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Accessory MocapSuit Fusion-EDIT
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
Details:
- Base game compatible
- Located on the Accessory section, legwear slot
- For teen, young adult and adult femsims
- Enabled for naked, everyday, sleepwear, formalwear, career, outwear and validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- 2-4 color channels
- 2 variations
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- The more you zoom the worst the texture will look
- Dark colors will look “flat”, patterns can help to minimize it a bit
- About the crotch area… well, lets just say I hope you don’t zoom there while using animations, for everything else this CC works as intended
Notes:
- The main texture came from afBodyEP9MocapSuit and the belt from afBodyHETechShirtSkirt, I just drew a hole and stitched some pixels here and there
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Suit looks better on “generous” femsims
- You can use this accessory on the default body, MedBod and any other custom mesh that follows the original UV coordinates
- Second variation use gradients and separate channels for arms and legs
- Friendly reminder: you can add or remove clothing categories using s3pe
Credits:
- Electronic Arts for the textures
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Submitted09/30/2017
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Simple Lingerie N07 and N08
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
Details:
- Base game compatible
- For teen, young adult and adult femsims
- Located on the Accessory section, gloves slot
- Enabled for naked, everyday, sleepwear, formalwear, career, outwear and validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- 3-4 color channels also N08 has 4 variations
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- N07 looks “flat” when using clear colors on the first channel
- N08 has four “spots” around the hip, only one is visible at normal zoom. I recommend to use patterns for the first channel
- Reduced some of the usual defects on my textures but even then things will turn ugly the more you zoom
- Texture stretching and deformation depending on animations and your sim’s size
Notes:
- N07 took me too damn long to finish the reason: pixelation and stretching so I had to simplify the textures A LOT...
- N08 was more straightforward and it was made using Gravit Designer, it still lacks some stuff compared to Fireworks but there’s a chance this program will eventually become a full replacement
- N08 has 4 variations the first one uses a custom texture, you can use a pattern beneath (very recommended). Second one has the texture “hidden” so you can take full advantage of patterns. Third one has the texture plus garthers/stockings. Fourth one doesn’t use the custom texture.
- Everything can be used on the default body, MedBod and any other custom mesh that follows the default UV coordinates
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If you want to mix several accessories on the same slot install NRaas Mastercontroller and activate the “Multiple Accessories per Location” option
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Submitted08/27/2017
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Impossible Boots Victoire plus Platforms
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
Details:
- Base game compatible
- For teen, young adult and adult femsims
- Enabled for naked, everyday, sleepwear, formalwear, career, outwear and validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- All LODs and morphs
- Polycount: 3274 (platforms: 3290)
- 3 color channels (4 on platforms)
- Will elevate young adults and adults 6 “units” above ground, 5 to teens; platforms will elevate 8 and 7 respectively
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- Boots look “weird” on CAS, in-game looks fine
- The zipper looks stretched, not a big deal unless you zoom in
- Because the main texture (and mesh) lacks any kind of detail I recommend to use patterns on these just be aware some of them won align behind the leg
- Rough edges here and there
- There’s a “line” on the leg/feet seam similar to the Impossible Feet but unless you zoom directly it’s almost invisible
- Potential clipping with floor, chairs, beds, etc. and animation misalignment under normal simming. This can also can happen on custom animations and poses and also might cause leg/feet extreme bending (I usually don’t have problems on my game while using Passion or OKW, but I cannot guarantee yours)
- 3D accessories that contain morphs, like necklaces and alike from the game and other creators, might interfere with the boots and cause severe deformation, don’t use both at the same time
Notes:
- I made this CC simply to experiment with bone assignments and morphs, because everything went better than expected I decided to share it, with that said, I’m aware the design is nothing to write home about but the same happened with my first pair of original heels
- Based on the mesh from Impossible Boots with Warmers
- I extracted the zipper texture and normalmap from afBodyRaceShorts
- You can mix this CC with most skirts made by EA (and probably from other creators), pants with volume around the calf and below will clip
- This is an original mesh created with a combination of Metasequoia, Blender and Milkshape 3D
- Boots are compatible with the default body, MedBod and posibly any other custom mesh that follows the original proportions
Credits:
- Electronic Arts for zipper textures
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Submitted08/27/2017
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This isn't a detailed guide for that go to modthesims, thesimsresource, tumblr, youtube, etc. I'm just sharing whatever I've learned while making stuff.
- Part 1 (Tools) here
- Part 2 (How CC works) here
- Part 3 (Textures) here
- Part 4 (Meshing: General Info) here
If I omitted something or need more help let me know.
Part 4.2, Meshing: UV Maps
As I wrote in part 4.1 your clothes will share the same texture space with the rest of the body, for accessories like stockings, underwear, etc it’s not an issue, the same for collars, earrings, glasses, hats and whatnot; also thousands of custom clothes had been made with this “limitation” for years, the tricky part comes when you want to make sexy stuff like corsets with the chest exposed or a revealing mini-skirt.
The UV map is divided on tops, bottoms and feet; each has a space dedicated for the body and an extra space for whatever you’re doing. The fast approach would be to just use the extra space by resizing your custom textures to this fit this area, the problem is that some patterns won’t look right, at all; also your textures will be stretched to hell and back.
Green: tops, blue: bottoms, red:feet (image is not “pixel perfect” but close enough)
One alternative is to make more space so you can accommodate your textures with little or none scaling. You can start by deleting the body sections that are going to be hidden behind your clothes, in the case of a corset you delete the navel and part of the back but even then this might be not enough. What I do is to delete one of the arms and duplicate the opposite, then on the clone I apply a “mirror” modifier; now both arms will share the same texture space and that leaves us with an extra area we can use.
This is how “Horror Mistress EDIT” works: I deleted the arm and cloned it and then deleted half of dress and cloned it too, thanks to this I just had to scale the textures 10% to fit without further modification
On general this can cause some shading problems specially on EVERY seam, I fix most of them using the “Align Normals”, “Extended Manual Edit” or “Wes H’s Merge Tools” plug-ins on Milkshape. Also when two meshes share the same UV map it causes some weirdness on CAS, once you get in-game everything should look OK. The same technique can also be applied on legs, torso and feet just be aware that if you use a detailed custom skin these body parts will look “oddly symmetric” or just weird so don’t go overboard. Clothes, shoes an accessories can also suffer from this but it’s not as evident.
This is a fully functional MedBod Top but if you look at the UV map you can see it only has one arm and half the torso, you can use the unused space for your clothes textures
Even if you don’t use them is recommended to “align” your mesh to use patterns, this is one of TS3 biggest strengths (although poorly optimized) and gives you and whoever downloads your CC limitless customization (unlike TS4...). I ignore how it actually works but it seems the game duplicates a pattern, a 128x128 square, over your multiplier texture and according to the areas delimited by the mask texture. To more or less match that I made this image:
The black lines represent the size of a base pattern: 128x128, and to further help I also included yellow lines at every 64 pixels and light blue at 32. Below you can see how I use it to align patterns for the CC I make:
What happens if you have to scale down your UV, but want it to show patterns properly? In TSRW, in the section when you select the colors for the mask there’s a cell called “Tilling” followed by two values separated by a comma: “4,4”, if you change it to 6,6 or 8,8 you will “scale down” the pattern (The Impossible Heels use 8,8) at 10, 10 and at least in my game patterns look blurry so YMMV.
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This isn't a detailed guide for that go to modthesims, thesimsresource, tumblr, youtube, etc. I'm just sharing whatever I've learned while making stuff.
If I omitted something or need more help let me know.
Part 4.1, Meshing: General info
Because meshing involves lots of info I will proceed dividing the subject in several parts I’m counting you already read the previous parts or at least you are somewhat familiar with the modding tools. You can also start reading most of the tutorials located on modthesims. Inside the spoiler I included links to some of them plus informative posts:
SpoilerView Article - Milkshape Settings and Tips
Want to Fix Splotchy, Improperly Rendered Body Hair on Your Sims Try This
UnimeshMilkshape Tutorial Level 3, Combining Mesh Parts
Tutorial Wes H his Merge tools explained and how to use them to create a pregnant morph
Tutorial Transparent clothing meshes
Tutorial How to convert clothes for teens
Tutorial Change layering on CAS clothing items
Milkshape UV Mapping ShoesExtras Mini Tutorial
MilkShape Plugin Cat's Normal Smoother - smooth selection only, correct seams
Milkshape Adjusting UV Mapping On Your Modified Body Mesh
Fixing normals in MS3D -- a how to guide
CTU Tutorial Body meshing with Milkshape Toddler Frankenstein
Clothes aren’t “standalone” it includes body parts like neck, hands, legs and more depending how revealing they are and to make things trickier both share the same texture space/UV map; the only exceptions are hair and 3D accessories like watches, necklaces, earrings, glasses and alike. Yes, you can make an accessory jacket or even a full dress BUT this game is known to blurry textures from accessories and even with the HD mod and/or 4k textures the results can look plain ugly.
Left. AfBodyRomanticSlip’ Mesh; Right. Its UV map
Also your mesh needs to be adapted to at least to 3 body shapes or “morphs” besides the “base” one: fat, thin and fit, the fifth one is optional and its meant for pregnant sims. The SAME MESH must be adapted for every morph or TSRW will throw an error. Cmar’s Mesh Toolkit and TSRW can autogenerate morphs if used with a reference mesh but the more complex your mesh is the more difficult will be for the tool to generate them correctly so most of the time you’ll need to make corrections manually afterwards.
Morphs form AfBodyRomanticSlip, from left to right: group_base, group_fat, group_thin, group_fit
Talking about weight, every vertex has a bone value/bone paint/bone assignment allotted that is used by animations and sliders, cherry on top? There’s a limit on the number of bones you can include in your clothes, anything above 60 will provoke weirdness no matter what, the easiest way to deal with it is to divide you mesh in at least “two groups” (check most “full body” clothes made by EA to see an example of this). Mesh Toolkit/TSRW can also help you with bones but the same limitation applies
This is how Sexy Rabbit works: (highlighted in red) the neck, tail, cuff and legs are separated in one mesh group, leaving the whole upper torso in a second one
The game uses two Levels Of Detail: LOD2 and LOD3, there’s some conflicting info around how the game uses them but it seems both are invoked depending on the camera distance and map view. As I said on the first part of this “guide” you only need to worry about LOD 2, for 3 you can “recycle” parts from the rest of the game. LODs aren’t linked meaning you don’t forcibly need to create LOD2/LOD3 for a piece of CC to show in the game, but it’s preferred to do so. Some 3D accessories (like glasses, earrings, rings and alike) don’t use morphs and some of them use a fourth LOD for better detail
LODs used on Impheels Gala, from left to right: LOD1, LOD2, LOD3.
Depending on your garment you will have to take care of seams on the neck, hip and ankles for every morph and LOD; this is the only part where you can’t deviate from the original sim-body design otherwise you will have visible and very nasty gaps on those areas or small but very annoying white dots. In short, every vertex located on the seams must coincide on the same place ALSO they need to share the same bone values or won’t synchronize during any kind of animations. Mesh Toolkit has a tool to fix seams but I can’t say if it works because I prefer to fix seams directly on Milkshape.
Vertices on the top of the “Impossible Feet” coincide in position and bones value with those located on the legs
I heard several times there’s also a limit on the number or polygons you can include on a mesh, it seems it’s around 10k BUT I had seen all type of custom garments surpassing this limit from 20k necklaces to 40k shoes or 70k blouses so honestly I don’t know. Obviously a “slim” mesh is going to be easier to manipulate and fix if necessary but also modern tools like maya, modo or marvelous designer can modify gigantic meshes without effort. If you ask me I prefer to be on the “safe side”, specially with clothes because clipping is a VERY BIG problem that can cause countless headaches...
So in resume compared to other games The Sims 3 is not that complex to mod (if I did it so can you!) but the more ambitious you are the more you will be jumping through hoops to achieve it.
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Misc Accessories Pack No.1
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
UPDATE:
I forgot to enable some of the accessories for Base Game all the 3D accessories except the dog/cat ears are affected, because of this the thumbnail wont show or the whole accessory won’t appear if you don’t have the “Seasons” expansion. I remade the zip and the modified files are inside the “fixed” folder, just replace your previously downloaded files with these ones no further action required. Sorry!
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Main picture, from left to right and starting from the top:
- AccessoryAntennaEp11BotSpencer
- AccessoryChokerEP3BraceletHeavy
- AccessoryCoretMesh_GlovesEDIT
- AccessoryS3Medieval_TwistBangCrown
- AccessoryS3PetsCatEars
- AccessoryS3PetsDogEars
- AccessorySimpleChokerN01_LARGEsize / ...MEDIUMsize / ...SMALLsize
- AccessoryStockingsN27
- AccessoryStockingsN25
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AccessoryStockingsN26
- AccessoryStockings_MedBodStripes
- AccessorySupernaturalWitchHat
- AccessoryTextureChokers (2 variations, same package)
General details:
- Base game compatible
- For teen, young adult and adult femsims
- Located on the accessories section
- Enabled for naked, everyday, sleepwear, formalwear, career, outwear and validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- 3D accessories have LODs but not morphs
- Polycount: majority are low-poly, except for AccessoryS3Medieval_TwistBangCrown it weights 1734 (texture accesories use 0 polygons)
- 1 to 4 color channels
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- Every accessory works I just didn’t invest in quality so most look dull plus pixelation, texture stretching, clipping during normal simming and custom animations, etc, etc, etc.
- EP3BraceletHeavy, will clip on overweight sims and looks too big on thin
- SimpleChokerN01_SMALLsize, clips on the front on the neck with MedBod
- AccessoryStockings_MedBodStripes, as the name says the stockings were made using MedBod’s legs as reference that means the stripes won’t look good on the default body, also closed shoes recommended
- AccessoryS3PetsCatEars, the front looks weird
Notes:
- This pack has what I call “15min exercises”, little pieces of CC that I just make for practice, to test new techniques or because of boredom
- Headband, pet ears and hat are compatible with the hat sliders
- You can install all three versions of SimpleChokerN01 at the same time or any combination
- Everything can be used on the default naked body, MedBod and any other that follows the default UV map and body proportions of course
- My spider sense tells me some of these were already made by other creators…
Credits:
- EA for meshes and textures where applies
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Submitted08/06/2017
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ImpHeels Shion
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
Details:
- Base game compatible
- For teen, young adult and adult femsims
- Enabled for naked, everyday, sleepwear, formalwear, career, outwear and validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- All LODs and morphs
- Polycount: 5426
- 4 color channels
- Will elevate young adults and adults 9 “units” above ground, 8 to teens
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- Shoes look “weird” on CAS, in-game looks fine
- Rough edges here and there
- Potential clipping with floor, chairs, beds, etc. and animation misalignment under normal simming. This can also can happen on custom animations and poses and also might cause leg/feet extreme bending (I usually don’t have problems on my game while using Passion or OKW, but I cannot guarantee yours)
- 3D accessories that contain morphs, like necklaces and alike from the game and other creators, might interfere with the shoes and cause severe deformation, don’t use both at the same time
Notes:
- Based on Paradisi
- This “surge” in releases is because I decided to somewhat clean my “to-do” folder some of those projects just need very little to be completed and none or few testing, after that I’ll return to lazy turtle mode
- This is an original mesh created with a combination of Metasequoia, Blender and Milkshape 3D
- Every single pair of “Impossible Heels” is compatible with the default body, MedBod and any other custom mesh that follows the default leg seam
- Friendly reminder: if you see my CC behind a paywall or anything remotely similar ask your money back
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Submitted08/05/2017
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Impossible Boots with Warmers
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
Details:
- Base game compatible
- For teen, young adult and adult femsims
- Enabled for naked, everyday, sleepwear, formalwear, career, outwear and validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- All LODs and morphs
- Polycount: 3416
- 4 color channels
- Will elevate young adults and adults 6 “units” above ground, 5 to teens
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- Boots look “weird” on CAS, in-game looks fine
- Clipping around the calf on MedBod but it isn’t that distracting at least at normal game distance
- I copied the bones from the Impossible Heels to the lower section of the warmers this avoids the boots clipping through it but, in exchange, it will weirdly bend the ankle depending on how much it's rotated by an animation, custom or default
- Hard edges here and there
- Potential clipping with floor, chairs, beds, etc, etc.
- 3D accessories that contain morphs, like necklaces and alike from the game and other creators, might interfere with the shoes and cause severe deformation, don’t use both at the same time
Notes:
- Boots are based on Devi and were mixed with the warmers from afBottomShorts_Warmer
- After some tests with skirts and pants made by EA I found the majority will play nice, exceptions are skirts below knee and pants with volume both will clip (wide skirts might be safe)
- Yes, I didn’t want to wait for winter to release this
Credits:
- Electronic Arts for warmer’s mesh and textures
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Submitted07/30/2017
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Body N04 for MedBod
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
Details:
- Base game compatible
- For young adult and adult femsims
- Located on the Body category
- Enabled for naked, everyday, sleepwear, formalwear, career, outwear and validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- All LODs and morphs
- Polycount: 4184 and 4072
- 4 color channels, 2 variations
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- Although I was able to reduce pixelation compared to Body N03 it’s still present at full zoom (hopefully you don’t have a macro photography fetish)
- Stretching, deformation and more when combined with sex animations and/or “larger” sims
- I’m almost sure I completely eliminated clipping on the neck at least on everyday simming, but I didn’t test every single custom sex animation so it could still happen
- Most patterns won’t align on the neck seam
- 3D collars, necklaces and alike can clip with the neck or rest of the body
- Ugh, mixed the thumbs for the Barbie Boobs version, don't worry you'll be able tell the difference, sorry!
Notes:
- First variation has a boob window, second one doesn’t
- This time I used the neck portion from afTopCHNinspired and created a new set of textures
- Added a “Barbie Boobs” version (in short it lacks 3D nipples and it’s intended to be used with skins that has nipples painted out-of-position), you can install any version or both without problems
- Compatible with EA’s footwear, every single pair of shoes from me and any other CC that respects the original vertex coordinates on feet seam and UV map
- Also you can use texture accessories but it will appear below the fabric
Credits:
- Electronic Arts for the neck mesh
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Submitted07/23/2017
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ImpHeels Gala
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
Details:
- Base game compatible
- For teen, young adult and adult femsims
- Enabled for naked, everyday, sleepwear, formalwear, career, outwear and validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- All LODs and morphs
- Polycount: 6206
- 4 color channels, 2 variations
- Will elevate young adults and adults 10 “units” above ground, 9 to teens
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- Shoes look all-kinds-of-weird on CAS, in-game looks okay(ish)
- The UV on the ankle straps is not aligned you’ll notice it when using geometric patterns
- Some rough edges here and there
- Potential clipping with floor, chairs, beds, etc. and animation misalignment under normal simming. This can also can happen on custom animations and poses and also might cause leg/feet extreme bending (I usually don’t have problems on my game while using Passion or OKW, but I cannot guarantee yours)
- 3d accessories that contain morphs, like necklaces and alike from the game and other creators, might interfere with the shoes and cause severe deformation, don’t use both at the same time
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Gala took longer than expected it has parts from at least 3 other heels that didn’t made the cut, in retrospective it would’ve been easier to start from scratch
- This is a mesh created with a combination or Metasequoia, Blender and Milkshape 3D
- Every single pair of “Impossible Heels” is compatible with the default body, MedBod and any other custom mesh that follows the original vertex position at the leg-feet seam
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Submitted07/22/2017
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Accessory Necklace “EP7Party” EDIT
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
Details:
- Base game compatible
- For teen, young adult and adult femsims
- Located in the “Accessories” section, eyewear slot
- Enabled for naked, everyday, sleepwear, formalwear, career, outwear and validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- All LODs
- Polycount: 1224
- 2 color channels
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- Choker looks a little bit weird on CAS
- Also on CAS your sim skin/extra accessories might get blurry after selecting the choker, in-game everything should look fine
- The mesh doesn’t quite follow the contour on the back of the neck
- Some clipping under normal simming, under custom sex animation the clipping varies from none to very visible depending on the position
Notes:
- I started this project a loooooooong time ago and in the end I opted to make a new mesh using the main texture as guide, why? Because the original uses a transparency effect that has problems with custom hair (at least on my edits), making my own mesh removes the need to use the effect
- Instead of generating morphs (because it conflicts with the Impossible Heels) I made three sizes: “medium” based on the base morph, “large” on the fat morph and “small” on the thin morph. Depending on your sims weight you can use the one that fits her the best
- Every package is independent so you can install all or any combination without fear of conflict
- Compatible with MedBod, the default body and probably other custom bodies
- If you want to use the choker and glasses, or any other accessory on the same slot, at the same time you’ll have to install Nraas Mastercontroller and activate the “Multiple accessories per location” option
- I have the small feeling someone else already did this...
Credits:
- Electronic Arts for the textures
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Submitted07/15/2017
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This isn't a detailed guide for that go to modthesims, thesimsresource, tumblr, youtube, etc. I'm just sharing whatever I've learned while making stuff.
If I omitted something or need assistance let me know.
Part 1 (Tools) here
Part 2 (How CC works) here
If I omitted something or need more help let me know.
Part 3: Textures
- Here is a writeup about how DDS compress an image, the article is very old but so is this game so the info remains relevant.
- Recommended tutorial by Saliwa and these by TJ Streak: NaughtySims_Tutorial_forSims3.zip
- Also the SimsWiki has a nice collection.
- The easiest way to avoid your textures look like crap is to make them at 2048x2048 or 4096x4096 resolution mixed with the HQ mod, the downsize is the game will struggle to process them unless you have a monster CPU/GPU (and probably even then you will notice lag).
- What I do for stockings and lingerie is to generate the textures at 2048x2048 and then scale them back in photoshop or paint.net that reduces some hard edges and looks way better than generating textures at 1024 from the start.
- Here are the guides I use to make clothes, the UV map was generated in Blender using the default body and feet (is 99.62% compatible with MedBod/Impossible Feet and might be with other custom meshes). The full body mesh is used to test the textures and to find misalignments on seams or any other kind of problems, sadly most defects appear once you’re in-game... s3_fembody_guides.zip
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Another way to reduce contrast (read why in the Gamasutra article) and at least in the multiplier is to change the background of your clothing, like this:
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But wait, won’t that appear on the game? No because the alpha is what dictates what appears and don’t and is not affected by DDS compression (also check the base silky stockings as example):
- Using the alpha channel on your mask can also help to eliminate artifacts when you’re working with small details (check Stockings Set E2 as example). Remember you can activate/deactivate color channels in TSRW so you can combine them depending on your needs.
- After trying several programs Fireworks is still my favorite to create vectors that later can be exported as PNGs and then to DDS in Photoshop and similars; Inkscape comes in second place just because the interface can be tricky to learn and also because it has performance issues on Windows (less so in W10). Another tool that might become useful is Gravit Designer is free and you can download a standalone version, I need to do more testing but I’m liking it so far.
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ImpHeels Empress
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
Details:
- Base game compatible
- For teen, young adult and adult femsims
- Enabled for naked, everyday, sleepwear, formalwear, career, outwear and validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- All LODs and morphs
- Polycount: 6710
- 4 color channels
- Will elevate young adults and adults 6 “units” above ground, 5 to teens
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- Shoes look “weird” on CAS, in-game looks fine
- Patterns will look kinda bad on the strap behind the ankle
- Blockiness here and there
- Potential clipping with floor, chairs, beds, etc. and animation misalignment under normal simming. This can also can happen on custom animations and poses and also might cause leg/feet extreme bending (I usually don’t have problems on my game while using Passion or OKW, but I cannot guarantee yours)
- 3d accessories that contain morphs, like necklaces and alike from the game and other creators, might interfere with the shoes and cause severe deformation, don’t use both at the same time
Notes:
- This is an original mesh created with a combination or Metasequoia, Blender and Milkshape 3D
- These and every single pair of “Impossible Heels” are compatible with the default body, MedBod and any other custom mesh that follows the original vertex position at the leg-feet seam
Credits:
- Toes from Sexy Feet by Blooms Base
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Submitted06/25/2017
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Body N03 for MedBod
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
Details:
- Base game compatible
- For young adult and adult femsims
- Located on the “Body” category
- Enabled for naked, everyday, formalwear, sleepwear, swimwear, athletic, career, outerwear, validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- All LODs and morphs
- Polycount: 4194
- 3 color channels
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- For beginners the textures look awful at full zoom and without the HD Mod
- Even when I included a normalmap the straps will look “flat” on dark colors
- Patterns won’t align between the body and neck seam
- I did a lot of stuff to avoid clipping on the neck while using animations but I cannot guarantee it wont happen
- Texture stretching and deformation depending on your sims size and animation
- Collars, necklaces, chokers and alike might clip with the neck
Notes:
- Body can be used by petite and cowtits sims
- I extracted the neck from afBodyCHNJacketSkirtInspired and joined it to MedBod. The reason is painting over the neck is a PITA and 9 times out of 10 it looks bad and that’s why I’m not including and “accessory” version, with a mesh you almost can control texture stretching
- I made a very small modification to the hips to make the tush a little more round
- You can mix this clothes with the Impossible Heels, EA’s shoes and any other footwear that follows the original UV map and legs seam
- Can this be ported to the default body? Yes. You only need to adapt the vertices on the base of the neck and maybe reassign bones on those. You will notice I deleted a portion of MedBod’s neck as a method of reducing clipping, do the same with your custom or original body mesh. Textures shouldn’t require any modification even you can create your very own just be careful on the chest-neck union
- Friendly reminder: you can use s3pe to add or remove clothing categories
Credits:
- Electronic Arts for the neck mesh
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Submitted06/24/2017
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Stockings Set E
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
Details:
- Base game compatible
- For teen, young adult and adult femsims
- Located in the Accessories category, legwear slot
- Enabled for naked, everyday, sleepwear, formalwear, career, outwear and validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- E1 and E3 use 4 color channels, E2 and E4 use 3
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- Pixelation and general ugliness the closer you look (specially on E1)
- Dark and saturared colors will look flat
- E4 was made for the Impossible Feet, that means that shoes made by EA and other creators will show some deformation around the ankle or worse
- Stretching depending on yous sims' size and on animations (most from the game look fine, custom sex animations? not so much)
Notes:
- Compatible with the EA's body, MedBod and any other custom mesh that follows the default UV coordinates (except E4)
- E1 was made with Affinity Designer
- E4 was made by painting directly over the mesh using Photoshop CC
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Submitted06/18/2017
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7 hours ago, ritualclarity said:
Dam, wish I gotten the Sims 3 instead of Sims 4...
Making stuff for Sims 4 is easier (at least the stockings part) and the tools are more advanced, the problem is the game still lacks compared to S3 and EA has a lot of bugs to fix plus other things so is just a matter of patience.
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This isn't a detailed guide for that go to modthesims, thesimsresource, tumblr, youtube, etc. I'm just sharing whatever I've learned while making stuff.
If I omitted something or need assistance let me know.
Part 1 (Tools) here.
Part 2: How CC works?
First, what's the difference between a sims3pack and a package? Both are containers but the former supports encryption so EA use it to sell stuff, also sims3packs are installed via the launcher while a package can be copied or deleted directly from the "Mods" folder (just remember to clear your cache afterward).
Back to how CC works: in short you clone a garment from the game and replace its textures and/or meshes, in the process you modify the internal hash so the game recognizes it as a complete new object or if you use the same hash the game replaces the original with yours.
Tops, Bottoms, Shoes and Full Body clothes are composed of meshes and textures, accessories like stockings only use textures but some accessories also use a mesh. The best way to determine what clothes to clone is to open them in TSRW and check what they use, also you can export them to examine it closely.
Can you make your own package from zero? If you're an expert maybe, otherwise cloning is easier and at least on TSR Workshop is straightforward the only thing you need to take care of is the name you input here:
The more complex name you choose the less chances the hash it produces is going to conflict with someone else CC, so instead of selecting "My stuff123" as name you should always try to be descriptive. When you clone with s3oc the program will generate a hash using your computer's name or the one you select on the "Creators Name..." under the "Settings" menu (sadly some of those packages are incompatible with TSRW).
The information below is not essential, is just for those who want to know a little more:
Now lets open one of my CC with s3pe:
The extensions located on the "Tag" column tell us what kind of files we are looking some are self-descriptive:
CASP: this controls the categories for the CC and more, is tempting to try to experiment but it's best to leave it alone if you don't know what you're doing (talking from experience...)
_IMG: the textures the CC use
GEOM: this is the main mesh and its LODs
BGEO: the mesh group for every body type: fat, thin, fit and special (aka pregnant)
BOND: this file has coordinates for every bone available so you can controls its position according to the CC you're making, also best to left alone if you don't know what you're doing
THUM: is the thumbnail you will see on CAS, normally is a 256x256 png pic. In its absence the game will generate its own
ICON: is the thumbnail you will see on the launcher, TSRW automatically generates itI don't know what the rest does but in the time I've been doing clothes, accessories and body replacements I never had the need to modify them.
One way to better distinguish each resource is using Cmar's Mesh Toolkit, go to "Package Tools" and then to "Name Those Files", select your package and then "Add Names" a window will appear with the name of the original item the CC was based on (in this case afShoesAnkleCHiHeelRound00_pumpLeather) just press "OK". Now you can overwrite the package or generate a new one, once open in s3pe the "Name" column will have a description:
Packages generated by s3oc are already named.
So using s3pe can you replace everything including meshes right away? Yes and No. Remember we're cloning a pre-existing piece of clothing that has its own characteristics on meshes and textures. Meshes alone need their own bones and morphs to work correctly and all the textures (overlay, mask, multiplier, specular and normalmap) need matching UV coordinates or hilarity will ensue. So unless you're an expert modder (and for reference I'm not even close to be one) is best to use s3pe for preview or extract meshes and textures and to make basic edits to CASP.EDIT:
I made a mistake, indeed you can make CC with only s3pe mixed with s3oc and paint.net/gimp. You just need to select objects or clothing with very simple or "static" textures, like for example a painting. I cloned "Painting Fishing" in s3oc (select "include thumbnails") and exported this texture using s3pe (don't change the name):
Using paint.net or gimp you can change the original paint to whatever you want:
Once finished save it as DDS and overwrite the file:
Then just drag it back to s3pe and press Enter. Because we used the same name as the original s3pe will replace it:
You can do the same for the thumbnails or just allow the game to generate them (I prefer to make my own for easy finding), finally save your package and its ready to use. In Part 3 I will talk about textures and clothing in detail.
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Because english is not my first language I cannot write a lengthy, step-by-step, super-detailed, fool-proof guide (I tried before and it was a fucking mess...). Fortunately there are dozens scattered all over the web, you can start on modthesims or thesimsresource also you can ask me if you need help.
What I'm going to do is to share what I've learned while trying to mod TS3.
Part 1: Tools
(all software listed here was tested on Windows 7 and Windows 10 64)
Patience: Unlike Bethesda's games there's zero official support/tools available for modders (beyond worlds and patterns creation), so almost every bit of knowledge is a product of hacking the game and most people involved already abandoned it so there's still a lot of unknowns. Also this is a DX9 game that still has TONS of bugs and bad programming everywhere and most of the tools hasn't seen an update in YEARS, so yeah...
TSR Workshop: The main program I use to join together or extract meshes and textures you can also use it to clone objects/garments. Some creators recommend using older versions of the program but I haven’t had any problems with the latest YMMV
Cmar’s Mesh Toolbox: If you don’t want to make morphs and bone assignments by hand this is what you need (albeit is not perfect) plus a bunch of other useful stuff like converting a WSO or GEOM to OBJ and back (download version 1.4.4.4 located in the second page, message #37)
Milkshape 3D: I use it to modify EA’s meshes and UV Maps even if it's ancient by today standards it has enough tools to do the job EXCEPT when you need to create something from scratch
Balancer Lite: Useful to create LOD2 meshes, you can also use it to make LOD3 but is so low-poly you can reuse any from the game and nobody will notice
. Lite version only works with meshes below 10k
Sims3pack Multi-extracter: I use it to convert sims3packs into packages
Delphy’s Dashboard: I use it to test said packages
Those are the basics but I also use:
s3pe: it opens packages so you can see the contents and make some edits or replace almost everything inside
s3oc: you can clone anything from the game with it, that also includes objects outside CAS and Build Mode that TSRW cannot reach
SimGeomEditor: apparently it has many uses sadly I only know how to make transparent CC
Metasequoia: After trying several programs I found Metasequoia to be the easiest and fastest for my needs (well, except when I need an UV mapper for that I use Blender)
Adobe Photoshop: for basic editing you’re better using Paint.net but for more complex projects Photoshop has no equal (yet) don’t forget to download Nvidia or Intel’s DDS plug-in
Adobe Fireworks: I use it to create custom vectors for accessory stockings, lingerie and everything in between you can also use Inkscape
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- First you need to have the latest version available: 1.67 for steam and retail disc and 1.69 for Origin. Both are compatible with 99% of all custom content (CC) available on the net (unless said CC is defective)
- Check you have your mod folder configured correctly
- Refresh your cache every time you install or remove a package, otherwise your game might crash
- Check for bad CC or possible conflicts using Delphy’s Dashboard
Extras:
- Rename packages that use special characters like []()-*!, underscores are fine
- The more packages you have the slower you game will load and lag will appear in-game. Combine them
- Use Nraas Mastercontroller to optimize the CAS menu so it loads faster
- Use Kure’s CASP Editor to hide the clothes, hair, shoes, accessories, etc. made by EA that you don’t plan to use, that also helps CAS to load faster
- Convert sims3pack to package with Multi-extracter
If I omitted something let me know
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ImpHeels Paradisi
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
Details:
- Base game compatible
- For teen, young adult and adult femsims
- Enabled for naked, everyday, sleepwear, formalwear, career, outwear and validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- All LODs and morphs
- Polycount: 7150
- 4 color channels and 3 variations
- Will elevate young adults and adults 6 “units” above ground, 5 to teens
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- Shouldn’t happen but in CAS shoes look slightly weird, in-game everything looks okay
- You’ll notice several defects on the feet inside the shoes, under normal zoom is not too evident and using bright colors combined with patterns can hide most of them
- Usually this kind of transparent effect has problems with some custom hairs, it seems like both alphas(?) interfere with each other. Depending on the animation/pose (or camera angle) you might find this bug
- Color channel no.3 looks horrible with patterns, the rest are fine
- Potential clipping with floor, chairs, beds, etc. and animation misalignment under normal simming. This can also can happen on custom animations and poses and also might cause leg/feet extreme bending (I usually don’t have problems on my game while using Passion or OKW, but I cannot guarantee yours)
- 3d accessories that contain morphs, like necklaces and alike from the game and other creators, might interfere with the shoes and cause severe deformation, don’t use both at the same time
Notes:
- Based on Devi and these were the ones I used for Keshi (except for some extra vertices they are exactly the same)
- First variation is a plain texture, the rest has some “shapes” I generated over the alpha to play with the opacity and to give an appearance of a mesh inside the “fabric” (more or less)
- For the first time I was able to completely eliminate the shading issues from past releases
- To save some time I used the package structure from MJ95’s Madlen Capri
- Also took inspiration on some of MrAntonieddu’s pumps
- This tutorial by Cmar shows how to apply the transparent effect
- Every single pair of Impossible Heels is compatible with the default body, MedBod and any other custom mesh that follows the original vertices position on the legs seam
- This is an original mesh created with a combination of Metasequoia, Blender and Milkshape 3D
Credits:
- Toes from Blooms Base’ Sexy Feet
- Insomnia
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Submitted05/21/2017
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Fusion Heels n09
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
Details:
- Base game compatible
- For teen, young adult and adult femsims
- Enabled for naked, everyday, sleepwear, formalwear, career, outwear and validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- All LODs and morphs
- Polycount: 4914; Bow version: 5226
- 3 color channels; Bow version: 4
- Will elevate young adults and adults 6 “units” above ground, 5 to teens
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- Shoes look very weird in CAS, in-game looks fine
- Patterns look awful except on the bow and toes area
- Blockiness and hard edges everywhere, the more you zoom the worst it looks
- Potential clipping with floor, chairs, beds, etc. and animation misalignment under normal simming. This can also can happen on custom animations and poses and also might cause leg/feet extreme bending (I usually don’t have problems on my game while using Passion or OKW, but I cannot guarantee yours)
- 3d accessories that contain morphs, like necklaces and alike from the game and other creators, might interfere with the shoes and cause severe deformation, don’t use both at the same time
Notes:
- These shoes combine a heavily modified mesh from Electronic Arts for heel/soles and also a bow, the rest was made by me
- I generated a normalmap for the bow so almost every color should look alright
- These shoes and every single pair or “Impossible Heels” are compatible with the default body, MedBod and any other custom mesh that follows the original vertices position on the leg seam
Credits:
- Heel/soles and bow meshes and textures by Electronic Arts
- Toes from Blooms Sexy Feet
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Submitted05/13/2017
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ImpHeels OTPD plus Platforms
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
Details:
- Base game compatible
- For teen, young adult and adult femsims
- Enabled for naked, everyday, sleepwear, formalwear, career, outwear and validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- All LODs and morphs
- Polycount: 6626; platforms: 6902
- 4 color channels
- Will elevate young adults and adults 6 “units” above ground, 5 to teens. Platforms: 9 and 8 respectively
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- Shoes look “weird” on CAS, in-game looks fine
- Shading defects around the ankle, the more you zoom the more you’ll notice
- Geometric patterns look craptastic on the ankle straps
- Potential clipping with floor, chairs, beds, etc. and animation misalignment under normal simming. This can also can happen on custom animations and poses and also might cause leg/feet extreme bending (I usually don’t have problems on my game while using Passion or OKW, but I cannot guarantee yours)
- 3d accessories that contain morphs, like necklaces and alike from the game and other creators, might interfere with the shoes and cause severe deformation, don’t use both at the same time
Notes:
- OTPD = On The Painted Desert
- I forgot what I used as base for these shoes, Giraldii or Virenti
- For the vertical straps I used the diamond earrings from S3: Late Night (afAccessoryEP6EarringsDiamonds) and added a normal map
- The rest is an original mesh created with a combination or Metasequoia, Blender and Milkshape 3D
- These and every single pair of “Impossible Heels” are compatible with the default body, MedBod and any other custom mesh that follows the original vertex position at the leg-feet seam
Credits:
- Electronic Arts for the earrings mesh and textures
- Toes from Sexy Feet by Blooms Base
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Submitted04/29/2017
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ImpHeels Keshi
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
Details:
- Base game compatible
- For female teen, young adult and adult sims
- Enabled for naked, everyday, sleepwear, formalwear, career, outwear and validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- All LODs and morphs
- Polycount: 4366
- 4 color channels
- Will elevate young adults and adults 6 “units” above ground, 5 to teens
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- Shoes look “weird” on CAS, in-game looks fine
- Shading irregularities on toes area and behind the ankle, not noticeable at normal distance
- Some rough edges here and there at full zoom
- Potential clipping with floor, chairs, beds, etc. and animation misalignment under normal simming. This can also can happen on custom animations and poses and also might cause leg/feet extreme bending (I usually don’t have problems on my game while using Passion or OKW, but I cannot guarantee yours)
- 3d accessories that contain morphs, like necklaces and alike from the game and other creators, might interfere with the shoes and cause severe deformation, don’t use both at the same time
Notes:
- This is an original mesh created with a combination of Metasequoia, Blender and Milkshape 3D
- Based on ImpHeels Devi
- These heels are compatible with the default body, MedBod and any other custom mesh in existence that follows the original vertices location on the leg/feet seam
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Submitted04/08/2017
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Fusion Heels n08
- This CC is offered completely free
- You’re allowed to modify it in any way, shape or form imaginable; asking me for permission is not necessary
- I don’t take requests nor commissions
Details:
- Base game compatible
- For young teen, adult and adult femsims
- Enabled for naked, everyday, sleepwear, formalwear, career, outwear and validformaternity
- Disabled for random sims
- All LODs and morphs
- Polycount: 4896
- 4 color channels
- Will elevate young adults and adults 6 “units” above ground, 5 to teens
- Only available in .package format
Defects:
- Shouldn’t happen but in CAS shoes look weird, in-game look fine
- The stripes might clip on overweight sims
- Under some colors the back of the ankle show some dark spots
- Potential clipping with floor, chairs, beds, etc. and animation misalignment under normal simming. This can also can happen on custom animations and poses and also might cause leg/feet extreme bending (I usually don’t have problems on my game while using Passion or OKW, but I cannot guarantee yours)
- 3d accessories that contain morphs, like necklaces and alike from the game and other creators, might interfere with the shoes and cause severe deformation, don’t use both at the same time
Notes:
- Looks like the Rhinestone Sandals I released many moons ago the difference is I added more detail by modifying and attaching the soles from Charlotte Olympia Pumps from MrAntonieddu and by subdividing the heel by 4; plus many other changes
- These and every single pair of “Impossible Heels” are compatible with the default body, MedBod and any other custom mesh that follows the original vertices position on the leg/feet seam
Credits:
- Soles from MrAntonieddu’s Charlote Olympia Pumps
- Toes from Blooms Base’ Sexy Feet
- The rest of the mesh and the textures from Electronic Arts
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Submitted04/08/2017
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ImpHeels Rhiannon
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ImpHeels Rhiannon
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