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− | Technical information on Homecrafter-made files in The Sims 2: walls, floors, and ground cover/terrain paints. | + | Technical information on Homecrafter-made and in-game files in The Sims 2: walls, floors, and ground cover/terrain paints. |
==Walls== | ==Walls== |
Revision as of 19:18, 18 April 2007
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Homecrafter Files
Technical information on Homecrafter-made and in-game files in The Sims 2: walls, floors, and ground cover/terrain paints.
Walls
Normally, HCP wallpaper files consists of:
- 1 object xml file
- 1 texture image (txtr) file
- 1 text lists file
There may be a directory of compressed files when at least one file is compessed.
However, in-game wallpaper files can have:
- 1 object xml file
- >=1 texture image (txtr) file
- 1 text lists file
The extra txtr file(s) can be a bump-map.
The txmt file type is "wallpaperbump" for all HCP wallpaper files and for most in-game wallpaper files.
Only a few floor tiles have txmt files of the "Wallpaperpool" type which is for caustic animation.
More Information on Walls
Floors
Normally, HCP floor tile files consists of:
- 1 object xml file
- 1 texture image (txtr) file
- 1 text lists file
There may be a directory of compressed files when at least one file is compessed.
However, in-game floor tile files can have:
- 1 object xml file
- >=1 texture image (txtr) file
- 1 text lists file
The extra txtr file(s) can be a bump-map.
The txmt file type is "floor" for all HCP floor tiles and for most in-game floor tiles.
Only a few floor tiles have txmt files of the "floorpool" type which is for caustic animation.
There're some other rare types of floor tiles such as swim-pool surface floor tiles, swim-pool depth floor tiles, neighbourhood water floor tiles, road floor tiles, etc...
More Information on Floors
Special effects:
- Tutorials:Transparency in Floor Tiles - Tutorial #1
- Tutorials:Transparent Floor tiles - Tutorial #2
- Tutorials:Modding - Floor Tile - a multi-purposed thread.
Terrain Paint
Normally, HCP terrain paint files consists of:
- 1 floor xml files
- 2 texture image (txtr) files
- 1 text lists file
There may be a directory of compressed files when at least one file is compessed.
However, an in-game terrain paint can have bump-map(s).