Tutorials:STF Conversion Tute Step 5 - Revision history

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‎Step 5: Extract the Sims 2 (TS2) Mesh and Textures

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 I know that in English there should be an apostrophe s (porkypine's or Macarossi's) to denote the possessive but I recommend not using them in file names.
-* [[Step 6: Extract the Sims 2 (TS2) Mesh and Textures]]
+* [[Tutorials:STF Conversion Tute Step 6]]
 [[Category:Sims 3 Modding Tutorials]][[Category:Sims 3 Objects Tutorials]][[Category:Tutorials by porkypine]]

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	I know that in English there should be an apostrophe s (porkypine's or Macarossi's) to denote the possessive but I recommend not using them in file names.		I know that in English there should be an apostrophe s (porkypine's or Macarossi's) to denote the possessive but I recommend not using them in file names.
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		+	* [[Step 6: Extract the Sims 2 (TS2) Mesh and Textures]]

	[[Category:Sims 3 Modding Tutorials]][[Category:Sims 3 Objects Tutorials]][[Category:Tutorials by porkypine]]		[[Category:Sims 3 Modding Tutorials]][[Category:Sims 3 Objects Tutorials]][[Category:Tutorials by porkypine]]

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	I know that in English there should be an apostrophe s (porkypine's or Macarossi's) to denote the possessive but I recommend not using them in file names.		I know that in English there should be an apostrophe s (porkypine's or Macarossi's) to denote the possessive but I recommend not using them in file names.
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		+	[[Category:Sims 3 Modding Tutorials]][[Category:Sims 3 Objects Tutorials]][[Category:Tutorials by porkypine]]

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 ==Step 5: Credit Original Creator==
-Give Credit where Credit is Due.  When you take a TS2 mesh that someone else made and convert it to TS3, remember to put their creator name in your package name. That way there will never be any confusion over who made what. Yes, you are doing a lot of work to convert TS2 objects to TS3, but they made the original item and should be remembered for what they contributed to the game.
+Give Credit where Credit is Due.  When you take a TS2 mesh that someone else made and convert it to TS3, remember to put their creator's name in your package name. That way there will never be any confusion over who made what. Yes, you are doing a lot of work to convert TS2 objects to TS3, but they made the original item and should be remembered for what they contributed to the game.
 I recommend using the following naming convention for converted items.  You can rearrange them to suit your own creator style, but I think your package names should have the following elements.

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 Give Credit where Credit is Due.  When you take a TS2 mesh that someone else made and convert it to TS3, remember to put their creator name in your package name. That way there will never be any confusion over who made what. Yes, you are doing a lot of work to convert TS2 objects to TS3, but they made the original item and should be remembered for what they contributed to the game.
+I recommend using the following naming convention for converted items.  You can rearrange them to suit your own creator style, but I think your package names should have the following elements.
-I recommend using the following naming convention for converted items.  You can rearrange them to suit your own creator sytle, but I think your package names whould have the following elements.
 '''(your creator name)_(what this is)_(TS2 creator's name)_(name of your object).package'''

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 '''(your creator name)_(what this is)_(TS2 creator's name)_(name of your object).package'''
-'''''Example:'''''
+''Example:''
 '''porkypine_TS3-conversion_of-Macarossi_DragonTree.package'''
 I know that in English there should be an apostrophe s (porkypine's or Macarossi's) to denote the possessive but I recommend not using them in file names.

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−	==Step 5: ==	+	==Step 5: Credit Original Creator==
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		+	Give Credit where Credit is Due. When you take a TS2 mesh that someone else made and convert it to TS3, remember to put their creator name in your package name. that way there will never be any confusion over who made what. Yes, you are doing a lot of work to convert TS2 objects to TS3, but they made the original item and should be remembered for what they contributed to the game.
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		+	I recommend using the following naming convention for converted items. You can rearrange them to suit your own creator sytle, but I think your package names whould have the following elements.
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		+	(your creator name)_(what this is)_(TS2 creator's name)_(name of your object).package
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		+	Example:
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		+	porkypine_TS3-conversion_of-Macarossi_DragonTree.package
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		+	I know that in English there should be an apostrophe s (porkypine's or Macarossi's) to denote the possessive but I recommend not using them in file names.

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-==Step 5: Extract the Sims 2 (TS2) Mesh and Textures==
+==Step 5: ==
-−
-<br clear="all" \>
-[[File:simpe-mesh-extraction.jpg|thumb|alt=Alt text|simpe mesh extraction]]
-To start, extract the mesh and textures from your favorite TS2 object.
-−
-* Open Simpe - click File, open
-* Navigate to your TS2 package and open it.
-:1. In the Resource Tree, click on the Geometric Data Container (GMDC)
-:2. In the Resource List, click on the (meshname)_tslocator_gmdc
-:3. At the bottom of SimPE select the Plugin View and make sure the TS2 mesh is checked, (In this case, it's called foilage
-:4. Click the Export button and save it to your new working folders.
-*Navigate to your TS2-original folder and save the extracted mesh.obj (see simpe mesh extraction)
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-<br clear="all" \>
-[[File:ts2-texture.jpg|thumb|alt=Alt text|TS2 original texture]]
-* Back in SImPE, extract the image files.  You only need the texture files
-:1. In the resource Tree, select Texture Image (TXTR)(2)
-:2. In the Resource List, select the foliaged_txtr (You don't need the TS2 alpha)
-:3. In the Plugin View, select the largest size - in this case it is a 512 x 512 image - remember this size. You will need the size info later for the UV map and the texture conversions.
-:4. Click Export
-* Navigate to your TS2-original folder and save the extracted texture.png
-* Close Simpe