Tutorials:CAS Creation From Start-To-Finish - Glossary

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CAS Creation With Daluved1: From Start-To-Finish

Planning | Meshing | Creating A New Package | Texturing | Finishing Up | Glossary

The Glossary

Here are some words used throughout this tutorial that may need a little more explanation. Click the More Info button to expand the definition.

Contents

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

I

J

K

L

M

  • magic wand
  • marquee
  • mask
  • material
  • mesh
  • meshing
  • Milkshape 3D
  • multiplier

N

  • normal map

O

  • opacity
  • opaque
  • overlay

P

  • package
  • Paint.NET
  • parameter
  • part mask
  • Photoshop
  • plugin
  • png
  • polygon
  • polygon tool
  • preset

R

  • RGB mask
  • RGB value
  • repository
  • RES key

S

  • scale
  • skin ambient
  • skinning
  • specular
  • stencil
  • S3PE

T

  • tag
  • texture
  • texture linking
  • texturing
  • TGI
  • thumbnail
  • translucent
  • transparent
  • type

U

  • UV map

V

  • vertex

W

  • wireframe

X

  • XML




Plugin Many imaging programs do not initially know how to save/handle DDS files, so you'll have to install a plugin for them. Here are two of the most common ones. Photoshop GIMP [edit]Packages The CTU saves your finished creations as .packages, similar to what was used with The Sims 2.

For help with installing .packages, see Installing Sims 3 Package Files

Parameters To help quicken the search for a mesh, you can dial up the type of mesh you wish to use by setting the age/gender/type parameters. [edit]Mesh Once you set the parameters, you can either pick the mesh you want to use from the drop-down list or you can select it using the Quick Find box by clicking on the thumbnail.

Bump Maps Additionally bump maps may be found under the Meshes tab. To extract, click on the appropriate TGI link then hit the find button. When the DDS preview window comes up, click the export button at the bottom right corner of the screen.

[edit]Textures The easiest way to extract textures is to use the "Extract Textures" button in the Find a CAS tab. However this will give you all the game textures linked to that mesh.

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