Thanks tomclinton, I finally make it more better of this. But it still has problem with this. I think I will fix it later. Really thanks for your answer.

I have a question, why is there a message that says : Too many channels to export (5), when I try to save the texture as .dds?
can you help me?

Have you saved it to DXT5 format in the dropdown list?

not yet, i can't 'cause when i try to save as .dds, fist, that message appears

Go to Layers tab, right click on your layer (there's only one, i guess), and then Flatten Image.

Does anyone know how to assign a hair mesh to both the head and neck?

OK i dont know anything about any of this and i need ALOT of help i dont know any of these websites or whateer they are and i cant even figure out how to get custom content on my sims 3 game im sorry if im asking in the wrong place but i need help! so if someone is patient please help me with this

Can you explain how you extract the texture? Also, I use paint shop pro 8 so I don't get the "channel" thing as well.

The generate won't work. It says:
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Core, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'System.Core, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'
at MadScience.Helpers.sanitiseString(String input)
at HairMaker.Form1.button20_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
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at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].



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DABOOBS
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

I'm using the textures HP suggestes. Help?

Open any texture package you wanna use (prefer black) in SImPE, go to Texture Image, choose it (on the right), and then Export... and Save it.

I'm sorry, but I don't know anything about paint shop pro 8.

emmie379 - What exactly are you hoping to do? Are you wanting to download and get custom content into your game or are you hoping to make some hair meshes yourself?
If you want to get custom content into your game then I suggest you read the Download instructions when downloading from this site, and youare asking in the wrong thread in that case.
And If you want to make custom meshes then I suggest you begin with making patterns if you 'don't know anything about any of this'...

kotsuki, you extract the meshes using SimPE if you're converting a mesh from The Sims 2. If you want to make your own textures then you have to create them using your photo editing software...As for the channel, I don't know because I am not a Paint Shop pro Customer, I use Photoshop CS2 see and I recommend downloading the tryout version of photoshop CS2 because it's much easier to produce the textures and follow tutorials with...Sorry I can't be of much help...

Belliole - Make sure you have the appropriate version of .net framework installed (3.5). make sure your custom meshes are not borked, I had this error message when I converted a male hair into female hair...So make sure you're not doing anything out of the ordinary...

Belliole - Install (or reinstall) .NET 3.5

tomclinton - If you're wanting to do multi assignments, best thing for that is to get the Unimesh bone tool (which is a TS2 plugin but still allows you to do multi assignments for TS3) from the link in the tut. It's similar to the extra data tool - select the vertices you want to assign, bring it up from the vertex menu, and input your assignments. They need to add up to 100% total, and doing a smooth cascade from one bone to another gives better animations than hard transitions. You can always import several existing game meshes and look at their assignments in different areas to get an idea of how your assignments should look.

Thank you HP, I will try this in a minute
Do you know how to fix this,also?

tom - I wish I did! I think that's similar to the issue I got on my Sport hair. I don't know what causes it, unfortunately, so I don't begin to know how to fix it. Several others have been having similar issues - see Aikea's pics upthread. Hopefully soon we'll learn what causes it and thus, how to fix it.

One thing I found that can -minimize- it can be to make it so any layers of polys/planes you have are spaced out a little bit - I've found that it can crop up sometimes (or a similar looking issue anyway) when planes are put very close to each other.

HP, do you or Delphy know what the error I keep getting after I click generate in DABOOBS is? I have .Net Framework version 3.5, and i still keep getting the error.

I have the same problem as austin, but I think that mine is because of the textures or something. So, how do I extart the hair textures (again, I convert) and how do I recognize which one is for this part and anther one is for that part?

Yeah, thank you for that HP
That was an in game mesh that I altered, and proved to be a success! But, yesterday I converted two new meshes from Sims 2 into Sims 3 using your tutorial, do you know why my game keeps crashing to the desktop when I click on these two new meshes? Have you had any trouble like this?

Belliole, extract the texture (of the mesh you've worked on) using SimPE, if you're converting a hair from TS2, now open that texture with your photo editing software and follow the tutorial given by savio on the 4th post down on page 4.
The texture you extract from SimPE should look like loads of hair shoved in a scanner, ok? You have to darken this image and save it as a main specular, lighten the same image and save it as a main diffuse and adding red for roots,green for highlights and blue for tips call this main control, you should save all these images as a .dds (DXT5) file...When you've done this,add the alpha channels...Savio covered this on page 4...He's better at explaining than I am

Thanks very much! I used Photoshop cs2 and now that I've gotten the main diffuse and main specular, but what about control? Sorry...I don't get the packaging part step 5. The bump map and halo is not necessary right? As for the scalp and face, if I don't want the icon (in game) to come out as AM bald etc, what should I do?

Sorry for the trouble because, really, this is my first time doing any type of modding...

I just tried to convert two hairs (rose 99, and the otherpeggy) but failed. I'd the same problem as Aikea. =/ But now as Rose put three hairs as donation (!) I'll try on and on converting her hairs. :x



Main Control is where you put highlights, root and tips. (IIRC
green is highlights, red root, and blue tips) So, you can paint (choose a good opacity) where you want those things.

I use Paint.Net, but there is no channel tab. Is there a way to do it in Paint.Net?

austinf4564, there must be a way to add a channel in Paint.Net - just type into google 'paint.net add channel' or something similar.

Savio, what do you mean you failed? How did you fail? Did they crash your game or something?

Kotsuki, try entering HPs recomendations in her tutorial for the Bump map and Halo, tey are just neutral, here:
(Bump map - key:00B2D882:00000000:75AECFABC8FE9704, Halo - key:00B2D882:00000000:9C8F76BE31BAF565)

Nope, no channel plugins

Then, I havnt got an answer to your question, austinf4564, maybe you should also download the tryout version of Photoshop

The mesh didn't show properly.. :s I had the same issue Aikea said. I'm trying to convert newsea/yu 19m, by request at simscave.