Difference between revisions of "Merge Multiple .Packages"
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This example shows 3 meshes that are the identical mesh but have differences in the normals and diffuse maps. Why clutter up CAS with separate entries? Let's merge them into one package. | This example shows 3 meshes that are the identical mesh but have differences in the normals and diffuse maps. Why clutter up CAS with separate entries? Let's merge them into one package. | ||
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* Open the Sims4Studio Main Menu<br> | * Open the Sims4Studio Main Menu<br> | ||
* Click 'Content Management'<br> | * Click 'Content Management'<br> | ||
* Select 'Merge Packages'<br> | * Select 'Merge Packages'<br> | ||
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* Drag and drop your packages into the 'Merge Packages' pop-up window. | * Drag and drop your packages into the 'Merge Packages' pop-up window. | ||
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* S4s will show the numbers of packages that were successfully merged. | * S4s will show the numbers of packages that were successfully merged. | ||
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* Give the combined package file a new filename and save. | * Give the combined package file a new filename and save. | ||
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* Remove your old meshes from your Mods folder and Test your new combined package in-game. | * Remove your old meshes from your Mods folder and Test your new combined package in-game. | ||
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| + | <gallery mode=packed style='text-align:left"> | ||
| + | CAS-strawberry.png|Example of Cas Clutter | ||
| + | MergePackages.png|Select Merge Image | ||
| + | Drag-drop-merge.png|Drag, Drop and Merge | ||
| + | 3-3-merged.png|Number of successfully merged packages | ||
| + | Filename.png|Give a new filename to the package | ||
| + | </gallery/ | ||
===Method 2:=== | ===Method 2:=== | ||
Revision as of 21:34, 21 March 2022
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This TS4 tutorial will show you how to merge CAS .packages that have the same mesh but have different Normals, Diffuse, Speculars, etc.
Useful for when the are several CAS item recolors of the same mesh and you want to reduce CAS clutter.
There are two methods you can use:
Using Sims4Studio
Method 1:
I made recolors of a dress that used the same mesh but there were differences in the buttons that required a different normal. S4S allows a mesh to have multiple diffuse maps, thumbs, and swatches but they all use the same normal. To make a different normal for the different button shapes, I had to create a new package and let that package contain the recolors that used that normal. However, I did not like CAS cluttered up with multiple entries of the same mesh.
This example shows 3 meshes that are the identical mesh but have differences in the normals and diffuse maps. Why clutter up CAS with separate entries? Let's merge them into one package.
- Open the Sims4Studio Main Menu
- Click 'Content Management'
- Select 'Merge Packages'
- Drag and drop your packages into the 'Merge Packages' pop-up window.
- S4s will show the numbers of packages that were successfully merged.
- Give the combined package file a new filename and save.
- Remove your old meshes from your Mods folder and Test your new combined package in-game.
Example of Cas Clutter
Select Merge Image
Drag, Drop and Merge
Number of successfully merged packages
Give a new filename to the package
- ===Method 2:===
- * Open your first package with S4S
- * Go to the warehouse tab
- * Click the CAS Part
- * On the right, Scroll down to find the PrototypeID
- * Copy the number that is in the box
- * Open the other package that you would like to appear in CAS under as the same catalog entry
- * Go to each CAS Part in warehouse view and paste the ProtoitypeID number from the first package into the current one.
- * Save your package and test in-game.
