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#1 Old 28th Jan 2022 at 11:30 AM
Default Industrial Generator?
I have never made a mod for the sims games, but I have been wanting to make some things like a industrial/sci fi generator and other objects, mostly using existing objects from the science stuff, like what you might find in the science lab career in the "go to work" pack.
Is this an easy or hard thing to do?
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#2 Old 30th Jan 2022 at 5:21 PM
This is definitely not easy if you've never modded before, even with using existing objects. I recommend starting with food recipes to see how recipes function in general (and they are the most widely covered), then work your way backwards into the crafting system to understand how they work.

Up to date food tutorial: https://srslysims.net/recipe_ts4-single/
And this covers knitting clothes, another perspective on the recipe process: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-make-cas-40691574

Also, these (old) related threads to food recipes should give some insight on what you need to do for yours, the first one is especially helpful as it goes over phases, ingredients, etc. Ignore anything to do with scripting since this is a new custom object.
Custom Foods: An overview - http://modthesims.info/t/569528
https://sims4studio.com/thread/1721...tom-phase-issue
https://sims4studio.com/thread/9019/cupcake-tutorial

Here are some other resources and regular tutorials. TDESC is your most valuable tool, and and it's recommended you have XML Extractor and File Finder so you can see how files are referenced and connected:

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Test Subject
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#3 Old 31st Jan 2022 at 8:58 AM
I have done mods before, just not for the sims games (except one sim city game)
I know that depending on the language used, some of it is just a copy and paste job of effects etc.
some objects require a special flag to ID them as a item of X type and so on.
I also tend to learn best when working on something specific with a goal in mind.

Could you tell or show me what the coding files look like to see if I can work it in my head?
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