Tutorials:STF Conversion Tute Step 5

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

You need to extract the mesh and textures from your favorite TS2 object.

• Open Simpe - click File, open
• Navigate to your TS2 package and open it.

1. 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

• • Click the Export button and save it to your new working folders.

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• • Navigate to your TS2-original folder and save the extracted mesh.obj (simpe-mesh-extraction.jpg)

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1. Back in SImPE, extract the image files. You only need the texture files

• In the resource Tree, select Texture Image (TXTR)(2)
• In the Resource List, select the foliaged_txtr (You don't need the TS2 alpha)
• In the Plugin View, select the largest size - in this case it is a 512 x 512 image - remember this size, You will need that info later for the UV map and the texture conversions.
• Click Export
• Navigate to your TS2-original folder and save the extracted texture.png (ts2-texture.jpg)
• Close Simpe