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Post by duckman on Jul 29, 2018 9:58:36 GMT -5
When I import a "World Timeline Color" file into a package, I can see the text inside it. But how can I edit that text?
Exporting it gives me a .binary file that I can't properly edit in a text editor or notepad++ (it looks all jumbled up).
(What I'm trying to do is make a lighting mod with Forgotten Hollow's lighting, but without the heavy fog. I think I understand what I need to change in the file, but not how to edit it.)
Thank you!
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Post by pms4ever on Jul 16, 2021 17:30:54 GMT -5
Did somebody find a decision ?
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Post by Fwecka (Lolabellesims) on Jul 16, 2021 20:12:50 GMT -5
When I import a "World Timeline Color" file into a package, I can see the text inside it. But how can I edit that text? Exporting it gives me a .binary file that I can't properly edit in a text editor or notepad++ (it looks all jumbled up). (What I'm trying to do is make a lighting mod with Forgotten Hollow's lighting, but without the heavy fog. I think I understand what I need to change in the file, but not how to edit it.) Thank you! I have no idea how to do what you want to do, but a quick Google search shows that you need to download some kind of hex editor to read a binary. Or, possibly S4S has a hex editor built in. Not sure. |
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Post by MizoreYukii on Jul 17, 2021 9:19:21 GMT -5
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Post by pms4ever on Jul 27, 2021 15:51:33 GMT -5
Eh 😨 still trying to understand what exactly i need to do, this tutorial makes me crazy 😵may i have any other thoughts ? |
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Post by Fwecka (Lolabellesims) on Jul 28, 2021 5:26:27 GMT -5
For what it's worth when the tutorial talks about a skybox, it's talking about a box that encloses the character and that has the night sky textures painted on it and that moves with the character as the character moves. This way, distant objects that are very large, such as mountains, appear stationary as the character moves. A skybox tries to replicate what you'd see in real life. You can run for hours toward a range of mountains and the mountains would seemingly never get any closer, right? How about the moon? Ever ridden in a car at night and it looks like the moon is traveling with you? Wikipedia has an article about how skyboxes work here. The tutorial states that in Sims 4 only the night sky employs a skybox. For the daytime, it uses a color timeline. Unless I'm mistaken, the color timeline simply changes the color of the sky, (and perhaps the atmosphere?), as the day progresses, just as you'd see in real life. You can manipulate these colors and the tutorial explains the basics of it. Someone asked here about making the sky pink. The tutorial MizoreYukii linked in that thread, however, is gone. I think that the link in this thread is the same one, however. Anyway, to alter the sky (and perhaps the atmosphere) colors, you'll need the world files and you'll have to dig into the game's install files located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 4\Data\Shared\Worlds\Areas. This is for the base game worlds. For the expansion packs, the world files are located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 4\Delta. The world files can be opened and edited with Sims4Studio. The folders in the game's install location that say EP01, EP02, and so on appear to have information regarding neighborhoods? Specific areas within worlds? Not sure. I just took a quick look at the files. If you're looking to alter the weather, possibly this thread may help. Edit: An instance number, in case the mention of that in the tutorial confuses you, is just an identifier. Just like how you have a unique username for this forum, games will employ instance numbers to give everything in the game a unique name. It's just how the game determines what is what. |
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Post by tyttamarzh on Aug 3, 2021 17:38:54 GMT -5
I was wondering if this tutorial helps if what I want is to change the color the neighborhood light, I have noticed that the new world, Henford, has a greenish tone light and I would like to change that a bit, perhaps taking as a reference the values of other worlds, but I dare not try to modify anything if I am not sure...
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Post by MizoreYukii on Aug 7, 2021 12:14:40 GMT -5
I was wondering if this tutorial helps if what I want is to change the color the neighborhood light, I have noticed that the new world, Henford, has a greenish tone light and I would like to change that a bit, perhaps taking as a reference the values of other worlds, but I dare not try to modify anything if I am not sure... Yes it should. The people who make the NoBlu mods are a good example of this. |
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