Kiwi tea at 14:58, 17 September 2012

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==K. Packaging & Editing in s3pe==

K1. Bringing it all together:
# Before we start s3pe and start importing stuff back, let<nowiki>’</nowiki>s get organize. What did we change? 
#* the texture: main bumpmap and specular – 2 dds resources
#** cleanup our xcf images (remove the labels), flatten and export as dds images
#** after you do a '''Save As''', open your .dds images again and verify the RGBA channels are still intact – especially the Alpha one – needs to be all white.
#* the mesh – the number of MLODs and MODL depends on object cloned. At the very minimum, most objects have at least one MLOD and MODL; our table has 3 MLODs and 1 MODL that we exported in section E.
#** these must be the recompiled versions 

K2. Fire up s3pe and
# [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_228.png|right|350px]]Import resources. Select replace and compress options
#* '''MLOD'''s – look for <code>*.lod</code> in respective folders.
#* '''MODL''' – look for <code>*.model</code> in '''MODL 00001''' folder
#* '''_IMG''' – look for the <code>_m_<''_hashname_''></code> and <code>_s_<''_hashname_''></code> with matching <code><''_hashname_''>.dds</code> 

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| [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_10.gif|baseline]] Check: 
''Upon Import, the old resources should be strikedthrough to indicate that they have been replaced. If not, you’re going to have 2 copies of the same resource in there. If this happens, check for InstanceIDs – did you use the same package you exported these resources from? ''
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:2. [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_226.png|right|200px]] Edit information you want to change
::* '''OBJD''':
::** select '''OBJD''' resource
::** click [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_309.png]]
::** in '''Data Grid''' dialog box, click on [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_310.png]] to expand the '''Common Block'''
::** you can edit these info here:
::**:a. catalog names / descriptions, 
::**:b. [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_227.png|right|350px]]prices 
::**:c. build / buy flags
::**:d. function category flags
::**:e. room category flags
::**:f. others as necessary – explore on your own (I cannot possibly cover everything); some of the functions and info are still not known. Be the first to share your findings in the forums!
::** when you<nowiki>’</nowiki>re done editing, click [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_311.png]] 
::* '''STBL''' entries: for the long descriptive text.
::** select '''STBL''' resource 
::** click [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_309.png]] 
::** click the ellipses button [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_313.png]] to expand that entry 
::** make your changes, click [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_314.png]] 
::** back in Data Grid dialog box, click [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_311.png]] 

:3. Adding THUM resource.
::(''you don<nowiki>’</nowiki>t need to do this if you don<nowiki>’</nowiki>t want your custom content to be differentiated from base-game content'')
::* So, the way I add object thumbnails is by cheating;
::** I create my clone package without the THUM resource
::** Delete the '''ObjectThumbnails.package''' from the ..\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Thumbnails\ folder so the game will generate a fresh, uncluttered one for me
::** I loaded the game up and after testing usage, etc are all OK, I used all the recolors of the object i.e. place them in-game, save and exit
::** Open the '''ObjectThumbnails.package''' in '''s3pe''' and extract the '''THUM''' resources. If you hadn<nowiki>’</nowiki>t deleted first, you<nowiki>’</nowiki>ll have to search for the picture among ''All'' of the objects you have ''ever'' used in the game
::** edit them to include the custom icon, if you want to use a different customized view for the THUMbnail, you can do so also, but save as the same name
::** import/add them into s3pe 
::* [[Image:EllaMeshTutorial_316.png|right|350px]]How the .package file recognizes THUM
::** when you '''Add''' or '''Import''' a THUM resource, s3pe will add another line in the '''_KEY''' resource that matches the '''Name''' and '''InstanceID''' of your '''OBJK''' resource
::** the resources with GroupID ending with "00" are the default ones in 3 sizes
::::a. TypeID ending with "B4" – 32x32 – this is used in the moodlets and thought bubbles
::::b. TypeID "B5" – 54x54 – this is the recolors group series
::::c. TypeID "B6" – 128x128 – this is the main icon listing your object in the catalog
:::* if you have imported with InstanceID but the Name is blank, the game will not load the custom THUM but default to a game-generated one 
:4. From s3pe<nowiki>’</nowiki>s '''File''' menu → '''Save'''

 

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Kiwi tea at 14:58, 17 September 2012

EllaCharm3d at 06:13, 25 January 2011

EllaCharm3d: /* new */