#ts4 studio tutorial

The sims 4 studio is where i make most of my CAS custom content as well as some coding for the mods - it's pretty easy to use, but let me get you a walk-through regardless!

keep in mind that some of the things in my ts4s are in polish. I'll translate most important things + most of it is in english anywayz

the apps I use to create my mods

!!! This is a beginner-friendly tutorial !!!

I love some items that are a bit old and whose creator no longer updates their mods. So, I decided to create this tutorial to help someone who might be in the same position as I am.

The items I'm talking about right now are the Hidimant Food Display, Golden Meriklime Display and the Faerie Queen Mara's Cart. I love these items so much but they were uploaded to Patreon in 2020 and the author seems to have retired from the modding community (if I'm wrong, please correct me, but I couldn't find anything about the author outside the Patreon and a page on the Sims 4 Studio forums).

Anyway, here is how to transform these items so you can use them in your Small Business with the Businesses and Hobbies DLC:

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PART 1 - How to find the correct Tags and Tuning

In this part I demonstrate and explain the basics of how to find the correct tags and tuning.

PART 2 - How to fix Tags and Tuning

In this part I demonstrate and explain how to add the new tags and tuning for the item you want to modify.

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📥You can download the original item I used in the tutorial here (Hidimant Food Display (Shelf Version)).

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[PART 1] How to find the correct Tags and Tuning

First, you have to open S4S (Sims 4 Studio). In S4S, we need a reference for how an original object works. So we'll select the "Object" button (image below).

The functions I want to copy are from this item:

When clicking on next, the S4S will ask you to save the object. Since we're just need it for reference, you can name it wharever (I named mine as "delete.package").

Make sure that the opened tab on the top left is "Studio". You'll see that on the right menu we have some options, the ones that are important in this case are the "Tags" and "Tuning" ones.

First, select "Tags" and copy the tags that are used. In this case:

Then, select "Tuning" and copy what is written there. In this case:

Now, you can delete the "delete.package" and go back to the S4S home screen to start modifying the items you actually want to modify!

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[PART 2] How to add Tags and Tuning to an item in Sims 4 Studio

Now, back to the item I want to make changes to.

Back on the Sims 4 Studio home screen, we’ll click on “My Projects” and select the item you want to change. In my case, it’s “Hidimant Food Display Shelf” by Faebacea.

Select the “Studio” tab and click on the “Tags” tab again. We can already see that the tags are completely different from the ones on the object we are using as a reference, so now we need to update the tags.

Make sure to select the correct tags and remove the extra ones. I recommend not changing the 'colors' tag because it helps us use the color filters in-game. :)

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Tags

Surfaces

Display

Entertainment

Small Business

Function

Talk To Objects (Insane)

Can be struck by Lightning

Miscellaneous

BuyCat_Shareable

Func_RetailDisplay

Func_LightRetailSurface

Func_Sync_SmallBusiness_OpenClose

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After that, go to the Tuning tab. You can see that the tuning is also incorrect (object_TableNightstand), so change it to the correct tuning (object_SmallBusinessSystem_LightRetailSurface)!

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Tuning

object_SmallBusinessSystem_LightRetailSurface

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And that's it! The item is now ready to be used in your Small Business!

⚠️ Make sure to click "Apply To All Swatches" for each option (except for the color tags, of course!).

⚠️ Make sure to click "Save" after you finishing doing all the changes and now you can use it as a seller display in-game! 💞

⚠️Don’t use cheats (bb.moveobjects) when placing selling tables, otherwise the Sims won’t buy anything (this is also true for the original items from the pack).