#recategorization

Finally, after almost a month of waiting in the queue, MTS approved my Ultimate Object Overhaul mod!

Fixes the categories and subcategories of thousands of objects.

Sorts objects by size, type and function within subcategories.

Fixes slot placement and wall placement of all objects.

Adds dozens of new objects to the Catalog, including new rewards.

Adds all the SimPort rewards to the catalog and fixes the sorting.

Add tons of new objects to the Edit in Town category.

You can read the entire description and install instruction following the link below!

I've been working in my Ultimate Catalog Overhaul Project for the past two weeks and I'm feeling a bit burnt out. I did 99% of the vanilla catalog (BG + all EPs and SPs) but now I'm trying to sort all the Store content and it's a herculean task.

The Store doubles or triples the amount of content in the game, and some of this content is a bit hard to recategorize, even using some common tools (Sims MX recategorization helper).

I think it looks great when everything is sorted out neatly by type and size, but the amount of work to get to this point is exhausting.

So... I need a bit of feedback. Should I start everything from scratch (sorta) and just focus on fixing objects (making wall objects shiftables, fixing slot assignments, unhiding secret objects, put them in the right sub-category), or should I take a break and later on continue with this mega project, even if takes months to complete it. I honestly don't know what to do.

I just wanted to share what I’m currently working on: a massive RECATEGORIZATION of the entire Buy Catalog.

We all know how messy the Buy Catalog can be. Items that should belong in one category often end up in the wrong one, and the Misc Decor category is practically unusable because it has so many unrelated items. This makes it really hard to find anything.

I decided to take on this project, and then I had a breakthrough: I discovered how to sort each subcategory without changing the price of the items. There’s actually a system in place that lets you assign priorities to objects.

With this new discovery, I began organizing some of the most disorganized categories, and I’m really happy with the results.

It’s so satisfying to see everything so well-organized!

Here are a few examples of how the subcategories look after I reorganized them (and I didn’t change any prices).

Misc Appliances:

Misc Comfort:

Misc Electronics:

As you can see, everything is super well organized and neat! Now it's super easy to find a stool, or the smoke alarm.

I'm also fixing a few objects, making ALL WALL OBJECTS SHIFTABLE, and adding a few debug objects to normal categories.

So yeah, I'll be sharing this project in a few weeks. First I'll share a file for the Base Game + All Packs, and then I'll start working on the Store content (which is even more poorly organized).

My Recategorization Project ended up turning into a massive Object Overhaul Project. As I go through the different categories, I'm fixing many issues, including slot placement, wall objects not being enabled to be moved up and down the wall, etc.

I'm super happy with the progress I've made so far and I'm about to tackle the most complicated category (Misc Decor). So I wanted to show a few catalogs I'm very proud of.

ENTERTAINMENT > HOBBIES & SKILLS

DECOR > WALL ART

DECOR > SCULPTURES

As my project keeps growing and growing, now I learned how to add more objects to the in-game Edit Town mode.

I'm adding objects that make sense, like traffic lights, billboards, road signs, streetlights and large decorations:

I'm also really digging through the files to find objects that, for some reason, EA decided to hide from the catalog. Like this nice GARGOYLE from World Adventures. I see nothing wrong with it, yet EA decided to hide it:

And in case you're curious, this is what the Misc Decor category looks like now:

It starts with bathroom clutter, then laundry clutter, bedroom decorations, clothing racks, kitchen clutter, drinks and bottles, living room decor, study decor, art and crafts studio, magic decor, movie props, tech stuff, garage decorations, garden stuff, umbrellas, pool and beach decorations, firefighter station, restaurants, community lots, business signs (neon, hanging, floor and large), city decorations, city structures (windmills, etc), ancient China and Egypt decor, and finally structural elements.

I think this was the most intuitive way of ordering everything, starting with the smallest room in the house and slowly moving to the outside, then to community space and finally to the city at large. The structural elements at the very end also make sense because it will make it easier to find them.