#mod tutorials

How would you recommend someone learn to make mods for the sims 4? Do you have any tutorials or tips? Or would you be willing to make your own?

- trashypanda

Thank you for asking!

I do have some tips for people who want to get into modding. It took me a while before I got comfortable with the game’s xml, but it’s something anyone can learn with persistence and by going at your own pace.

YouTube Modding Tutorials

Serra, AKA @xosdr

Serra is an active content creator and sims 4 modder. She has a playlist full of mod tutorials for the sims 4 on her channel, and she does reply to comments when she can. I’ve found her tutorials helpful, especially in the beginning when I didn’t know what the heck I was looking at.

Pixified Tips

She is another content creator on YouTube who makes mod AND blender tutorials! Very helpful for people wanting to make CC. Her tutorial style is different from Serra’s since she gets straight to the point and lists off steps in bullet. If you like your tutorials to get straight to the point, then I recommend her videos.

Lot51 Tdesc Builder

The Tdesc builder is a modding website/tool that lets you create tuning files AND search tuning files within the sims 4. It even provides templates for creating your own files from scratch. This tutorial by Waffle’s Mix-Ins will break down how the website works, and how to use it. Lot51 is great, practically essential for making tuning mods, but it can’t make custom content, or recolors. You’ll need a different tool for that.

Sims 4 Studios

This is the sacred forge. Sims 4 Studios lets you import xml files for models, textures, data, anything you need to make a comprehensive mod for the sims 4 (except script mods. Those are different.) And unlike lot51, which is a template website, S4S lets you type the tuning yourself. It can be more convenient, especially when you need to copy/paste large batches of text. You can download it here!

Crack Open a Tuning File 👀

While learning how to mod, I did use sims 4 studios to open the tuning files to see what’s in them. At first, I had no clue what I was looking at, but it helped me get familiar with the structure a little bit. It also made all the numbers look less scary. The goal at first is not to understand everything, but to understand what you need to change, so the mod can do what you want. Once you’ve at that point, you can further customize mods so that they’re more tailored to your experience, BUT DO NOT REUPLOAD OTHER PEOPLE’S WORK!

That is much rudeness.

The Creator Musing Discord

I guess I would call this the social hub of the modding community? Here people post their links, share their WIP’s, and ask modding questions when stuck on their projects. There are recognizable names in this discord like Little Ms Sam, Spinning Plumbobs, PandaSama… and me! ✨

I’ve tumbled in there with my silly questions so many times. Getting creator wisdom from people who are familiar with the game’s systems is probably the most valuable resource on this list. You can click here to join!

These are all the resources I use, so I hope this helps!

Sure~

Thank you, that is so sweet of you to say!

First, i’m not too good with textures and such, but as far as i know there are two ways you can add /  create new scars. You can either edit the complexion texture and have the scars added on that directly, or you can edit the scar files and add new scars through the scar-sliders.

For complexions, the files you have to look at is found in da3/actors/baseheads/inquisitor/textures. You can follow the tutorials for complexion mod edits found here.

For scar-slider, the files you have to look at is found in da3/actors/baseheads/textures/scars/uhm_scars_m. This file works pretty much like the tattoo files, where 1 slider in the game equals one channel in each of these files. Remember to also edit the normal map (uhm_scars_n).

For both of the methods, this post about DAI normal maps is very helpful.

For someone new to installing mods, it can be somewhat difficult to figure out where to start with adding new Morrowind mods to their savegame, or even where to get mods in the first place. In order to help out with all of that, I've created this first episode of Morrowind Modding Tutorials to try and explain everything you need to know about installing Morrowind mods safely and with the smallest likelihood of running into bugs, errors or mod conflicts.

In this video we go over the basics of how to install mods in a variety of different ways, as well as how to install and use some of the utilities out there that'll make your life easier. We also cover a number of additional applications that will make your Morrowind gameplay experience run smoother.

Download links and written tutorials for everything we've shown in this episode can be found below:

Morrowind Mod Databases:

Morrowind Nexus

Morrowind Modding History

Great House Fliggerty

Wolflore

ModDB

TES Alliance

The Assimilation Lab

Written Tutorials:

Beginners Guide

Wrye Mash Tutorial

TES3CMD Commands

Morrowind Mods FAQ

Suggested Mods

Tech Support:

Official Forums

Nexus Forums

GHF Tech Support

Utility Downloads:

BSA Registration Utility

Wrye Mash Stand-Alone

Wrye Mash Command-Line

TES3CMD

Morrowind Code Patch

4GB Patch

MGE XE

MLOX

MGSO 3.0

MGSO 3.0 Patch

MGSO 3.0 Daedric Armor Fix