Sims 3 Modding References

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1	Terminology	Meaning/Expansion	Function	Defined In
2	Credit:	Sims MX & Arsil via ModtheSims	https://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=492221

3	\n\t	Single tab (TabSingle)	For coding beginners: items like \n are called "escape sequences" and are basically small short-hand commands that you can stick in strings of text, instead of having to close the string and write a separate command. It's common for them to be related to modifying the string itself, so in this case \n = new line and \t = tab. When done correctly, they won't show up on any screens they're printed out, they'll just modify the string they way they were programmed to.
4	\n\t\t	Double tab (TabDouble)	See Single tab (TabSingle)
5	\n\t\t\t	Triple tab (TabTriple)	See Single tab (TabSingle)
6	\n\t\t\t\t	Quadruple tab (TabForth[sic])	It is Forth instead of Fourth--that's not a typo. See Single tab (TabSingle)
7	AA	Action Availability	Rules for when an Interaction is available for an actor to participate.	GameplayData.package->SocalizingActionAvailability.xml
8	Action	Action Element
9	AD	Action Data	Sets some GENEREAL rules for when an interaction can trigger, regardless of individual characteristics of Sims or Short Term Contexts, and other general behaviors, like how likely surrounding Sims will watch the interaction. Only has an Action Bit hexidecimal parameter, but has a child "Misc" value with other parameters included in this document.
10	AGE	Age
11	Ages: P, C, T, Y, A, E	Infant, Child, Teen, Young Adult, Adult, Elder	Almost universal abbreviations for age filters. There are some Age restrictions were Infant is represented by B for Baby, but I'll try to note those when they come up.
12	AI	Action Info
13	AKTT	Actor Knows Target Trait
14	ALTR	Action Long Term Relationship	Some have found this to mean Autonomous Long Term Relationship, but Action is what is listed in the code. The minimum Long Term Relationship value that is needed in order for the interaction to be autonmously chosen by the actor.
15	Anim	Animation	The specific animation in the animation suite noted in the Jazz graph
16	ATE	Actor Traits Encouraging interaction	Traits that add more "weight" or likelihood of an actor choosing a specific interaction.
17	ATRA	Actor Traits Restricting Autonomous	Traits that prevent a certain interaction from being chosen by the actor.
18	ATREQ	Actor Traits Required	Traits that make a certain action available to be chosen by the actor.
19	auto	Autonomous	Makes an interaction available for sims to act out autonomously
20	Available	User Availability	Has parameters for determing if an action is autonomous or only available through clicks in the pie menu by the user.
21	AWT	Allowed World Type	Which worlds this action is allowed in. For example, TryForBaby and interactions related to becoming pregnant are not allowed in vacation worlds in a vanilla game.
22	bool	Boolean	A variable that traditionally only measures whether something is "true" or "false." Some booleans in TS3 include a third, middle option: trueorfalse.
23	Buff	Buff applied or removed	Buffs applied or removed to sims x and y following an interaction
24	c	Chances	The number of times before an interaction becomes boring if used repeatedly
25	Cat (SAA)	Short-Term Context	Represents short-term context in SAA
26	charInc	Charisma Increase	Add the number of points after the equals sign to the RHS character's charisma skill
27	com	Commodity	Essentially declares and defines the different potential "mood categories" for short-term contexts. Some short-term contexts are named after the commodity they're stored under, usually the 'medium' flavor. ("Friendly" stc is found under the "Friendly" com etc.)	GameplayData.package->Socalizing.xml
28	cp	commodity positive	A Left Hand Side rule parameter. Generally speaking, when it appears on "positive" interactions, its value is "1". When it appears on negative interactions, its value is "-1." However, that isn't always the case.
29	data (Graph)	Data (source)	Which packaged game's data does this action rely on and/or modify? Can be "BaseGame" or an EP with the format "EP1," "EP2," etc. EPs will create totally new interactions, but also slightly update existing actions--like when there's new items to "Ask For" or a new occult or activity to "Complain About."
30	EndStance	Ending Stance	What pose Sim x and Sim y should stand in at the end of an interaction. Example: "Bad" to follow an insulting interaction, to make them have upset/hostile postures towards each other.
31	FOL	Free Overlay Level	(?OverlayHead?)
32	FPA (SAA)	?First Person Action?	Holds the action data key
33	GR	General Rule
34	Gr (SAA)	Long Term Relationship	Represents Long-Term Relationship in SAA
35	Graph	Social jig graph	Values that help set up where and how sims should stand before starting the animations for an interaction, what interaction they'll be preforming, what jig they need to be standing on to affect their spacing etc.
36	IC	Intended Commodity
37	ITLA	Interesting To Look At	Adds more "weight" or likelihood of a Sim choosing to look at the specific interaction taking place.
38	Jazz	Jazz script	Scripts related to animation
39	jig		Modifies what jig the characters have to stand on to complete the interaction--helps determine the spacing of the two sims
40	jigData	Jig Data Version
41	jigM	JigMedatorName
42	JL	Jealosy Level	Whether an interaction will trigger a jealous reaction from a romantic interest or partner. Options are None, Low, Medium, and High. NRAAS Industries' website should have some good documentation on how this works in their page for Twallan's Woohooer mod.	GameplayData.package->Socalizing.xml
43	key (Action)	Action key reference	The name of the action as it appears in the ActionAvailability xml	GameplayData.package->SocalizingActionAvailability.xml
44	key (Text)	Key text reference (Active interaction name)	The name of the portion of an interaction performed by the actor who is taking initiative for the action (Hug, not be hugged)
45	LHS	Left Hand Side	The left-hand side of an operator, often looking up where a certain reference is addressing. (What is the actual memory address of X?)
46	LS	Loop States	Controls whether an animation/interaction should loop & for how many times etc.
47	LTR	Long Term Relationship	References the type and value of long term relationship between two sims.	GameplayData.package->Socalizing.xml
48	LTRBits	Long Term Relationship Interaction bits
49	ltro	long term relationship override	Found in Left Hand Side rules, and only ever set to 5 in basegame when it does appear--seems to make certain interactions appear regardless of relationship status.
50	MAYBE	Maybe Boolean	Boolean: 1- False, 0 TrueOrFalse, 1 True
51	Misc (AD)
52	oaend	Only Available N Days
53	ParMen	Parent Menu
54	part	Partner
55	peau	Procedural Effect After
56	pebu	Procedural Effect Before
57	petRej	Generic Pet Rejection
58	Pie Menu	Pie Menu/Social Menu	The circle of options the user sees when they click on a Sim or object to interact
59	ProcTest	Procedural Test	Calls a more complex method/function for testing whether a given interaction should appear for a specific sim
60	pvt	Passive Text Key	The name of the portion of an interaction being received by a second actor (be hugged)
61	r	Recharges
62	r	Rider
63	ra	Reinforcement Amount
64	Reinforce	Reinforcement
65	rem	Rem	?
66	rep	Repitition
67	RHS	Right Hand Side	Usually involves the outcomes or values of a process or equation, and in this case seems to show possible animation outcomes after passing the different checks and procedural tests. See comments for more notes.
68	RPROC	Right Hand Side Procedural Tests
69	Rules		Defines the various ways an interaction can play out.
70	SA	Speech Act	The "category" or type of interaction, as broken down in the pie menu (?key="BeRomanticButNotFlirty")
71	SAA	Short-Term Context Action Availability	Helps define when the interaction is available. Defines what happens in each short-term context (as <Cat>) to the long term relationships (as <Gr>) directly under the most recently listed short-term context.
72	SC	STC	Looks like another Short Term Context tag
73	SE	Social Effectiveness
74	SK	Skill
75	sover	Spec Override
76	SPA (SAA)	?Second Person Action?	Holds the action data key
77	Stance	Start Stance	The stance a Sim should take before beginning the animation of an interaction
78	state (RHS)	Right Hand Side state name	Looks like basically an outcome name: what happens if an interaction is accepted vs rejected by a passive Sim etc.
79	stc	Short-Term Context	The feelings a Sim can have about the other Sim in a conversation, including the "levels" or "flavors" within each commodity (emotional category) . [SimA] thinks [SimB] is "Amusing," "Funny," "Hilarious" etc.	GameplayData.package->Socalizing.xml
80	suite (Graph)	Animation suite name	The group of animations for a specific interaction, including the different styles for different short-term-contexts and outcomes
81	TAA	Topic Action Availablilty
82	tb	TargetBetrayed
83	teo	Topic Parameter
84	Text	Text Element
85	Topic	Topic
86	TP	Third Person
87	tpa	Third Party Animation
88	Trait	Traits learned	Traits that can be learned by each Sim after a certain interaction. (Hidden vampire trait after Turning interaction etc.)
89	trait (RHS)	Right Hand Side traits	MAYBE traits that add weight to a certain outcome. If y=unflirty, that'll be more likely to trigger a kiss rejection etc.
90	TUN	Tuning	Modify skill level
91	udo	User Directed Only	Makes an interaction only available for sims to act out at the user's command
92	val (AD)	Action Data bits	A hexidecimal that represents qualifying conditions or limitations on specific interactions. A list of these is in the Action Bit Values tab.
93	val (Graph)
94	val (LHS)
95	Vanilla	Unmodded	A game running with no mods.
96	ver	Version Name
97	w	Rider of X
98	wgp	Wrong Gender Preference
99	x	Sim X, values applied to Sim X	Values relating to the acting sim
100	y	Sim Y aka "Target", values applied to Sim Y	Values relating to the passive sim