Pattern Hoarder Tutorial
Ah... I'm not really sure if this is the right forum to post this, but there doesn't seem to be any other forum that even slightly deals with this sort of thing, so... I made a tutorial to cover al...
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"HappySimmer3;15527991" wrote:
Just read the beginning part so far @Ktarian but it looks awesome! I love patterns but I don't have nearly as many as you do because they are so problematic. Just recently I had a whole set from the same creator that I had installed a few months ago and suddenly they all had the same tiny floral pattern thumbnail. I dont know if they just became corrupted or what, but I installed them AGAIN with the launcher and so far they seem OK. But it't that kind of things that makes me want to just skip them altogether.
Hopefully with your tutorial I can have patterns that behave themselves. I would love to learn how to make my own patterns! So thank you!
If they all had the same thumbnail, that probably means they were installed as .package files and the package files weren't edited before installation. This is actually the reason why converting patterns to .package files is complicated. With other CC you can simply extract the .package files and install them. With patterns, you have to actually edit the .package files for them to work correctly.
Apparently the official pattern maker uses the exact same Resource Key number for ALL patterns. Presumably there is something the launcher does which allows the game to tell one pattern from another. But when we remove the launcher from the equation, the game can no longer tell the patterns apart, and so they all show up with the same image, just like you're discussing.
I hope the tutorial helps! If you have any questions or if anything seems confusing, feel free to ask! ^-^
