CAS Creation With Daluved1: From Start-To-Finish

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Key This article uses acronyms, phrases, and colour codes which are explained below. CAW Create a World - Just a shortening of the program's name. EIG Edit in Game - This is pretty self-explanatory, it is the version of The Sims 3 that functions directly with CAW to allow you to build lots for your world. RED TEXT in screenshots indicates something is done poorly. ORANGE/YELLOW TEXT in screenshots indicates something that is acceptable. GREEN TEXT in screenshots shows a good outcome!

Programs Needed Create A World is the main program used in this material and can be found here at TheSims3.com S3PE is used to change things like sky and ocean colour in .world files. It can be found here at simlogical Photoshop .dds Plugin is a useful little plugin for Photoshop which allows it to read files in a .dds format. Find it here. Please note that this plugin is free, but Photoshop is NOT. Paint Programs Paint.net is one of a couple of programs that can be used to edit terrain and road texture files. These are generally in a .dds format. Find it here. Please note, this program is free. GIMP is another program that can be used to edit terrain and road texture files. Again, in .dds format. Find it here. Please note, this program is free. Photoshop is, perhaps, the most well known of the paint programs, but it has one major drawback. It costs. A lot.

Tutorial Sections: 1. Planning Ever heard the saying "look before you leap"? 2. Meshing Create the perfect mesh for your creation. 3. Creating A New Package Let's put that mesh to some good use! 4. Texturing A mesh is nothing without a good texture. 5. Finishing Up Time to polish up your creation! Special Gift! Like the creation demonstrated? As a bonus item to you readers, I'm offering the shirt up for upload. Click here to download it. The Glossary For a glossed list of words and terms used throughout this guide, see The Glossary