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#1
1st Feb 2006 at 12:50 PM
1st Feb 2006 at 12:50 PM
Making Objects, Without using SimPe
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#2
1st Feb 2006 at 12:55 PM
1st Feb 2006 at 12:55 PM
#3
1st Feb 2006 at 1:40 PM
1st Feb 2006 at 1:40 PM
#4
2nd Feb 2006 at 12:38 AM
2nd Feb 2006 at 12:38 AM
Yeah... as Echo said, DatGen may be able to do it, but finding a tutorial on how to do it with DatGen, and getting support from people who also make objects with it would be a lot harder than reading tutorials on and becoming familiar with SimPE.
The actual process of using SimPE to create objects isn't all that complicated, once you do it a few times. There are plenty of tutorials involving its use, some with pictures.
But yes, as Inge said... making objects is hard. If you're having trouble understanding SimPE, you're going to be completely lost once you get to the actual process of 3d modeling to make your object mesh. However, it's not impossible; if you're willing to devote quite a few hours to reading tutorials and playing with SimPE and your 3d modeling program of choice, it's actually quite rewarding.
All of us had to start somewhere. I've been into making Sims 2 custom content for about a year now, and when I started, I didn't know anything about alphas in textures, let alone how to use SimPE, and I'd never touched a 3d modeling program before. Now, I wouldn't say I'm an expert in any of it, but I know what I'm doing; however, it's been dozens upon dozens of hours of reading tutorials, experimenting, messing up, and starting over. It's frustrating, it gives me a headache, and I end up wanting to bang my head against the desk when I'm done. And yet, it's very rewarding.
Getting to that point requires a certain mindset though. You have to be somewhat masochistic, and willing to put your mind through things it's not experienced before. In other words... you have to be willing to study and learn.
The actual process of using SimPE to create objects isn't all that complicated, once you do it a few times. There are plenty of tutorials involving its use, some with pictures.
But yes, as Inge said... making objects is hard. If you're having trouble understanding SimPE, you're going to be completely lost once you get to the actual process of 3d modeling to make your object mesh. However, it's not impossible; if you're willing to devote quite a few hours to reading tutorials and playing with SimPE and your 3d modeling program of choice, it's actually quite rewarding.
All of us had to start somewhere. I've been into making Sims 2 custom content for about a year now, and when I started, I didn't know anything about alphas in textures, let alone how to use SimPE, and I'd never touched a 3d modeling program before. Now, I wouldn't say I'm an expert in any of it, but I know what I'm doing; however, it's been dozens upon dozens of hours of reading tutorials, experimenting, messing up, and starting over. It's frustrating, it gives me a headache, and I end up wanting to bang my head against the desk when I'm done. And yet, it's very rewarding.
Getting to that point requires a certain mindset though. You have to be somewhat masochistic, and willing to put your mind through things it's not experienced before. In other words... you have to be willing to study and learn.
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