Mod The Sims - Sims 3 online pharmacy control script, pills, and cabinets

Have you done any of the scripting tutorials?

You need to know this one like it was your middle name:
http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php..._Object_Modding

You need to have a working knowledge of c# programming, and a project template that links to the sims3
version of mscorlib, instead of the net version of mscorlib.

Do you have s3oc? You'll need it to clone one of the pillbottles, because that's the object that gets the
new script you'll be making. If you're into meshing or texturing, you can also retexture or scale your pill
bottle to make it different from the others. Just don't make it *too* different, because the basic 'take
a pill' animation is set up in the abstract pillbottlebase class, and can't be changed. But it can be added
to in your derived class. You will also need to edit the stbl resource in the cloned package to change
the name and description.

You need to export the LWE4.dll from the pillscript package, so you can link to it in your script. Put it with
the dlls you extracted when you did the object modding tutorial.

There are four overrides that need to be implemented. 1. OnStartup() to give your pills an in-game name
and description, and whatever other startup type stuff you need to do to get ready for the next 3 calls.
2. PreTakePill(Sim PillTaker) PillTaker is passed by the base class when the interaction runs. This is
where initialization stuff goes, such as getting motive values, etc.
3. TakePill(Sim theActor) Use whatever name you want in your overrides, just as long as it's of type
Sim. This is where you put stuff that happens after the sim takes the pill, but before they put it away.
4. PostTakePill(Sim theActor) This is where you do any cleanup, or set alarms etc. It gets called after
the sim puts the pills back in its inventory.

Here's the contents of class1.cs that I used to test out what I told you above:

Code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using Sims3.Gameplay;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Abstracts;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Actors;
using Sims3.Gameplay.ActorSystems;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Autonomy;
using Sims3.Gameplay.CAS;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Controllers;
using Sims3.Gameplay.EventSystem;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Interactions;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Interfaces;
using Sims3.Gameplay.ObjectComponents;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Objects;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.Decorations.Mimics;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.FoodObjects;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.Miscellaneous;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.Plumbing;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.RabbitHoles;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Skills;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Socializing;
using Sims3.Gameplay.UI;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Utilities;
using Sims3.Metadata;
using Sims3.Metadata.Tuning;
using Sims3.SimIFace;
using Sims3.SimIFace.CAS;
using Sims3.SimIFace.CustomContent;
using Sims3.SimIFace.Enums;
using Sims3.UI;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Core;
using Sims3.Gameplay.ThoughtBalloons;
using Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.Decorations.Mimics.LWE4;

//be sure to use this namespace, it's where the abstract base class is
namespace Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.Decorations.Mimics.LWE4
{
//rename this class to something unlikely to be used by anyone else.
    public class TutorialPills : PillBottleBase
    {
        public override void OnStartup()
        {
            base.OnStartup();
//this next one just calls a local procedure that adds the title and description text to the pillbottle
//but if you were going to add interactions to the sim this would be the place to do it, along with
//alarms to remove them when the pill 'wears off'
            AddTutorialPillsInteractions(this);
        }
        public void AddTutorialPillsInteractions(TutorialPills obj)
        {
            kTitle = "TutorialPills";
            kText = "This text pops up when the 'read label' interaction runs";
        }

//this runs before the sim starts routing to the pill bottle, or pulls it from their inventory
        public override void PreTakePill(Sim PillTaker)
        {
//the base class just does a basic test to see if the sim is human, teen or above and
//the pills aren't in use.  if you need to do more testing than that, such as gender or
//traits, this would be the place.  Just add flag variables to your class and set them
//here and use them to control the next two functions.  I've left in the code that
//makes the sim have the pill bottle thought bubble.

            //get the thumbnail for the pillbottle object
            ThoughtBalloonManager.BalloonData balloonData = new ThoughtBalloonManager.BalloonData((this as GameObject).GetThoughtBalloonThumbnailKey());
            //you can use reflector or ilspy to find other ThoughtBalloonTypes, such as kSpeechBalloon
            balloonData.BalloonType = ThoughtBalloonTypes.kThoughtBalloon;
            //just a quick thought
            balloonData.Duration = ThoughtBalloonDuration.Short;
            //I'm not really sure exactly what these next two do, but if they're not filled in the call to ShowBalloon fails
            balloonData.HighAxis = ThoughtBalloonAxis.kLike;
            balloonData.LowAxis = ThoughtBalloonAxis.kNeutral;
            //once all the balloonData is filled in for this balloon type it can be shown
            PillTaker.ThoughtBalloonManager.ShowBalloon(balloonData);
        }
        //animate here
        public override void TakePill(Sim theActor)
        {
        //just an existing animation.  jazz scripting and adding animations are covered in other tutorials on mts3
//this is from the simpatico pills
            theActor.PlaySoloAnimation("a_soc_idle_neutral_bigLaugh_x");
        }
        //do pill effects, alarms, etc.
        public override void PostTakePill(Sim theActor)
        {
            //pop up a message to show the interaction actually worked
            SimpleMessageDialog.Show("Pill Tutorial", "PostTakePill executed");
        }
    }
}

LWE9_scratchit.zip \| Pill to remove the 'itchy' moodlet sims sometimes get from science experiments. Will remove any 'itchy' moodlet, regardless of origin. Download Uploaded: 6th May 2014, 7.2 KB. 9,510 downloads.
LWE9_pillscript_tutorial_example.zip \| This one just pops up a message box when the sim takes it. It uses the script in the code section of the tiptorial. Download Uploaded: 24th Feb 2013, 7.2 KB. 7,529 downloads.
LWE_pillscript.rar \| latest version of script class with Simpatico added and tested in game with latest patch Download Uploaded: 30th Apr 2012, 114.4 KB. 20,241 downloads.
LWE_Simpatico.rar \| Gives a 4 hour tranquil moodlet. Download Uploaded: 30th Apr 2012, 4.6 KB. 17,925 downloads.
LWE_Siminaps.rar \| Watered down version of siminex. Download Uploaded: 19th Oct 2011, 4.8 KB. 14,754 downloads.
LWE_Siminex.rar \| Use this to keep trimasim from keeping your sim awake all night. Download Uploaded: 19th Oct 2011, 4.9 KB. 18,579 downloads.
LWE_SimNip.rar \| This stuff does for sims what catnip does for cats. Download Uploaded: 19th Oct 2011, 4.9 KB. 19,693 downloads.
LWE_SprinklerPills.rar \| Simnip in a time-release capsule. Download Uploaded: 19th Oct 2011, 4.9 KB. 16,854 downloads.
LWE_TrimasimLT.rar \| Watered down version of trimasim. Now sims have to take 2 or 3 pills on an empty stomach to kill themselves, instead of just one. Download Uploaded: 19th Oct 2011, 4.9 KB. 16,970 downloads.
LWE_Trimasim.rar \| Use this to keep your sim trim, or to boost energy at the expense of the hunger motive. Or commit simicide, up to you. Download Uploaded: 19th Oct 2011, 4.7 KB. 18,620 downloads.
LWE_MedicineCabinet.rar \| The working medi-cabi. Use it to store pill bottles, and other small stuff. Download Uploaded: 19th Oct 2011, 56.5 KB. 23,237 downloads.
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