#3dmodel sims2tutorial

second part

Now we are going to move our clothes to place them more or less in their corresponding place and to be able to continue increasing and decreasing their size until we find the perfect size

(groups, click in the name of our clothes : "default" , click select ...the clothes will turn red , click model, click move)

and now ... If you click on X and move the mouse, the clothes move up and down but in a straight line. If you click on Y, the clothes move right left in a straight line.If you click on Z it moves wherever you want without control (This works like this when you have chosen the front view, if you choose the left or right view things change, I will explain it later) It is important to say that you must have only one letter pressed, that letter will turn orange when you are using it, and the other two letters will remain gray

move the clothes until you have them placed more or less in the place you want and change the size until you have the desired one.

To keep in mind, if you are not very familiar with milkshape, there are 4 windows that are the views or projections of the model, left , front , top and 3D .They come by default when you open the program, but you can change the view you want whenever you want

you click on a window, right-click with the mouse, click on projection and choose the view you want… 3D front back left right top or bottom

You can also choose the way you see your model… also in the same window you choose wirefame, flat shaded, smooth shaded or textured (textured I will explain it later because for this we need the png with the texture of the clothes)

we can change the view and choose right or left to continue adjusting our clothes to the body

now the way to move the clothes by choosing the letters X and Z changes, if we click on X we will move the clothes where we want without control, if we click on Y we will move them left or right, if we click on Z we will move them up or down

we move it until we place it as we wish, if we see that the clothes are still too wide, we can narrow it, we continue with the right or left view, click on scale, and the same as the other time … 1.98 in the three letters will make the clothes wider and 0.98 in the three letters will make the clothes smaller.

when you have the perfect size, it's time to save our project … in case we mess something up we don't have to start again from scratch.

file, save as ... name you want and save it in the folder you want to save it in

but we have not closed the project yet 😅

now we delete the base body ... group, click on body name and delete only our clothes have to be seen

now is the time to bring it to life, we need bones 🦴

click on file export half-life SMD (at the top of the page), enter the name of our project and save it in our folder, you can use the same name as before, nothing happens because this is a different format and it will not delete the previous one.

important , check the box " with vertex weights". and click ok , close the milkshape

now we need a model, a piece of clothing, from the sims game, that is similar to the one we are working on, or any clothing that you have downloaded from another simmer, but that is similar, for example, if it is a long-sleeved sweater … look for a long sleeve sweater, if it is a short sleeve t-shirt look for a short sleeve t-shirt.

we need the mesh of these clothes to extract the GMDC... this is done with the SimPe program

if you already know how to do it, perfect, you save me the explanation and you save yourself from reading all this part, but if you have never done it … I am going to explain it , I have learned it following tutorials that I recommend you to read (and that I thank enormously to the simmers that have made them) to familiarize yourself with the programs we use.

tutorials needed in your life :

3t2 clothes tutorial of Serenity falls @rented-space

4t2 clothing tutorial of @vulrien-sims

all tutorial of @blueheavensims

tutorial of @deedee-sims

4t2 clothing tutorial (video) @mdpthatsme

(first part )

Now that I'm learning how to convert Sims2 clothes from 3D models, I'm going to write how I do it in case anyone is interested.

First of all you should know that this is my way of doing it, I don't know if it is the most correct, if someone knows other things they can contribute them here 🤗

You must keep in mind that you have to be very patient, not everything turns out well the first time, nothing happens, you try as many times as you want until you get the result that you like the most. 😉

It is just a game, it is not real life nor is it a job nor is it an obligation, therefore you should not get frustrated, just have fun ☺️

We start 🕞

You will need :

-- a page to download free 3D models, there are many, you just have to search on Google or your usual search engine.

-- blender and milkshape

-- simpe

-- adobe photoshop or similar

-- bodyshop

We download a 3D model that we like, and we put it in a work folder that we are going to use 📂

Preferably we are interested in OBJ files, but the 3D models are not always in this format, if they are in DAE they are also useful for us

If you don't know what format you downloaded your 3D model in, right click, properties on the file and it will tell you what type of file it is.

If your file type is OBJ, you will go directly to the Milkshape phase, which I will explain later, if your file type is DAE... follow these steps:

open Blender

click on any point to remove that screen

You will get a white cube that we have to eliminate

now we can start

We import our 3D model with DAE format

We look for our file in the folder where we have saved it, when we have found it we click on import (up to the right)

We zoom in on our model by clicking the mouse wheel to increase its size and see it well if you want.

and we export it as an OBJ file, which is what we really need, you don't have to do anything, blender transforms it, you just click on file export wavefront obj

Choose which folder you want to save it in and give it a name, then click export OBJ (top right)

Close Blender, it is not necessary to save the changes when it asks you, so exit without saving if you want

Open Milkshape :

(If your file was OBJ from the beginning, you skip the entire Blender process and start here directly)

we import our 3D model obj file

Normally it sells completely black, I explain how I change it, I eliminate the material that is assigned,

I select my clothes, (group, select)

and I hit vertex, cat's normal smoother… and now we have it white

Now comes the most entertaining part, for this you will need your patience, normally the 3D model will not have the right size for the Sims 2 body, so you will have to modify it to adjust it

First, import a base body, of the age you want (adult child, etc.), the one you need according to the clothes you are making.

file, import ,sims2 unimesh import v4.09 , say acept, say noi

you choose your base body and say no

and say yes

now you have the sims 2 body and you can see the size difference in my case 😅

It's time to have fun, we select our clothes, (group select), and change their size until we find the one we want, (model scale)

We must change the numbers of X Y Z,

If we write 1.98 in X, 1.98 in Y, 1.98 in Z, we point to U and click on scale (the scale button below where the letters x y z ) our clothes will grow

If we write 0.98 in the three x y z, doing the same, our clothes will shrink