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Post by Simscyfi on Mar 19, 2022 6:00:44 GMT -5
Hi! I just got into cc creation and can't figure out what is the problem with this table. I deleted the occludes, removed dynamic shadows following Peacemaker's tutorial ( link), created new package from different base game coffee table, read through shadow problem threads here that I could find, yet still the weird shadow texture doesn't go away. Please can you help me out?
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Post by menaceman44 on Mar 19, 2022 15:56:22 GMT -5
That's a question mark. That usually means that one of the textures for the object has the wrong dimensions or is in the wrong format. I'm currently looking at it in my game now and most of the swatches vanish after they are placed. The table vanishes but still takes up space that you can't place other objects in.
EDIT: Your Normal Map texture is the problem. The tiny little one that is 4x4. I imported a new blank one and the questionmark texture went away and the other swatches stopped vanishing.
Why did you clone from a 2x1 coffee table when the base game has a 2x2 coffee table? It shouldn't be an issue I don't think, so long as you remember to update the footprint size.
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Post by Simscyfi on Mar 21, 2022 9:53:39 GMT -5
That's a question mark. That usually means that one of the textures for the object has the wrong dimensions or is in the wrong format. I'm currently looking at it in my game now and most of the swatches vanish after they are placed. The table vanishes but still takes up space that you can't place other objects in.
EDIT: Your Normal Map texture is the problem. The tiny little one that is 4x4. I imported a new blank one and the questionmark texture went away and the other swatches stopped vanishing.
Why did you clone from a 2x1 coffee table when the base game has a 2x2 coffee table? It shouldn't be an issue I don't think, so long as you remember to update the footprint size.
Thank you very much for replying! I cloned 2x1 coffee table because the base game 2x2 coffee table had a glass top and I got intimidated lol but following your advice I copied my mesh into a 2x2 base game coffee table and made a glass top which turned out to be easier than I thought it would be. No more question marks too! Thank you! I just created a new blank normal map following the tutorial here. I still get wrong thumbnails in-game for the coffee table and tabletop colors in-game look darker and muddier(?) than in photoshop or sims4studio. And I put dozens of spotlights in the room to be sure it's not a lighting issue. They also look weirdly shiny even though I imported a blank specular. I still haven't figured out why it does that. Nevertheless thank you so much!
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Post by menaceman44 on Mar 21, 2022 15:34:34 GMT -5
The new bump you created is what is causing your problems with the lighting. It's missing an alpha channel. I follow this tutorial when I need to create a new bump> sims4studio.com/thread/861/normal-maps-bump-editing-creating It works the same for clothing and objects. You can also download a ready made blank bump from the first post of this thread> sims4studio.com/thread/1079/get-eas-bump-specular-maps Importing that into your package fixed it. I would also suggest making your specular texture square to match the dimensions of your other textures as that might cause problems as well. |
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Post by Simscyfi on Mar 22, 2022 2:19:58 GMT -5
The new bump you created is what is causing your problems with the lighting. It's missing an alpha channel. I follow this tutorial when I need to create a new bump> sims4studio.com/thread/861/normal-maps-bump-editing-creating It works the same for clothing and objects. You can also download a ready made blank bump from the first post of this thread> sims4studio.com/thread/1079/get-eas-bump-specular-maps Importing that into your package fixed it. I would also suggest making your specular texture square to match the dimensions of your other textures as that might cause problems as well. It looks perfect !!!! Thank you so so much!!!!!!! |
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