s3su_12-0902-1440

[Peter]

This thread is for people wanting to test at the bleeding edge of development.  There currently is no stable version of this tool.  (I've decided to deprecate the old version entirely.)

Edit by Inge:  I have decided this is stable.

Any questions regarding the behaviour of this release should be posted as replies below.

Bug reports for this version in this thread please!

Illustrated guide at http://den.simlogical.com/denforum/index.php?topic=875.0

Equally as important, post if it's all working perfectly...

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s3su_12-0902-1440.exe - Windows Easy Installer version

s3su_12-0902-1440.7z - Unpack-It-Yourself version
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Change Summary
THIS IS A .Net4 RELEASE but you should all have that by now for s3pe...

Prompt before overwriting a Sims3Pack when repacking from XML.
Prompt before overwriting individual files on Unpack.
Fill in default output path on Unpack (to be folder containing Sims3Pack).
Deciding the default target name for Repack rewritten to simply take the containing folder, which is likely where the Sims3Pack came from.
Updated installer "Help" URL (in Windows control panel Programs & Features thing - you'll never use it but it's good to have it right...).


Change History
s3su_11-0930-1044
Two become three become one.  It's very deep.
The packing from scratch and repacking an unpacked .Sims3Pack are now separate activities.
You can associate the program with Sims3Packs (to unpack them), Packages (to pack them) and Xml files (to repack, if it's the right content of course).
As we only understand catalogue resource-type stuff, that's all packing from scratch now lets you do.

[Inge]

Well, nobody knows what this tool does!  Peter as ever is the master of communication

It's a tool that unpacks Sims3Packs and also packs them up again.  Useful if you just want to make a very small change in a resource within the package.  Possibly unreliable for major changes or new Sims3Packs in case that should have required cross-referred changes across more than one file in the Sims3Pack.   And it does require the user to know what should be in a Sims3Pack if you're going to try and make one.

[Peter]

Hey, you have to remember I have no idea what this thing does!

[rebecah]

Worked great for the files I tested it on.

[cmo]

I have also used this with success.

[Inge]

Thank you

[McMediaMichi]

great tool, thank you

[magarrufo]

Thanks for the explanation Inge, I'm dull with such things  .
In fact I was looking for some kind of simPE for the Sims 3, but I don't know if this application will help me to do some changes in some objects of the basic game, but it seems to work with custom content.

[Inge]

No, this won't help you with any editing, only unpacking.  The closest thing to SimPE for Sims 3 is TSR's Workshop, at http://www.thesimsresource.com/programs/details/title/TSR%20Workshop%202.0/category/sims3/id/117/

[carlosss89]

Hello guys. I have problem with that software. I have only packeges and i dont have any xml files about which this program asking me. I show picture with my problem. Of course i wanna convert packages to sims3pack.
Any suggestion?

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[Inge]

It's really intended to pack up files you previously extracted from a Sims3Pack.   A properly constituted Sims3Pack has an xml and a thumbnail for display in the launcher.   You're not meant to just bung packages into them on their own.

[carlosss89]

I excually want converts packages to simp3pack. I looking for that software all day. And I'm little tired.

[Inge]

Well I am not aware anyone has made a tool that will automate the entire process.  This one will work for you if you know what has to go into the sims3pack to make it valid.  But then that is the same for any tool, you need to know what to make with it.

[carlosss89]

Only reason why I wanna change packeges to Sima3pack is a Long loading game and slow working game. A have a lot of packages which makes slowly game. I install packages with monkey Delphy.

[Inge]

Why not use the dbc packaging feature?  http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,17746.0.html