#xml tuning

I would like to share my first ever XML tuning mod with you! This is what I called:

More Negative Moodlets

The point of this mod was to make the negative moodlets in the game have a stronger effect on Sims’ lives. I have been playing this game well over 10 years now, and within the past year, I’ve felt that it has been too easy to keep my sims in a good mood. I always found it odd that a sim could still be in an overall good mood despite a relative dying, and the house being trashed.

What I did was this:

I edited the xml file called ‘buffs’, which has a majority of the moodlets used in the game. Admittedly, it does NOT go over every single moodlet that may appear in the sims 3. I don’t recall editing any store moodlets. I created this in 3 flavors to change the difficulty level of your game. I like to think of this mod as a sort of hard mode.

More Negative Moodlets Easier:

Edits a majority of the negative moodlets (nausea, stressed, heartbroken) to at least be -50 to a sim’s mood. This is a more realistic way of playing in my opinion, and I think that this version is best for regular gameplay.

More Negative Moodlets:

This was actually the first version of the mod that I made, and edits a majority of negative moodlets to -70, to a sim’s overall mood. This is a bit much, and sims will start having a bad time when there’s something as simple as dirty dishes in the room.

More Negative Moodlets Insanity:

In case you really want your sims to have a bad time, a majority of moodlets have been edited to be at least -100 to sim’s overall mood. I feel like this should only be used if you want to purposely hurt your sims lol. Or maybe you want your sims to suffer. I don’t judge. Perhaps this could be useful for a prison play through.

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When you first install the mod, any pre existing negative moodlets will still have their old buffs. The new buffs won't appear until they feel bad again

For some reason it conflicts with the Instant Vampire Transformation mod by Eca (on mod the sims). I can only assume that this mod will conflict with any OTHER MOD EDITS THE BUFFS XML.

This mod was made and tested with Gamefreak130′s ‘Console Karma Powers’ in mind. I thought that it would be a lot cooler to give my sims a bad time when their house became haunted with ghosts, or destroyed by an earthquake lol.

I used a plethora of mods (Nraas, Children can series, and more), and it seems to do fine against 100′s of CC and more (yes, I’m that type of simmer).

And finally, I have every expansion pack and stuff pack, so there may be a chance that I edited moodlets which may not be in your game. So I don’t know how this mod will effect your game if you don’t have, say, seasons, but I don’t believe it would really do anything (I can only assume that the game would just carry on as usual, since your game doesn’t have the instances to create those certain moodlets).

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Credits:

Pleasant Sims for the Pleasant View Map, and Pleasantview Sims

Nraas’ mods for picture portrait, and master controller to give brandi broke 12 babies

Helren for Gray UI

S3PE Microsoft for Notepad Darkpool for the tutorial [Memes] for all the moodlet images Clipstudio Paint for editing the main top image lol

And the person that created all those Rush album fonts that I downloaded a few years ago and used at least one of them in this picture

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More Negative Moodlets SFS MF

More Negative Moodlets [Easier]

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More Negative Moodlets [Insanity]

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THE MOD HAS FINALLY BEEN APPROVED ON MOD THE SIMS

Hi again v6ileivamaterjal!

This is quite difficult to explain but the main thing to remember is that there is a difference between XML tuning and ITUN tuning. Retuner can handle both but you won't find ITUN data in the Full EA Tuning file because it only contains XML data.

The only thing Retuner can't handle is table-based tuning, for things like Careers, Books, Buffs, Traits, etc., which can only be tuned using a separate traditional tuning mod.

I think the following two FAQ's about Retuner may help you to understand this. The first one is about XML tuning and the second one is about ITUN tuning.

How do the various layers of tuning work?

I want to change ITUN tuning, how do I do that?

The easiest way to use Retuner for an object is to actually click on the object itself. Make sure that the "Show Object Menu" option is enabled first in Retuner's City Hall menu. Step 3 of the second FAQ above covers this in more detail.

Reading the other questions and answers on Retuner's FAQ page may also help you in understanding how this whole tuning thing works.

This is a Sims 3 mod! 💚💚💚

There’s probably already a mod for this, but I just wanted to make one for myself, with the tunings I like. I edited the chances of your sim to be able to pick a jellybean that will cause your sims to die, and get the rather elusive jelly bean ghost. I’ve been playing this game, of which this expansion pack has been out for almost 10 years, and not once have I naturally encountered a sim dying of the poisoned jellybean.

[3️⃣5️⃣]  First is the 35% chance of your sim getting the poisoned jellybean. This is almost an assured death every time, and it took my sims only 1 try to die.

SFS

MF

[1️⃣9️⃣]  Second is the 19% chance of getting the jellybean. It is pretty much the same as the one above, very little chance of surviving, and your sims will die on the first try.

SFS

MF

[0️⃣5️⃣] Third, is the 5% chance of the jellybean. This can be as simple as dying on the first try, or taking quite a few chances. For me, it took a lot of tries to get my sims to die from a jellybean, but it was still possible in one sitting.

SFS

MF

[🔟] Fourth, is the 10% chance. The positive buff has been lowered to 25%, while your sims has a 10% of getting JBD. While possible to to kill your sim on the first try, it still took me a few.

SFS

MF

[Technical Stuff] 🤖

What I did was edit the xml tuning to the original jelly bean package file, and adjusted the rate of potentially getting the jelly bean death and the rate of positive moodlets you could potentially gain from the jelly bean bush. The original xml looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <base>  <Current_Tuning>    <kPositiveBuffs value="AdrenalineRush, Buzzed, Fascinated, FeelingLucky, MintyBreath, OddlyPowerful, Stuffed, SugarRush, Educated, Warmed">      <!--The positive buffs you can get from eating magic jelly bean-->    </kPositiveBuffs>    <kNegativeBuffs value="FeelingUnlucky, GarlicBreath, Hungry, VeryHungry, Itchy, Nauseous, Smelly, Tired, Terrified, Disappointed, Embarrassed, HasToPee">      <!--The negative buffs you can get from eating magic jelly bean-->    </kNegativeBuffs>    <kChanceToCatchOnFire value="0.025">      <!--Chance to catch on fire-->    </kChanceToCatchOnFire>    <kChanceToBeElectrocuted value="0.025">      <!--Chance to be electrocuted-->    </kChanceToBeElectrocuted>    <kChanceToGetTooSpicy value="0.10">      <!--Chance to get Too Spicy-->    </kChanceToGetTooSpicy>    <kChanceToBeKilled value="0.01">      <!--Chance to be killed-->    </kChanceToBeKilled>    <kPosTransBuffs value="GlowyOnTheOutside">      <!--The positive transform buffs you can get from eating magic jelly bean-->    </kPosTransBuffs>    <kNegTransBuffs value="FeelingBlueish">      <!--The negative transform buffs you can get from eating magic jelly bean-->    </kNegTransBuffs>    <kChanceToGetPositiveBuff value="0.35">      <!--Chance to get positive buff-->    </kChanceToGetPositiveBuff>    <kChanceToGetNegitiveBuff value="0.25">      <!--Chance to get negative buff-->    </kChanceToGetNegitiveBuff>    <kChanceToGetPosTransBuff value="0.12">      <!--Chance to get positive transform buff-->    </kChanceToGetPosTransBuff>    <kChanceToGetNegTransBuff value="0.12">      <!--Chance to get negative transform buff-->    </kChanceToGetNegTransBuff>    <kMotiveDelta value="20">      <!--Difference to be applied when a buff changes the sims motive so that the buff sticks-->    </kMotiveDelta>  </Current_Tuning> </base>

When added together, the decimal values equal 1, so I figured that it would be best to adjust the highest decimal (Chance to Get Positive Buff) in conjunction with the smallest one (Chance to be killed). 35% switches the positive with 1% chance of jelly bean death. 19% evens out both factors, where you have a 19% chance of JBD, while also having a 17% chance of JBD. And finally, 5% means a 5% chance of JBD, while the positive chance is lowered to 31%. In all versions of the mod, the other values in the XML are the same.

What I’m currently working on is a Doldaran name list…