#modding tutorials

[missy-hissy]

Modding Tutorial: Holiday Traditions | Patreon

So I have another little beginner-friendly modding tutorial up, this time for custom Holiday Traditions!

[streetkid-named-desire]

NPV Skin Textures - A Primer

Hello, I promise at some point I will put together a full tutorial with lots of screenshots and my own tutorial file (primarily for the folder structure but it won't be required) and such. For now, I just wanna talk about custom pathing skin textures and especially UV/VTK overlays.

Glossary

custom pathing: renaming a file or adding it to a different folder in your project to prevent any other game files (vanilla or modded) from overwriting your project and vice versa. I prefer custom folder structures because it helps me find files more easily.

.mi file: material instance. You can read more about these on the wiki. All you need to know is that it is a type of texture file.

.xbm file: from the wiki: .dds files in a format REDEngine can use. Essentially, just images. When you export them, they usually get exported as PNGs for you to edit. The majority of modded skin textures are going to be .xbm files and what you want to pay particular attention to when custom pathing.

localMaterialBuffer: this tells the game what texture files to look for and use when loading an entity.

DepotPath: the file path to an asset (e.g. the xbm or mi file)

relative path: this is the path to an asset contained in the project.

(Let me know if more should be added here!)

Pro tip: how to easily add a modded file to your project

The easiest way to quickly find and add the texture you need to your project is to search for the texture name in the asset browser. Then, you can right click on the file and hover over "Add selected from archive." You should then see a list of mods that contain that file. Pay attention to the file size and if there are other files with the same name in the list of results in the asset browser.

Click on the mod and the file from that specific mod will be added to your project!

Custom Pathing the Textures

For this, we're going to be looking at t0_000_pma_base__full.mesh from the NPV of my dear boy Vincent Guerra. I also use the UV framework for him, so we're using the mesh included in the UV framework.

If you're using a tutorial file, make sure you overwrite the vanilla body mesh with the modded one for the framework you're using. Each framework's body will include additional file paths in their respective textures for the various overlays.

1. In the mesh file

In my screenshot, I've cleaned up the appearances I don't need for this NPV. This is generally good practice to keep things neat and tidy.

VG uses 02_ca_limestone. Find the material entry in the localMaterialBuffer that matches the skin tone your NPV is using. You can use NoraLee's Parts Picker if you're not sure what the name of the skin tone your V uses is.

You'll need to add the .mi file listed under baseMaterial and the d03_naked.xbm and n03_naked.xbm underneath "values" to your project. Make sure you rename the files or move the files to a different folder inside the project. That's the whole point of custom pathing after all. (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

Right click on the file in your project explorer (on the left with all the files and folders for your project) and select "copy relative path to game file". That's what you'll paste on the right when you select the texture.

Once that's done, save the file and open up the .mi file you just added to your project.

2. The first .mi file

This one is simple, there's only one file we need to add and custom path.

Save, and open up the new .mi file you just added to your project.

3. The second .mi file

This one has another .mi file and textures we'll need to add. It will include the same d03_naked.xbm and n03_naked.xbm. Since we already added those to our project in the first step, we can just recopy their respective relative paths and paste into the appropriate sections.

Add the roughness file to your project and path that. Remember, you can copy and paste the file name into the asset browser if you need to add it from a mod instead of the base game vanilla files.

Save and open the next .mi file.

4. The third .mi file

This is where you'll usually find the spots to put your tattoo and other overlays.

Save, and you're done!

The last .mi file

Generally, once you hit base\materials\file.exe or engine\textures, you don't need to custom path those. You may still want to add this .mi file to your project anyway, just in case the friend you're sending the NPV to has some kind of mod that overwrites it.

Personally, I take a very thorough approach and custom path as much as I can to ensure the NPV is a completely self-contained entity outside of base engine files.

Final Thoughts

This process applies for custom pathing any mesh in your NPV. The body, complexion, hair, clothes. You're going to find the localMaterialBuffer and follow the texture paths.

Some general tips:

Look into any .mi file to see if it has additional items that may need to be custom pathed.

Don't forget to check the "values" section in the cMaterialInstance. If something looks off with textures, you likely just forgot to check there and path them appropriately.

When in doubt, just redo the pathing. Right click > copy relative path > paste.

And remember, NPVs are essentially Mr. Potato Head dolls. The .app file is the body and all the components are the features and clothing you can slap on the doll. Wanna add two different types of face cyberware? Just add 'em!

My DMs are always open if you need help with your NPV. You can also find me in the main modding discord under ratstick.

[86maylin]

Recorded video of me going over CCXL hair color cuz new CCXL stuff is cool and fun. :3

[sapphira-mydnyte]

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*Written Hogwarts Legacy Modding Tutorials *

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Hogwarts Legacy Modding Tutorials

By: AhriadneTV & Darkrye

[arcandoria-archived]

CYBERPUNK 2077 MODDING TUTORIALS

Thought I'd make a little post to plop all my existing (and future) modding tutorials. A lot of these have been around a while mostly in Discord servers and not everyone joins these.

Some tutorials might be outdated, have better methods, or even be somewhat obsolete. I don't update them often and most of the time I just write them down to help people with specific inquiries.

A lot of these things were taught to me first before I sat down and wrote a how to. Thank you to everyone who was/is part of my modding journey and for sharing your knowledge with me!

My tools are mostly Wolvenkit, Blender and Noesis. These tutorials focus on the use of these tools and aim to aid beginners.

How to replace a vanilla tattoo

Adding decal meshes (for pictures) to clothes (Outdated)

Shirt decal replacing framework

How to make custom microblends

Changing NPCs clothes

Importing custom poses into the same container

Adding pride makeup to NPCs

How to change an entities' locomotion

How I refit clothes in Blender

Fixing sticky/falling feet in custom poses

Adding submeshes to garments without needing a new source

Complete Decal Workflow

NPC+/NPV to Nibbles Replacer

Poses Retargeting

Please don't hesitate to reach out with questions. Happy modding!

[phoebejaysims]

Hey Phoebe! First and foremost, I love your mods. They're seriously amazing and you are incredibly talented! I stumbled on your pet food mod and it's fantastic. I'm actually wanting to create a minor pet mod that makes it a requirement to purchase the food to feed them and a painting mod that requires actual paint to paint. Any good modding tutorials you could recommend? I want to give my filthy rich homebody sims more reasons to go out and spend money! Thanks in advance!

Hello! Thank you :P

Those mod ideas sound great! I actually have a WIP painting requires paint mod that's still up on the Sims 3 Creators Discord. If you're a part of it, feel free to download that mod and open up the code to see how I did it. The mod actually works fine but I didn't officially release it for other reasons.

As for tutorials, I recommend you look at the MTS tutorials for object modding: Mod The Sims - Tutorial:Sims_3_Object_Modding

And there are other tutorials here, depending on what you want to know, you can look at any of the threads: Mod The Sims - Tutorials

If you don't have ILSpy, I recommend downloading it so you can look at EA's code or the code of other mods. I suggest you find a game feature that does something similar to what you want and then pattern your mod after it. You can also look at the code for my pet food mod and model yours after that if you want.

Hello! Don't worry, your English is wonderful! :) The above suggestions may help you!

As for the resources I used when I started: I looked heavily at EA code and other modders' code to see how they did things. It taught me how code should be formatted and let me see directly how others got things to work.

For example: for my Sim Post mod, I looked at Arsil's Custom Generic Role Desk to see how sims were sent to "work" at the custom desk.

If you're stuck with something, search through MTS or Stack Overflow or you can ask on the Sims 3 Creators Cave for help.

If you struggle with understanding the basics of C#, there are a lot of beginner tutorials around the web that you can find.

Happy modding to you both!

[arasakas-ronin]

The Atlantis: Tutorial Man and Tutorial Woman for the NPV/AMM character addition tutorial (WIP)

[mrs-risibisi]

DA:O 3d Head & Body Models

Heads and bodies - all included in one blend save file. Just throw it to your blend save folder and open it in Blender 2.49b.

The file should be used for adjusting the hair meshes to the different head types. You can’t use it for porting armours - there are no weights!

The scalp is red because it helps when you adjust the hair.

On the first layer you will find the models with robes

On the second layer there are the medium/ heavy armours

Switching objects between the layers is pretty simple:

The layer window is this one:

Select the object (right-click) you want to move.

Then press SHIFT + m and a little window will pop up.

Click on the layer ( one of these little squares) where you want to move your object.

That’s all!

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Happy Modding!