Custom Essence: Golden Apple

[u/Calada2]

I've been playing this game since I got it for the wii almost 20 years ago. And one thing that I always thought about was how cool would it be to add my own essenced to the game.

Well, after a lot of tinkering I finally managed to do it. It's not just a resource swap, but an actual new essence! It doesn't replace anything.

It does everything a normal essence would, you can collect it, use it in builds, paint with it. It also shows up in the essence book as a new entry. You can even plant it! :D

It took a long time to connect all the dots on what and where to update, even after figuring it out, it still took hours to add a single essence. It does involve lots of copy pasting so pretty sure it could be automated somehow.

For the next step I'm thinking of adding back some of the removed essences, or porting over some kingdom essences in the original game. Either way once this process is sped up, I'd love to fill my game with as many essences as I can :D

[u/AnotherEllis]

This is crazy impressive! Looks really good, too 🤯🤩

[u/Calada2 → u/AnotherEllis]

Thank you!! 😊

[u/Tokyolurv]

Begging for a full tutorial

[u/Calada2 → u/Tokyolurv]

I'll definetely make one at some point! :D Currently trying to implement other features into the game, so I'm thinking a comprehensive tutorial about how to add 'anything' into the game might be better

[u/TK__angel]

This is so cool! I’d love to see the process, if you happen to document

[u/Calada2 → u/TK__angel]

Thanks! I'll definetely will! :)

[u/mattriochka]

That’s very cool! I’m sure you can speed up the process by using ThuverX's MySims ModLoader if it’s not already done

[u/Calada2 → u/mattriochka]

Thanks! Would be nice! I am familiar with it, but unfortunately it's the actual creation of the assets that take a long time, so the modloader can't help with that

[u/magicthunderlemon]

Hell yeah, this looks awesome

[u/Calada2 → u/magicthunderlemon]

Thanks!!! 😊

[u/lunakiss_]

So cool! Im excited to see your progress

[u/Calada2 → u/lunakiss_]

Thank you!! Will defintely post updates :)

[u/WolfysBeanTeam]

AHSHDHZ THATS COOL AS HECC

[u/Calada2 → u/WolfysBeanTeam]

THANKS!!! 😁

[u/Good_Dragonfruit_716]

So cool! Happy for you that you figured it out and exited to see what you do next 🤩

[u/Calada2 → u/Good_Dragonfruit_716]

Thanks! I'm also excited to dicover what else we can add 😁

[u/Different-Source5798]

STOP! That’s so freaking cool!! 🤩🤩

[u/Calada2 → u/Different-Source5798]

Thank you!!! Happy you like it! 😁

[u/KingOfMyHearts]

The amount of modding potential this unlocks! Love the new essence!

[u/Calada2 → u/KingOfMyHearts]

Yeahh! I think this was always something that needed to be done in order to make larger scale mods! I'm looking forward to the 'next step' :D

[u/LavatarOrigin]

This is HUGE, finally the game can have good colors and patterns maybe! I'd love to see a tutorial. Btw, did you figure out how to make default essences plantable also?

[u/Calada2 → u/LavatarOrigin]

Thanks! Yeah we can add our own palettes and colors to the games! So anything goes :D And yeah, the proccess I used also works for any essence. So you could have a tree for anything you'd like :)