Sims 3:Resource.cfg

This article is a work in progress and is incomplete.

Resource.cfg governs how The Sims 3 looks for additional content that is not directly referenced by the game itself.

Format

Resource.cfg file is basically a very limited type of script. Each line represents an instruction.

Instructions

DirectoryFiles

DirectoryFiles <path> [argument, ...]

Possible arguments:

• autoupdate - If new files are added after the game has scanned this directory, it will pick up any changes
• writable

Instructs the game to look for files on the real file system, depending on the settings given before this instruction was used.

This instruction will cause the game to look for additional Resource.cfg files in every directory the path to the files is in.

End

Ends a Select block.

FileType

FileType <typeid> <extension>

Adds a file type registration, for use with DirectoryFiles.

Group

Group <groupid> <name>

Names a group id.

PackedFile

PackedFile <path_to.package> [arguments, ...]

Possible arguments:

• writable

Instructs the game to load a specific package file. This instruction will cause the game to look for additional Resource.cfg files in every directory the path to the package file is in.

Priority

Priority <number>

Defines priority of following instructions, higher priorities instructions override lower priority instructions.

Scan

Scan <directory>

This causes the game to look for Resource.cfg files in this directory and all subdirectories.

Select

Select [condition]

Essentially an If branch, the block inside a Select and End pair will only be executed if the given condition is true.

StopScan

When this Resource.cfg was found using Scan, it will stop the scan from going any deeper into subdirectories.

How The Sims 3 find Resource.cfg files

The Sims 3 by default looks for two Resource.cfg files, through these, other Resource.cfg files are loaded.

• .\GameData\Win32\Resource.cfg
• .\Game\Bin\Resource.cfg