Posted 16th Oct 2007 at 02:52 PM
- Updated 10th Dec 2008 at 11:38 PM by whitesiren
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This is a Maxis Recolour which means that it is a recolour of an item that already exists in your game. Please check the Expansion pack requirements to see which game pack it recolours.
This is a new mesh, and means that it's a brand new self contained object that usually does not require a specific Expansion pack (although this is possible depending on the type). It may have Recolours hosted on MTS2 - check the sidebar.
This is a new mesh recolour, and means that you will need to download the particular mesh itself in order for this to show up in your game. See the Meshes Needed section or read the text for more information.
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UPDATED 22 Nov 2007
Ive updated a bad wallshadow and the recolours, so please redownload the meshes and recolours and replace the old files with these new ones in your downloads folder please!
Ive always wanted to make another modular sofa, because I thought my first sofa was a real mess. Well, with a bit of spare time, I've gotten around to making them.
These sofas are pretty much far from perfect, but I reckon theyre a mark improvement from the first one. Want to mention that I went through a rough
patch with my gf recently, we decided to make this set as a team, and corny as it sounds, it made us closer than ever.
So, I want everyone to know that my georgie did the texturing of the sofas and I couldnt have been danm prouder of her.
Ok, enough with reallife blogging, and on to the sofas, hehe. There are basically 3 different meshes in this set, theyre shown below:
You can use these sofas to create different modular shapes, as shown on my pictures and lots more shapes you can think up of. I used the repository technique, thanks to Jwoods and his tute/ modding infocentre, which prooved extremely useful here.
Important Notes:
- You'll need to download the main mesh, (with the cushions) in order for the other 2 to work with their textures.
- These are modular sofas which will join up when put next to each other. You'll need Inge's sectionalsofa
patch in your downloads folder from here:
http://forums.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?p=1393933
Unfortunately, if you have Shaklin's sectionalsofa patch, you'll have to remove that from your downloads folder in order for these to work
- The beauty of these sofas is that I've made an overlay of the shadows on the texture, so it makes recolouring childs play. You can simply wack on your flat fabric or wood or texture of choice, and the shadows mesh does all the hard work for you and will make the sofas look good in game. Ive attached the uvmapping if anyone's interested in recolouring.
- If you want to recolour the sofas, you just need to recolour the main mesh, (with the cushions)
- Much improved (less) poly counts from my first sofa.
- I think youll need Nightlife for these sofas to work correctly
- These sofas do not have wall shadows on them, I had a problem with them and just couldn't get them to work
- The design tool does not work on the ottoman and sofa without cushions when theyre joined up. Not sure how to fix that
- These sofas are listed in the catalog under Comfort > sofas
On to the screenies:
Thats it, hope you enjoy the sofas and have fun experimenting with the different modular shapes.
and thanks again mts2 for being such an awesome place to be in
Polygon Counts:
Main mesh:
Highest poly faces - 1342
Average poly faces - 1100
No cushion:
Highest poly faces - 1342
Average poly faces - 1000
Ottoman (no arm, no back):
Highest poly faces - 698
Average poly faces - 630
Additional Credits:
Jwoods tute/modding infocentre on repository technique
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=82227
The ususal suspects: simpe, mts2
The rest of the objects in the pics are Maxis or I made, and might upload them in the future.
6010 people have said thanks to blake_boy for this download.
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