#ts3modding

How to further improve your Sims 3/4 experience

To make a long story short - Here is a "must have" tweak I use in my game. I rarely see anyone talk about it so maybe it's common knowledge, but I'm leaving this here in case anyone else was like me and had no idea about it

Credits: I only know of this settings tweak based on these two popular YouTube videos.

You need steam installed and you need to add TS3W.exe as a non steam game. Be sure to make a desktop shortcut for yourself as you'll want to run the game using the steam launcher so we can take advantage of steam overlay Using the steam overlay, you should be able to use the in-game FPS counter to monitor your frame rate on a graph *We use steam overlay (not MSI Afterburner) because it is closest to the rendering stack as far as i'm aware

*You can toggle the highest performance detail level

You should play the game with the overlay on, just for a little while to get an idea of what kind of frames you get and how many dips you tend to see over the duration of your time playing. This will be for later comparison When you're done analyzing your performance on the graph you can go ahead and exit the game The next part will require you to have RivaTuner installed If you don't have it you can get it from the link here https://www.guru3d.com/download/rtss-rivatuner-statistics-server-download/ Once you have it installed and running we will change the settings to match the ones as below

then, click on the blue 'Setup' button

and change your settings to match the ones below

And you're all done! Minimize Rivatuner and let it run in the background. Launch the game using your steam shortcut. Once you're fully in game try panning the camera around, zooming in and out and keeping an eye on your frames. Hopefully, the game will feel like its running smoother and your frame rate graph should reflect that experience

TSM to TS3 Objects

Does anyone know of some good TSM to TS3 object extracting tutorials. I can't seem to find any and I've tried with S3OC. It works kinda..

Wrye Notes: Open Modding

In this paper, I discuss the idea of open modding – what it is and how best it can be achieved for the Morrowind community. Unfortunately, I'm being pulled back into real life, and so am unable to complete this document or have much time to discuss it. However, I hope that it will serve as a starting point for others with similar desires.

Cathedral vs. Parlor

There are essentially two ways that modders view the place of their creations in the modding community: The Cathedral view, and the Parlor view.

In the Cathedral view, modding is viewed as being like a joint effort to build a cathedral. Individually, our contributions may be small – and may not be worth doing for themselves. But by each person contributing something, we construct something larger and more worthwhile than any of us could do on our own. Under this view, creations are contributions – and may not be taken back. (Just as in building a Cathedral, it would not be allowed for a person to contribute a stained glass window and then later take it back.)

The Parlor view in contrast, is the view that mods are more like privately owned works of art displayed in the modder's parlor. The modder invites others into the parlor to appreciate and enjoy the work of art – but may at any time close the parlor door and ask their guests to leave. And of course, the modder may be very selective about who they invite into their parlor. Under this view, our creations are never contributions; rather we continue to own and control them – takebacks are normal and accepted.