Create a new object mesh.package from an existing mesh

marisita, I don't think you did anything wrong. I think there is something different about the butterfly painting that makes it take on that shine even though it has a black specular. The coffee table looks cute

Before I ask my question, I just want to say how much I appreciate your work. Not only is Sims 4 Studio a breeze to use but the tutorials have been a life saver for someone who knew absolutely nothing about creating custom content!

I’ve been using this guide to convert ts3 objects and have had no trouble at all for objects with a single texture. The only thing I’m struggling with is converting objects that have a clear glass texture and solid texture (like below). Whatever texture I select (solid or clear) covers both textures and I don’t know how to separate them.


I was wondering if you can tell me what I’m doing wrong or if there is a guide for this. Download for WIP package

Thank you again for all your hard work!

Hi nafsims, I tried your panel in my game and it showed the same bright round light that shifts as you move around the painting. I exported your meshes and texture, put them on the Studio Recolorables painting, and that round light did not appear:



There is some shading on the item in the sun but it appears natural and not glass like. Is this what you're referring to?

The encased scrolls have the glass part mapped onto a partially transparent alpha:



You need to make the part of your texture image which corresponds to the glass mesh group on an alpha too and then save it as a dxt5 (interpolated alpha) instead of a dxt1.

I was referring to that bright round light as you move around the object. I had tried the studio recolorables as a base for this and that exact file is the one I linked in my post. So, although I don't get why it didn't work the first time, I'll try again. And since it worked for you, it has to work for me too.

Thanks for your time orangemittens!

EDIT: I tried it and it works. For some weird reason, it works only if I export the mesh from the first package and then import it into an new clone of the recolorables. If I use my original mesh (which is used in the first "version" of the package) it still has that shiny spotlight. In both cases it's the same mesh in reality, but for some reason it only works if I import/export/import it.

omofirmera, you need to map the glass part on the alpha portion of the map and everything else needs to be on a solid portion. I took the scrolls mesh and created a new glass mesh from a cylinder for it. I mapped that over the alpha part of the texture while leaving everything else on the solid portion:



As you can see the mesh group I used to replace EA's and mapped onto the alpha is solid glass while everything else is solid. You may need to rework the original mapping to get your item to work correctly.

nafsims, if that is the result you're getting it sounds like there is some bug in Studio. This will need looked into on the Studio side. Thanks for letting me know.

wizkaz116, I'm not sure what you're asking. When you create a new item you need to replace both texture images and meshes.