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==HomecrafterPlus and In-game Counterpart Files==
  
==Preface==
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Technical information on HomecrafterPlus-made (HCP) and in-game files in The Sims 2: walls, floors, and ground cover/terrain paints.
  
This section contains tutorials designed to help you create various types of terrain for your Lots  Some of the tutorials use cheats while others do not. The tutorials will vary in complexity dependent upon the finished design goal. Open the tutorial to see which requirements are needed in order to finish the tutorial successfully.
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==Walls==
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* HCP wallpaper files consists of:
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: 1 object xml file
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: 1 texture image (txtr) file
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: 1 text lists file
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There may be a directory of compressed files when at least one file is compessed.
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* In-game wallpaper files can have:
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: 1 object xml file
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: >=1 texture image (txtr) file
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: 1 text lists file
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The extra txtr file(s) can be a bump-map, an environment map, etc.
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The txmt file type for all HCP wallpaper files and for most in-game wallpaper files is "wallpaperbump".
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Only a few Wallpapers have txmt files of the "Wallpaperpool" type which is for caustic animation.
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Wallmasks are actually a type of wallpaper.
  
If you need clarification about a specific step, above each tutorial page you will find a discussion tab. Please ask your questions within the discussion tab associated with the tutorial. Someone will come along and either answer your questions or revise the tutorial.
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===More Information on Walls===
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* [http://www.modthesims2.com/showpost.php?p=1278636&postcount=23 Settings for bump-mapping on HCP Wallpapers and Floor Tiles]
  
Note: Document revisions will not happen immediately. If you have an urgent problem you may try the MTS2 forum.
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==Floors==
  
==Overview==
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HCP floor tile files consists of:
Normally, HCP wallpaper files consists of:
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: 1 object xml file
 
: 1 object xml file
 
: 1 texture image (txtr) file
 
: 1 texture image (txtr) file
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There may be a directory of compressed files when at least one file is compessed.
 
There may be a directory of compressed files when at least one file is compessed.
 
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However, in-game wallpaper files can have:
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* in-game floor tile files can have:
 
: 1 object xml file
 
: 1 object xml file
 
: >=1 texture image (txtr) file
 
: >=1 texture image (txtr) file
 
: 1 text lists file
 
: 1 text lists file
The extra txtr file(s) can be a bump-map.
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The extra txtr file(s) can be a bump-map, an environment map, etc.
 
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The txmt file type is "wallpaperbump" for all HCP wallpaper files and for most in-game wallpaper files.
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The txmt file type for all HCP floor tiles and for most in-game floor tiles is "floor".
Only a few floor tiles have txmt files of the "Wallpaperpool" type which is for caustic animation.
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Only a few Floor Tiles have txmt files of the "floorpool" type which is for caustic animation.
  
==Tutorials==
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There are 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, grid tiles, etc...
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===More Information on Floors===
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Special effects:
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* [[Tutorials:Transparency in Floor Tiles]] - Tutorial #1
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* [[Tutorials:Transparent Floor tiles]] - Tutorial #2
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* [[Tutorials:Modding - Floor Tile]] - a multi-purposed thread.
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* [http://www.modthesims2.com/showpost.php?p=1278636&postcount=23 Settings for bump-mapping on HCP Wallpapers and Floor Tiles]
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==Terrain Paint==
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* HCP terrain paint files consists of:
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: 1 floor xml files
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: 2 texture image (txtr) files
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: 1 text lists file
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There may be a directory of compressed files when at least one file is compressed.
  
===Wallpaper===
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However, an in-game terrain paint can have bump-map(s).
* [http://www.modthesims2.com/showpost.php?p=1278636&postcount=23 Settings for bump-mapping]
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==Related Pages==
 
==Related Pages==
  
 
[[Category:Sims 2 Tutorials]]
 
[[Category:Sims 2 Tutorials]]
[[Category:Homecrafter Tutorials]]
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[[Category:Sims 2 Modding]]

Latest revision as of 13:18, 17 September 2012

Contents

[edit] HomecrafterPlus and In-game Counterpart Files

Technical information on HomecrafterPlus-made (HCP) and in-game files in The Sims 2: walls, floors, and ground cover/terrain paints.

[edit] Walls

  • 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.

  • 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, an environment map, etc.
The txmt file type for all HCP wallpaper files and for most in-game wallpaper files is "wallpaperbump". Only a few Wallpapers have txmt files of the "Wallpaperpool" type which is for caustic animation. Wallmasks are actually a type of wallpaper.

[edit] More Information on Walls

[edit] Floors

  • 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.

  • 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, an environment map, etc.
The txmt file type for all HCP floor tiles and for most in-game floor tiles is "floor". Only a few Floor Tiles have txmt files of the "floorpool" type which is for caustic animation.

There are 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, grid tiles, etc...

[edit] More Information on Floors

Special effects:

[edit] Terrain Paint

  • 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 compressed.

However, an in-game terrain paint can have bump-map(s).

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