How do i convert clothes, shoes, acessories, from Sims 4 to Sims3?
I’ve been asked a lot how do i convert ts4>ts3 clothes or shoes, so here is a tutorial on how i convert it (i’m not good at making tutorials)
1 - I use ‘S4CASTools’ by CmarNYC to extract the ts4 meshes as ts3 geoms. Go to 'clone package editor’ –> 'mesh manager’ –> select the ts4 package –> on the bottom select 'view: by meshpart’ and 'export format: ts3’. This format reduced the polys automatically, but sometimes it breaks the mesh a little. If you don’t want the polys reduced select 'view:By lod’ and 'export format: OBJ’
2 - 'Sims 4 Package Editor’ to extract the textures by right clicking on the RLE2 files and choose export to dds. The ts4 dds files have different sizes than the ones from sims3, you need to adjust them.
3 -Then open the geom or obj in milkshape and delete the sims 4 body, to leave just the clothes mesh. Import ts3 nude geoms. Either bottoms, tops, or full body, depending on what part you’re converting.
4 - The hard part is to make the ts4 clothes fit the ts3 bodies. You can also delete body parts that won’t show, parts that will stay under the clothes.
After this part it’s just like making ts3 clothes, there’s some tutorial references in the end of the post.
5 - Make sure the clothes mesh is in the correct positions in the UV map, you can use the clothing UV template. Also make sure it’s not on the same place the body mesh is.
6 - Regroup the meshes, copy the ts3 nude body comments, to the regrouped mesh. To extract the game nude bodies use s3oc Cloner.
7 - Export as “Q mesh sims 3 geom”
8 - open 'sims 3 MeshToolKit’, on the tab 'auto tools for geom’ i auto-assign bones, and auto-create the morphs mesh. Then in 'geom tools’ tab i renumber the meshes.
9 - Then i use de cas unitool to create the sims 3 package with the renumbered meshes.
10 - And use 'sims 3 MeshToolKit’ to add the morphs, on tab 'package tools’ –> add morphs to clothing/hair
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Programs: -S4CASTools by CmarNYC http://modthesims.info/t/532867
-Sims 4 Package Editor (S4PE) http://sims4group.github.io/
-Milkshape http://www.milkshape3d.com/
- Plugins for milkshape http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=357403
-CAS Texture+Unitool http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=364926“
- s3pe http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=362412
- CmarNYC MeshToolKit http://modthesims.info/d/481950
-Gimp or photoshop for textures https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
-dds plugins for gimp http://registry.gimp.org/node/70
- EA clothing UV template http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=517035
- Body Templates http://modthesims.info/t/411795
-s3oc Cloner http://www.simlogical.com/ContentUploadsRemote/uploads/190/ ___________________________________________
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Some usefull links and tutorials:
Uv and more: http://murfeelee.tumblr.com/post/126358821306/murfs-crap-advice-clothes
Fix gaps and seams: http://simplyimaginarypeople.tumblr.com/post/144464009554/tutorial-a-lesson-on-normals-seams-gaps-and
http://simlicious.tumblr.com/post/54022055297/fixing-gaps-and-seams-in-milkshape
Morphs: http://murfeelee.tumblr.com/post/144198986311/minervamagicka-my-wip-of-triss-outfit-from-the
http://www.insimenator.org/index.php?topic=77752.0
http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=397260
tutorial lists:
http://sxysims.tumblr.com/meshingmasterlist
http://minasavenue.tumblr.com/post/64217375756/minas-tutorial-list
http://the-cc-creator-base.tumblr.com/
http://www.modthesims.info/forumdisplay.php?f=593
http://chisimi.tumblr.com/tagged/tutorial
http://riotfinds.tumblr.com/tagged/tutorials
Extracting TS4 meshes:
http://murfeelee.tumblr.com/post/146959802986/ts4-to-ts3-extracting
http://you-lust.tumblr.com/post/127499952061/tutorial-extracting-a-ts4-mesh-texture-extra
Another ts4 to ts3 tutorial:
http://mimisapje.tumblr.com/post/156443227477/tutorial-how-to-convert-clothing-ts4-to-ts3
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