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==E. Using s3pe to extract the files==

E1. Launch '''s3pe'''. The mesh files are in the MODL and MLOD resources; so, we need to export these into their respective folders which you would have created when you prepared your workspace.

:Understanding naming conventions of the:

:# '''MLOD 00000 file'''
:#* The main mesh is the MLOD resource with ResourceType 01D10F34 & GroupID 0x'''00000000''' in s3pe
:#* It will be exported as <code>S3_01D10F34_'''00000000'''_*MLOD.lod</code> by ObjTool
:#* This is the only mesh that has a dropshadow. 
:# '''MLOD 10000 file'''
:#* This mesh is the companion pair to the above MLOD resource and it is identified by ResourceType 01D10F34 & GroupID 0x'''00010000''' in s3pe
:#* It will be exported as <code>S3_01D10F34_'''00010000'''_*MLOD.lod</code> by ObjTool
:#* This mesh provides the sunshadow when the object is placed outdoors, with some in-game calculations. 
:# '''MODL 00001 file'''
:#* This mesh is the companion pair to the main MLOD 00000 resource and it is identified by ResourceType 01661233& GroupID 0x'''00000001''' in s3pe
:#* It will be exported as <code>S3_01661233_'''00000001'''_*MODL.model</code> by ObjTool
:#* It is recognized by ObjTool as a [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_251.png]] filetype. 
:# '''MLOD 10001 file'''
:#* This mesh is the low-poly version of the main mesh, which will be used on zoom-outs and it is identified by ResourceType 01D10F34 & GroupID 0x'''00010001''' in s3pe
:#* This mesh provides the sunshadow for the '''MODL 00001''' '''file''' when the object is placed outdoors.
:#* It will be exported as <code>S3_01D10F34_'''00010001'''_*MLOD.lod</code> by ObjTool
:#* All *.lod files are recognized by ObjTool as a [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_252.png]] filetype
 
::Better explanation from Wes Howe [http://my.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=372831 post#21]:
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| [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_07.jpg|baseline]] Quote: 
''The MODL is usually group "00000001" (lod1) and it pairs with "00010001" for it's sun shadow. The other lod0 (main) file will be group "00000000" and it pairs with "00010000" for its sunshadow. But the sunshadow mesh is not the shadow, it is the other half of some sort of template the game uses to make a sunshadow by calculation... as the sun moves, the shadow changes, whereas the dropshadow stays the same. ''
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E2. Exporting the resources:
:# Ensure the '''Names''' & '''Tags''' Display and the '''Sort''' options are checked. 
:# If you have not done so, click the [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_253.png]] column heading just below your menu bar to sort the resources by its Tag ID. 
:# Select the resources you need to change – _'''IMD''', '''MLOD''' & '''MODL''' – by using CTRL-click to select multiple non-contiguous files at the same time. 
:# Then from the [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_254.png]] menu, select [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_255.png]]. 
:# Choose the folder you created earlier (you did prepare your workspace, right? If you hadn<nowiki>'</nowiki>t – ''naughty''! you can create a new folder now), and click [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_256.png]]. 
:# If you did not export them individually, drag each MLOD/MODL package file to its individual folder. 
:# We can exit from s3pe for now.

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 :# Ensure the '''Names''' & '''Tags''' Display and the '''Sort''' options are checked.<br><br>
 :# If you have not done so, click the [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_253.png]] column heading just below your menu bar to sort the resources by its Tag ID.<br><br>
-:# Select the resources you need to change –  _'''IMD''', '''MLOD''' & '''MODL''' – by using CTRL-click to select multiple non-contiguous files at the same time.<br><br>
+:# Select the resources you need to change –  _'''IMG''', '''MLOD''' & '''MODL''' – by using CTRL-click to select multiple non-contiguous files at the same time.<br><br>
 :# Then from the [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_254.png]] menu, select [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_255.png]].<br><br>
 :# Choose the folder you created earlier (you did prepare your workspace, right? If you hadn<nowiki>'</nowiki>t – ''naughty''! you can create a new folder now), and click [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_256.png]].<br><br>

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