How to get rid of EA's bump and specular maps

Ok so adding that spec layer that was provided made my sim look like this. It did look just completely black when I opened it in Gimp to edit the size. Did I do something wrong? 

I tried that and this is what I got:

The Sims 4 Studio - Version 2.5.0.2

Gibbed.Sims4.TextureCompress.RLEImageException: Exception of type 'Gibbed.Sims4.TextureCompress.RLEImageException' was thrown.

at Gibbed.Sims4.TextureCompress.RLEUtilities.ImportToRLE2(Stream input, Stream output, Endian endian) in c:\Workspace\Sims4Studio\TheS4Studio\S4Studio.Data\Rick\TextureCompress\RLEUtilities.cs:line 456

at Gibbed.Sims4.TextureCompress.RLEUtilities.ConvertDDS(Stream input, Stream output) in c:\Workspace\Sims4Studio\TheS4Studio\S4Studio.Data\Rick\TextureCompress\RLEUtilities.cs:line 102

at Gibbed.Sims4.TextureCompress.RLEUtilities.ConvertDDS(Byte[] src) in c:\Workspace\Sims4Studio\TheS4Studio\S4Studio.Data\Rick\TextureCompress\RLEUtilities.cs:line 60

at S4Studio.Data.IO.Images.RLE2ImageResource.set_DDS(Byte[] value) in c:\Workspace\Sims4Studio\TheS4Studio\S4Studio.Data\IO\Images\RLE2ImageResource.cs:line 37

at S4Studio.Data.IO.Images.RLE2ImageResource.set_RawImageData(Byte[] value) in c:\Workspace\Sims4Studio\TheS4Studio\S4Studio.Data\IO\Images\RLE2ImageResource.cs:line 49

at S4Studio.ViewModels.Warehouse.WarehousePackageViewModel.ImportResource(String f) in c:\Workspace\Sims4Studio\TheS4Studio\S4Studio\ViewModels\Warehouse\WarehousePackageViewModel.cs:line 406

at S4Studio.ViewModels.Warehouse.WarehousePackageViewModel.<.ctor>b__11() in c:\Workspace\Sims4Studio\TheS4Studio\S4Studio\ViewModels\Warehouse\WarehousePackageViewModel.cs:line 149

at S4Studio.ViewModels.GenericUserCommand.Execute(Object parameter) in c:\Workspace\Sims4Studio\TheS4Studio\S4Studio\Commands\GenericUserCommand.cs:line 22

at MS.Internal.Commands.CommandHelpers.CriticalExecuteCommandSource(ICommandSource commandSource, Boolean userInitiated)

at System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.ButtonBase.OnClick()

at System.Windows.Controls.Button.OnClick()

at System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.ButtonBase.OnMouseLeftButtonUp(MouseButtonEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.UIElement.OnMouseLeftButtonUpThunk(Object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs.InvokeEventHandler(Delegate genericHandler, Object genericTarget)

at System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs.InvokeHandler(Delegate handler, Object target)

at System.Windows.RoutedEventHandlerInfo.InvokeHandler(Object target, RoutedEventArgs routedEventArgs)

at System.Windows.EventRoute.InvokeHandlersImpl(Object source, RoutedEventArgs args, Boolean reRaised)

at System.Windows.UIElement.ReRaiseEventAs(DependencyObject sender, RoutedEventArgs args, RoutedEvent newEvent)

at System.Windows.UIElement.OnMouseUpThunk(Object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs.InvokeEventHandler(Delegate genericHandler, Object genericTarget)

at System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs.InvokeHandler(Delegate handler, Object target)

at System.Windows.RoutedEventHandlerInfo.InvokeHandler(Object target, RoutedEventArgs routedEventArgs)

at System.Windows.EventRoute.InvokeHandlersImpl(Object source, RoutedEventArgs args, Boolean reRaised)

at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseEventImpl(DependencyObject sender, RoutedEventArgs args)

at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseTrustedEvent(RoutedEventArgs args)

at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseEvent(RoutedEventArgs args, Boolean trusted)

at System.Windows.Input.InputManager.ProcessStagingArea()

at System.Windows.Input.InputManager.ProcessInput(InputEventArgs input)

at System.Windows.Input.InputProviderSite.ReportInput(InputReport inputReport)

at System.Windows.Interop.HwndMouseInputProvider.ReportInput(IntPtr hwnd, InputMode mode, Int32 timestamp, RawMouseActions actions, Int32 x, Int32 y, Int32 wheel)

at System.Windows.Interop.HwndMouseInputProvider.FilterMessage(IntPtr hwnd, WindowMessage msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)

at System.Windows.Interop.HwndSource.InputFilterMessage(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)

at MS.Win32.HwndWrapper.WndProc(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)

at MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.DispatcherCallbackOperation(Object o)

at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)

at MS.Internal.Threading.ExceptionFilterHelper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate method, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)

Thank you! I'll try that!

Hi lozzaabeebear, which version of Studio are you using? The Joy version is able to export and import images as .png if you prefer that to .dds. If you prefer .dds you can tell Studio to export in that format instead. If you're using the Love version can you explain a little more about what's happening?

Thank you for this! Very helpful!

I've recently started making my own meshes and before this, only did simple painting meshes, so there wasn't much trouble. But now I've made a table and I'm encountering a problem. Although I replaced the specular map with a blank one, my object still not appears to be matte. It has a shine and spots for lights (like the sun, or a ceiling light) on it, which bothers me so much. Especially since other CC in my game does not have this problem.


Here you can see what I mean. The middle white table is another piece of CC I downloaded a long time ago. The tables around it is my own mesh. As you can see, the table in the middle turns completely white on top if placed beneath a light, but my table gets this spot from the ceiling light. It doesn't look good at all.


Here's the table once again, but now outside. As you can see, the white table top turns solid white matte, while my table, well, it looks like it's made from some weird plastic.

Is this even a specular map problem? Or is there something else going on? I double checked and re-imported both my spec as well as my bump map loads of times, but this problem keeps occuring.