#milkshape

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👩‍🎨 Extracting Hidden Face Morphs in The Sims 2

In The Sims 2, Sim faces contain hidden morphs that can be extracted in different ways. For a long time, only two morphs were known, but there are actually more.

1. Extracting Morphs via SimPE

What You Need:

SimPE (enable "Advanced Mode" in the settings).

Sims2Pack Clean Installer (if no ready-made files are available).

MilkShape 3D 1.8.5

Steps:

Get the Face File:

If you have a SavedSims folder, choose any file from it.

If not, extract any Sim using Sims2Pack Clean Installer and locate the Face Preset file.

Open the File in SimPE:

Open the file in SimPE.

Find the Geometric Data Container (GMDC) resource.

Select the Sim's age group.

Export the Model with Morphs:

Click Export..., save the file in SMD format.

When prompted "Do you want to export Morph Meshes??", select Yes.

View Morphs in MilkShape 3D:

Import via File → Import → Half-Life SMD....

Select a morph and uncheck Rename Bones.

What Do the Morphs Contain?

One morph shows a smiling expression.

Another shows an angry or displeased expression.

2. Extracting All Morphs via 5gd File

What You Need:

SimPE.

Blender 2.80+.

GMDC Importer/Exporter (Blender plugin).

Steps:

Export the Face Model as a 5gd File:

In SimPE, open GMDC.

Right-click → Extract....

Save the file as 5gd.

Import into Blender:

Install the GMDC Importer/Exporter plugin.

Open Blender 2.80+ (Blender 2.79 only shows 4 morphs).

Import the 5gd file.

What Do the Morphs Contain?

Importing into Blender 2.80+ reveals all hidden morphs.

Additional Information

You can replace the default face model with one of the morphs to create a new default preset.

It works correctly in BodyShop and CAS.

There may be even more hidden morphs in the game that have yet to be discovered.

If you have any additional information about these hidden morphs, feel free to share!

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TheCatLady Морфов у лиц симов действительно больше, если извлечь модель лица как 5gd файл. (нажав на gmdc файл правой кнопкой мыши) И с помо

[gphoenixsims]

Doing some cleaning on some of my folders and realized that due to random sims art and my VA sims 2 comic ( > HERE < ) the folder where I keep all my poses has reached over 530 files since I started to dabble with it in 2015. Counting out about 40 of them being copies with small changes or bases (only half a pose made like the legs so I could make different top body poses), I think I can consider it a milestone. About half of them have mistakes and had to fixed in photoshop editing, mostly the earliest ones. Pose making is something I found I sort of enjoy even if I still can't make an actual, honest to God posebox. And I still can't do hands poses right though, almost always my thumb poses come out broken - if anyone one has tips on that, please tell me! They look fine in Milkshape but come out broken in game lol Usually I use hand overlay boxes like the ones by Deedee to save myself the frustration 🥲 I realized sometimes I get quite ambitious, mostly when I need groups lol

[simsbydavidnielsen]

How to create my own CC+ on The Sims 2

Hello everyone! I would like to know what programs I can use to create Custom Content in 'The Sims 2' as a beginner. I would like to create from objects, clothes, pose boxes, hairstyles, etc. What program should I use and what tutorials to find to start creating my content and sharing it with the simmer community?

I hope you can resolve my doubts. Thank you.

[starshiphelix]

Mesh in Milkshape gets black spots when decimating or turns completly black??

So, I am finally converting some new things. These clothes are all from the same Sims 4 creator, who also converts these items from a different game into Sims 4. As soon as I plop the Item into Milkshape and decimate it with DirectX Mesh Tool it gets black spots.

I know that it can come from double vertex or something? Sometimes it also turns completly black... I googled and tried everything I found but it wasn't all really helpful. T_T I really love the pieces I picked out to convert and it seems like all are like this. I finished a pair of boots before this top which had the same issue, but it was easy fixed in MS when I clicked the vertex and moved it a little up or down, but it doesn't always work, as on this Longsleeve. Anyone able to help me please? 🥲 Would be much appreciated. Thanks in Advance.

[pforestsims]

Mini-tut: How to add texture to object in Milkshape3D

Select the model by double-clicking the name in the Groups tab, then open Materials tab, create new Material, open texture and Assign material to your model.

If you still can't see the texture, right-click the viewport and check the "Textured" option. You can also change "Transparency" mode if your object is using alpha texture and it looks weird.

[londonsimblr]

How to run Milkshape through Parallels on 64-bit Macs!

Super niche tip but hopefully this post will reach someone who googles this (I was that poor bloke lol).

Does Milkshape fail to run through your Windows 11 VM on an M1-or-later Mac? Try the following:

Go to the Milkshape 3D folder program files, right-click ms3d.exe and choose Properties.

Then choose Change emulation settings.

Make sure Hide x64 emulation capability is unchecked.

Change Default to Very strict execution using the drop down menu.

Milkshape should now run 🎉

(3d view doesn't look great, but it works just fine for assigning joints and converting between wso and obj)

[quizicalgin]

Oh boy

I love it when milkshape doesn't want to scale things down. . w .

No matter what number input I give to make it scale the vertexes, it just scrunches them. I remember this working last time I used this, so I don't know what I'm doing wrong?

[madraynesims]

Having to combine together 11 groups/textures for The Sims 3/The Sims 4 conversions when most of the console object UVs look like this.. it's driving me crazy lol like what is that ???? At least I'm actually making headway with it and it's nearly done. It works exactly the same as it does from The Urbz in The Sims 2 so far, so I'm happy about that