Tutorial: Write The Sims 4 Script Mod with Python
Hello everyone,
My name is Alex, I am a The Sims player, and also a software engineer. After using the MC Command Center for years, I would like to start developing some mods myself. Meanwhile, I am writing a beginner guide of how to write The Sims 4 script mod with Python. Hopes that could helps new creators to build their ideal world in The Sims.
This is the first time I wrote a tutorial, glad to hear some feedback and suggestions :)
The Full Tutorial is published in HERE . Please check the link for recent updates.
Link: https://medium.com/@lli-1990/tutorial-write-the-sims-4-script-mod-with-python-part-1-introduction-6d49d0dcab92
Tutorial: Write The Sims 4 Script Mod with Python - Introduction
What is this tutorial for?
The Sims4 script mod is a type of mod that allows creators to access and modify the game data by python script directly. For example, in the EA official cheat instruction, we can type motherlode to get 50,000 simoleons from the cheat console. A script mod could achieve this with the following process: find what is the simoleons for the current sim, add 50,000, then update it.
One of the popular script mods for The Sims4 is MC Command Center, with this module, you could expand the functionality and story progression within the game.
What you can learn from this tutorial?
I am a The Sims player, and also a software engineer. After using the MC Command Center for years, I would like to start writing some script mods myself. However, MCCC is not an open-source project, gladly, I am able to find some Sims4 mod projects on Github. This tutorial is a simplifier version of the existing projects, a beginner guide, that helps new creators to catch up quickly and start writing their own mods.
The source code is public in GitHub: TheSims4ScriptModBuilder
Many thanks for junebug12851/Sims4ScriptingBPProj, this project provides more functionalities, like debug.
Prerequisites
This tutorial requires fundamental programming knowledge. If you do not have enough background, recommend taking a quick look at some Python introduction courses. Example: https://www.programiz.com/python-pr...g/first-program
- Install Python 3.7: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-370/ . Recommend version 3.7 or 3.8. Because the decompile tool we are using is only supported up to 3.8. Therefore, other versions of Python might cause an unforeseeable issue. If you are using PC, might need to update some environment variables, see: https://datatofish.com/add-python-to-windows-path/
- Install Uncompyle6: https://pypi.org/project/uncompyle6/. You can run ‘pip install uncompyle6’ after Python is installed. This is the decompiler to decompile the Sims4 game source code.
- IntelliJ or other IDEs you like: https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/
For the Full Tutorial , Please check https://medium.com/@lli-1990/tutorial-write-the-sims-4-script-mod-with-python-part-1-introduction-6d49d0dcab92
My name is Alex, I am a The Sims player, and also a software engineer. After using the MC Command Center for years, I would like to start developing some mods myself. Meanwhile, I am writing a beginner guide of how to write The Sims 4 script mod with Python. Hopes that could helps new creators to build their ideal world in The Sims.
This is the first time I wrote a tutorial, glad to hear some feedback and suggestions :)
The Full Tutorial is published in HERE . Please check the link for recent updates.
Link: https://medium.com/@lli-1990/tutorial-write-the-sims-4-script-mod-with-python-part-1-introduction-6d49d0dcab92
Tutorial: Write The Sims 4 Script Mod with Python - Introduction
What is this tutorial for?
The Sims4 script mod is a type of mod that allows creators to access and modify the game data by python script directly. For example, in the EA official cheat instruction, we can type motherlode to get 50,000 simoleons from the cheat console. A script mod could achieve this with the following process: find what is the simoleons for the current sim, add 50,000, then update it.
One of the popular script mods for The Sims4 is MC Command Center, with this module, you could expand the functionality and story progression within the game.
What you can learn from this tutorial?
I am a The Sims player, and also a software engineer. After using the MC Command Center for years, I would like to start writing some script mods myself. However, MCCC is not an open-source project, gladly, I am able to find some Sims4 mod projects on Github. This tutorial is a simplifier version of the existing projects, a beginner guide, that helps new creators to catch up quickly and start writing their own mods.
The source code is public in GitHub: TheSims4ScriptModBuilder
Many thanks for junebug12851/Sims4ScriptingBPProj, this project provides more functionalities, like debug.
Prerequisites
This tutorial requires fundamental programming knowledge. If you do not have enough background, recommend taking a quick look at some Python introduction courses. Example: https://www.programiz.com/python-pr...g/first-program
- Install Python 3.7: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-370/ . Recommend version 3.7 or 3.8. Because the decompile tool we are using is only supported up to 3.8. Therefore, other versions of Python might cause an unforeseeable issue. If you are using PC, might need to update some environment variables, see: https://datatofish.com/add-python-to-windows-path/
- Install Uncompyle6: https://pypi.org/project/uncompyle6/. You can run ‘pip install uncompyle6’ after Python is installed. This is the decompiler to decompile the Sims4 game source code.
- IntelliJ or other IDEs you like: https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/
For the Full Tutorial , Please check https://medium.com/@lli-1990/tutorial-write-the-sims-4-script-mod-with-python-part-1-introduction-6d49d0dcab92
