This resource contains neighborhood IDs. This resource also goes by the short name IDNO.

Format

DWORD

Version

0x03 = TS2

0x05 = EP1 [University]

0x07 = EP2 [Nightlife]

0x08 = EP3 [Open for Business]

0x09 = EP4 [Pets]

0x0A = EP5 [Seasons] and above

DWORD

Length P

P bytes

Primary neighborhood prefix (Nxxx or the neighborhood folder name).

Also standalone sub-neighborhood prefix (before subhood has been added to a neighborhood).

DWORD

Neighborhood ID

if (Version >= 5)

DWORD

Hood type

• 1 - main hood
• 2 - campus (University)
• 3 - downtown (Nightlife)
• 4 - suburb (Open for Business plus stealth neighborhoods from Pets, Seasons, Bon Voyage, FreeTime, and Apartment Life)
• 5 - village (Bon Voyage: Far East)
• 6 - lakes (Bon Voyage: Mountain)
• 7 - island (Bon Voyage: Island)

DWORD

Length A (only non-zero if this is a sub-neighborhood which has been added to a neighborhood)

A bytes

Sub-neighborhood prefix (Uxxx, Dxxx, Bxxx, etc)

if (Version >= 7)

DWORD

Is downtown? (0 = false, 1 = true)

DWORD

Unknown (Always 2 in NL and 4 in OfB?)

if (Version >= 8)

DWORD

Unknown

if (Version >= 9)

DWORD

Stealth Flags

• 0 indicates that this is not a stealth subhood.

For the first byte (normally located at 0x24 if unattached; 0x28 if attached)

• 0x0010 - Unknown; used by all stealth subhoods.
• 0x0100 - Unknown; used by Weather, Hobbies, and Exotic Destinations.
• 0x1000 - Unknown; used by Exotic Destinations.

if (Version >= 0x0A)

Byte

Unknown (usually 1)

Byte

Unknown (usually 2)

Byte

Unknown (usually 3)

Byte

Unknown (usually 0)

This article is one of several on this topic imported from the old MTS2 wiki. It's original pages, with comments, can be found at http://old_wiki.modthesims2.com/AC8A7A2E and http://old_wiki.modthesims2.com/NID