#s4 tutorials

[simmillercc]

SIMS 4 - CHANGING INFORMATION IN SIMS 4 STUDIO FOR MULTIPLE SWATCHES SIMPLIFIED

This tutorial can also be viewed on GOOGLE DOCS.

WHY I MADE THIS TUTORIAL

The purpose of this tutorial is to help creators and simmers alike simplify and speed up how to change information in the Warehouse tab in Sims 4 Studio for multiple swatches, especially if you have more than one section that needs adjusting.

So, let’s say you’ve created an entire package with 15 swatches and have saved your package. Then you realize, OMG I forgot to change something in Warehouse mode and now have to go in and change each swatch separately. (cue dramatic music)

I don’t recommend this for only a few swatches, though, because, while helpful, this is not a one shot process, but it will save time for those packages with several swatches that require fixing/changing in the Warehouse tab.

For the purposes of this tutorial, I am using the example of changing the Composition  Method in a lipstick with 31 swatches from 4 to 0. It is entirely possible to make multiple changes using this process. Literally anything in the Warehouse tab that you need to change and have applied to multiple swatches can be done. 

Note: Sims 4 Studio already allows for changing information in the Studio tab on multiple swatches. This is only helpful for Warehouse mode.

I have also used this method to change the diffuse ratio on a set of walls that were supposed to be three panels wide for a wallpaper mural, and forgot until after all of my swatches were in and the package was saved. This would normally have to be done 3 times for every swatch, so the work is tripled! Multiply that by 20 swatches and you can see it’s just too much. I could have started over with a new package, but then I would have to change the catalog name, price, any categories like color and whether it’s paint or wallpaper, ambience effects, if it reduces bills, bring in all the diffuse (texture) files (there’s a trick for bringing in new diffuse files as well, all in one shot btw), and possibly more! With makeup and clothes, or buy mode objects, there are even more categories to be sure match your project.

To simplify, you’ll be saving your color palette, exporting your texture files, changing whatever is necessary in the Warehouse tab, and re-importing your textures. There are a few more steps involved, but everything is explained here in detail with pictures.

Rest assured, it takes a while to read this tutorial, but once you do it a few times, you will complete the entire process very quickly!

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You can view the entire tutorial on Patreon, Google Docs, or the Sims 4 Studio website in the tutorials section. It is currently still in the Creator Help section on S4S, but will be moved shortly.

[lotussimscc]

(There is also a batch fix available in S4S, but I think it's a good idea to do this individually to see if the meshes look good/correct before enabling it)

Tutorial for enabling feminine exclusive cc for masculine sims:

I always have trouble finding cc for my masculine framed sims, since there’s so much out there for feminine frames only. I learned this trick a while back, and ever since it’s made hunting for cc a little bit easier. Originally I posted this here, but I thought I’d put this on tumblr as well in case anyone was interested. 

For example purposes, I’m using this accessory jacket by Lumy_Sims.

STEP 1.) If you open up the file in Sims4Studio, you’ll see something similar to the image below. It automatically opens you up in the Texture tab, so you’ll want to switch over to the Categories tab instead.

STEP 2.) Once you’re in the Categories tab, look under the Age & Gender Flags portion, and you’ll see that the Male box is not checked.

STEP 3.) Make sure the Male checkbox is marked, then click Apply To All Swatches. This’ll make it so the Male flag is enabled for all the colors available.

STEP 4.) A confirmation box will pop up, then click Yes.

STEP 5.) Scroll a tad further down to the Fashion Choice category. If you want the item to show up in CAS under either of the Masculine or Feminine fashion tags, you can decide to mark both, one or the other, or neither if you really want to. For this example, I’m going to mark it as checked for Masculine AND Feminine. Depending on what you choose, don’t forget to hit the Apply To All Swatches button afterwards.

STEP 6.) Then scroll alllll the way to the bottom to the Part Flags category. There will be a checked box saying Restrict Opposite Frame. This is the primary thing stopping your masculine framed sims from using this piece of cc.

STEP 7.)  Be sure to uncheck the box, then click Apply To All Swatches. Vola! You did it! Just hit save, then place the .package file into your Mods folder if you haven’t already done so.

Open up your game and it should be all set! I’m using my male sim Sebastian to demonstrate, his fashion preference is set to Masculine. Once I marked the Masculine AND Feminine boxes in the Fashion Choice tab earlier, it’ll pop up regardless of your sims’ fashion preference.

!!! WORD OF CAUTION !!! Sometimes unchecking the Restrict Opposite Frame box will cause a bit of distortion depending on what the cc is! For example, I downloaded a long, off-shoulder dress that was enabled only for the feminine frame a while back. I followed all the steps from above, however when I opened it in game and selected it for one of my male, masculine framed sims to wear, their arms and neck became significantly thinner. Sometimes when creators make their clothing meshes, they include parts of the actual body mesh that are attached to the clothes. So basically when a sim wears said clothing when it wasn’t designed for that particular body frame, it can get a little messy unfortunately. Luckily this won’t be the case for everything of course! I just thought I’d give a heads up since it will happen depending on what you’re trying to convert. Sorry this post is so long, but hopefully it helps. ;;

[xandezsims]

L&D Trans Sim Tagging: EA Made an Oopsie

Xan here. Remember how I never got into Fullbody outfits, in the original Trans Sim tutorial? Well, I am honor-bound to get into it a little. Why? Because I made a discovery, and it's...not great.

TL;DR: The Part Flags for most of Life & Death are messed up. Trans Sims are wearing the wrong meshes and it cannot be avoided; EA has to fix it.

If this concerns you, please upvote the report, and spread the word. They have ignored the Sims community about gender-related glitches in the past. Help us make them fix this, so we don't have to.

In-depth explanation about the problem below.

I was stoked to see we got clothes for both frames in the newer packs. Finally, Sims can wear whatever gender clothing they want! That's the goal, right? But, recent testing made me wonder how they handle opposite-frames. I thought I could learn something to help with inclusive tagging. So, I stuck Carmen in a dress from L&D, and:

It passes from the front, but...her chest. That's the opposite gender distortion. The one caused by putting a AM (masc frame) mesh on any AF (female) Sim, trans or not. I've definitely talked about this.

I went and cloned both meshes to check the tags, and sure enough:

Quick tagging lesson: toggling Restrict Opposite Frame means Carmen can't wear the AF one. She has to wear the AM frame dress, because as a trans Sim, her frame is AM. (Literally, the Opposite Frame of her gender.) But because she has breasts, she inherits the chest distortion all female Sims get wearing a man's top. The same applies for Erik, her counterpart (AM w/AF frame).

With a sinking feeling, I went back to the game and tried...everything.

I ran out of space, there are more. Trans-men are the same. I got halfway through the AM catalog and ran out of willpower. I'm betting almost every item made for both frames in this pack is tagged wrong. It's locked by frame, instead of gender. With pants, that's not a problem--but tops, dresses and suits will all be swapped.

So, now we know Fullbody meshes work similarly to tops. They need to be locked by Gender. And it's really just that tag. To test, I went back to my cloned dresses, and fixed it with two clicks:

This means all women regardless of frame can use the AF, and all men can use the AM. And here's the result: AF dress on AF Sim, AM dress on AM Sim. They literally swapped dresses.

So, easily fixed! That's 2 files out of...all of them. (sigh) I filed a Bug Report, linked above. Hopefully the amount of evidence I provided will get an actual response. That, or they'll think I'm an arrogant prat for telling them how their game works. But, I didn't break it.

Moral of the Story: this is a great example of what not to do if you make cc, or if you retag what you download. Remember, if you want to limit who can wear a mesh:

"Restrict Opposite Gender" for Tops and Fullbody; this makes sure all AF and AM Sims wear their meshes, and don't end up with chest lumps.

"Restrict Opposite Gender" for AF Bottoms; Trans-AM Sims break in half. Don't Restrict AM Bottoms at all. They fit everyone.

Or, Don't Restrict Anything, if you want all options. Note: distortions will happen. Mark your gender filters. They help a lot.

Earrings, Hats, Makeup, Gloves, Socks, Tights work for everyone

Necklaces and Nails are "Restrict Opposite Frame"; Trans Sims can't wear these from their own gender. They don't fit.

If you got this far, thank you for sticking it out. My innocent question turned into a tagging lesson (again). But, if it helps anyone in the future, I'll be glad. At least now we know there's a problem.

Please boost the Bug Report, share if you found it useful, and thanks for reading. I'm on the soap box again re: trans inclusion, but it's still Pride and I can't not stand up for my people. The more we know, the better we can do on our side.

Finally, tagging some folks who might want to know, if they don't already (feel free to ignore): @sejianismodding @the-crypt-o-club @yooniesim @whyhellosims @thefoxburyinstitute @sims4tutorials @mmfinds @gncc

[milkemie]

how to pose sims for photoshoots - tutorial

MODS & CC USED:

teleport any sims

pose player

mc command center

iso love photos – full control camera (optional)

photographic memory (optional)

wicked whims | wonderful whims (optional)

backdrops 1 & 2

@ts4-poses

some of my favorite pose creators: ssiat | acha | dearkim

[kirsicca]

Hii I was asked how I made my gameplay edits and I decided to do a little tutorial in case other people might find this useful!

There are several ways you can capture and edit notifications but this is just the way I do it nowadays and I find it quite easy and painless 😘

[aithsims4]

*Tutorial* How to make outfits for "👻Invisibles and Skeletons💀"

I finished posting all of the tutorials!

Hi! I'm so happy that you are enjoying my CC "👻Invisibles and Skeletons💀." Thank you for your interest!

*CC

👻Invisibles👻

💀Skeletons💀

💀Skeletons Hair Useable Body Version💀

👻Outfits for Invisibles and Skeletons💀

*Tutorial

📝Easy Way

📝Step-by-step. 1

📝Step-by-step. 2 and EP01Detective Outfit CC

FOLLOW ME on  X Twitter / Patreon / Curseforge  Thank you for your support. If you like my CC pls like and reblogging💝

@sssvitlanz @maxismatchccworld @mmfinds @maxismatch4sims @gncc @mmoutfitters @love4sims4 @sims-4-maxis-match @sims4downloads @alwaysfreecc

[melbrewer367]

Move Deco Cars to the Transportation Category

Hello! When I was looking for the answer on how to make this happen, I couldn't find a straight forward tutorial. Instead, I found a couple bits and fucked around in S4S and pieced it together so, I wanted to put out a quick straightforward tutorial so others don't have to do the same.

You'll just need S4S for this. On the main screen, click "My Projects" and then select your deco car file.

Now, go to the "Warehouse" tab. This is in the top left next to the Studio tab.

In the filter search bar type in "catalog" and then click "Filter." Then, click on the first one. On the right hand side, type "Tags" in the filter.

Scroll down on the right side and click the "Edit Items" button next to "Tags."

In the window that opens, click "Add" on the left hand side. Then, in the "TagValue" box on the right hand side, type in 2237, and then hit tab on your keyboard. Once you tab away, it will automatically update the "Tag" box directly above that to say "BuyCatEE_Transportation" Click the save button.

Now, you just need to repeat these steps for every "Object Catalog" entry your item has. There's one for each swatch. Make sure to save your package file when you're done!

Congrats, your deco car is in the transportation category in the build mode catalog now!

If they're currently showing in a category like Decor>Sculptures or Activites and Skills>Outdoors and you'd no longer like them to appear there now that they'll be in the transportation category, you can fix that quickly on the "Studio" tab.

While on the "Studio" tab, click the "Tags" tab on the right hand side. Uncheck any categories you no longer want the item to be in, and then click the "Apply To All Swatches" button. Again, don't forget to save when you're done.

That's it! It's actually really easy, it just gets a bit time consuming depending on how many swatches your deco car has, and how many deco cars you have. The build mode categories being nice and clean and not seeing items repeated across multiple sections is so nice though. 10 out of 10 Highly Recommend

[zeussim]

Hello simmers! If you want to see my process and the final result of the 3d model I posted yesterday, please watch this video! The dress turned out amazing! I am so proud of myself! Hope you like it!! 

[yoruqueenofnightsims]

Tutorial: Converting all types of CAS CC to work with color sliders (+ how to disable it)

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

💜 Requirements:

Color Slider mod

TS4AlphaConverter_2_2_0_0

CAS CC you want to enable

Featured CC by @trillyke @daylifesims @jius-sims @magic-bot

💜How to enable CC for color sliders

1. Download the required program, mod and CC you want. This is my outfit before sliders:

2. Open up Alpha Converter

3. For enabling sliders, you can only use the folder option and not single files: Select your input folder which contains the .packages you want to enable. Then select your output folder where you want to save the new files. "Include subfolders" is handy if your CC goes into more folders inside your input folder. It will reproduce the same file structure.

4. I would recommend enabling "Don't change package names" so you can just replace your input files directly, otherwise it adds "_Fixed" at the end of the filename. I will also leave "Don't copy unchanged packages" checked.

5. Next we will select "Convert RLE2 to LRLE" to enable color sliders. I will explain the others later. It then enables "Convert only textures linked from CASPs" which is good, e.g. it will only target actual CAS CC textures then and no Build & Buy for example. Leave "Convert all diffuse textures linked from CASP" checked if you want to convert all types of CAS CC.

6. These are my finished settings:

7. Press "Go". It will then take a while depending on file amount and swatches, as it will have to go through textures one by one.

8. Check your finished files. The file size should be bigger, in this case it went up by 30 MB for only 5 files.

This is how the outfit looks after applying sliders to all pieces:

💜 How to disable CAS CC for color sliders

This time select "Convert LRLE to RLE2". You can leave "Convert only textures linked from CASPs".

2. Press "Go" and let it do it's thing.

3. As you can see, the file size went down again (middle), but it is not the same size as from the original file (right).

You will no longer be able to use sliders on the CAS CC piece, except transparency, which always works.

💜 Fixing slider compatible CAS CC with broken textures

If some of your CAS CC displays huge areas of missing, pixelated textures there is an issue with compression.

I don't know how and why this happens, but check out * this tutorial * on how to fix it.

@thefoxburyinstitute @maxismatchccworld @emilyccfinds @sssvitlanz

[blue-ancolia]

Some tricks to paint your animals in CAS

I won't make a tutorial because I wouldn't know where to start and honestly, it's mostly through practice that you'll improve yourself at painting. But here are a few tricks that might help you. 1. Enter the cheat code "cas. clockspeed 2" to almost pause the time in CAS. When the animal is breathing too fast it really makes it more difficult to paint details. 2. When you want to paint small details on your pet's face, click on "edit details", then double click anywhere else to exit the details painting mode without zooming out. You'll have a closer look of what you're doing. 3. Be aware that you can have a much darker black paint by pulling down the slider lower than it is set.

4. Use pictures as references. Can sound silly, but it isn't just for inspiration, it will really help you to see better where you are supposed to paint the lights. Aaand they are really important since they will give much more landforms, and therefore, realism to your animals. 5. Paint the eyelids and the nose of your pets. Trust me, they will look much more expressive and realistic. 6. You can paint thinner traits with a simple technique. First, you make the trait you want using the colour you want, usually darker than your pet's colour.

Once you've done your trait the way you want it, select the pet's base colour (white in this exemple) and draw an other trait just next to the first one. It has to be very close to erase some of it but not all.

Same here:

7. Make a hairy effect using the fur brushes. Use different ones, set them to to smallest option on the face and more or less bigger on the body, depending on the hair length. Also, you can start with a dark colour and draw lighter above. Pay attention of the orientation of your brushes; respect the hair's direction. 8. Don't hesitate to mess around with different colours and opacity. 9. Use fur brushes with a darker colour to give some shadows and landforms to your animals.

That's it, I'll update this post if I can think of anything else. I hope some of you will find it useful. Have fun ! ᵔᴥᵔ 

[xandezsims]

Tutorial: Change Object Shaders in Sims 4 Studio, or How to Fix Patchy Shading on Objects

I was discussing shaders with @moontaart and it led to this. I'm sharing just in case it's useful to anyone. This fix is for things that tile against a wall, like wall panels, shelves, and cabinets, but the technique can be applied to swapping any object shaders.

Difficulty: Middling. Easier if you know S4S. It's mostly repetitive.

You'll Need:

Sims 4 Studio

Coffee and/or Patience

I strongly recommend saving a backup copy of your package. And do this before you add swatches. There are 2-3 Entries to change for every swatch, so if you have a lot, Step 8 will take ages.

If you have swatches already, you can Export All to file, save your Palette, and delete all but the first swatch. When you're done, apply the saved Palette to the package, delete everything but your textures from the export folder, and Import All to put everything back.

1. Open your file and go to the Warehouse tab. Scroll down.

2. At the bottom, find the first item marked Model LOD. This is your LOD 0. Click it, and a 3D Preview of the mesh should appear to the right.

3. Next to the 3D Preview tab, open the Data tab.

4. Beside Meshes, click Edit Items.

5. This will give you a list. These are the mesh groups. (If your mesh has 3 groups--i.e. glass, metal, and shadow--there will be one for each.) For this file, I have Dropshadow and Phong. Phong is the panel. To fix the lighting, I'll change Phong to Cabinets, so its evenly lit. Select the part you want to edit.

6. Go to the search bar and type 'Material'. Or, you can scroll down.

7. Under Material > Resource, you'll see Entries > Edit Items. If you scrolled down, it's the fourth button.

8. These Entries are the Variants for each swatch, with the top ones being the 'default' state. With 1 swatch and 2 mesh groups, we have 4 Variant Entries to fix. Choose the top line.

9. Scroll to the bottom.

10. Next to Shader is the name of the shader we want to change. Pick a new one from the dropdown, or key it in if you know it. (Tip: once the name is filled, highlight it and CTRL/CMD+C to copy.) Go back to the list, pick next VariantId Entry, and repeat. Do this for all of them. The more swatches you have, the more there will be.

11. Save; the window will close. Save the previous window too. This will put you back in the Warehouse.

12. Click the next Model LOD--LOD 1--and repeat Steps 8-11. This is where copying the shader name comes in handy.

13. LOD 2 is hidden under Model. Ignore the other Model LODs, which are the shadows. Instead, go Model > Data tab.

14. Under Lods, Edit Items.

15. (Not pictured) Don't panic. It looks worse than it is.

16. A list of meshes will pop up. Pick LowDetail and under Meshes, Edit Items.

17-19. This looks familiar! Repeat Steps 8-11, Save all windows when you finish. Then, Save the file.

Mostly done! Now, for the last part:

20. Check the result in game. If you get the effect you want, you're done!

I recommend taking "before" and "after" screenshots to compare. (Easier if you set a camera shortcut, and use the same test lot.)

Leave a like if this helped.

@thefoxburyinstitute @sims4tutorials

References:

How to Find an Object's Shader Data in Studio by orangemittens Help Thread: Color of Cabinets Looks Different in Games

[xxbottlecapx]

I'll be posting the next chapter of Pedal to the Metal (go to my pinned post to read!) Later today, so here's some art for chapter three! It's one of the pamphlets Steve makes. I'm not much of an artist so excuse the lack of skill but this was so fun-

And here is a link on how to fold it and turn it into your own Steve from yoga class approved pamphlet!!

https://www.readbrightly.com/how-to-make-zine/

[aithsims4]

*Tutorial* How to make outfits for "👻Invisibles and Skeletons💀"

Hi! I'm so happy that you are enjoying my CC "👻Invisibles and Skeletons💀." I got a request about how to make outfits for 💀👻. Thank you for your interest! So I'm making the tutorial. If you are interested, please check the tutorials on my Patreon.

*CC

👻Invisibles👻

💀Skeletons💀

💀Skeletons Hair Useable Body Version💀

👻Outfits for Invisibles and Skeletons💀

*Tutorial

📝Easy Way

📝Step-by-step. 1

FOLLOW ME on  X Twitter / Patreon / Curseforge  Thank you for your support. If you like my CC pls like and reblogging💝

@sssvitlanz @maxismatchccworld @mmfinds @maxismatch4sims @gncc @mmoutfitters @love4sims4 @sims-4-maxis-match @sims4downloads @alwaysfreecc

[oakiyo]

Speed Mesh #10 - Mya Hair:

Haven't uploaded a speed mesh in years, but when I saw a lot of interest in them I decided to give it another go! This hair is not currently available for download, it's part of a collection coming in September. Hope you find the speed mesh helpful - I included timestamps in the description so you can see what I'm doing in each part!

[sulsulduck]

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒊𝒎𝒔 𝟒" 𝑪𝑪 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 [𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑]

Are you a dedicated "The Sims 4" player searching for top-notch custom content (CC) to enhance your gameplay? You're in the right place! This guide will lead you through the most popular platforms for quick access to a wealth of CC. From staying current with trends to pinpoint searches, I've got you covered.

♡𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙑𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙤 觀看完整影片 𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀 .ᐟ.ᐟ.ᐟ

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⎚ ᴛᴜᴍʙʟʀ｜ᴄᴄ ғɪɴᴅs Maxis Match CC World / MM Finds / MM Outfitters / Warmsol's CC Finds / Maysie Moon / Boey's CC finds / Llama CC finds / SimsTrouble CC Finds / Plumbie's CC Finds / HazelMine's CC Finds / Angel TS4 CC Finds / Oshin CC Finds / SimBys CC Finds / Mandy CC Finds / Nolan Sims CC Finds

⎚ ᴘᴀᴛʀᴇᴏɴ｜ᴘɪɴɴᴇʀ The Sims Resource / Simmerthings / Kataraesimmer

⎚ ᴘᴀᴛʀᴇᴏɴ｜ᴄᴄ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴏʀs｜我私心愛的12位創作者(◍3◍) HuiEn / Joliebean / Serenity / Miiko / TwistedCat / Northern Siberia Winds / PoyoPoyo / Obscurus-Sims / Caio / Madlen / Simstrouble / Jius-Sims

⎚ ᴄᴄ ᴄᴏᴍᴘɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ sɪᴛᴇs SnootySims / The Mods Babe / We Want Mods

⎚ ᴄᴜʀsᴇғᴏʀɢᴇ｜ɪᴛs ᴛᴜᴍʙʟʀ The Official Mod Hub

⎚ ᴛʜᴇ sɪᴍs ʀᴇsᴏᴜʀᴄᴇ｜ᴄᴄ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴏʀs ANGISSI / asan333 / cosimetic / David_Mtv / S-Club / Nords / OranosTR / Anonimux Simmer

✧˚. Exploring Patreon's Most Popular Creators and Their 50 Outstanding CC Collections 我最愛的50位CC創作者推薦&必備50款衣服套件包 - 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀 & 𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀 ♡

✴︎ sɪᴍᴛᴜʙᴇ｜sɪᴍʙʟʀ｜sɪᴍᴛᴇʀᴇsᴛ｜sɪᴍᴛʀᴇᴏɴ ✴︎

[disdaidal]

Well, I tried at least.