Broken CC? Let me fix it for you!
You ever download a new piece of custom content that looks perfect in the pictures online...only to get in-game and see this: https://i.imgur.com/05WiJKz.png?1 Well, I can fix that! So I figured I'd offer my services to any of you here - Link me to the CC you want that looks wonky in game and I'll repair it and send you the fixed version. :smiley: CC I can fix Clothing Shoes Accessories I haven't learned how to work with hair, so don't send it to me. :lol: Problems I can fix CC items enabled for age groups they shouldn't be enabled for. Like this: http://i54.tinypic.com/1zodete.jpg CC items that explode in-game. Like this: https://i.imgur.com/05WiJKz.png?1 CC items that aren't properly morphed. (CC that doesn't increase in size to accommodate sims larger or smaller than default size). And just some final notes: Firstly, I won't go through adfly or similar links to get CC. If what you want fixed goes through adfly, please link me the simsfileshare/mediafire/dropbox/etc link and not the adfly link. And, secondly and finally, I will do whatever it takes to fix this stuff for you guys. I know how frustrating it is to find CC like this that is obviously broken, but released anyway. With some CC, that might mean that it'll take me a bit longer to properly fix it. So I ask that you be patient. :smile: With that said, send me all you got! I'd be happy to help! :smile:!!!EXCHANGE LINKS Added!!! Happy Hills Summer Camp by Sherry1968
I have never had much luck with the story tool here, so I usually create a thread with my story. This one is written for the Build-n-Share Week #51: Happy Hills Summer Camp, so it is both a story and a showcase thread. The four lots were created by me, kitkat7147, and Jasnik82. This story is a work in progress. I have finished the slideshow, but am still filling out the story and adding pictures, so check back if you want to see it finished. I will start you out with a slide show. Click here for link to Photobucket Album. THIS IS IMPORTANT! All of these lots with CC require these rocks in order to look as they were built. They will not transfer, so please download from MTS: Happy Hills Girls Cabins with CC List of CC: Scania Glass Door B Double - TSR Scania Door Solid C Double - TSR Curtain 2 Tile Mistral - Made by Mutske Curtains Mistral - Made by Mutske Bench Swing - Balancoire Calin - by LillieBou Tree Swing - Balancoire Simple - by LillieBou Outdoor Seating Tree - Anoeska Anoeska B Outdoor Seating Rock Latis Outdoor Firepit Made by Angela @TSR Store Content: Leaftastic Little Tyke Dresser Tower of Much Knowledge Woodrow's Woodworks Coffee Table Fanta(R) Fridge The Traveler's Limited Edition Alarm Clock Lips of Loveseat Happy Hills Boys Cabins with CC List of CC: Scania Glass Door D Double made by _Kriss @TSR Scania Door Solid C Double made by _Kriss @TSR CD_4 Magazines - TSRAA Seascape1 Curtain 2 Tile Mistral Made by Mutske Curtains Mistral Made by Mutske Sim At Beach - made by Linday Bench Swing - Balancoire Calin - by LillieBou Tree Swing - Balancoire Simple - by LillieBou Outdoor Seating Tree - Anoeska Anoeska B Outdoor Seating Rock Latis Outdoor Firepit Made by Angela @TSR Store Content: Leaftastic Little Tyke Dresser The Time Passe Lounge Fanta(R) Fridge Happy Hills Outdoor Theater with CC List of CC: Outdoor Seating Tree - Anoeska Bench Swing - Balancoire Calin - by LillieBou Down Light Mesh by DOT @ TSR I CANNOT get this last lot to upload to the exchange. The no CC version may do better. I think it may be related to the horses I used, since the other lots uploaded fine. Anyway, here is a mediafire link for the last lot: Happy Hills Lake and Stable List of CC: Hay Bale Loveseat - Rebecah Horse by Dragon Slave Basic Pose Horse by Dragon Slave Pose 6 Horse by Dragon Slave Pose 4 Horse by Dragon Slave Pose 2 Outdoor Seating Tree - Anoeska Bench Swing - Balancoire Calin - by LillieBou You may need to download the horses, as I'm not sure if they transfer. Horses Mesh by Dragonslave, converted by Victor_tor And you will need 7Zip to open the horse files. The horses are objects only, no animations.
Issue with eye mesh/sliders
Recently I opened up my game after a long break and noticed something odd. I use the awT sliders that change your sims pupil size to make them smaller and more realistic. When I loaded my game though, I noticed that the eyes were large again, but when I load into CAS the mod still works and the eyes are small again. I haven't added or removed anything to my game that could cause this...just curious if anyone else who uses this may have experienced it or know how I can fix it. Thanks!A question about conflicts
I have some Cc windows that don’t work. Other folks say they work in their game and I must have something that conflicts with them in mine so they don’t work. I’ve been told I need to uninstall and reinstall all my CC to find this conflict. This would be quite an undertaking so I want to clarify something before I start. If the file I’m having issues with is content produced by another player, that doesn’t mean the conflicting file is not an “official” file does it? Or that just because the file is for a window, the problem might not be another window. It could be a door or a painting, or a petunia or a tattoo for a Sim’s backside, couldn’t it? I’m just trying to figure out how involved this process is.
Making Some Textures with Gimp. . .
Making some textures for CAP with Gimp... Well, here I go again. Please be patient~ I hardly ever get it right the first time. I have Gimp, a free photo editing program. Open it and make a new 256x256 image. http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Rflong7/OpenGimp.jpg"width=400" There are several Artistic options under Filters - One is Clothify. Nice... http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Rflong7/1Gimp.jpg"width=500" Must lightened it up... http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Rflong7/BrightContrast.jpg"width=500" There is a Mosaic under Distorts... http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Rflong7/Mosaica.jpg"width=500" You need to add an Alpha Channel... http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Rflong7/Alphaa.jpg"width=500" Then remove the white (middle) so another texture can show through with the select by color/ then cut... *Use the Color Select tool on the white parts to highlight them and then edit/cut to remove the white or unwanted parts. http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Rflong7/removecolor.jpg"width=500" You can see the Alpha Channel through it- it's done... http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Rflong7/Alphathrough.jpg"width=500" Transparency need to be saved as .png and only these ... http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Rflong7/selectcut-1.jpg"width=500" Here are Clothify/Mosaic/Cubism/Spray painted . . . http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Rflong7/Different.jpg Open CAP and use the + Add New Sticker icon... http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Rflong7/OpenCAP.jpg"width=500" This is the Clothify in blue... full picture. http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Rflong7/Texture.jpg"width=500" The Mosaic over Corroded Metal... http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Rflong7/MetalMosaic-1.jpg"width=500" http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Rflong7/Mosaic-1.jpg"width=500" I hope it helps for a start and I explained it well enough... :mrgreen: ***To use a White Sticker as a changeable sticker you must toggle it to Fill in CAP. This will remove the texture but give it color. ~If you want texture and being able to change the color then give the image a color in Gimp before you import it into CAP
Emily's Conversions!
Hello, lovely young people. I decided to transform this thread into a place I could keep all of the links to my conversion downloads, so...yep. :lol: Updated links/posts on Pages 2+. Outdated posts/links removed. Slowly but surely making improvements to these conversions and putting them back up for download. Be sure to check back often! :3 You can find all my conversions + download links at my new blogspot! Because what year is it anyway? https://iplumbot.blogspot.com/
Tutorial: How To Turn An Image Into A Sticker Ready For CAP
I have been asked many questions about using CAP and one that is often asked is how to make a sticker. Before beginning there are two things essential that your image alteration programme can do, it must have a transparent option for a new file and it must have an option is save as for a PNG file type. Without those available this tutorial is useless to you. I am using photoshop elements 2.0! It's ancient but does everything I need it too. Gimp is a free image editing programme and will have the options needed but my photos for this tutorial are from my geriatric photoshop. Most image manupulation programmes will have similar if not identical tools which will allow you to follow this tutorial. Click the tutorial images to see the full size version. Step 1. Chose your image carefully, I suggest an easy, strong outlined one at first. Open the image in your photo manipulation programme. Select the rectangular marquee tool and drag it over the whole of the image. Then press Ctrl C on your keyboard. this will copy the image. Step 2.Now choose “new” from the file menu. The dimensions there are the size of the "copied" image. Make it larger by at least a hundred pixels each way so you have room to add or change things. You MUST choose “Transparent”. you can use grayscale or rgb colour from the options too. Step 3.Now press Ctrl V on your keyboard, this will paste it into the new file and it will be right in the centre. Close the original version. Now go to "view" and either choose fit on screen or zoom in so you have a large clear view to work with. Step 4.Choose the magic wand tool This tool selects an area of the same colour, the options tolerance, anti-aliased and contiguous are important! 100 tolerance is usually too high and will *** off far too much from the outline, it's a case of experimentation here! anti-aliased gives a sharper edge. This is needed with CAP as an imported sticker shape always has a dark outline effect so this does not look good if it has a fade out edge. Unselect contiguous and the tool will select all of the colour range chosen throughout the whole image. When contiguous is selected the magic wand will only highlight an area of colour that is all touching but you can hold down the shift key and click on the other areas you want.. you have more control this way. On this image I'd select the background and then the bits under the ladies arm and between the bands of black hanging from her arm, etc holding down the shift key the whole time. Now you can choose "cut" from the edit menu or press Ctrl x Step 5. Now tidy up the image, as you can see my image needed a new lead placed between the dog and lady. the magic wand tool is very easy but you can lose more than you want to. You may want to experiment with the lasso tools! The polygonal lasso is far more time consuming but more precise if you have a good eye and a steady hand! There is also the magnetic lasso which is the squiggly looking icon on the right of the polygonal. Pull it along close to the edge and it will snap to it, hence the magnetic name. You can use the eraser to get rid of any left over background and the clone tool can help you repair any areas that have been eaten into too much. You can also use the pipette to get the exact colour needed and then choose a brush and paint what you need back in. There are a ton of things you can fiddle about with here to get your perfect image. play around, the undo button is your friend! lol! Step 6. Now you have a finished image use the crop tool to take away some of that extra space you gave yourself. never crop too close or in CAP you will get horrid black lines showing that you won't be able to get rid off. cropping to a square is best, it makes lining up in CAP easier and you won’t distort the image by stretching it out wrong. CAP uses 256 x 256 images at most, however I leave my stickers at a large size and CAP will convert them to the right size as it imports. I’ve found it’s visually better quality this way. Step 7. Time to save.. choose save as from the file menu.. name it (CAP will not accept anything that is over 23 characters long) You must save it as a PNG file as this will keep it as a stencil layer with no background. Now you have an stencil ready to be imported as a sticker in Create A Pattern. Now all you have to do it open CAP and click the add new sticker button, choose your image and that's it ready to be used in pattern making. Please bear in mind this is only how I do things, it may not be the right way or the best way but it’s my way. it works and I like it! Feel free to ask any questions, make suggestions, etc. I'd be happy to add a section about other aspects of using photoshop to prepare images if anyone is interested. how to make seamless backgrounds etc. Thank you for taking the time to read this. My Page, come and say Hi! if you would like to see my thousands of patterns please click here.. My Studio My Easy View Pattern showcase, see all in on one page! Tutorial: How to share your patterns & How to get your patterns into your game