In the CAS Tools 'Cloning Tools' tab, clone an EA TS4 hair to use as the basis for your new hair - it doesn't really matter which one, although if you pick a similar hair you won't have to change as many property tags, and for full compatibility you should pick a basegame hair. In this tutorial I'll be converting the lod0 mesh to a TS4 lod0 mesh.Ģ) Prepare the TS4 resources you'll need. You should have a lod0, lod1, lod2, and lod3 mesh. I used CTU to find the afHairstraightshoulder and clicked the 'Extract Meshes' and 'Extract Textures' buttons to extract into my working folder. GIMP with the DDS plugin, Photoshop with the DDS plugin, or ĬAS Texture Unitool (CTU), s3oc, or another way of extracting meshes and textures from TS3ġ) Extract the Sims 3 meshes and textures you want to convert to Sims 4. Sims-related Milkshape plugins: - download QMeshPlugins.rar and install the.

I've heard plugins don't work in the trial version, but you can convert TS3 to OBJ with CAS Tools if necessary.): Milkshape 3D (costs $35 with 30 days free trial. The only things you won't be able to modify using obj are bones and uv1. However, CAS Tools does not support modifing a TS4 mesh using the OBJ format so you wouldn't be able to export/tweak/import with anything but Milkshape, but you can export as OBJ, tweak, work with layers, etc., and convert again. This is a fairly simple hair but others may present more difficulties.Īnd a note about using Milkshape - CAS Tools will convert OBJ meshes to TS4 format so you can convert and import a mesh created with another meshing tool. What this tutorial will not do: Teach you the basics of meshing or how to edit textures.ĭifficulty level: Intermediate. You can use the same general method to convert original hair meshes to TS4 format, keeping in mind that the closer the mesh is to Sims-style geometry and complexity the better the conversion will be. What this tutorial will do: Show you how to convert a TS3 hair to TS4, with alpha transparency, using CAS Tools, Milkshape, and GIMP.

Converting a TS3 hair to TS4 using CAS Tools, Milkshape, and GIMP, plus alpha mesh tricks

Convert sims 3 hair to sims 4