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These are the rubrics that MTS staff use for evaluating TS2 CAS Screens shared here. The corresponding guidelines may be found here: Guidelines
The title above the post text controls the rubric's category, a number indicating its display order in the list, and its title, with no spaces between the word and the dividing | character: Category|Display Order|Title
Titles that begin with ** are rubric items that will not apply to every upload (a neighbourhood deco item does not need to be recolorable for example) and thus can be set to N/A by the moderator when evaluating an upload. Links below the title are provided to the creator along with the rubric reasons and are links to the appropriate section of the guidelines, relevant tutorials, etc.
In the post text, the numbers at the beginning of a line indicate the star rating for a particular rubric item, with a possible 1 to 5. Exactly how these numbers are used will vary based on the type of rubric item... Is it a "was it done right? yes or no?" type evaluation which would have only 1 or 5 as options? Or a matter of quality that will be more of a sliding scale including 1, 2, 3, 4, 5? Or something else?
A dividing | character can be given at the end of any one of the 1-5 star items to give a link that is relevant to that item.
Note to moderators: This first post (the summary) must be maintained manually. If you delete or add a rubric item or reorder anything, please edit this first post. All edits to Common Rubrics requiring editing its summary must be manually updated on every single individual rubric thread. Please copy the # link to use in the summaries, not the post number, to view the individual post.
1: This upload requires the Seasons EP. If you have the Seasons EP installed you MUST use the AnyGameStarter to create your CAS screen without Seasons. If you do not do this, any sims in the CAS screen will turn blue and freeze.
1: This upload requires the Pets EP. If you have the Pets EP installed you MUST use the AnyGameStarter to create your CAS screen without Pets. Using the Pets EP will cause stray pets to wander into your CAS screen and get stuck.
1: This CAS screen has no lighting in it. It is too dark to see the sims being created. Please add some lights!
2: There is some lighting, but it is not adequate. Having only a few lights or lights behind the sim causes dark shadows in places that should be lit instead.
3: The CAS screen and CAF screen both have lighting, but there are still a few shadows in places there shouldn't be.
1: This CAS screen has objects for Expansion Packs or Stuff Packs that you have not listed as being a requirement. This will not work without them and needs to be marked as such.
5: This CAS screen is correctly marked as to which EPs and SPs it requires.
1: There is custom content in this CAS screen but you didn't credit or link to it. CAS screens do not package their custom content like lots do so you will need to find, credit, link, and provide site directions for every piece of CC you have shown.
2: You've credited and linked to some of the CC shown, but not all of it. CAS screens do not package their custom content like lots do so you will need to find, credit, link, and provide site directions for every piece of CC you have shown.
3: You've credited and linked your CC, but the links aren't enough to get users to the items. For sites with Flash or frames, you need to provide directions as to how to get to the proper page as well.
5: Everything is properly credited and linked so that users will be able to find and download everything you used.