Ammar Askar ammaraskar

Sims 2 Effects Editing

Sims2 has a pretty versatile effects system, these are used for some things you might expect, such as the smoke and sparks coming out of the UFOs in strangetown:

However, they are also used for things you might not expect such as the plumbobs floating over buildings in the neighborhood view and even the fly throughs that play when you load into a neighborhood.

Andrew Willmott Sims 2 Talk

This is an auto-generated transcript for Andrew Willmott's talk Shipping Sims 2 from GameTech 2004.

talk link: https://www.andrewwillmott.com/talks/shipping-sims-2
mp3 link: http://game-tech.com/Talks/Willmott.mp3

@activate_goto
def f():
    x = 0
    print('Hello World')
    x += 1
    if x > 10:
        goto_8
    goto_2

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	"""
	Automatically writes source structs for colliders.
	"""
	from dataclasses import dataclass
	from pathlib import Path
	import collections
	import json
	import re
	import struct
	import textwrap

	#
	# A collection of standard parameterized materials
	#
	# Materials: Null
	# VertexAlpha
	# StandardMaterial
	#
	#enableShaderProgramDebugging -vertex

	set NeutralRect=Rect(3872.0,-3008.0,4928.0,-1952.0)
	set NeutralRectSpawnLoc=Rect(4288.0,-2688.0,4544.0,-2400.0)

	function SpawnNeutrals takes nothing returns boolean
	local group g
	local rect r1
	local rect r2
	if NoNuetrals == true then
	return false
	endif

	meta:
	id: effects
	file-extension: effects
	endian: le

	seq:
	- id: first_short
	type: u2

	- id: num_particles

	{
	"1276":"fireflamesfx",
	"111":"uiheadlinegroup_aspirationwealthsingleminus",
	"1505":"sedona_2camparteffect_death",
	"1170":"memoryposglowfx",
	"1041":"washdishesinsink_childviewer2",
	"843":"fxpinballtable_a",
	"466":"floursack00n1b",
	"907":"smartmilkworking",
	"883":"fxtestmetaparticle",

	>>> class CustomGlobals(dict):
	... def __getitem__(self, key):
	... if key == 'x':
	... return get_x()
	... return super().__getitem__(key)
	...
	>>> def get_x():
	... print('get_x called!')
	... return 1+1
	...