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[NOTE For the SR.Com Mods - This was approved by Beastly via Discord and by the majority of the game leaderboard Moderators. This post is for all games minus Sims 2 DS and Sims 2 Castaway, as the mods have not responded at this time]

Attention all Sims Runners,

Over the last few months, the Mod The Sims Team (which is the team of all leaderboard moderators) have been talking about one thing: Emulator and Accuracy.

We know this is a big topic within all speedrunning communities, but following the developments from PCSX2, we as a team have had to make a decision that we think would be better for the community in general.

This decision comes as a joint effort between the leaderboard moderators and the main moderators for the games. We hope that this keeps the games open and it is an easy starting point for new runners to start playing these games.

The following changes are now in effect across all games:

Nintendo Gamecube: The only accepted Emulator that all mods have agreed upon is Dolphin Emulator 5.0, 5.0-Development Builds and 6.0 (when it releases). All Other Emulators are banned.

Gameboy Advanced: The accepted emulators are BizHawk’s GBA Core (Latest) and mGBA. Please use mGBA as a backup if you can not get BizHawk’s GBA Core to work. All Other Emulators are banned.

Nintendo DS: The accepted emulators are melonDS (Latest), DeSmuME 0.9.11 and BizHawk’s NDS Core (latest - When it releases). Please use DeSmuME 0.9.11 and BizHawk’s NDS Core (latest) as a backup. All other emulators (ex: no$GBA) are banned.

PSP: The accepted emulator is PPSSPP or PPSSPP Gold. All other emulators are banned.

PS2/Xbox/Xbox 360/iOS/Android: All Emulators are banned. Links to all the above pre-approved emulators can be found below:

Nintendo Gamecube (Dolphin): https://dolphin-emu.org/download/ GBA (BizzHawk GBA Core): https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk GBA (mGBA - Backup): https://mgba.io/downloads.html NDS (MelonDS): http://melonds.kuribo64.net/ NDS (DeSmuME): http://desmume.org/download/ NDS (BizHawk’s NDS Core): https://github.com/TASVideos/BizHawk PSP (PPSSPP): https://www.ppsspp.org/

Please Note the following if you are submitting a run using any of the above mentioned emulators:

All Settings used must be in their default state or per the Specific Game Guides for that Board: You must show off these settings for verification at the end of any completed run, this also includes game-specific properties as some emulators override the core settings when playing games. An example of such a setup that could be used as a standard can be found on https://www.speedrun.com/simsbo/guide/rt97s

Save States and Pre-Run Setup is banned: The only exception to this rule is using load states to return to the main menu is fine OUTSIDE OF RUNS. The only exception to the Pre-Run Setup rule is that cheats in categories ex: Bust Out Regular%, Sims 1 Console: MIDAS Enabled% etc. are allowed to be entered before the timer starts, this will still be allowed, but everything else is banned.

The application of fixes for emulators is allowed, however, all FMV’s must be available and left in their default state upon the final submission of the run (ex: The final Cutscene at the end of the Bust Out Career that you are playing as). If FMV’s have been tampered with, the mods of the games reserve the right to ask why they were tampered.

The use of 3rd party tools, other than those required for your run (So your recording software, Your Timer, Your Notes and anything else used for streaming purposes (so StreamLabs Chatbot, VLC, SMG Now Playing)) are not allowed for usage during runs. If any attempts to pass runs using these 3rd party tools, will result in a ban from the leaderboards for that game.

If you are using GBA or NDS emulators only, in any of The Sims Series Games the following applies to you:

Capture Rules: You must capture the full Emulator Window including the Window Border when submitting your video

As we are still relatively new to this and some things will require clarification, we ask that you talk to your relevant leaderboard mod before you start your run over on our community discord, https://discordapp.com/invite/967rn3j

Happy Simming:

The Sims Speedrunning Community Moderators

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Strat Discovery Thread

Nightwish4 years ago

Already Discovered Strats:

Expensive Skill Equipment The higher the cost of the equipment required to skill, the faster the skill time takes
Three Speed Manipulation Time Speedup effectively that is done automatically by the game, not using anything external. Active while sleeping and at work.
Team Anti-Bed Yeah as it states, beds in Bust Out are horrible as it can wake your sim at erratic times. Recliners don't have this issue at all.
Aromamaster Fun Fun Fun While you unlock it late, it is a useful item to have as you can use it to get fun while sleeping
Anti-Tables No this is not a table meme. Tables are horrible in this game as it requires your sims to sometimes walk around and use them which makes it slower to eat.
Introverted Eater Strat Dont eat while in a group, while it raises social, it slows down your eating speed.
Two Speed A General Strat, Fast Forward (like Three Speed Manip) is our way of speeding up the game without external tools. It speeds up the time in game dramatically.
Socials This is a topic that needs its own thread and requires a more indepth explaniation on what each social gives your sim in points, we will discuss this in another thread but not here.

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Strat Discovery Thread

Nightwish4 years ago

Hey there everyone, this is a thread to note down all the strats that have been discovered by the runners of this game.

If you find anything on your travels and want to share it, please do so here :)

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Attention: Changes to The Sims Bustin' Out Leaderboards

Nightwish4 years ago

Hi Habreno,

Sorry for not replying sooner. The reason that I banned DirectX11 is because of a glitch regarding the Censor.

Yes it wa apparently marked as fix BUT, further testing from me and a few other runners, have discovered that the only work around is to tweak the default settings for Dolphin. Which we want to avoid.

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Attention: Pre-Approved Emulators and Bust Out

Nightwish4 years ago

Hey there everyone,

With the changes brought in regarding the Leaderboard Split, we have decided as well to do a list of all the Emulators that you can use to run the game. This is to keep the game open to everyone, HOWEVER, there will be a guide in the guides detailing the setup of such an Emulator, as a standard for all runs.

The following Emulators are Approved:

NGC: Dolphin + Nintendont The approved emulator is Dolphin 5.0 and 6.0 (Normal, Dev and Unstable Builds) using OpenGL Graphics ONLY. DirectX11 Graphics is banned.

Nintendont is allowed for runs but ONLY with the "Unlock Disk Speed" option disabled. This must be shown at the beginning of the run. All other emulators are banned.

PS2/Xbox: All Emulators are banned, due to inaccuracy.

Emulator not here? Bring it up in The Sims Bustin Out Discord Channels on the Community Discord.

If you have any questions, please ask them in the community Discord.

Happy Simming, Wolfie and Patrick

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Attention: Changes to The Sims Bustin' Out Leaderboards

Nightwish4 years ago

Good Timezone everyone,

As part of the changes in the moderation team (with the introduction of Wolfstorm to the Moderation team), we have also taken a decision to revamp the leaderboards.

The following changes are now in effect:

Bust Out (No Cheats) is now a standalone category - This replaces the Old Bust Out (No Cheats) Sub Category

Bust Out (Cheats) is now a standalone category - This replaces the Old Bust Out (Regular/Cheats) Sub Category.

All Category Boards have been split to Console and Emulator retrospectively. (New and Existing) Emulator Runners, Please check the Guides Section for setup information before running the game.

Thanks. Have a good evening and Happy Simming!

Wolfie and Patrick

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Is it allowed to have mods to make the game faster?

Nightwish4 years ago

Hi there Wanu,

Thanks for pointing this out, but mods that help make the game faster are not allowed in no circumstances :)

Wolfie

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Community Discord Server

Nightwish4 years ago

Just a heads up, in case you guys werent aware, The Sims Community has a Speedrunning Community discord, you can find it here:

https://discordapp.com/invite/NwznKSr

If you are a Leaderboard mod, please ping me on there and I will sort you out!

Happy Simming, Wolfie

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Important: New Category Joins The Ranks

Nightwish4 years ago

Adding to this 2 months later - This category has been split into 2 subcategories:

1 - For the content that has been discussed in this thread: No Expansions (Just Base Game) 2 - For content that requires the expansions - With Expansions

Skills Required for the No Expansions Run can be found in this thread: https://www.speedrun.com/The_Sims_3/thread/kj6d0/1#ey3qa

Advanced Tech Alchemy Athletics Bass, Drums and Piano Bot Making Charisma Cooking Fishing Gardening Guitar Handiness Inventing Laser Rhythm-a-Con Logic Martial Arts Mixology Nectar Making Painting Photography Science Scuba Sculpting Social Networking Street Art Writing Means the With Expansions run would require:

Into the Future Supernatural Late Night Ambitions World Adventures University Island Paradise

Base Game

No Store Skills will be required by the with Expansion Run!

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Report a site bug

Nightwish4 years ago

Verifiers cant verify their own runs, if they submit them. If submitted and accessed via Pending Actions, returns the following page:

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Important: Rule Changes regarding Custom & Official Content

Nightwish4 years ago

Goeie Avond all Runners, Good Evening all Runners:

As you may know, the rules of all categories in the game currently state that custom content (including official content) is currently not allowed for use in any category in the game, but is allowed to be installed on your game copy.

Today, Melon and I are announcing that we are going to relax on this rule a little bit, but there is a catch 22:

If custom content has been used, it MUST be from the official Sims 3 Store (https://store.thesims3.com/) and you MUST when submitting your runs, provide a link to them.

Any runs that are found to contain custom content with no link to the item on the official store, will result in you being requested to do so to a moderator via our Discord.

In the event that you do not fulfill this request when asked to do so, will result in your run not being verified.

Thank you and a reminder that ONLY official content is allowed for use in runs (ie: Dragon Valley and all content on store.thesims3.com). Custom content is still banned!

Wolfie

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Use of custom content in a speedrun.

Nightwish4 years ago

Hi Haster,

Yes there is going to be an announcement later on today regarding this matter. Me and Melon have agreed that "Offical Sims 3 content from the store - ex: Dragon Valley" is going to be allowed tobe used in Speedruns.

Anything CUSTOM that does not come from https://store.thesims3.com/ is banned still :)