The Sims (Windows)/Unused Behaviors/Sim Data

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(Original research: Leo Gruen)

(Complementary info. and revisions: LUCPIX)

Global Data

Object/Character Data

Behavior.IFF — 10 December 1999 14:10

ID	Constant	Label	Comment	Context
STR# 141 - Data labels
6	Object Data	route id		Character/Object Data, in a primitive tracing dialog at the Edith tool.
12		target id
14		slot hier number
19		unused gender	Early "gender" flag, oddly listed as object flag, when its final counterpart is listed as character data.
20		tree table entry
35		temperature	Indicates a previous effort in development in the implementation of a temperature system for the game, which could also justify the existence of the unused "GenerateHeat" flag. Objects as the fireplaces, that could have benefited themselves from this constant, instead carry private scripts that set their contribution to a Sim's "Room" motive score, without any exact remarks on how "warm" the ambient gets.
44		maximum grade
57		unused trailer score	The game has several unused scores from when Sims had a 'taste' or preference for decorations, internally called "Personal Styles". In the final game the likability of objects are handled by a common script that is mostly conditioned by their price, save for notable exceptions.
56		unused eclectic score
55		unused classical score
45		birth year	Only assigned in arbitrary values (that range between 30's and 40's) to the "init" function of service NPC's and the burglar. It's a common opinion that the programming for NPC's is much older than the final script for playable Sims which they were cloned from (given the fact they're also generated with random values of early skills and personal styles), so it can also suggest that, earlier in development, data as the Sims' age once played a bigger part in the game.
18		sim age	Early "person age" counterpart. Nothing in game uses it and it's always set as 0.
STR# 200 - Person Data Labels
4	Character Data	p: generous	Manage the values of unused personality traits, conversation topics and skills, only seen in a number of pre-release snapshots. Art objects in the base game hold a unique script that loosely checks the Sims' interest in "Old Conv. Topic" to determine whether or not they'll like them. It's curious that the same behavior string data in later expansion-pack builds has "Old Conv. Topic" relabeled as "Unused & DO NOT USE". "s: gardening (old)" is checked in an old script for outdoor flowers: "flowersoutdoor::Look at". Depending on the Sims' gardening score, they would run a missing sound file as they looked at the plants.
13		s: gardening (old)
14		s: music (old)
16		s: literacy (old)
55		Old Conv. Topic
21		unused 21
22		left hand gesture	Change the characters' hand models to "hand", "fist" or "point". Works when manually modified, but players never experience Sims switching hand models in regular gameplay as the only scripts that set this (associated with dresser objects) are not called by any interactions.
23		right hand gesture
26		unused 26
38		multiple routes
72		route footprint mask
STR# 134 - motive strings
0-2	Character Data	unused	Unknown unused motives.A further look at the raw strings for missing graphics in the game's files suggests that these once managed the scrapped "Alertness", "no money", "tired" etc. motives
4			Despite labeled in the base game as "unused", it's interesting that the behavior resources in expansion-pack builds unveil its original context by having its ID relabeled as _UnusedPhysical, which in earlier builds covered the "Hunger", "Energy", "Comfort", "Bladder" and "Hygiene" motives.
10			Behavior strings in later expansion-pack builds have this ID relabeled as _UnusedMental, meaning that, in earlier builds, this ID originally covered the "Environment", "Entertainment" (Fun), "Stress", "Alertness" (both unused) and "Social" motives.
11		Sleep state	Possibly an early equivalent of the "Energy" motive.
12		unused	Behavior strings in later expansion-pack builds has this ID relabeled as _UnusedStress, unveiling its original purpose. "Stress" is a scrapped Sim motive only seen in pre-release media.

Simulation Globals

Simulation Globals

Behavior.IFF — 10 December 1999 14:10

ID	Constant	Label	Comment	Context
STR# 129 - global labels
1	Simulation Global	Day of Month	The final build still contains a working calendar system that is handled individually for each house in the game — of course, everything happens without the players' notice, as no interface element displays this data. Factors such as the slow progression of the in-game time (even when fast-forwarded!) may have convinced the development team to think of a complex time system as an irrelevant feature to be continued for the final release. Each house operates in its own independent time zone, with slightly different default starting days of the month for each file, ranging from 6-15-1997 to 6-19-1997. A notable development phase where this particular data was last used in the game was in builds that predate the final product by three years. However, it's currently unknown how relevant such mechanic was in the actual game world. The dates virtually coincide with the real-world acquisition of Maxis by Electronic Arts by a couple of days, making this a very old leftover.	Simulation Globals.
7		Month
8		Year
11		Unused
18		Held Sim Speed	Possibly an early equivalent of Speed.
24		Demo	Might be an early equivalent of "Is Tutorial House (No/Yes)", which checks if the current lot is running the Newbie tutorial scenario. The only script that checks it is the unused "stereo::tweak should break - m" (remnant of an old effort in coding stereos that could break/be repaired) alongside a conditional tree that returns a False branch in case the current game is 7 Sim Lane: the tutorial house.
25		Debug flags	Switches on development-oriented sprites across the Sims' heads for the different cases they struggle on reaching their destination. Works, but nothing in normal gameplay toggles it on
29		Maximum Day Number	Keeps a running tally of the days instead of resetting them when a new month ticks over. While the game does track days months and years correctly the actual elapsed days does not stop when a new month ticks over (at least as of 1.1) suggesting that a full time system was scrapped early on or intended to be outsourced to a controller object.

(Source: LUCPIX)

Global Constants

Constant
check tree ad min
stack obj's motive[temp]
stack obj's definition
38

(Source: LUCPIX)

Local Data

These are local object labels that, not assigned to any significant value in Expression primitives, or minimally referenced by any of their respective objects' scripts, ended up as unused raw strings that, for the most part, only give a hint of how they once benefited the Sim behavior.

Covers raw data of Behavior bias; for those related to missing graphics, see Lost Graphics.

For raw strings associated with missing animations, see Lost Animations.

For global data labels, see Properties.

Attributes

attribute labels

#	Label	Comment
aquarium1.IFF
3	Fish Anim Count
AlarmClock.IFF
0	Last Rang Hour
1	Unused
2	Ringing [NO | YES]
3	Unused
4
5	Set [N | Y]
Ash.IFF
0	burning	Duplicates of flags used in the Fire object (suggesting the ash object was created as fire.IFF clones), yet labeled rather differently, suggesting these are early counterparts.
1	size
2	strength
3	flicker frame
4	extinguish
5	flicker loops
Baby.IFF
10	DNA Cleaning	It's possible that, early in development, child Sims were intended to be born receiving a random amount of skills that only adults can have in the final. Interestingly, the skills here are labeled as they were back in earlier iterations. This was eventually scrapped for a more straightforward school grade system for kids.
11	DNA Cooking
12	DNA Social
13	DNA Repair
14	DNA Gardening
15	DNA Music
BBQ.IFF
1	unused 1
4	Food Points
comeandseeme.IFF
2	Unused
4	Unused
5	Location
6	Unused
Computers.IFF
2	HD Light (Off/On)	Suggests computers could once benefit the ambient by generating a light of their own, as objects like the aquarium and lamps do.
3	Original Points	Other flags likewise labeled Original Points can be found in skill objects, possibly meaning adult Sims once could practice a given skill by using computers.
4	Last Job Search Day
Dishwashers.IFF
5	Break Chance
Doors.IFF
0	unused 0
2	K state
3	A state
4	busy
5	State (Closed/Open)
7	Conversation Object ID
FlowersOutdoor.IFF
4	Last Day
HelpSystem.IFF
27	Family Friend Count	It could fit in scripts for help system dialogs that inform users, for example, about events in the game where it is crucial to have a certain amount of friends to progress, such as job promotions.
HotTub.IFF
4	damage
5	unused
Lamps.IFF
5	LavaFrame	The used data related to the lava lamp object is instead part of a standalone LavaLamp.IFF file.
maid.IFF and repairman.IFF
0	Auto(yes/no)
Officer.IFF
0	Bring Gift?	Sims in the original game can not have any sort of relationship with service NPC's, then it's strange imagining the policewoman arriving houses with chocolate boxes/flowers in hand.
phones.IFF
1	Conversation length	Possibly remnant of an early script related to Sims talking on the phone, which also manifests itself in leftover strings. It's noteworthy that, in the base retail build, Sims can only invite neighbors over.
2	Flash State (Off/On)	Possibly means phones were once intended to generate a light of their own.
piano.IFF
2	Skill
PoolTable.IFF
10	last player 0 shot
11	last player 1 shot
Recliners.IFF
0	Piece (Other/Nap)
repomanfx.IFF
0	Burn time	Fire attribute data duplicates.
1	Fire size
2	Strength
3	Flicker Frame
4	Object size
5	Ticks
6	Time until spread
7	Spread flags
8	Object flags
9	Extinguishing
10	First fire
11	Sound time
ShowerC.IFF
1	Water State (Off/On)
3	unused 3
4	unused
SocialInteractions.IFF
5	Location
Stereos.IFF
2	Station (Jaz/Roc/Cla)	May refer to older mechanics related to switching radio stations. Latin station is here labeled as "Jazz", and Country is not listed, suggesting it was implemented later than the other stations.
TVs.IFF
10	Max Fun
TrashCompactor.IFF
5	Unused
7	Food Difficulty
Trees.IFF
1	unused 1
2	On/Off	Odd duplicates of attribute data related to HotTub.IFF.
3	Users
4	damage
5	unused
VisitGenerator.IFF
0	just generated

(Source: LUCPIX)

Miscellaneous

Object Constants

#	Label	Comment
aquarium1.IFF
#Tuning
5	Fun Effect Max	Final aquariums instead use two #Tuning constants that increase the Sims' Fun motive differently, depending on their Nice points.
6	Fun Effect Inc
ash.IFF and fire.IFF
#misc
0	Frames of Flicker
bars.IFF
#Break
0	Break Percent	This, and the loose presence of the repair state flag in the object's init function, suggest Bachman Wood Beverage Bar was once programmed to break and be repaired, as most electronic objects in the game.
bbq.IFF
#left graphics
256	closed
257	1/2 open
258	open
#Grill Min/Max
384	Max
385	Min
beds.IFF
#Tuning Constants
2	Snore Every
#Type
128	Single - Cheap	The bed objects instead carry test object type primitives in their scripts that identity which bed object the Sim is interacting with.
129	Single - Child
130	Single - Moderate
131	Single - Expensive
132	Double - Cheap
133	Double - Moderate
134	Double - Expensive
bills.IFF
#repo states
2	user paying
4	man collecting
carglobals.IFF
#Car Pool States
0	No State
1	Arrived
2	Left
chesstable.IFF
#States
129	Waiting for Turn
130	Playing Turn
134	B Needs Scoot
coffeeesp.IFF
#Tuning Values
4	Unused
7	Unused
coffeem.IFF
#Tuning Values
1	Unused
2	Drink Animation Loops	Used in the espresso machine object.
comeandseeme.IFF
#Topics
0	Sports	Leftover labels that describe an early set of talk topics, most notably "Gardening", Gossip", "Religion" and "Family".
1	Politics
2	Food
3	Business
4	Weather
5	Religion
6	Family
7	Travel
8	Gossip
9	Gardening
desks.IFF
#Tuning - Eat
128	Eating Surface Cheap
129	Eating Surface Moderate
130	Eating Surface Exp
dollhouse.IFF
#Tuning
3	Watch Fun Max
doors.IFF
#a states
0	goto door [sic]
1	opening
2	waiting for greet
3	greet
5	gave up
#k states
135	undefiened [sic]
128	knock
129	wait for A opening
130	waitfor A ready greet [sic]
131	step forward
132	greet
133	gave up
134	non knocker
136	non knocker done
fireplaces.IFF
#Tuning
7	V Exp Room Impact if off
flamingo.IFF
#Tuning
1	Kick Comfort	Probably intended for motive deltas but, interestingly, kicking or reacting to flamingos don't benefit the Sims' needs at all, save for a technical quirk that increases their Mood bar for just a couple of seconds.
2	View Fun
flowersoutdoor.IFF
#Water
0	Max
1	Min
2	Min Mood
#Stomp Min/Max
128	Max	Early flags reminiscent of the autonomous Stomp interaction, documented here as a foresight.
129	Min
#LifeCycle
256	DaysToChange	Unused duplicate of plants.iff constant data.
food.IFF
#states
6	cooking
7	serving
10	cleaned
#Tuning Values
393	LiteMeal Best Quality
395	RegMeal Spoil Time in Hour
408	BBQSng Best Quality
419	Candy Points per Loop
foodproc.IFF
#Tuning - Timing
256	Tick Count
gardener.IFF
#Tuning Constants
1	Hours to Garden
giftflowers.IFF
#Tuning
2	Dead Impact
helpsystem.IFF
#Command
3	Restart
#Help
385	On
386	End
387	Start
#Build Mode Flags
774	Stairs
#Flags3
901	No Cook Lite Meal
lampgarden.IFF
#Tuning Values
0	Room Impact	Remnants of early efforts in coding garden lamps to break, be fixed and viewed by Sims as some final lamps.
1	Broken Bulb Room Impact
2	Minimum Bulb Life
3	Maximum Bulb Life
4	Fun Per View
5	Max Fun Reachable
lamplava.IFF
#Tuning Values
1	Broken Bulb Room Impact	lamps.iff duplicates.
2	Minimum Bulb Life
3	Maximum Bulb Life
mirrors.IFF
#Types
0	Floor Cheap	The base game only contains a Moderate type of floor mirror.
1	Floor Expensive
newspaper.IFF
#Tuning - Timing
0	Number of sit reading loops
npccontroller.IFF
#Tuning - Body
128	new constant 0
1	new constant 1
repairman.IFF
#Tuning Values
1	Hourly Rate
thief.IFF
#States
1	Leaving
2	Caught
paintings.IFF
#Tuning
2	Room Impact
phones.IFF
#Call friend tuning
12	Talk loops before dialog
13	Talk loops before hang up
14	Talk loops before friends dialog
#Other tuning
385	Talk loops for Emgcy NPC
387	Talk loops for NPC
389	Talk loops for random call before dialog
390	Talk loops for random call after dialog
phonecall.IFF
#Tuning
0	Thief Chance	Duplicates of npccontroller.iff.
1	Capture Thief Bonus
2	Paper Delivery Bonus
3	Paper Delivery Minute
4	Break up Party Time
5	Party Fine Hour
6	Amount of Guests for Party
7	Relationship for Irate Neighbor
8	Max Paper Count
pinballmachine.IFF
#Tuning
3	Loops Per Ball
4	Join Social Max
5	Join Social Inc
pooldivbrd.IFF
#object types
0	ladder
1	diving board
poolladder.IFF
#object types
0	ladder
1	diving board
pooltable.IFF
#table states
256	empty
258	in play
#Tuning
388	Max fun for dropout
389	Min mood for dropout
pedportal.IFF
#tuning
1	Visitor Leave Time
2	Visitor Leave Time Morning
recliner.IFF
#Tuning
9	Nap Energy Max Cheap
showerc.IFF
#tuning
266	Repair Min Mood
social2.IFF
#marry result
0	accept
1	house too small
2	rel low
3	rel way low
4	bad mood
5	error
#move in result
128	yes
129	house too small
130	rel too low
#tuning
256	minimum tiles per person
257	maximum family members
socialinteractions.IFF
#Topics
8	Child - Toys	For children's talk topics, Age Specific #(1-4) are used, instead.
9	Child - Aliens
10	Child - Pets
11	Child - School
#Conservation Types [sic]
129	Give Flower
134	Hit
143	Talk Shop
149	Attack
#Hit States
258	Move to Receiver
#Tuning
640	minimum tiles per person
stoves.IFF
#Help
384	Off
385	On
386	End
387	Start
#Tuning - Timing
512	Cheap Tick Count
513	Expensive Tick Count
tvs.IFF
#Tuning
145	No Break Time
toilets.IFF
#Tuning
140	Broken Room Score
toybox.IFF
#Tuning
256	Mood Low Threshold
trainsets.IFF
#Tuning
132	Watch Social Inc
133	Watch Social Max
138	Exp Watch Social Inc
139	Exp Watch Social Max
trash1.IFF and trashcompactor.iff
#Dispose
128	Trash Inc per Dump(1..10)
trashpile.iff
#Cleanup Min/Max
0	Max
1	Min
trees.iff
#Graphic
128	standing	Duplicates of HotTub.IFF.
129	bubble1
130	bubble2
131	bubble3
tutorial.iff
#dialogs
(Empty ID)
#ui events
141	popup closed
#special buttons
256	live
257	buy
258	build
259	needs
260	options
urnstone.iff
#Tuning
132	Number Of Ghost Loops
visitorgenerator.iff
#Tuning
3	Friend report level
7	Relationship increase per day
vrhelmet.iff
#Tuning
0	Play Loops

(Source: LUCPIX)