Is it possible to add buffs to a CAS item?

Hi stanggirl70 .

It certainly IS possible to add a buff - it is one of my Favorite things, and a little 'secret' that I have kept close to myself... So, what you want to be looking at are the animal hats, which is where I got my inspiration to make my mods with buffs for CAS FX. I am hoping to be able to make a mini-tutorial for the forum here at some point in the near future, that can be added to the master listing of CAS item tutorials.

I just looked through the available hat tunings, and unfortunately it seems as if there isn't a hat that has the Confident buff with it. Flirty, Playful, Inspired, Angry, Energized - yes. Confident, no.

However it is far from Impossible. I just learned today how to paste code into a post here, so I have taken the liberty of creating the custom tuning that you will need for the item.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<I c="ClothingBuff" i="buff" m="buffs.clothing_buff" n="yourname:thebuffnameanddatehere" s="thegeneratedbuffhashnumber">
! <V n="_temporary_commodity_info" t="enabled">
! <U n="enabled">
! <L n="categories">
! <E>Confident_Buffs</E>
! </L>
! <T n="max_duration">240</T>
! </U>
! </V>
<T n="audio_sting_on_add" p="InGame\Audio\Stings\sting_buff_gain.propx">39b2aa4a:00000000:8af8b916cf64c646</T>
<T n="audio_sting_on_remove" p="InGame\Audio\Stings\sting_buff_loss.propx">39b2aa4a:00000000:3bf33216a25546ea</T>
* <T n="buff_description">0x4C1E95F8<!--Wiggle that wattle! Preen those feathers and flap those wings!--></T>
* <T n="buff_name">0x5C883F19<!--Scouting Spunk--></T>
* <T n="icon" p="InGame\UI\Icons\Buffs\Buffs_OnFire.png">2f7d0004:00000000:112840245085579b</T>
<T n="mood_type">14634<!--Mood_Confident--></T>
<T n="mood_weight">1</T>
<T n="visible">False</T>
<V n="walkstyle" t="disabled" />
</I>

The same rules apply for creating this custom tuning as with any other one. The second line has yourname:thebuffnameanddatehere and thegeneratedbuffhashnumber as placeholders for you to insert your own name & generated hash. The lines that have a ! at the beginning are optional - only if you want the buff to have a duration of some time (here four hours) after being applied. I never use them myself, but if you do, be sure to remove the exclamation points. The lines that have an asterisk at the beginning are necessary, and I quickly chose ones that I thought might fit in, but aren't really of too much importance, as the near-to-last line with "False" makes the buff invisible in-game (remove the asterisk when creating the tuning file). I also added a line to remove the walkstyle that one would get if using a 'Confident' buff...

The whole thing them comes together when one adds in Warehouse to the CAS Part in the "Type" box under Buff - 6017E896, which is the code that tells the game engine to treat the buff as a clothing buff, and make the Group number 80000000... I am assuming that you are familiar with adding custom tuning to begin with - if not, orangemittens made a Great tutorial HERE that goes over the basics.

Please feel free to message me if you need any further assistance, or better yet, write your questions here so that others can see the methodology. Cheers!

Another question: Do you happen to know how to change the walkstyle line so it makes the Sim have a feminine walk while wearing it? I would guess I would change "negative" to the name of that walkstyle, but I am not sure and certainly don't know what code the game would search for.

minimonster I have another question. Does the tuning ID in the buff tuning data go in the buff instance in the warehouse for the CAS resource? Or does the instance number for the wig itself go there? It seems there needs to be something in the CAS resource that refers to that tuning for it to work, right?

I exported/added the tuning for one of the animal hats then replaced the XML with your code, but it wasn't updating the tuning ID number. So I deleted that tuning and just added a blank Buff Tuning Resource item in warehouse and put your XML there. Then I used the hash generator to change the tuning ID and pasted it in the Buff Instance within the CAS resource. And now it works like a charm, but I need to check and see if the custom wording I used actually works because I forgot to check when I tested it the other night.

I still have some edits to make to the mesh and map because I deconstructed a necklace to make it but didn't change where it laid on the diffuse map, so now the barrette on the wig changes color/texture when I change the necklace being worn. Oops. :D

I do want to say I really love this program for creating objects/mods. I tried teaching myself milkshape and the older programs when I played Sims 1-3, but never got very far. This program has made it a lot easier for me to learn how to do what I want, and the tutorials and community are invaluable. 

Thanks for all this great info! I want to create a buff that makes my sims confident when they eat a particular harvestable item (or juice made from that harvestable). How do I go about finding the number for that kind of buff instead of the clothing buff number you provided? I tried looking for the "It's Just Ok" buff sims get now when they eat a harvestable item, but I am having a hard time finding it.