TUTORIAL - XML 2 (For The Sims 4) (Patreon)

HIERARCHY

Xml files follow a hierarchy.

Let's look at a couple of things in S4S:

In the left window, S4S shows you the line number and a - symbol you can use to collapse everything inside an opening tag, and a closing tag.

The tag above means Instance, and it's the root element, everything else always goes inside the instance.

This instance is empty:

It opens, closes, but has nothing inside.

This instance is empty, too:

Now, inside the instance there is a loot_action (this is a TunableList, with name loot_action):

It is contained in the root element:

Inside the loot_action, there is another component:

A tunable (TunableVariant) called "buff" (it's the None (TunableVariant) in the figure below):

This tunable inside the TunableVariant is a TunableTuple, with name "buff":

Inside there are other two TunableTuples:

One has name "buff"

One has name "chance"

Inside this other TunableTuple named "buff" there are two more things:

A TunableVariant named "buff_reason" which is "enabled":

And a Tunable named "byff_type":

this last Tunable has a value inside, the buff we want to give to the sim, a comment, then it closes. The only thing it contains is a value.

The TunableVariant above, instead, has another Tunable inside:

Which contains another value, and then closes.

Line 6 and 12 are on the same level, contained inside line 5 and 15

Line 5 to 15 are contained inside line 4 - 16

Line 4 - 16 are contained inside line 3 - 17

Everything is contained inside line 2 - 18

I can do this to add more buffs:

All these TunableVariants will have things inside.

In this case, I cannot do this:

You can look at Maxis tuning or the TDESC to see what's supported and what's not. Usually, TunableLists and TunableTuples support multiple entries, but in a different way.

By the way, a very basic stuff:

To add a tuning to your package, go under tools:

Select extract tuning

Pick the tuning from the list, and add to current package.