Getting Started with Python Scripting

Hello! Firstly, thanks a bunch for the starter project, Andrew - it makes things very easy. However, there is a small issue I noticed in the compiling code a while back, and figured I would leave a note about it here in hopes that you can update the project.

The issue comes up when modders organize their scripts into packages. The `compile_module` function in `Utilities/__init__.py` compiles every package once, including all of its subpackages. This results in duplicated files in the compiled ts4script. So, if you have the following package structure:

package_A
- file_1
- package_B
--- file_2
- package_C
--- file_3

The compiled ts4script will contain 2 copies of each file_2 and file_3, and one copy of file_1. The duplicated code can, and in most cases will, cause issues. The fix for this is quite simple, I've been using it since I started modding and it's never failed me. If you replace the following:


for folder, subs, files in os.walk(src):
zf.writepy(folder)


with simply this:


zf.writepy(src)


It will compile all of the scripts correctly, both with and without packages: `writepy` already compiles the entire directory and all of its children, so the `for` loop is redundant in this case. I've mentioned this change to quite a few people when I help them get started with scripting, so it'd be great to have this change in the project itself! Thanks.

Another very small note, but it'd also be nice to note that if you change `optimize=2` to `optimize=1` in the PyZipFile, it will leave in docstrings. This is another good change because it allows modders to leave in documentation and terms of use notices for anyone who happens to decompile their scripts.

(P.S. Also, the `compiler.py` file isn't actually used for anything, so you can probably get rid of it. Whenever you import Utilities, you're just using the code in `Utilities/__init__.py`, which is exactly the same as `compiler.py`)

Depends on what you want to make - most mods do not actually require a script, and many common scripting tasks can be achieved through tuning by using XML Injector by Scumbumbo and Triplis

There is no documentation for Sims 4 scripting, but there are some script tutorials available. The best way to learn scripting for TS4 is to look through the decompiled code and experiment for yourself, but you can also ask other modders for help, we're very active on Discord. The Creator Musings server for example is a great resource: discord.gg/qxz5Kn5

Hello, I'm not new to python but I'm new to mod creation. I'm looking for a way to create an extended pie menu from every sim computer which can:

1. adjust funds households (deduct and add)
2. get information from the real world internet like weather temperature (via API pipe)

Which tutorial should I go to?

Many thanks!

Hi there! I know that this is an older forum but I thought I would try anyways to see if I might get some help. I am working on a Macbook Pro. I got up to step 8 and have been experiencing an issue with decompling the files. Now, I know I might have done something wrong with the path file when adding an interpreter but I am not sure what and I cannot find any help because I do not know what exactly the problem is only that I am not getting the correct reponse when trying to run the decompile.py

/usr/local/bin/python3.10 "/Users/myname/Desktop/poo for Python/Sims 4 Python Script Workspace/decompile_all.py"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/myname/Desktop/poo for Python/Sims 4 Python Script Workspace/decompile_all.py", line 1, in <module>
from Utilities import extract_folder
File "/Users/myname/Desktop/poo for Python/Sims 4 Python Script Workspace/Utilities/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
from Utilities.unpyc3 import decompile
File "/Users/myname/Desktop/poo for Python/Sims 4 Python Script Workspace/Utilities/unpyc3.py", line 77, in <module>
SETUP_LOOP, BREAK_LOOP, CONTINUE_LOOP,
NameError: name 'SETUP_LOOP' is not defined

That is the issue I am seeing. If anyone has any tips I would be very greatful.