Post by morian on Jan 16, 2017 3:27:41 GMT -5
Hi everyone. Like the title says, I am brand new at creating content for Sims 4, though I did a bit of playing around years ago in Sims 3 (and forgot most of it). All of the videos and tutorials I watch use an older version of Sims 4 Studio which simply has one button to export textures. In the newer version, there are different options to export textures - diffuse, shadow, specular, normal, and emission. This is really confusing me. Which one do I choose? Right now I'm just trying to make a simple recolor of a piece of clothing to learn the basics with.
Any help/explanations will be appreciated, and sorry for the complete noobness of the question.
EDITED TO ADD:
I figured it out after hours of watching old TS3 videos and trying and failing things in S4S. Here's what I've got so far, please correct me if I'm wrong:
Diffuse - This is the actual texture that will show on the piece of content
Shadow - Almost like the bumpmap of old
Specular - Alpha layer, white is what will show on the Sim, black is what is transparent
Emission - Still no idea.
Any help/explanations will be appreciated, and sorry for the complete noobness of the question.
EDITED TO ADD:
I figured it out after hours of watching old TS3 videos and trying and failing things in S4S. Here's what I've got so far, please correct me if I'm wrong:
Diffuse - This is the actual texture that will show on the piece of content
Shadow - Almost like the bumpmap of old
Specular - Alpha layer, white is what will show on the Sim, black is what is transparent
Emission - Still no idea.
The emission map is used to make glowing CAS items like the alien full body suit. There are a couple tutorials in the CAS/Pose section that show how to use it.