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.NET Parser for The Sims Online's CST format.
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README.md

🔠 CST.NET

CST.NET is a library for parsing Maxis' key-value pair format. It can be used in conjunction with your own custom frameworks, or the original UIText APIs.

Caret-Separated Text (or CST) is a key-value pair format represented by digits or words as keys and the value as text enclosed between carets. (e.g. <key> ^<text>^) Any text which is not enclosed with carets is considered a comment and ignored. Neither strings nor comments may use the caret character.

🛠 Features

  • Native support for Sims Online's .cst files.
  • UIText Support
  • Variable support

🗓️ Support & Update Cycle

Type Frequency Notes
Minor Update Every 3–6 months Small enhancements, non-breaking changes
Patch Update As needed Bug fixes, security updates
Major Update 25 months Framework upgrades, major refactors
  • Reserve months: June (Mid-Year Chill) & December (End-Year Freeze)

🧘 Sustainability Practices

  • 20% creative/recovery space built into development
  • Mandatory cooldowns after major launches (minimum 1 week)
  • Crisis Mode Activates if:
    • Critical vulnerabilities
    • Framework-breaking issues

🛡️ Support

  • Active Support
  • Limited Support (Security patches only)
  • Maintenance Mode (Dependency-only updates)
  • Archived (No active work planned)

⏰ Project Timeline

Milestone Target Date Status
First Stable Build 12/13/2020 Done
Feature Complete N/A Planned
Maintenance Phase N/A Planned

📓 Project Notes

  • This all began as a "what if?" What if I could make my own? So, I did. First from a Jupyter notebook and then a full-fledged project that technically has a support cycle.
  • While this project is technically feature complete, it is not a full drop-in replacement as it lacks variable (%[digit]) parsing.

📄 License

I license this project under BSD-3-Clause license — see the LICENSE file for full text.