Good day

In this thread I will share my experience and knowledge on the topic of using Blender(and other useful tools) to mod Sims 3... which is about a week tops

First thing first - I brought you all:

Sims 3 CLIP Tool - Updated for Blender 5.0
https://limewire.com/d/r16Zk#4JkEzpWYcx

Based on Sims 3 CLIP Tool - Updated for Blender 3.x by Lazy Duchess of io_s3py_animation-1.60 from https://sims3cliptool.wordpress.com/
This tool will allow you Import rig, animation and other Sims 3 assets to re-animate and Export it as new animation that could(I hope) be used in Sims 3

How it works:
Like I would know - I can't code, I just google-fu some Blender API forums and guides, find/replase some lines, popped a vein and here we are. Should work.

If it doesn't work - let me know, I'll try to do something about it, but most likely unsuccessfully

Perhaps would be more fitting in Creator Feedback if it's totally untested?
The download link is also temporary / will expire, you might want to attach it to the post or upload it somewhere like Google Drive

I'd be interested to know if there's improvements in Blender 5 that affect animating enough to justify upgrading from 3, as well.
It's not a software that is necessary to update every version, different versions are suitable for different work and are still in active support.

I suppose I'm just a little confused as to why/what this is for, given the admission that you don't know if it works it sounds like you aren't using it yourself.
Maybe it would help to share why you made it?

Not totally - just untested in things outside of my moding needs, main function I use it(importing and exporting animations) is working



If by that time it'll prove to be redundant - temporarity is a blessing If it will be used - then I'll pollute this place with my file uploads



I dunno about improvements - basically Blender restructuring animation features since I belive 4.4 and said restructuring will carry on in the future, so if and when if upgrade would be benefitial it's better to have headstart



Easy - I needed S3 animation import in my current working Blender and it didn't work, so I "fixed" it. And rather than keep it to myself I decided to share it so it may help someone in my shoes.