Tutorials:TS3 HTMG ChapA Objective

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TS3 Step-by-step Start-to-Finish Basic How To Mesh Guide

TOC  | Chapter A: Objective  | Chapter B: Preamble  | Chapter C: Staging  | Chapter D: Cloning  | Chapter E: Extracting  | Chapter F: Decompiling  | Chapter G: Texturing in Gimp  | Chapter H: Meshing in Milkshape  | Chapter I: UVMapping in LithUnwrap  | Chapter J: Recompiling  | Chapter K: Packaging  | Chapter L: Testing  | Chapter M: FAQs  | Chapter N: References

Objectives

This tutorial takes you step-by-step through the process of creating a new table mesh from the original on the left (the Sunup Breakfast Table named TableDiningQuaint) to the final outcome on the right. I have adapted this based off of

  1. Deluxe_Design's basic Tutorial: Meshing Objects in TS3
  2. Jwoods' (and Numenor, Lethe_s & IgnorantBliss) Sims 2 start to finish Object Creation Tutorial V 2.1 and
  3. WesHowe's WesHowe's 3D_Meshing Tutorials & customsims3's Meshing and Modding forums (qns & ans in the forums)
  4. cocomama's Making of : MODL and MLOD
  5. lemoncandy's post#6 The "textures part" in the Converting objects from TS2 to TS3-Collecting mesh and Textures with Simpe thread


Before After
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Why I wrote it:

Primarily, this is to document my own experiences in the meshing process, with highlighted areas where I had difficulties, how I solved them or where the solutions could be found. With all the threads asking the same questions on the forums over and over again, I thought I'd pretty it up and contribute and share with the community. Where possible, I've included the threadIDs when bits of pertinent information is first referenced, from the Meshing and Modding subforums of Sims 3 Creation and tutorials in Sims2Wiki.

Disclaimer:

Bear in mind the tools are still being developed and evolving, so screenshots may change. I also take no responsibility if installing the utilities listed and modding/meshing resulted in a BFBVFS in your game, messed up your game (because you"ll be testing with adding/removing CC), render your computer unusable, messed up your head when you get nightmares of being chased by squabling dining tables each claiming they are the original and am "The One".


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