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Here's short instructions on how I figured out to do this today. I knew how to get the textures but had no idea how to get the mesh, so yh.

-------------------------------------SIMS 2
I just got "SimPE" the sims2 package editor.
sims.ambertation.de/en/downloa…

Then I opened the ".package" file downloaded from a sims2 site.

------Getting the 3D body---------
To extract the 3d body you need to use a sim2 package with a mesh file in it.

Click on the list of files that says GMDC, and on the lower left check all the parts in that box that says "Generic Rcol Editor"

Click on preview to see a small image of what it looks like.

Then click "Export" and use DirectX Exporter. Then import the x file into PMDeditor. I think you need to scale it "x10" to see it, not sure though. But yeah. Then you just need to assign the materials.

------------Getting textures--------------
Open the package containing the textures you want.

Scroll down on the left and select "Texture Image"

Export all the images shown and rename them accordingly as

alpha 5.png,
alpha 3.png,
Matbase.png

Then in PMDE open that 3D model you imported and assign these mats accordingly.

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--------------------------------- Sims 3

To convert Sims 3 you need to use Sims3pe or Postal sourceforge.net/projects/posta… and extract the geom file. Open it in blender importing it using the modthesims Sims 3 blender plugin. Convert the geom to an .x file. Open it in PMDEditor. Export the mats, and then assign the mats that you exported in PMDeditor.

It's much more of a process and the goods don't come out the same way as Sims3 uses the special in game material CAS.

Alternatively you can download the sims3 meshes as obj files from www.lianasims3.net/meshes.php

Then import the obj into metaseq. Export it to .x file. Import that file into pmde, assign the mat that is provided as a "_coordanates.bmp" and voila. Once you've converted the mesh into pmde, you can use the method of extracting textures from postal or sims3pe and they will fit the mesh you got from lianasims3.

bleh, long and complicated. I'm afraid this is about as much as I can explain. Good Luck, and lemme see what you make when you are done. But ask for permission to convert goods from various artists because they typically make the 3d mesh and textures themselves like most of us do, and then do the reverse process to get them in the game.

Have a lovely day.
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Bleh this is just a rough guide on how I did it, hopefully it makes sense.

I will probably not answer questions, you'll have to figure it all out by yourself .

:) (Smile) — Description
Here's short instructions on how I figured out to do this today. I knew how to get the textures but had no idea how to get the mesh, so yh.

-------------------------------------SIMS 2
I just got "SimPE" the sims2 package editor.
sims.ambertation.de/en/downloa…

Then I opened the ".package" file downloaded from a sims2 site.

------Getting the 3D body---------
To extract the 3d body you need to use a sim2 package with a mesh file in it.

Click on the list of files that says GMDC, and on the lower left check all the parts in that box that says "Generic Rcol Editor"

Click on preview to see a small image of what it looks like.

Then click "Export" and use DirectX Exporter. Then import the x file into PMDeditor. I think you need to scale it "x10" to see it, not sure though. But yeah. Then you just need to assign the materials.

------------Getting textures--------------
Open the package containing the textures you want.

Scroll down on the left and select "Texture Image"

Export all the images shown and rename them accordingly as

alpha 5.png,
alpha 3.png,
Matbase.png

Then in PMDE open that 3D model you imported and assign these mats accordingly.

---------------------------------

--------------------------------- Sims 3

To convert Sims 3 you need to use Sims3pe or Postal sourceforge.net/projects/posta… and extract the geom file. Open it in blender importing it using the modthesims Sims 3 blender plugin. Convert the geom to an .x file. Open it in PMDEditor. Export the mats, and then assign the mats that you exported in PMDeditor.

It's much more of a process and the goods don't come out the same way as Sims3 uses the special in game material CAS.

Alternatively you can download the sims3 meshes as obj files from www.lianasims3.net/meshes.php

Then import the obj into metaseq. Export it to .x file. Import that file into pmde, assign the mat that is provided as a "_coordanates.bmp" and voila. Once you've converted the mesh into pmde, you can use the method of extracting textures from postal or sims3pe and they will fit the mesh you got from lianasims3.

bleh, long and complicated. I'm afraid this is about as much as I can explain. Good Luck, and lemme see what you make when you are done. But ask for permission to convert goods from various artists because they typically make the 3d mesh and textures themselves like most of us do, and then do the reverse process to get them in the game.

Have a lovely day.
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Bleh this is just a rough guide on how I did it, hopefully it makes sense.

I will probably not answer questions, you'll have to figure it all out by yourself .