How to recolor 'Breadsticks' bake item

So I've found some of these things out. I was trying to covert 'Breadsticks' to 'Sausage Rolls' If anyone searches and finds my questions hopefully this helps.

1. Logging

It looks like the best way to log things is to have a script mod that sends logs to another location. I found Scumbumbo's mod for outputting exceptions to a HTML file useful: scumbumbomods.com/#/tuning-er

2. I found the Bake section in Get to Work


<T>108665<!--fridge_Bake_StartCrafting--></T>
<T>108243<!--stove_Bake_StartCrafting--></T>



So for example my sausage roll snippet file is:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<I s="2835556507" n="zaccolley_FoodEnabler_SausageRolls" c="CCRecipeInstance" i="snippet" m="s4studio_craftables">
<T n="s4s_mod_type">RECIPE</T>
<L n="recipe_interactions">
<T>13387<!--fridge_Cook--></T>
<T>14344<!--stove_StartCrafting--></T>
<T>108665<!--fridge_Bake_StartCrafting--></T>
<T>108243<!--stove_Bake_StartCrafting--></T>
</L>
<L n="recipe_list">
<T>1835320281<!--zaccolley_recipe_Food_BakingSkill_SausageRolls_Multi--></T>
</L>
</I>


I found these by looking in the 'Tools' -> 'Extract Tuning...' tool and searching for 'Bake'.

3. How to find an existing recipe and export

I may write a more detailed tutorial on this but these were the steps I went down:

1. Get the objects from the recipe:
   
   1. Go into Sims 4 Studio
   2. Choose 'Selective Clone' and click Object button
   3. Click 'Show Debug Items'. The recipe items show up here.
   4. Search for the name of the recipe item. e.g 'Breadstick'
   5. Depending on complexity of the recipe you should see a few objects. For Breadsticks there are 4:
      
      
      
      • The baking tray.
      
      
      • Multiple breadsticks on a plate
      
      
      • One breadstick on a plate
      
      
      • One half eaten breadstick (the one that you Sim holds)
      
      
      
      
   6. Export each object with everything checked but 'Renumber'. I call these the 'original' files. It is a copy of the recipe objects exactly, we will use these to work out what things we need to change in the document.
   7. Export each object this to with the 'Renumber' option selected.
   
   
2. Get metadata (tunings, recipes, snippet files, etc):
   
   1. Go to 'Tools' -> 'Extract tuning...'
   2. Search for your recipe item. e.g 'Breadsticks'
   3. Export all of these to a new package file. You can have multiple package files or combine them all into one, your choice.
3. Now you should have everything you need so if you now follow Leniad's tutorial (and try digging around in one of their mods too)

Again there's lot's of hand waving here.

I found it useful to have a text document listing all of the changes so I could keep track. I may do a video of me doing this process cause it's probably the better medium for it.