Category:Modding Tools for Sims 4

Introduction

General info:

• Maxis TS4 Custom Content Guide EA has published technical documentation on best practices for Custom Content and Mods and details about how the game works. TS4 Custom Content Guide zip
• Maxis Info Index -- this includes the link to their most recent tdesc (tuning description) download

2D Editors and Converters

• Aorta - DDS conversion tool

• dxtbmp - DDS conversion tool

• Windows Texture Viewer (Nvidia) - Simple DDS viewing, especially for DDS files with an alpha channel

3D Editors

• Blender
  • Blender 3D 2.6 GEOM tools (now imports rig) by cmomoney
  • Blender 2.65 TS3 Slot Editor Updated 6-23-17?! by cmoney
  • Blender 2.7 TS3 Tools v3.02 updated 5-2-14 by cmomoney
  • Blender shortcuts by Lyralei/Greenie

• Milkshape 1.8.5 Beta 2
  • Milkshape GEOM plugins, V0.16 By Wes Howe
  • Sims 4 Bones for Milkshape
  • Cat's Normal Smoother for Milkshape (Cat of Evil Genius)

• Meshing programs and plugins that work with TSR Workshop

CAS Creation Tools

• MorphMaker by CmarNYC This tool makes custom TS4 morphs from base and morphed meshes and packages them in CAS sliders and presets.

• TS4 CASTools by CmarNYC
  • The Latest version of CASTools download.
  • TS4 CASTools: Recolouring
  • TS4 CASTools: Flag edits (gender, randomness, categories, etc)

• TSR Workshop
  • TSR Workshop Tutorials
  • Meshing programs and plugins that work with TSR Workshop
  • TSR Workshop Forums -- CAS Specific

• The Sims 4 Studio
  • Tutorials for Sims 4 Studio
  • Sims 4 Studio Discussion and Support Forums

• TS4 Skininator by CmarNYC
  • Creating a custom skintone with TS4 Skininator Tutorial

Career Tools

• Create a Career Tool by NEIA located at http://www.simneia.fr/
  • Tutorial for NEIA's Create a Career Tool located at http://modthesims.info/t/611227

Milkshape Plugins

• Sims 4 Bones for Milkshape

Misc/Other

• Tray Importer/Exporter (for managing lots and sims with CC)
• FNV Hash Calculator Online
• 010 Editor (this deals with the EA .bt templates as well)
• Comparison of hex editors (wikipedia)

Modding Tools for Mac

• Sims 4 Studio for Mac Resource editing, CAS recolors, CAS meshes, package merging, and custom content management.

Object Creation Tools

• TSR Workshop
  • Basic Object Instructions for TSRW
  • TSR Workshop Tutorials
  • Meshing programs and plugins that work with TSR Workshop
  • TSR Workshop Forums - Object Specific

• The Sims 4 Studio This link drops you on their download forum so you can pick the Windows or Mac version you want.
  • Tutorials for Sims 4 Studio
  • Sims 4 Studio Discussion and Support Forums

Pose & Animation Tools

• The Sims 4 Studio This link drops you on their download forum so you can pick the Windows or Mac version you want.
  • Sims 4 Studio Tutorials Scroll down to "Pose/Sim Animation Tutorials"
  • Sims 4 Studio discussion and support forums

Python Scripting Tools

• Python decompiler script (ThatUsernameGuy)
• Python decompiler batch file (darkkitten30)
• Python decompiler script (mgomez)

Resources (CAS)

• Sims 4 hair components This is the place to start if you want to make a new hair mesh for Sims 4.

• Hair overview – names/models (CAS Demo, YA) by xox_sugarlips_xox

• Joint List for Sims 4 Skeletons

• Sim Body Texture Templates and UV maps

• CAS Part UV Template by Brujah

• Pooklet's psds & textures Pooklet's hair textures and psd files. Scroll down to the pooklet-psds & textures folder.

• by Jennisims Hair texture

Tuning/DATA Tools

• Sims 4 Studio - Select for Mac or Windows - A continuously updated tool for all types of tuning mods. Also has a Fullbuild search tool, an editor with syntax highlighting and code folding, and a built-in hasher.

• Combined XML Extractor (scumbumbo) - also extracts JAZZ tuning

• Data File Tool (velocitygrass)

• TS4 Tuning Tool (morgade) – for structured editing/browsing/creating XML tuning files

• TS4 XML Compare (scumbumbo)

• Tdesc Browser (scumbumbo)

• D3OI – Debug Display and Dump Object Information (scumbumbo)

Wall/Floor/Terrain Tools

• TSR Workshop
  • TSR Workshop Tutorials
  • TSR Workshop Sims 4 Discussion Forums

• Sims 4 Studio
  • Sims 4 Studio Tutorials
  • Sims 4 Studio discussion and support forums

Windows Modding Tools

• Sims 4 Studio - S4S A full resource editor able to work with game files and individual .package files. Please read through the latest S4S info before downloading.

• s4pe - Sims 4 Package Editor / Bug reports at github / Feedback thread at mts

• TS4 STBL Editor (c_major)

• STBL Editor (Deaderpool)