#idk it's been on my mind when I was going through my screenshot folder

[thunderboltfire]

I have to admit, I have a vague fear that one day, if I polish my drawings a little bit too much someone will ask me if it's AI, and then they will make me prove that it is not (and you know, things on the internet are not provable - and it's way harder to prove you are not something than that you are).

[detroitbecomeonline]

DBH MODDING (1) - HOW I MADE JUICY

Hi everyone :) I'm going to start a lil mod diary because I'm trying my best to learn how to do stuff with like, 0 prior understanding. I'm writing everything I find out because frankly, I can't find info like this elsewhere. I have to figure everything out myself. If you're like me, and have no experience or knowledge in manual modding what-so-ever, I hope this series of entries will help you! If anyone has any information or extra points, PLEASE say something lol. If I'm wrong, I'm begging you to correct me!!!

It's currently 30/12/2022 and for the last 3 days, I've been looking at modstuffs for Detroit: Become Human. I started with the browser model swapper and successfully located the game file it needs. For me, I downloaded DBH through Steam, so I go the HDD (where I keep my Steam stuff) > steamapps > common > Detroit Become Human > and the file will be in the list of BigFiles. HOWEVER I made a new folder just on my HDD called "Original BigFile_PC idx" and copied and pasted the original file into there so if anything breaks, I can just plug my original back in.

That's how I can get shots like this, because I swapped Connor's game model for North's:

I have been hanging out in a DBH modding server, and they're talking words my uneducated ass can hardly understand. But what I have picked up is this:

Mokit is like, movement capture? Like how Bryan explained that the little dots on his face capture the actors movement. And there are a bunch of cameras and stuff. idk here's a YouTube vid. So anyway these movements are saved in files and you can switch mokits with characters.

Pretty sure points on mokits are labelled or something, because in the model swapper, an elbow is an elbow, whether you're North or Sumo.

And so also in the model swapper, you can switch out these files. I have no idea how to do this manually. I haven't experimented with the mokit swaps yet anyway.

After that, I downloaded the Custom Texture Tool (also found in More Tools) and yesterday I cracked it open. Here's what it looks like upon opening:

I locate my game through HDD > steam > steamapps > common > Detroit Become Human. Then this all comes up on the left:

And I'm like dang. I have no idea what any of this does, but what's really cool is that I can see which files are attributed to which BigFile (which I previously couldn't open). Immediately I go for the catalogue, because SURELY that's where the textures live. It looks like this when I open up the Catalogue tab.

I chilled out and browsed the files for a bit before searching for Connor. I really liked how these files are named just because of story structure and specific scenes. It makes so much sense, thank you CONNOR_INTO2.

So rn I can't view a lot of files and I didn't quite understand why, but after a quick Google, it's because you need a specific program to grab em. But anyway, you see that black-red-green-blue square in the third row fifth column in the screenshot? I was like oh man. I know what THIS is for. I export the DDS file (I save the image) and it opens up in PAINT DOT NET. so im like ok ok i'll do it. I gotta.

Using Common Sense, I swatch the red and the green and I keep the text in the parameters of where the old text was so that it goes on Connor's uniform in the right spot. I have no idea what the red and green colours mean. After that, I save it as a separate file in another folder on my HDD. Here is a comparison of the before and after:

I don't know why they have to be upside down, but yep. + Sorry, it's unfortunate I can't upload the Juicy texture to this post. Must be to do with the DDS file format or whatever.

Anyway, this was the result:

crying

So I'm like okay, I understand this a little. I want to colour other stuff. After a whole bunch of dicking around with files (and I will not document my painful process), I watch a video on texture maps. My mind BLEW because:

I could identify the normal maps (purple ones).

I understand now that roughness maps will be the maps that make uniform textures shine or not. (I don't know which ones are roughness maps yet).

A few more things:

This is Connor's uniform jacket and this is his belt, but they're completely different texture maps. I have no idea what the red and green mean. Maybe it's to communicate to the roughness maps what to apply? (Shiny belt buckle vs leather strap.) And for Connor's jacket, here is where I can change the colour and look, but it won't change the fabric texture and actual shape. Anyway, so I'm going to download a 3D model program to see if that gives me a better understanding of things.

I'll update you soon!

~ Trinity

[artpharos]

prev anon again, oh god I am *mortified* with embarrassment on realizing how long ago you actually posted that fic- the tumblr app absolutely sucks and makes it hard to find posts' dates, and when i clicked on your post, even after refreshing the page, it stayed at the top so i just assumed it was your most recent one or that you had reblogged it recently so it was on your mind, like, at all oh my god i am so sorry hahaha

i can totally understand being shy to post it, hearing about that whole situation i know i'd be SOOO embarrassed if that happened to me (see above lol) so if you don't want to that's totally okay! but in that case would it be alright if i took a screenshot of it to save it? finding any content for shulk/melia, let alone one SO GOOD, is extremely rare so i like to keep a folder of things to look back through when it's a desert haha. if you're not comfortable with that though i'd completely understand!

as for the whole sequel thing... again, totally embarrassed by realizing now how old the prompt list actually is and you 100% don't have to write anything at all if you don't want to or (especially) if you're busy! i'm currently ~~procrastinating~~ on hiatus myself so i completely understand and there's no pressure at all to write anything! but if you ever do, i am so there and would love to read it :)

thank YOU for writing such a nice fic and such a kind response to my ask! and again i'm so sorry for... everything lol

Please don't be! Yeah tumblr is kinda weird and I think that fic got bumped up because someone liked and reblogged it... idk sometime within the last three months? But yeah it's not your fault for not noticing the date! Also it's been a hot minute since I've written any prompts and truth be told I was thinking I'd get back to it maybe next year, so I'll definitely write the shulkxmelia prompts then! I've already slapped the prompts onto a google doc so I mean... I already went through all the trouble of digging out the prompt list so I may as well write it LOL (no guarantees that they'd be sequels to my previous fic tho)

And yeah it's going to take me a while to like think up a fic summary and title because god those are the hardest part of posting a fic but I know being shy about posting my stuff on ao3 is something ridiculous and I'll have to get over it eventually LOL

In the meantime, yeah you can totes just take a screenshot if you want! And thanks for being so sweet over everything! It's really nice to hear that people enjoy my writing ngl sdgdsfsdgfsd

[aharris00britney]

ASKS 16

haha remember in July when I said I was gonna answer stuff every month... yeah me neither 🙈🙈 anyways lots of stuff under the cut

Anonymous said: You should get along with other Simblrs and start a new cc group now that PTS is disbanded, your hairs and clothes are always amazing! :D

Firstly thank you! Most of the clothing in AxA is 99% ayoshi with me going in after and cleaning/adding some stuff. So I give him props for the clothes :P As far as a ‘new PTS’ style group idk, there are a lot of amazing creators on simblr but I think the reason PTS was such a special thing is because the bond they all had. I feel that when working on collabs with some of my really close friends (such as the one coming out this month with @dogsill​ and @ayoshi​) because we have known each other for over 2 years now. A group of friends built only for collabing purposes would be more of a hassle than an enjoyment imo. <3

Anonymous said: HELLLOOOO! just curious bc why not but what is your favorite creation that you have made??

It varies every month to be honest lmao. If you asked me to pick a favorite hair from each month? Easy, always the last release of the month. But favorite hair ever? Awwww shucks 🤠 lmao I would say my Madison Hair is one of my favorite hair releases, I am planning to revamp it soon to work with my Mia ombre accessories and tidy the mesh up some. 

Anonymous said: hello, when will this collection be free for public download please? /post/186706149526/patreon-08-19

That came out in August luv, go to my downloads page and click AxA 2019

Anonymous said: Hi! Idk if you do wcif!!!! But if you do, wcif the freckles on the girl with the short hair on the BOP AHOOB collab?? If you know! Thank you much in advance!!!!!

Hey! You’ll need to send Bowl-Of-Plumbobs a message for that WCIF, that was his Sim otherwise I would link you. Sorry hun

@lumalinrose-sims​ said: Not a question, but you are like so cool I can't even--

thank you lmao I appreciate it, your profile pic it pretty cool :P

@ang3lba3 said: sarah is so pretty!!! is there a way to download how she looks in its entirety, or no? (sorry if this is a silly question im pretty new to the sims) 

not silly don’t worry :P the Sarah hair is for download on the post, the sim can be downloaded here but she is a bit outdated as I have changed her somewhat since then. 

Anonymous said: Hihi just stopping by to tell you how much I love your hairs!!

thank you so much! I appreciate the love<3

Anonymous said: hi! i just wanted to say that i love your cc so much i and always look forward to your posts! you make the cutest cc ever and honestly you're probably my favorite cc maker. you also seem like such a chill and genuine person we truly stan.

fgvhbjn thank you lmao I am literally TOO CHILL irl lmao I let people run over me so much but it’s whatever. Thank you again for the super sweet message. Have a great day if you’re reading this :)

Anonymous said: Heeeey we have the same name

Austin club :P great name til you’re trying to sign something and it looks awful (at least for me I can’t do my signature for shit)

Anonymous said: the collab with bop is so boring and dull it’s drier than a cracker it’s a no from me

well not everything is going to be someones cup of tea lmao I’m sure there is someone that enjoys it which counters you’re negative view <3

Anonymous said: Hi I love your cc! I have almost all of it in my game and I love your tropical punch palette so much I was wondering if you would ever consider releasing the palette.

If I ever make an ombre accessory tutorial video I will release a set of actions for the palette. If you wanna use the palette feel free to grab the hex codes from S4S.

Anonymous said: How did you become a ea game changer? Was it through Tumblr or youtube?

About a year ago SimGuruKate was the community manager and had applications for Tumblr Game Changers, I applied and got accepted. Follow SimGuruFrost on Twitter to stay up to date on when new applications are open.

Anonymous said: Are you going to upload the hair you made on your livestream? I literally love your work and am a Patreon subscriber!!!

Hey! The hair will be in my October voting (I think) and if it wins, release will be November. If it doesn’t win I will put it in November voting and so forth til it wins. Also thank you for watching the stream and supporting me on Patreon 

Anonymous said: hello!! i just wanted to see if knew is there’s anyway i can save my cc and save files somehow where i can download them again if my computer breaks so i don’t have to download it all again.?

zip your Sims 4 folder and upload it to Google Drive/SimsFileShare/OneDrive. Then when you install Sims 4 again you just replace the folder made in Electronic Arts in your Documents.

Anonymous said: what face do you make when your in love with a bee?

this is an old anon so I doubt they’re gonna check for this, and I can’t find the joke on Google so.... anybody know it?

Anonymous said: i love these collab sets they are honestly gifts from above

mhmm gifts from above for every collab except those in October... those are from below  👹 😳

Anonymous said: the pack is sooooo cute i love everything omg!!!! The male stuff is so adorable i can’t wait to download   

Anonymous said: you guys are the only ones i go to for packs i would love to see build buy items in the future we don’t get a lot mm stuff like that

Anonymous said:i just want to say thank you for putting in so much time and hard work and dedication to creating cc for us. i hope there's never a moment when you feel unappreciated, and i want you to know we all love you!

@primadonnaliferiseandfall​ said: all hail you and ayoshi for the cc pack its so pretty omg!!!!

Anonymous said: omg the kings have delivered!!

Anonymous said: since we got axa 2019 and 2018 will there be an axa 2020? 👀

Anonymous said: Great job on the pack! Everyone's items look gorgeous! Thank you for making this, you talented human being.

Anonymous said: ilysm! that’s all 💓💫

Anonymous said: just wanted to let you know that your content is absolutely amazing and i love it all :) sending love from the uk👍

Anonymous said: would you and ayoshi consider sharing the psds for some of the stuff in your collab? please?

thank you guys so much! Me and Ayoshi were super super happy with the AxA 2019 release and we are so happy with how many people have liked it. AxA 2020 will be a thing, yes. Also I have been working on PSDs that are super easy to navigate. I will get those up soon hopefully.

@graphicpickles​ said: Hey um, I dont know if you were aware of this but your discord link is broken ^^"

hey! this is super late sorry, discord link should be working now. If not: https://discord.gg/CtQR9tb

Anonymous said: Why would you include a cc hair in a preview for a cas review

because I liked the hair and wanted to use it 😗

@goddesssimmerina​ said: I just stopped by to tell you how much I LOVE your content. *_* I just went through and downloaded soooo much! xD I actually just switched to using MM hair and i'm so glad I did because I'm finding so many of you amazing creators and I thank you all sm! :*

awe thank you!! I appreciate it. Welcome to MM hair world :P

@moonbrightsims said: whats ur origin id?

AHarris00Britney

Anonymous said: how are your photos/screenshots so high quality? seriously, do you use a mod for it or idk editing? or maybe your settings?

Ultra Settings, and I use SRWE for HQ pics. 

Anonymous said: if you don’t answer this ask you’re straight

It has been answered. I am no longer straight. Was a hard two months not answering this 😔😔😔

Anonymous said: Hi, would you mind teaching us how you make the LoDs of your hairs? I opened one of them in S4S and found out your LoDs are great looking. I use decimate tool in blender and they look really bad.

I edge split everything before I decimate in Blender, I also delete the hairline and extrude the mesh inside the head before decimating as well. Really confusing to explain in words sorry. Might make a tutorial.

Anonymous said: omg ur cc finds blog has apink namjoo as icon and header. i'm.. sCREAMING. austin knows royalty

yes ma’am now where is the comeback

- it was at this point I realized I have caught up with my last asks post and have answered 4 things over again from Asks 15. Well... I guess that’s it folks

see yall in asks 17 in 2 months.... maybe the end of October idk

[xxxdragonfucker69xxx]

Bro bro u gotta hear this bro I was minding my own business asleep like you do and im dreamin, right? Well, its like, a post apocalyptic future and i meet up with this group of real tough lookin folks who claim to be protecting some holy relic of a lost civilization. I'm like, some kind of antiquarian or some shit in this dream. Anyway I meet them and they pull out this battered manila folder labled "relic" and im running out of letters in this ask so im going to send another one

okay so this folder says "relic" right? We do this sketchy handover where i hold out some cash and they hold out the folder and its like we're people who met on craigslist exchanging cash for old textbooks bro. So I get this folder and I scamper on back to my apocalypse bicycle to look at it and I open the folder and inside is a screenshot of YOUR BLOG just like it looks if u open your URL and im runnin out of words again goddamn this shitty storytelling format

anyway bro so it looks just like your blog except someone has NUMBERED each one of the faces in your background texture with red pen, and has circled every third face and drawn all these crazy lines and symbols like they're trying to do some fuckin sacred geometry or something but the POST dear god the POST bro. There's one post on your blog in this screenshot. Just one. It startled me so bad i remembered it word for word in the morning and Im terrified my mind could think of it okay next ask

So there's this post on your blog bro and its the only post there, and its circled heavily in red pen. Also i didn't say this but the screenshot is in black and white and looks like it was printed on like, a fucking laser jet printer from the 90s, on really thin, shitty paper. The manila has done its job tho bro but its still in rough shape like its been bent a lot but the POST is there and Im staring at it just enraptured and I understand implicitly why these people think its deific next ask

I look at this post and its like that reaction image with that dude being blinded with light off his phone. In the post there's a picture of some k-pop idol, idk who im not a weeb, but its my dream so i must have seen him somewhere?? its embarrassing bro I know but someone has edited this idol's face to be perfectly smooth, skin like porcelain, eyes an unnaturally bright shade of grey (its all grey its black and white) and they've got him staring straight into the camera okay next ask

so this like, vitruvian man, perfect paragon of humanity, smooth k-pop idol stares back at me in this picture and i swear I can see his lips move when I look through the corners of his eyes but there below his picture is the comment from whatever stan blog posted it and its like "this is him. he's perfect. I'm blessed to see him every day! I keep a picture of him above my bed!" and then some fuckass conservative blog comments below something like "idol worship strengthens the devil" next ask

and finally bro, finally, below these two comments, someone has pointed out the pun in "idol worship", which was a huge load off of my shoulders to be perfectly honest, but thats it, thats all there is bro. I've just paid these crazy wasteland scavengers whatever I did for crazed scribblings on a screenshot of your blog with some kpop idol photoshopped to look flawless and someone describing how much they love him and I KNOW that its your blog and that its from like, 2019 next ask

I KNOW bro i KNOW that this is the context of this piece of paper but I also know that no one will believe me because its like 2070 and the world is in shambles so I look back up to the scavengers I bought it off of and they're all gone off to who knows where and in their place is standing THAT KPOP IDOL in the flesh, all 5 foot 8 or whatever of him bro is just standing there with this benevolent smile on his face literally radiating light from his perfect skin okay next ask almost done

So this kpop idol is standing there before me like some manifestation of better times. I live in a wasteland, Im unshaven, covered in dirt, and he looks like he stepped out of a promo video. I can only think to ask "what are you" and he stares down at me, now hovering a few inches off the ground and he says something in korean that I can't understand at all. He just keeps talking and its like hes reciting some kind of incantation it PULLS the folder and the screenshot out of my hand bro

He like, conjures the thing im holding out of my hands and up into his as he continues to float up into the air. He looks at it for a moment before looking down at me and speaks in like, perfectly clear english. He says, "Dragon Fucker would like to see this." and then just... sublimates into thin air, just vanishes a balloon popping. I had some other dreams after that one but I woke up still like, emotionally riled up by that one and I couldn't get it out of my mind

I'm asking this anonymously because I'm now genuinely afraid you have some terrifyingly perfect astral kpop deity at your disposal and the thought of his unblemished face appearing in real life fills me with unspeakable dread but I HAVE to ask something so I HAD to tell you the story but I GOTTA know this bro i gotta know what use you could possibly have for that post and how you got into my dream and what the idol worship has to do anything and if you're starting a cult or somethin

Im sorry asks convey information so slowly but i don't want you to train the Idol on me I've done nothing wrong I hope you have a fantastic evening and that you bless me with some answers if it pleases you

Thank you for bringing these events to my attention.

You may now safely forget these events.

You may now safely return to sleep.