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17th May 2005, 04:20 AM

SimPE for Dummies - Textures and Models # 1

mickyss

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SimPE for Dummies - Textures and Models

It would seem that there are many people wanting to know how to make a simple object, so i made a guide to how i do this.

Extract the .rar open the file and open the index
This is a HTML book.

If you don’t have a rar extractor, for a free file unziper goto.
http://www.altools.net/
Awesome freeware Thanks to Sir Ignitus Blowtorch for telling me this.

I hope this guide help you all out.

I love to know how you go so post here.

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17th May 2005, 04:40 AM	# 2
Slip Lab Assistant Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 59 Thanks: 7 in 3 Posts	I think this will work for me!!! Thanks for sharing!!! Slip
	Smile so people will wonder what you're up to...

17th May 2005, 05:09 AM	# 3
kmercer1 Field Researcher Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 249 Thanks: 4048 in 49 Posts	Thanks. :D

21st May 2005, 03:50 PM

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25th May 2005, 09:27 AM	# 4
xrax Field Researcher Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 299 Thanks: 5343 in 16 Posts View My Journal	I don't get something here...in the tutorial it says to right click on texture image, then go to "build DXT..." I have the most recent version of Sim PE but that option is greyed out...do I need some sort of plug-in? I already have DDS Utilities...so I'm not sure why this option is greyed out. Forget it, I figured out that I had to set the path in order for the option to show up...got it working. :bump:
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28th May 2005, 06:01 PM	# 5
mickyss Original Poster Field Researcher Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 295 Thanks: 48081 in 65 Posts	after reformating today i had this and then it hit me. Open Wizards of SimPE, and see Nvidia DDS Utilities find them on your hard drive C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA DDS Utilities and that will fix it. I don't use Wizards of SimPE so i forgot about this. Oh and remember to fix integrity before the last save.

30th May 2005, 07:16 PM	# 6
Guest Posts: n/a	This tutorial was very helpful. I was able to create a custom model, skin it as I wanted, and get it into the game with a minimum effort. Thanks for taking the time to write it. Cheers, Eliot

4th Jun 2005, 11:43 AM	# 7
shellyshell Test Subject Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 18	Everything was fine until I got to the build DXT part. I got this error message that kept saying it couldn't read to end of data stream. Then when everything was done, my image was invisible (it was visible before I did the DXT part). I did fix integrity and that didn't help it. Any idea of what I did wrong? I feel like a knucklehead to get all this way and then mess it up. :smash:

4th Jun 2005, 12:21 PM	# 8
dylan Test Subject Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 27	If it's any help, I had that once and it turned out that I wasn't using the correct pixel sze - check your texture isn't something odd like 258 by 256 or something - recheck the size of the original texture it's supposed to replace.

5th Jun 2005, 08:23 AM	# 9
shellyshell Test Subject Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 18	Thanks for everything. I finally got an object into the game AND it works correctly. It's nothing I'd ever want to share with others, but at least I got it to work.

10th Jun 2005, 09:29 AM	# 10
mickyss Original Poster Field Researcher Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 295 Thanks: 48081 in 65 Posts	shellyshell Good to see you made one. Love to see pics of peoples work.

12th Jun 2006, 12:48 AM

dorcam233

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12th Jun 2006, 12:49 AM	dummies # 11
dorcam233 Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3	I would like to create dummies for my toddler and baby sims but don't know how, can you help please? I just downloaded SimPE

12th Jun 2006, 05:48 AM	# 12
IgnorantBliss The Resident Bunny Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,760 Thanks: 5852 in 14 Posts	dorcam233, accessories creation is discussed in the Bodyshop Meshing forum.

17th Jun 2006, 08:55 PM

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17th Jun 2006, 08:58 PM	# 13
IgnorantBliss The Resident Bunny Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,760 Thanks: 5852 in 14 Posts	With anything that can open rar files, such as WinRAR.

20th Jun 2006, 04:00 PM	# 14
Simlin55 Lab Assistant Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 69	Thank you Mickyss, for the effort you put into this tutorial and for sharing it with us. I will give it a try in the coming days. It's my first approach to SimPE and can't wait to get started. Lin
Simlin55 Lab Assistant Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 69	~:: Check out my creations at Casa Sims and at Simnuts Creations ::~

14th Jul 2009, 10:01 AM	# 15
dysautonomiac Test Subject Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 6	does anyone have he link to the mesh tool?!!?? i have been searching for that darn thing for months and cant find it

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