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Overview

Want to start making your own objects? This is where to begin!

What you will need

• SimPE
• A 3D modeling program - some tutorials require this
• A Graphics Editor

Beginner Tutorials

Try these if you're new to object meshing. They will walk you through each step of creation

• Object Creation for Absolute Beginners
• Sims 2 Start to Finish Object Creation Tutorial
• Sims 2 Object Creation with Wings3D
• Creation of simple object using Maya 7

General tutorials

Meshing and Mapping Tutorials

These tutorials focus on actually building or UV mapping meshes in various different applications, rather than how to get those meshes into your game.

• Creating Curved and Detailed Meshes Using Wings 3D
• Object Making with Blender
• Object and texture creation with uv mapping explained!
• Making objects with cut-outs in Wings3D
• UV Mapping and Adding Textures In Wings 3D
• Tutorial on UV mapping and texture baking for 3DS Max
• Meshing Simple Organic Shapes (I.E. Fabrics)
• How to UV Map a Sphere

Specific Object Tutorials

There are a few 'special case' objects in the game, objects which have a few extra or different steps compared to the normal objects.

• Curtain Creation Guide
• Creating an Armoire Step by Step

Tips and Tricks

These contain useful tidbits or suggestions on how to make specific changes and improvements to your objects

• Tiptorial:Low Poly Modelling - How and Why
• How to find your POLY COUNT and what is reasonable
• Creating an accurate Shadow for your Object - Tutorial
• How to create correct shadows for custom objects
• A Guide for quick creation of Colour-Enabled Objects
• How to find an object's GMDC and extract the mesh using Object Workshop
• Object Transparency Tutorial