MySims (Windows)

MySims
Also known as: Boku to Sim no Machi (Japan) Developer: EA Redwood Shores Publisher: Electronic Arts Platform: Windows Released in JP: December 11, 2008 Released in US: October 28, 2008 Released in EU: October 31, 2008 Released in AU: November 6, 2008 This game has unused areas. This game has unused code. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences.

This game/console's online features are no longer supported. While this game/console's online features were once accessible, they are (as of November 26, 2011) no longer officially supported and online-exclusive features may be documented as now-unseen content.

To do: There is still lots more.... *Split this page up into the Wii version, so this page will only contain content covered to this port. *Now that the MySims Cozy Bundle has released on Switch, that version should be covered as well. Unused, dummied out collisions for decorative objects Add information about all the unused decorations (there's a lot!) Scrapped interior decorations; teddypillar_def, iceCreamFreezer

MySims, a spin-off to the successful Sims franchise all about finding a town and decorating it your way. Sound a little familiar?

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Unused Textures The game sure went through many different styles.

Unused Text Featuring a handful of scrapped characters!

Unused Scripts Comment to be written.

Unused Sounds Comment to be written.

Cheat Menu

Long thought to be inaccessible in the Windows version is a hidden menu that allows players to enter cheat codes to unlock five new outfits to dress Sims in, and five new blueprints to build in the workshop.

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  The Cheat Menu! In the Windows Version!

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  A Cheat successfully entered!

The menu can be accessed by entering the following button combination (with the numbers being entered on the keyboard's number pad) while on the pause menu:

V B 2 8 2 8 4 4 6 6

Wii	Windows

The Cheat Menu was even reworked to remove the on-screen keyboard, since there was no longer any need. Although the rework was evidently not thorough, as the text in the menu asks the player to input a name rather than a cheat code and the header at the top of the new condensed menu reads undefined.

Outfits

Body Model	Design	Screenshot	Cheat Code (Case Sensitive)
auBodyPuffyCollar	_white		R705aan
auBodyBaggyPants	_genie		Gvsb3k1
auBodyBaggyPants	_camo		N10ng5g
auBodyRolledSleevesLongPants	_vestDiamond		Tglg0ca
afBodyRaveKimono	_green		I3hkdvs

Blueprints

XML File	In-Game Name	Screenshot	Cheat Code (Case Sensitive)
Pre-Sale_object1	*Bunk Bed		F3nevr0
Pre-Sale_object2	*Hourglass Couch		Ghtymba
Pre-Sale_object3	*Modern Couch		T7srhca
Pre-Sale_object4	*Racecar Bed		Ahvmrva
Pre-Sale_object5	*Rickshaw Bed		Itha7da

Inaccessible Content

Tag Minigame Music

Used during the online-only tag minigame. Due to online services being shut-down, the track is effectively unused.

Online Sound Effects

To do: Upload the sound effects and get their filenames from "runtimeSettingOutput.txt".

The sound effects that played while online are also now unused due to the discontinuation of online services and can only be heard if the game is made to play the sounds via custom lua code or via modifying the "Sfx.package" file.

Audio	Filename	Summary
	ui_share_cancel01	Comment to be written.
	ui_share_invite_acc01	Comment to be written.
	ui_share_invite_exit01	Comment to be written.
	ui_share_invite_kickout01	Comment to be written.
	ui_share_kickout01	Comment to be written.
	ui_share_login01	Comment to be written.
	ui_share_logout01	Comment to be written.
	ui_share_text_alert01	Comment to be written.
	ui_shared_invite_acc01	Comment to be written.

Essences

While the Windows version introduces some new Essences found only in the Garden Area, they vary by save and all following Essences below cannot be obtained without editing PlayerRecord.xml. These essences would all be obtainable in the MySims Cozy Bundle re-release.

• Telescope
• UFO
• Rubber Ducky
• Beta Fish
• Penguin
• Puppet
• Uber Shiny
• Goby
• Robo Fish
• Bat Fish

Unused Levels

Internally, areas of the game are referred to as levels and will be referred to as levels for the purposes of this article.

luaTest

By replacing the contents of an accessible world file such as townSquare.world (as was done in the picture shown on the left) with the contents of luaTest.world, one can access a test environment that appears to have been used during development to possibly test interactions between the player and objects. There are entries for objects and two characters, Chef Gino and Ray, in the level's data, as well as multiple objects. These objects and Ray will not load by default as their specified object definitions were renamed during development. Ray's definition being renamed to "Townie_Spooky_Ray_Def" and the objects all having "Basic_" added to their names. Fixing these will result in all the objects and Ray appearing correctly.

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testAutonomy

A level that was used for testing the autonomy of NPC characters, two characters have entries to appear here, Chef Gino and Poppy, with Poppy initially not appearing due to a typo, with "FloristYounger1" being specified as "FloristYounger_1" with an underscore. Again, much like luaTest, using the correct object definition will have her show up. The level uses the same model and collision as luaTest.

nookPrototype_15x15

Unlike the previous two test levels, this does not have a leftover .xml file. As a result an existing level file had to be modified, the <Level Name = "Example"> tag was modified to become <Level Name = "nookPrototype_15x15">, and all other objects stripped for maximum clarity. nookPrototype is a very simple grey test cube, as the name suggests it was used as a prototype for the various "nook" environments found in caves throughout the game.

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oneBedroomA

This also did not have a leftover .xml and had to be remade. A simple one bedroom interior, it matches an interior seen in a pre-release screenshot almost perfectly, the one difference being the absence of a wall between the kitchen and living room area. Much like the pre-release screenshot and unlike the rest of the game, this level doesn't have any shadows or lighting. Interestingly this is the only interior to have anything outside its walls, with a half-dome featuring violet to black gradient, as opposed to every other interior, which just features a black void.

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  A full view of the interior with the half-dome visible.

twoBedroomA

Like the previous two this did not have a leftover .xml file. A larger version of the standard one bedroom interior, this one features two bedroomsǃ But other than the absence of a hallway down the middle, there's nothing else of interest.

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  The standard one bedroom interior.

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  Compared to the unused two bedroom interior.

Unused Essences

It is worth noting that all unused essences do not use a proper icon like the one shown on the left, but rather use either a simplistic placeholder or the palette icon.

Wood

While not technically unused, it is unobtainable in the same way as every other essence because it is used as the "default" paint in the workshop. As a result its flair model, icon, and palette are never seen in-game. By modifying the essence's file, it is possible to add it to the game as a regular essence that can be used in the workshop like the others.

Model	In-game	Icon	Palette

Acorn

Unlike the Wood essence, the Acorn essence had no leftover xml file, and had to be reconstructed to be put in-game, it was as simple as taking an existing file and changing the references from whatever the essence originally was to acorn. Oddly enough the Acorn essence does not have a palette icon, and the flat color paints show up as plain white.

Model	In-game	Icon	Palette
			N/A

Hedgehog

Like the Acorn essence, the Hedgehog essence had no leftover xml file and had to be reconstructed to be put in-game. Also like the Acorn Essence the flat color paints show up as plain white.

Model	In-game	Icon	Palette

Early Essences

Some essences went under redesigns during development, miraculously the models and textures were left in the final product and can be modded back in.

Red Apple

The red apple essence went under a relatively minor design change, with the early version's squat appearance with prominent stem and leaf being changed out for a much taller version with a less prominent leaf and no stem. The early red apple can be seen in several pre-release screenshots such as this one here.

Early	Final	Model Name
		apple

Gold

Unlike the red apple, the change to the final game's gold essence from its earlier counterpart is far more dramatic, with its early version taking the appearance of a gold nugget rather than a coin. It can be seen most prominently in this pre-release screenshot here.

Early	Final	Model Name
		propDebrisGoldNugget

Unused CAS Parts

Mayor's Suit

Three recolors of the Mayor's suit were cut from the game. Only the black recolor has a flower, the other two do not, but the UV is still present, creating an odd beige blob.

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Essence Master's Robe

An outfit originally meant for the Essence Master remains in the game, unused. It was later reused in MySims Party.

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Cornrow Hairstyle

An unused hairstyle. Only comes in the color blue. Modified photo shows what the hair model was meant to resemble. This hairstyle would be added back into the MySims Cozy Bundle re-release on Nintendo Switch, abeit without the original blue color.

Model as is	Model colour modified

Essence Master's Beard

A big bushy beard that only comes in white unlike every other hairstyle in the game that comes in four or sometimes even five colors. The model would later be adapted into Marlon's beard in MySims Kingdom on the Wii.

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Unused Sounds

To do: Upload the sound file. There is probably more unused sounds but without S3PE displaying the resource names for all files, it's hard to find them, although there is a runtimeSettingOutput.txt which specifies most if not every sound effect in the game.

There is an unused sound in the game called ui_bcm_rotate which is directly from The Sims, when you rotated an object. The sound including a few other unused sounds are heard in an earlier version of MySims Wii's Build Mode.

Unused Music

Disc Channel Jingle

Leftover from the Wii version is the jingle used in the Disc Channel.

Madame Zoe's Themes

Original versions of the theme songs for the character Madame Zoe.

Player's Themes

The house the player owns in-game was meant to have its own unique music track like every other building in-game. Both are versions of the song used in the game's menus.

Create-A-Sim

Two unused music tracks for the game's Create-A-Sim mode, called Fruit A Topia and The Sum of Six Sims respectively from the The Sims 2: Pets Expansion Pack. These were likely placeholders. They also exist in the Wii version's files.

Unused Swarm Effects

The config.swm, or "Swarm Master Configuration File" has a scrapped swarm effect file listed for the Hedgehog animal, and is included to be used in the game despite neither the folder or the effect file existing in both the Wii and PC versions of the game. MySims Kingdom would later use animal based effects, but without any of the formatting and most if not all effects being stored in a single Swarm.package file.

#-----------------------------------------------------------
#  A N I M A L 
#  for pets and animal effects
#-----------------------------------------------------------
sinclude "Animal/HedgehogEffects.swm"

Development Leftovers

Removed Folders

The DDFList.txt file contains folders that the game uses to obtain various files from, with some of the specified folders having been removed.

../GameData_Win32/Sfx
characters
Objects
textures
UI
fonts
Lua
Lua/CharacterBase
Lua/Controllers
Lua/Essences
Lua/Jobs
Lua/NPCs
Lua/Socials
Effects
Effects/Character
Effects/Level
Effects/Object
Effects/Test
Effects/UI
Levels
../ToolsData/Rigs
Global

Some folders here were made redundant, such as the multiple Lua folders. In the final game, all Lua scripts are stored in LuoDL.package and are in 7 compiled Lua scripts, LuaPackedScript_00 to 07.

The characters folder is still used, abeit with a capital C instead of lowercase, while textures (with a capital T), fonts, UI and Objects not being used and instead have their own package files.

It's currently unknown what ToolsData/Rigs would have held, but it is also defined in the Wii version of this text file as well, suggesting it was used during development, or possibly used for storing the Rigs and animations used in-game at one point before being packed into their respective package files.

LuaNonShipping

In the PC versions only, there is a LuaNonShipping folder which contains various debugging and developer scripts. These scripts cannot be run on their own however, as with normal installs, the game uses LuoDL.package to store the game's scripts, and with all Lua code being packed into multiple files. Their "requires" also specifying Lua scripts that were packed up in the final retail release.

Revisional Differences

In 2010, a slightly different version was released for a limited time at Taco Bell stores in America. This version only contains the English, Spanish and Canadian French languages. One notable difference however, is that the LuoDL.package file does not exist and none of the Lua scripts are packed like in the retail and digital releases, and thus include all developer comments as well as all of the commented out code that were removed during the packing process.

Regional Differences

The Japanese version notably uses a different logo, whereas all other languages use the English logo. This also results in the game not playing the intro video since the logo in that video still uses the English version.

The Japanese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional and Korean languages all use different fonts to accommodate for their own character sets.

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It appears that Thai would have been a supported language, but never got a proper localisation as strings exist for it and has a valid language option in the Lua scripts and the registry entry as 0x0000000E or 14 in decimal. However, as shown below, all strings are just the English ones with gibberish text added next to it, suggesting that time constraints forced the Thai localisation to be scrapped, or that MySims was planned for release in Thailand but was later cancelled, which could explain the leftover values and code.

  <THA_TH>
    <String>
      <id>AbandonTask</id>
      <text>Abandon Task3Åàe</text>
      <subcategory>NPC</subcategory>
    </String>
    <String>
      <id>ACCOUNT_ERR_ACCOUNT_BANNED</id>
      <text>This account has been banned.8Åàeå£Åàe</text>
      <subcategory>Generic</subcategory>
    </String>

To do: Upload the warning screens.

Warning Screens for presumably the Chinese languages to display upon booting the game exist in the WarningScreen folder, but are never used.