Sounds really useful, thanks for your hard work!

Yeah, and it sounds pretty advanced too! I like it! :D

YAY! Finally a PDF documentation! Thanks Echo that'll be very handy

Thanks for all your hard work in making it possible for people less expert than you to mod The Sims 3!

Yes, we have the same taste in java editor
Thanks a lot :D

I'll test this. Thanks very much!

i'll test this out on my mac thanks for this !

Are you saying this is like an early version of SimPE for SIMs 3??? That would be very encouraging :D

Can this be used to edit...say the actions of the camera? That zoom in every time someone ages up is so freaking annoying and makes the game nigh unplayable.

Can this be used to delete or rename files?

This is awesome!
A quick question, wich file got the billbord that you're showing on the first picture? :P

FINALLY...someone programming in java! I thank you... My mac thanks you!

I can't get this to work... I'm on a Mac, and it says that my version of Java is out of date. I ran Software Update, and there are no updates to anything... so... hm. Anyone have any ideas?

Either way, awesome idea; hopefully I can get it to work!

Soooo niiiicccce. Thank you!

Thank you, this was the first modding tool I used for sims3 and so will always have a special place in my memory....and my sims modding tools folder

I can't figure out how to do step 1.3...I go to Run then Debug As. It says on the Adobe that there's supposed to be something for Java, but there's nothing there. Plz help!!!!

hey mate, i had the same problem. go to the apple website, then to downloads, and you should find java 1.6 in the top downloads bit

pen121295 - are you trying to install postal, or develop for it?

Echo, again I ask...are you saying this is like an early version of SimPE for SIMs 3???
I'd really like to know please...

I think there's a few of us waiting for answers to questions.

AceOfCrowns, this is a fairly general tool, which can help people to make mods. For now, most of my time is spent working on the tool, so I'm not making mods myself.

usagibouzu, Apple only upgraded Java to version 6 in Mac OS X 10.5, Update 1. You'll need to run the updates to get to that version

phantomgremlock, I'm not aiming to be a complete SimPE. This is just the package editor parts, not the neighbourhood editor parts etc. But yes, it's heading in a similar direction.

dan_sims2, I think there are a great many fans of Eclipse, it's an excellent IDE.

declandabest, let me know how it goes! Make sure you run it from Postal.sh, since it requires a few specific flags passed through on start up.

kaijinkumori, I believe cameras are stored in text files which are tagged as "CAM" from memory. I don't know how configurable they are though. My guess is that the special-event camera (the "zoom in on important stuff") is probably controlled by code in the script files though.

danieeel31, Most of the billboards in game have the type "0x8ffb80f6". If you go to File > Search Filepath, then enter that value into the "Type" box, you should be able to find most of them. The instance ID for that particular billboard is in the highlighted row in the image.

If I've missed any questions, I apologize! Thank you to everyone else who has left feedback.

I'll try this!Thanks for sharing

this looks awesome, thanks!

I don't suppose that there's a way to edit those as of yet, right?