Alternatively, is there a list somewhere of the jobs and the schedules you end up working if you master those careers? Thanks in advance!

No, this is career based. Not sim based.

For EA rabbithole careers, job hours are hard-coded into the game files. It's done through data tables, each career has a table with different hours for each of up to 10 job levels. There is an entirely separate table for urban worlds (e.g., Bridgeport), as each level on each career has altered job hours and pay, etc., for these worlds. Some careers branch off part way through (music, law enforcement among others) so the tables split off after a certain mid-range level. Part time jobs and the more participatory careers (Ambitions) have their own tables.

The work hours per job level per job are pretty well documented on The Sims Wiki and Carl's website.


(Nonsense edited out since apparently I didn't know what I was talking about at first...)

I changed all of the rabbit hole work hours in my game with a simple tuning mod. The hours are found in the Careers XML. Tuning mods are very easy to make, and there are several tutorials available on the net. Hope this helps

SillySimmerGirl post_id=79856 time=1611266337 user_id=12917 wrote: I changed all of the rabbit hole work hours in my game with a simple tuning mod. The hours are found in the Careers XML. Tuning mods are very easy to make, and there are several tutorials available on the net. Hope this helps

I don't suppose you could upload the mod anywhere? I know absolutely nothing about how to mod. I'm not even sure I could find a tutorial for exactly what I need if I were to try and make one...

@igazor, Thanks a bunch for those links. If I can't figure out how to change them using a tuner of some kind, I might have to consider a job change just to keep my Sims on roughly the same schedule.

Vic2Point0 wrote: ↑

January 21st, 2021, 6:48 pm

I don't suppose you could upload the mod anywhere? I know absolutely nothing about how to mod. I'm not even sure I could find a tutorial for exactly what I need if I were to try and make one...

I used a lovely tutorial from Mod the Sims when I started XML modding: Sims 3 XML Tuning Modding. That should get you on the right track. As SillySimmerGirl said, you can find the hours for each EA career in the Careers XML file inside the GameplayData package. Export that file, then import it into a blank package in s3pe. You can then edit that file to change the work hours to suit yourself.

Alrighty, I'll give it a shot. Still surprised there isn't a mod for that already circulating! Thanks a bunch, guys!

So on step 3, it tells me to open the Gameplay folder, but there isn't a Game folder (which I'm supposed to find it in) so I'm stuck already. I even searched my computer for "gameplay" and no folders came up

That's because you have a Steam install, the TS3 installation directory is different.

Usually it goes C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\Gameplay. There can still be some variation, but once you get to the Game folder it should all look the same on any install type.

Ah, well thank you for that. Yes it is confusing because I do have an Electronic Arts folder entirely separate from Steam so I guess it split its own files when it installed (for some reason).

ETA: The "Leaderofthefreeworld" section is very close to the beginning of the Criminal section... just like in real life!

Vic2Point0 wrote: ↑

January 22nd, 2021, 1:54 pm

Alrighty, I'll give it a shot. Still surprised there isn't a mod for that already circulating! Thanks a bunch, guys!

I imagine the main reason for that is probably because everyone would want different versions, depending on their personal preference. Far simpler in a way for individuals to make those changes themselves! Hope that works for you!