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I've used a mix of two tutorials I've found:

first

second

and here is my step-by-step process (each backdrop takes around 3 mins maximum to complete, so it is really fast):

Step 1.

Open up your Sims4Studio and use Objects category - Standalone recolor

Step 2.

Then you will see the objects from game to choose from. Make sure to check the "Debug items" checkbox and then start typing "matte" which persists in any backdrop name. You can limit the game expansion/pack you want to convert a backdrop from, so e.g. I was using the Snowy Escape one:

Step 3.

Click "Next" and name your package. Save it anywhere you will be able to easily find it, create a new folder or so. Then you will see the... IDK, panel? to edit your object. While you are in the "Studio" tab, you'd need to name your object as it will be named in game, and go to "Tags" sub-tab. First (I'm not sure it is really necessary, but I was doing that to make sure I'll see my object even without Live edit and Debug items turned on, so just remove the checkbox from "World objects" for that. Next scroll down a bit and apply a tag depending on in which category you'd like to see your object in game. I usually marked "Scrulpture" and "Misc" in the Decorations category. (just as on the 2 screenshots below)

Step 4.

This step is the most crucial part as otherwise you won't see the object in game even with those applied tags. Switch to "Warehouse" tab and there you need to find "Object Definition" and "Object catalog". See the screenshots below for more clarity.

Basically, in the "Object Definition" you need to find the "Tuning ID" on the right side. The author of the second tutorial explained "the why" more clear, but basically you need to state there a number of some other example object which is buyable and sellable in game. I used 14961, just as in his/her tutorial.

Next, in the Object Catalog you need to find "Dev Category flags" on the right side and change the last 3 digits to "080". Only the last 3 digits :)

And that's it :) Afterwards just click "Save" and move the created package to the game :) You'll see it if Custom Content is turned on :)

9 Useful tips to create CC windows & doors

1. The thickness of the wall is 0.75 m in either ways in blender which means the total thickness is 1.5 m

2. Best tutorial for wall cutouts

3. If more windows need the same size of cutout, export yours, then go to the new file, clear all the edges first and then export the .binary file.

4. If you don't want shadow issues, use these windows:

5. Please remove the doubles when you make a shadow LOD. It reduces the poly-count but has no effect on the shadows in-game.

6. Wall heights: Short-3m, Medium-4m, Tall-5m

7. The thickness of the ceiling/floor is 1.5 m in blender. If a window/door/anything goes above this line, it'll go trough the ceiling.

8. Tips for open windows/doors. The middle part of the mesh changes it's shading according to which direction you're watching it from. The opened part of the window or door should be there.

9. Tips for open windows/doors. Double and flip direction to the open part of the glasses. If you do so, the glass will be visible from all directions. Do this with both glasses.

Creating windows and doors for the first time might be scary, but once you figure out how to, you realize, it isn't that hard. I made this tutorial to make this process easier for you.

I made a lace tutorial for you allllll!!!!

This enables CAS CC to work with Color Sliders for Hair, Clothes, & Accessories by thepancake1 and @mizoreyukii.

Since S4 Studio only let's you batch convert hairs and update makeup for compatibility, I present to you: TS4AlphaConverter_2_2_0_0 by CmarNYC.

Keep in mind that enabling CAS CC for color sliders will increase the file sizes of your .package files!

Sliders will also always affect all the texture, i.e. you can't exclude accessories like buttons or zippers, so some textures might not work well.

Also check out this tutorial: Fixing slider compatible CAS CC with broken textures

How to FIX CUSTOM EYELASHES after update 1.108.349.1020 The Sims 4

YOU NEED:

Sims 4 Studio @sims4studioofficial

Blender (I use Blender 2.79)

Instruction manual:

Opening the eyelashes that need to be repaired in Sims 4 Studio

2. Go to the "Categories" section - Item "Outfit Type" - "Eyelashes"

3. Click "Apply to All Swatches" - Click "Yes"

4. Now we need to assign the correct color to the Vertex in Blender. Go to the "Mesh" category and export the eyelash mesh

5. Open the Mesh in Blender and switch to the "Vertex Paint" mode

6. Select the display mode "Wireframe" or press the "Z" key

7. If the eyelashes are broken, they will have the wrong color. Now we need to assign the correct color

8. Click on the palette icon

9. Go to the HEX item and enter the color code. Color Number: 007F3F

10. After you entered the color code. Click "Paint" - "Set Vertex Color"

11. After that, the color of the eyelashes will change. Save the file and close the Blender

12. Go back to SIms 4 Studio and import the mesh

13. Saving the package file

do u know how to make an in-game font override? ik there's sims 1 and sims 2 font overrides but i want to make my own, searched everywhere but unable to find a tutorial on how to make it ;-;

Hey too! So I didn't know how to do it at first but I got curious, and was able to make it :) I did get stuck and was able to receive help, and here it is!

Download JPEXS decompiler. This is also used for custom loading screens btw.

In S4S, create a new empty package, open Game File Cruiser, then search for this instance number: 5C7CB2846F0FCA7A (1), and select All (2) .

Once done, you'll see one Scale Form GFX result, with the display name as gfxfontlib. Select (3) and add it to current package (4), and export it as a binary file (5-6).

On the file you just exported, rename the extension from .binary to .gfx, then open the now named .gfx file in the JPEXS decompiler. Here are the main things to focus on: the fonts you'll be replacing (7) and where to do so (8). Select the font you want to replace and select embed to bring up the next window.

The Sims Sans SC Bold: title text, found only in main menu The Sims Sans SC Bold: headers, found in menu and in-game BentonSans Bold/Medium/Regular: regular texts

Select TTF file (9), locate your font and click open (10), fill in the individual characters box with these (11) characters, and click OK. Do that instead of selecting any of the character boxes as I find that to cause visual glitches and crash my game.

To easily locate your font, right click your font file and select copy as path (12), then paste it in the file name box (10).

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}’…~

Once you click OK, it will bring up a new window asking if you should replace a character/text. Select yes to all to any window that comes up (13).

You've now replaced one of the fonts! Do this to each of the fonts highlighted in 7. You can use different fonts just like the preview I showed.

To import back to S4S, rename the .gfx extension back to .binary (14), then import it to your package (15).

I was looking around S4S full changelog until my eyes caught something interesting 👀

+ Added a batch edit menu to folders in My CC + Added a batch edit option to set the CAS Display Index of all packages in a folder.

Previously, the only way you can group CC creators together is if you edit their CAS display index per packages in S4CASTools. Now, with the new S4S update, you can do so with a batch edit and voila!

If you plan on doing this, make sure you backup all your CCs first into an external drive in case things go wrong! This can quickly use up your storage if you want to sort all your CCs out.

Note for creators: if you use decimals in your display index, this will override that. I believe when you set all your CCs to a specific index number it will automatically sort by date (forgot if it's ascending or descending). So it's up to you if this is useful for you, organization-wise.

Here's how to:

01. You'll have to get the recent update to S4S (v3.2.0.8).

02. Separate files into folders based on creators. Here I have Gorillax3 & clumsyalien's ccs into their own respective folders:

03. Go into My CC, right click a folder, and it will show you the option to batch edit CAS Display Index.

04. Once you click the option, it will ask you which folder you're doing the batch fix on & the backup folder, and ask you what value you'd like for all packages in that folder. I set clumsyalien's folder to 70 and gorillax3's to 75.

05. Click OK and it will tell you which files has been edited. Results are below:

⚠️ Do note that for every batch fix you do, it will create a backup folder with all the files in \Documents\Sims 4 Studio\Batch Fixes, which can bloat your storage quickly. Do your batch fix in small batches, regularly check in-game if it works correctly, and continue. You might need to delete the backup files in the folder if you're no longer using that version.

Enjoy the new info :D

American inspired worlds

Willow Creek inspired by New Orleans

Oasis Springs inspired by Southwestern U.S.

Newcrest inspired by New Orleans

Granite Falls inspired by U.S. Pacific Northwest

Magnolia Promenade inspired by New Orleans

San Myshuno inspired by modern cities

Brindleton Bay inspired by New England

Del Sol Valley inspired by Los Angeles

Strangerville inspired by Southwestern U.S.

Glimmerbrook inspired by U.S. Pacific Northwest

Evergreen Harbour inspired by U.S. Pacific Northwest

Batuu inspired by Galaxy's Edge at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando

Copperdale inspired by the Rocky Mountains in the U.S.

Moonwood Mill inspired by U.S. Pacific Northwest

San Sequoia inspired by San Francisco Bay Area

Non-American inspired worlds

Windenburg inspired by Central and Southern Germany

Forgotten Hollow inspired by Romania and Victorian England

Selvadorada inspired by Latin and Central America

Sulani inspired by Polynesia

Britechester inspired by England

Mt. Komorebi inspired by Japanese islands

Henford-on-Bagley inspired by England

Instant LODs script for CC Makers!

Making CC LODs is super tedious, especially if you have a lot of cut numbers, so this is a script I wrote for Blender to help with making them! It's basically like a photoshop action, it just takes the meshes you have selected and runs through the commands as many times as you need.

To use it, just open up the text editor window in blender, navigate to where you've saved the script on your computer and open (or copy the text from the dropbox and paste it into the editor), then follow the instructions in the script. It's super simple to use and it's saved me a ton of time (especially while I was making simblreen gifts lol!) Send me a dm if you have any trouble or questions!

I was looking around S4S full changelog until my eyes caught something interesting 👀

+ Added a batch edit menu to folders in My CC + Added a batch edit option to set the CAS Display Index of all packages in a folder.

Previously, the only way you can group CC creators together is if you edit their CAS display index per packages in S4CASTools. Now, with the new S4S update, you can do so with a batch edit and voila!

If you plan on doing this, make sure you backup all your CCs first into an external drive in case things go wrong! This can quickly use up your storage if you want to sort all your CCs out.

Note for creators: if you use decimals in your display index, this will override that. I believe when you set all your CCs to a specific index number it will automatically sort by date (forgot if it's ascending or descending). So it's up to you if this is useful for you, organization-wise.

Here's how to:

01. You'll have to get the recent update to S4S (v3.2.0.8).

02. Separate files into folders based on creators. Here I have Gorillax3 & clumsyalien's ccs into their own respective folders:

03. Go into My CC, right click a folder, and it will show you the option to batch edit CAS Display Index.

04. Once you click the option, it will ask you which folder you're doing the batch fix on & the backup folder, and ask you what value you'd like for all packages in that folder. I set clumsyalien's folder to 70 and gorillax3's to 75.

05. Click OK and it will tell you which files has been edited. Results are below:

⚠️ Do note that for every batch fix you do, it will create a backup folder with all the files in \Documents\Sims 4 Studio\Batch Fixes, which can bloat your storage quickly. Do your batch fix in small batches, regularly check in-game if it works correctly, and continue. You might need to delete the backup files in the folder if you're no longer using that version.

Enjoy the new info :D

Okay guys, here’s a mini tutorial I thought I’d whip up in the dead of night. I’m very tired so sorry if there’s spelling errors. If you have any questions, just ask BTW. So, anyway, this quick tut is for retopo-ing MD meshes with Zbrush and Blender in a way that preserves the UV islands so you don’t lose the nice neat UV shape that MD generates. Ready? Okay.

You will need: Marvelous Designer Blender Zbrush

Note: This tut doesn’t cover how to use these programs. You have to already know that.

Okay, here we go.

1. Make your mesh as normal and export from MD. Make sure the mesh is unwelded in the export options. I’ve called mine top.obj. Here it is.

2. Now highlight all, right-click the 3D garment and chose Reset 3D Arrangement (selected) or Reset 2D Arrangement (selected) - either one of these commands should flatten your mesh into the pattern-shaped pieces you started with in MD.

3. Export this from MD, again make sure the mesh is unwelded in the export options. I called mine topFLAT.obj

4. Import FLAT version into Zbrush.

5. Under Geometry tab, ZRemesher, hit the ZRemesher button. Depending on your mesh, yours might be fine to export with the default settings. For mine, however I’m going to lower the Target Polygons Count to make it lower poly.

6. When you’re happy with the poly count, export your mesh. I called mine topFLATretopo.obj

7. In Blender 2.79, import all three obj files. Sometimes the Zbrush mesh will be split into pieces, so you can go ahead and merge these pieces in Blender with CTR+J if that is the case. We want 3 meshes: the original MD mesh, the flat version, and the retopologised flat version. You can go ahead and tick the eye button to hide the original MD mesh and the FLAT version for now. First we will do things to the FLATretopo version.

8. With the FLATretopo version selected, divide the window so that you have the 3D version to one side and the UV/Image Editor to the other side. Now you can ender Edit Mode, Mesh -> UV Unwrap and Project From View to get the same UV island shape that MD generated. Make sure you are in orthographic front view before doing this (hit 5 and 1) or your UVs might be skewed. With that done, return to object mode.

9. In the Modifier tab chose Surface Deform. Set the target as the FLAT version, turn the Interpolation falloff up as far as it will go (16) and hit the Bind button. Now you can hide the FLATretopo mesh.

10. Unhide the original MD mesh and the FLAT version.

11. With the FLAT version selected, switch to the Object Data tab. Under Shape Keys, hit the plus sign. ‘Basis’ key should appear.

12. Now you must deselect everything, then select first the original MD mesh and second the FLAT version. It is important they are in that order. Once you have selected them, hit the little downwards arrow to the side of Shape Keys and chose Join as Shapes. Another key should appear, named the same as your original mesh.

13. Unhide the FLATretopo mesh.

14. Click on the newest key and slide the Value slider all the way to the right. The FLAT mesh and the FLATretopo mesh should morph into the position and shape of the original MD mesh.

15. Select the FLATretopo mesh and hit Apply on the modifier to confirm the movement. Then you can delete both the original MD mesh and the FLAT version. You don’t need those anymore.

16. Now you should have a final mesh that has a nice topology from what we generated in Zbrush as well as a neat UV map, plus it’s still in the shape as the original garment you made. It isn’t finished yet, however. Now you need to close up the seams, fix the UVs for TS4 usage, and make everything pretty.

Note: I personally start this next step by Shading Smooth in the 3D window. This will highlight the seams that need fixing. If the item is symmetrical, I find it easier to just delete half of the mesh and use a mirror modifier while I work on it. It cuts the workload in half. Now I just go around the seams and close them manually. It doesn’t usually take very long once you get the hang of it. I also bind all my repetitive keys to shortcut keys (eg. Merge, rip, cut, loop select, etc) so it’s quicker.

When the FLAT version is still flat, you can also edit the topography directly onto the mesh to make sure the seam verts will match up. You can also remove any unnecessary loops easily as well as adding extras.

Say goodbye to actions! This primarily works for hair, but might work okay on some clothing and such too. It would just require some more finaggling the settings. Tutorial below the cut!

This is a text version, but I can make a video version as well if you’d prefer. Just shoot me an ask and I’ll get to work on it. I apologize for the wall of text, but I promise it’s a pretty simple process.

If people are interested, I can also show how I do ombre effects using this method, too.

I should note, this isn’t a method if you’re looking to replicate Nyren colors or anything specific like that. You will still have to do the Actions method to achieve those, unless you really want to sit down and mess with these settings long enough to create copies and then save them for yourself. Either way!

PLUTO a reshade preset by ceru

made using reshade v.5.8 (should be compatible w/ gshade but i haven't tested it)

** last two images are unedited but use relight, more pics can be found below

more info + download below

Checked April 2021, Patch 1.72

Using: The Sims 4 Mod Constructor by Zerub

In this tutorial we will create a custom Aspiration that uses existing Aspiration Steps and belongs to an custom Aspiration Category.  

I will assume you are familiar with what I did in 101, or check that out first since I will not explain any inputs that are the same as in that one. Which is pretty much everything apart from the new category + trait.

Checked April 2021, Patch 1.72

Using: The Sims 4 Mod Constructor by Zerub

In this tutorial we will create a custom Aspiration that uses custom Aspiration Steps and belongs to an existing Aspiration Category.

I will assume you are familiar with what I did in 101, or check that out first since I will not explain any inputs that are the same as in that one. Which is pretty much everything apart from the actual step details.

Simlish graphics N1

Download:  boosty | patreon | simfileshare

166 png files. All of them are from the game. I had to redraw some of them from scratch. I hope you enjoy it.

You can use them as you like, but if you credit me, then I will just be pleased and interested.

please read and respect my tou

Print Bundle Pack #1

80 prints including graphics and simlish texts! They are all from the game, mostly from CAS, but some are ingame paintings! I had to edit and redraw most of them in order to remove the background but it was so worth it, 'cause now they have transparent background and look marvellous as a t-shirt print! You might have to resize some of them, because a few of them are too big for a print. I hope you find them useful! Enjoy! ❤ (few examples where I used them: 1 / 2 / 3 )