Scripting and Sims2: Coding the Psychology of Little People / Making The Sims the Sims: How we make objects and Sims behaviors in Sims2. - Jake Simpson
A presentation at the 2005 Game Developer Conference by Jake Simpson. He was the lead engineer on simulation and tools for The Sims 2.
The presentation covers the following topics:
Definition of the concept of an "object" in Sims 2.
The process of determining what an object will be.
Tools used in object creation, including the Edith Object/Scripting/Debugging Tool.
Discussion of alternative approaches to script creation.
Demonstration of the object creation process. (not saved)
Acknowledgments to the object engineering team in Sims 2.
Description of the core content of objects in Sims 2.
The process of object creation, including design requirements, technical meetings, scheduling of models, animations, textures, and sounds.
Tools and processes used in object creation.
Exploration of the Simantics language used for object script development.
Pros and cons of Edith/Simantics in the object creation process.
Discussion of scripting approaches.
Specifics of object construction, including hierarchical script construction and exporting/importing settings for external modification.
The importance of profiling and debugging in the object creation process.
Demonstration of object creation using the Sims 2 object pipeline. (not saved)
Additionally, the presentation includes mentions of developers, acknowledgments, and the opportunity for questions.
Slides from the presentation:
Slides from GDC 2005: Jake Simpson - Scripting and Sims2: Coding the Psychology of Little People presentationAudio record of presentation is
Audio recording of Jake Simpson's speech:
Transcription of the audio recording - to read if it is difficult to perceive by ear, and to quickly find information from the speech. Only the answers to the questions turned out to be incomplete:
Notes from presentation GDC 2005: Jake Simpson - Scripting and Sims2: Coding the Psychology of Little PeopleAudio recording of presentation
На русском языке:
перечитала тему всю. ребят, потрясающая работа. очень жаль, что многие изображения утеряны и то, что тему явно подзабросили, а толковые ребя