#project collocate

First a few notes:

This will only work on .package files, not .sims3pack files.

This is for CLOTHING in CAS. See tutorial for ACCESSORIES HERE and BUY MODE OBJECTS HERE - Build items not covered.

You will need the s3pe program installed to edit .package files.

This tutorial can also be used to configure which clothing categories your accessories will show up in. (Enable that necklace for career wear, etc.)

Step 1: Open the package of the object you want to edit with s3pe and find the CASP tag.

Step 2: Select the CASP tag (click on it once), and then go down to the bottom of the s3pe window and press the ‘Grid’ button.

Step 3: Pressing the Grid button will pop up a new window. In that window, you’ll find a section called ‘Clothing Categories’. There’ll be a small triangle to the left of the the section title.

Step 4: Clicking on that arrow will bring up a list of possible ‘categories’ that can be assigned. Each one will say ‘True’ or ‘False’. Only categories set to true will show in-game. When you’re done, press the ‘Commit’ button at the bottom, and don’t forget to save your package.

Now you can get all those coats to show up in Outerwear, and remove all the underwear from the Swimwear category if you want. xD

First a few notes:

This will only work on .package files, not .sims3pack files.

This is for ACCESSORIES in CAS. See tutorial for CLOTHING HERE and BUY MODE OBJECTS HERE - Build items not covered.

You will need the s3pe program installed to edit .package files.

Changing the category of your accessories will only change their display order the in-game accessory tab. They’ll still all be in the accessory tab.

Some accessory categories may only show up in-game if you have certain EP’s. I have all EP’s, so this wasn’t something I was able to easily figure out. According to @kreativeplumbob - -Dental and Garter category require the Late Night EP -Armband category requires the World Adventures EP

You can also use the CLOTHING TUTORIAL to change which clothing categories (casual/formal/etc.) your accessories will show up for.

Putting the rest below a read-more, since it’s a bit long.

col·lo·cate  - Verb 1. be habitually juxtaposed with another with a frequency greater than chance."“maiden” collocates with “voyage.”"

For those who missed previous posts about this: It’s a project to edit the in-game categories that my cc objects will show up in. For now, I’m focusing on Buy Objects.

This project has 3 basic steps.

1. List the in-game categories for reference. 2. Decide where I want the various decor CC to show up in-game. 3. Edit the .package files accordingly.

I’m still on Step 2, but I’m also kinda doing Steps 2 and 3 simultaneously. Today’s progress was basically to decide several more categories such as:

- Decor Wall Items that are NOT Art/ NOT Flat. (Living Room|Video Games - no Function category) I wanted to get these out of the Wall Decor category, because I have so many paintings and artworks, they get lost in the multitude. - Candles and Candle Holders (Table Lamps/Table Lighting in both sets of categories) It’s just a gigantic pain to search for these otherwise. I want the holders where the candles are, since it’s basically just a two-piece set! - Tabletop Photo Frames (This includes floor frames. Bedroom|Clocks - no Function category) 

(Link to the in-progress spreadsheet below for those interested.)

Useful references for doing this yourself:

First a few notes.

1. This will only work on .package files, not .sims3pack files. 2. This is for OBJECTS in BUY MODE. Does not cover BUILD items. For CAS see CLOTHING HERE and ACCESSORIES HERE. 3. You will need the s3pe program installed to edit .package files.

Step 1: Open the package of the object you want to edit with s3pe and find the OBJD tag.

Step 2: Select the OBJD tag (click on it once), and then go down to the bottom of the s3pe window and press the ‘Grid’ button.

Step 3: Pressing the Grid button will pop up a new window. In that window, you’ll find sections for: Room Category Flags, Function Category Flags, Function Subcategory Flags, and Room Subcategory Flags.

Step 4: Each of those sections opens up a subset of options when you click on it. So open each one up, and set the various ‘category flags’ to true or false to change what categories your object will show up in for the in-game buy catalog. Only categories set to true will show in-game. When you’re done, press the ‘Commit’ button at the bottom, and don’t forget to save your package. My reference for which subcategories show up where is HERE.

I’m still on Step 2 here. I didn’t get a lot done yesterday because I was having a low motivation day. Today I finally sorted out where to put the other main categories of CC types I wanted to assign.

I’ve also started a spreadsheet to keep track of those, because it’s easier to read that way. Project Collocate - Category Assignments WIP There’s my spreadsheet for anyone that’s interested. It’s still pretty small at the moment...

CC Item Type- Room Cat | Room Subcat | Function Cat | Function Subcat | Notes

Food and Dishes- Dining Room | Misc. Decor | None | None Pillows and Blankets- Bedroom | Phones | None | None Pokemon- Nursery | Kids Decor | KidsMisc | Kids Books, Notebooks, Desk Clutter- Study | Phones | None | None Bathroom Specific Decor- Bathroom | Accents | None | None | Towels, toilet paper, soap, shampoo, hair styling, etc. Decor Bags & Contents- Living Room | Phones | None | None Alchemy/Witch Decor- Kitchen | Phones | None | None | Powders, potion bottles, witch hats, decor wands, ouija, etc. etc.

At the moment, I’m only working on the items that were previously showing up under plants, so my CC Item Type listing is pretty small. There were a couple of other things that came up which aren’t on this list currently.

I’ve been trying to make a list of the various kinds of CC that I need to re-categorize, so I can decide where I want to put it.

Since of course the idea is to have categories that don’t have thousands of items in them and to break up the larger categories and make things easier to find, part of my plan is to relocate some of the various decor that invariably shows up in misc. decor into various room categories, and not have these items actually show up anywhere in the function catalog at all.

So, here’s the start of my listing of items and where I’m thinking about relocating them to. Function category is listed second, and in italics.

Decor Food & Dishes - Dining Room Misc. Decor - No Function Category Pillows & Blankets - Bedroom Phones - No Function Category Pokemon & other Kids Toys (Functional or not) - Nursery Toys - Kids Toys Books, Notebooks, Desk Clutter - Study Phones - No Function Category Misc. Bathroom Decor including Towels - Bathroom Accents - No Function Category

These ones I’m still considering...

col·lo·cate  - Verb 1. be habitually juxtaposed with another with a frequency greater than chance."“maiden” collocates with “voyage.”"

So recently I’ve been frustrated with re-decorating homes... because trying to find the decor I have installed is... tedious and frustrating. There are non-plant items in plants, and I can’t remember which ones. I have hundreds of CC plants already installed too, so this doesn’t make the category easier to load up. And we all know the nightmare that is Misc. Decor in Buy Mode.

So I’m starting a project to edit the in-game categories that my cc decor will show up in. 

This project has 3 basic steps.

1. List the in-game categories for reference. 2. Decide where I want the various decor CC to show up in-game. 3. Edit the .package files accordingly.

Eventually I’ll have a category listing like the one I have for patterns to reference which types of things are placed into which in-game category, but for today, I’ve finished typing up the in-game categories for reference into both a spreadsheet and a couple of text documents.

I thought I’d share in case this listing would be useful to anyone else.

TS3 Buy Categories Spreadsheet (Google Drive Spreadsheet) TS3 Buy Categories .txt documents (Simfileshare zip file)