Global Data

Object/Character Data#

**`Behavior.IFF`** — **10 December 1999 14:10**
ID	Constant	Label	Comment	Context¹
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`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| Early "gender" flag, oddly listed as object flag, when its final counterpart is listed as character data.
`20`		`tree table entry`
`35`		`temperature`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	rowspan="3" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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, yet in the final product players do not have any access to information regarding the character's age or birth.
`18`		`sim age`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	rowspan="5" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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 text ID associated with this interest was relabeled to "Unused & DO NOT USE" in later expansion-pack builds. "s: gardening (old)" is checked in an unused 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)`
`54`-\|`55`		`Old Conv. Topic`
`21`		`unused 21`
`22`		`left hand gesture`	rowspan="2" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| Change the characters' hand models to "hand", "fist" or "point". Works when manually modified, but base game 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`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`			style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| Despite labeled in the base game as "unused", it's interesting that the behavior-oriented labels in expansion-pack builds unveil its original context by having its ID relabeled as `_UnusedPhysical`, which in earlier builds was an umbrella designation that represented the motives "Hunger", "Energy", "Comfort", "Bladder" and "Hygiene".
`10`			style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| Behavior labels in later expansion-pack builds have this ID relabeled as `_UnusedMental`, meaning that, in earlier builds, was an umbrella designation that represented the motives "Environment", "Entertainment" (Fun), "Stress", "Alertness" (both unused) and "Social".
`11`		`Sleep state`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| Possibly an early equivalent of the "Energy" motive.
`12`		`unused`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| Behavior labels 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#

**`Behavior.IFF`** — **10 December 1999 14:10**
ID	Constant	Label	Comment
STR# 129 - global labels
`1`	Simulation Global	`Day of Month`	rowspan="3"; style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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.
`7`		`Month`
`8`		`Year`
`11`		`Unused`
`18`		`Held Sim Speed`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| Possibly an early equivalent of Speed.
`24`		`Demo`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	`Unused`
`5`	`Set [N \| Y]`
`Ash.IFF`
`0`	`burning`	rowspan="6" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	rowspan="6" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	colspan="2 style="text-align: center"\|`Unused`
`4`	colspan="2 style="text-align: center"\|`Unused`
`5`	colspan="2 style="text-align: center"\|`Location`
`6`	colspan="2 style="text-align: center"\|`Unused`
`Computers.IFF`
`2`	`HD Light (Off/On)`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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?`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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)`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	rowspan="12" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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)`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	rowspan="3" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	rowspan="2" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	rowspan="7" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| Used in the espresso machine object.
`comeandseeme.IFF`
#Topics
`0`	`Sports`	rowspan="10" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	rowspan="2" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	rowspan="2" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| Early flags reminiscent of the autonomous `Stomp` interaction, documented here as a foresight.
`129`	`Min`
#LifeCycle
`256`	`DaysToChange`	style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	rowspan="6" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	rowspan="3" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| `lamps.iff` duplicates.
`2`	`Minimum Bulb Life`
`3`	`Maximum Bulb Life`
`mirrors.IFF`
#Types
`0`	`Floor Cheap`	rowspan="2" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	rowspan="9" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	rowspan="4" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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`	rowspan="4" style="background:#FFFFBF;color:#4D4D4D\| 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)

Footnotes

References#

Instance at Edith tool (or design document) where said resource is referenced.↩︎