#mysims mods

This mod comes in 2-3 different flavors depending on the sim.

All sims come with 'Kingdom Style', matching the vanilla tan skin in MySims Kingdom, as well as 'OG Style' based off the tan skin from the original MySims.

I also made a 'Custom Style' for Morcubus and Yuki, with a cooler skin tone to match the gloomy vibes of Spookane.

This mod will replace their in-game textures as well as their profile icons.

Installation instructions are included in the 'READ ME' file in the download zip.

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I decided to do some testing with the LUA Test Level (Pictured Below), I copied the contents of 'luaTest.world' and pasted them over into 'townsquare.world' and noticed that even there weren't any lots defined in the world file, there would always be icons on the minimap.

I tried copying over just the lots from Town Square into this LUA Test Level, and three of them worked flawlessly!

However the rest were stuck in the middle of the map, no matter what I changed in the world file, three would always be placed in the world as normal, and the rest would be stuck in the center and no amount of moving them worked!

From this testing I came to the conclusion that lots are not solely defined by what is present in the .world file and that it was defined in a separate file entirely. However at the time I did not know where exactly that file was in the game's packages. After getting sidetracked with other things, I left this alone for a while.

Recently I joined a MySims Discord Server, and it has a modding channel, I shared my theory in there and @/Grizafay informed me that yes, there is in fact a file that not only defines how many lots are allowed to exist in a level, but also their size and locations!

So I set about doing some tests to see what exactly I could do to make custom lots a thing.

First I wanted to see if I could even make changes to this file and re-insert it into a package without the game crashing, so I decided on changing the lot size for the player's lot (Lot 0) and Poppy's shop (Lot 5)

And I was able to make changes to the file and insert it back into game without a problem! I figured if it was possible to change the lot sizes, then it should be possible to add a brand new lot into the game!

To test if this was possible I decided to use Lot ID 14, which is listed in a comment in 'townsquare.world', but skipped over. So I added an entry for it into the slot definition file and...

It worked (almost) perfectly! Apart from some hiccups with the minimap icon and mailbox placement I haven't been able to fully figure out yet, it worked! So this means that adding more lots to the game beyond ID 15 should be easy... right?

Well... I tried adding a Lot 16 to Town Square, I copied over most of what I had done for Lot 14 in the world file, changed the position and a few other relevant things like table names and GUIDs, added an entry to the slot definition file and changed the maximum lot slot index from 15 to 16 and...

The game would crash.