Tutorials:CAW Climate Key Files

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 Sea.ini Pond.ini SkyCommon.ini LightingCommon.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.