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2. Key Files

INI and DDS Files

What are INI and DDS files and where do I find them?

There are two primary types of files that affect climate in a world. Firstly, there are DDS texture files that control visual information like the colours of the sea and sky, or the texture of the moon. DDS files can be edited in a graphics editor like Photoshop or GIMP. Secondly, there are INI tuning files that influence a wide variety of settings - from when the sun sets, to how the ocean's water ripples. INI files can be edited very easily from the Windows Notepad application.

INI

DDS

2.1 INI Files

List of Annotated INI Files

A list of the annotations pages for each INI file that contributes to a world's climate.

WorldEnvtIni_Clear.ini

WorldEnvtIni_PartlyCloudy.ini

WorldEnvtIni_Overcast.ini

WorldEnvtIni_Stormy.ini

WorldEnvtIni_Special.ini

2.2 DDS Files

List of Annotated DDS Files

A list of the annotations page for each DDS file that contributes to a world's climate. Includes advice about formatting.

WorldEnvt_Clear.dds

WorldEnvt_PartlyCloudy.dds

WorldEnvt_Overcast.dds

WorldEnvt_Stormy.dds

WorldEnvt_Special.dds

Sky_Sun.dds

Sky_SunHalo.dds

CloudNoiseBase.dds

Importing Files

How do I get the files into my world?

It seems that CAW is set up to automatically package certain resources into the world file on export to Sims3Pack.

To have this work, put the files into the location specified:

Documents \Electronic Arts \The Sims 3 Create A World Tool \UserToolData \Worlds \[worldname]\ Config\

Note: All files must have the proper name of the resource, not the hash. This means naming them WorldEnvtIni_Clear.ini, WorldEnvt_Clear.dds.

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 A list of the annotations page for each DDS file that contributes to a world's climate. Includes advice about formatting.

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2. Key Files

INI and DDS Files

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