' sims4.commands.client_cheat(command, _connection) else: output("You need to turn this on or off with 't', 'true', 'on', '1', 'yes', 'y', 'enable' or 'f', 'false', 'off', '0', 'no', 'n', 'disable'")The actual commands are working as expected (like with "h 1" or "h off" or whatever), but when I only type "h" I don't get the expected output .. and I don't understand why not. (The reason I want that is to prevent myself from forgetting that this is not a toggle)?lastexception.txt is not complaining about me (as it did yesterday, about my untidy whitespaces).(I also have a feeling that the inner if is probably unnecessary as I can probably pass the bool directly somehow, I only don't want to change too many things at once)

Not all commands are defined in Python. You could define your own command and then call sims4.commands.client_cheat(...)

Oh *lightbulb* .. you mean that is how to tell the game "please do whatever you'd do if someone entered (...) in the cheat console"?Thanks, I'll try that =)

How/where would I find a particular console command in the game files?

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SimGuruEugi
EA Staff (Retired)
11 years ago
Not all commands are defined in Python. You could define your own command and then call
sims4.commands.client_cheat(...)
tastytourist
11 years ago
Oh *lightbulb* .. you mean that is how to tell the game "please do whatever you'd do if someone entered (...) in the cheat console"?

Thanks, I'll try that =)
tastytourist
11 years ago
I have a feeling you aren't supporting loose .py files any more .. could that be? Because I cannot even get a "Hello World" thing to work in .py form that I literally copied and pasted from mods I am currently using in my game =/ (the creator/s had put the .py in the zips along with the pyo)

Here it says "Loose .py files are supported out of the "Mods" folder" - I took this (in the context of hot loading scripts) to mean they would always be loaded when the game starts, just not *re*loaded. I tried both from the Mods folder and /Mods/unpackedmod, the unpackedmod folder is listed in my resource.cfg as well .. but still, all I get is "Unable to execute command".

I'd actually prefer not having to compile this .. would make it a lot easier to add on to it every now and then.

It could just as well be that I'm still making some stupid mistake in my code (I have no previous experience with Python) .. not sure.
SimGuruEugi
EA Staff (Retired)
11 years ago
I just tried the example Maslow mod as a loose .py file, and it works for me. Make sure the "Script Mods" option is checked. If it's unchecked, you'll have to restart the game.

Even as a loose file, the mod should show up the in the list... does it for you?
tastytourist
11 years ago
Yes I have scripts enabled.

You mean the list in Game Options > Other > View Custom Content? I don't see anything there that could be the .py in question .. but to me it looks like it lists under "Script Mods" every .zip that it finds, not script mods per se (I have two zips listed there that do not contain any scripts, I just forgot to remove them). Also I have two empty lines in the nonscript department. Hm. What would it normally list there, the file name of the .py?
SimGuruEugi
EA Staff (Retired)
11 years ago
"pbox;13084141" wrote:
Yes I have scripts enabled.

You mean the list in Game Options > Other > View Custom Content? I don't see anything there that could be the .py in question .. but to me it looks like it lists under "Script Mods" every .zip that it finds, not script mods per se (I have two zips listed there that do not contain any scripts, I just forgot to remove them). Also I have two empty lines in the nonscript department. Hm. What would it normally list there, the file name of the .py?

Correct. If you were to plop maslow.py in there, it should say maslow.
tastytourist
11 years ago
It doesn't =(

Exhibit A:

http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/63136_141220233843modsprompt.jpg

Exhibit B:

http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/63135_141220233832modsdir.jpg

???

Script mods are enabled, all those zipped ones are working fine.
SimGuruEugi
EA Staff (Retired)
11 years ago
At this point, I'm not sure. Have you tried removing all other mods and just having maslow.py in there?
tastytourist
11 years ago
Still no dice, the Mods panel is entirely empty then.

Weird.

I will, for science, try going online, see whether that makes a difference .. I dunno whether this could be similar with CC not being recognised in the Library unless going online-but-not-really etc pp .. ETA, Nope.

ETA, do I perhaps need to tell the game something about .py files in resource.cfg?
SimGuruEugi
EA Staff (Retired)
11 years ago
Actually, instead of having the file be under Mods, make sure the path is The Sims 4\Mods\maslow\Scripts\maslow.py

See if that works.